Hood River Valley’s girls cross country team, led by junior Phoebe Wood’s eighth-place individual finish, earned the fourth-place trophy at last weekend’s state cross country championships.
Quick-hitting Hood River Valley scored two touchdowns within a minute late in the first half, erasing a 7-6 deficit, enroute to a 19-7 OSAA/Class 5A state football playoff win Friday at home against South Albany.
The Dalles junior Juan Diego Contreras led the Riverhawk boys cross country team to sixth place with his third-place individual finish at Saturday’s Class 5A state cross country meet in Eugene.
Dufur High recorded a season-high point total in an OSAA/Class 1A football first round state playoff Nov. 6, with a 58-40 come-from-behind win over Gold Beach.
In what turned out to be a repeat of 2019, The Dalles lost 5-0 to La Salle Prep in last week’s first round of the boys state soccer playoffs in Milwaukie.
Columbia High’s volleyball team attained a season goal by reaching the district playoffs, but that’s where the Bruins’ run ended Saturday.
The Bruins lost to the Trico League’s runner-up, La Center, at the District 4 tournament at King’s Way High School in Vancouver. Columbia had advanced to Saturday’s second round at district by winning one of two matches Nov. 3 at Castle Rock.
The No. 7 ranked Hood River Valley High Eagles boys soccer team had the No. 1-ranked offense (4.5 goals per game average); they were No. 1 in the Intermountain Conference (8-0-2); they were No. 1 in the hearts of their fans; and they had those fans behind them with home-field advantage in the playoffs.
