Gorge sports for September 21, 2022
Gorge sports for September 21, 2022.
Hood River Valley will celebrate its athletic success by inducting another class into the school’s hall of fame.
Lyle topples Ione/Arlington in eight-man football; Redsides unbeaten in 1A six-man; Rangers lose third straight
Columbia High’s young football team, which had trouble moving the ball last week during a 56-0 road loss at Montesano, will try to rebound Friday with a home game against Elma.
For a second straight week, the young The Dalles High Riverhawk (1-2) football team played a strong opponent on the road and the result was another lopsided loss.
Visiting Southridge overcame 138 yards of penalties and three turnovers to defeat Hood River Valley, 35-28, Friday night at Henderson Stadium.
Hood River Valley’s volleyball team recovered nicely from a 0-3 start — including some off-court distractions — with wins in two of its past three matches heading into this week’s showdown at fourth-ranked La Salle Prep.
The defending Class 1A volleyball Big Sky League Champion South Wasco County High Redsides started their 13-game league schedule much like they have in recent years with an impressive four-game win streak.
The Dalles High Riverhawks opened their 10-game Class 4A volleyball Tri-Valley Conference schedule with a Sept. 15 contest against a familiar and tough opponent, the Crook County High Cowgirls.
The Columbia High volleyball team split matches last week and has two more nonleague tune-ups before starting Trico League play Sept. 27 at always tough Castle Rock.
Unbeaten Trout Lake made a girls soccer statement last week, when the Mustangs toppled last year’s Class 3A/2A/1A state runner-up Oregon Episcopal School, 2-0, in Portland.
The No. 5-ranked Dalles High Riverhawks girls soccer team remained undefeated following a 1-1 tie in a Class 4A nonleague matchup versus the La Grande High Tigers Sept. 13 at La Grande High School.
Hood River Valley finishes its opening slate of nonleague girls soccer matches Thursday before embarking on its eight-match league schedule in its new conference.
Fast-starting Elma had Columbia High on its heels early in their Sept. 15 match, scoring a goal two minutes in, en route to a 3-0 girls soccer victory.
Elma (3-1) added a goal late in the first half and scored the match clincher in the 70th minute. Beta Valentine scored two of the Elma goals and assisted on the other.
Fifth-ranked Hood River Valley has one of everything early this boys soccer season, and each of its three match results has a common denominator: it came against a quality opponent.
The Dalles High Riverhawks boys soccer team bounced back from its first loss of the season (2-1 to Hood River, Sept. 9) and won its final Class 4A nonleague contest 3-1 on Sept. 14 over the host Sisters High Outlaws (1-4).
Senior Juan Diego Contreras and junior Leo Lemann finished 2-3 to lead The Dalles to a sixth-place finish Saturday at the Oregon City Invitational cross country meet.
More than 60 high school cross country teams, including runners from Columbia High, are scheduled to compete this weekend in one of the more unique meets in the Northwest.
