Hood River Valley was dominate over the four days of the 2022 OISA state finals this past weekend, winning each discipline and the overall team championship.
With two thirds of the league’s deepest pitching staff returning, a catcher who has signed to play in college and a huge turnout of players — including 12 seniors — the Hood River Valley baseball program is arguably in need of only one thing: Good weather.
Three local Class 2A/1A Gorge-area baseball teams started practice Feb. 28 to prepare for the regular season, which begins this week and includes a full schedule of games for the first time in three years.
After having a COVID-shortened season last year, The Dalles High Riverhawks boys golf team is excited that things are back to normal, as they compete in their first full schedule of Class 5A Intermountain Conference events for the first time since 2019.
The Dalles High Riverhawks softball team concluded last year’s COVID shortened, 16-game season by winning two of their last four Class 5A Intermountain Conference regular season match-ups. The Hawks are hoping that the momentum they established then will carry over into the 2022 season.
Columbia High boys soccer Coach Daniel Mangum welcomed a large turnout of players this spring, allowing the Bruin program to have varsity and junior varsity teams.
First-year head Coach Mike Muehlbauer and assistant Chad Myers face plenty of unknowns entering the 2022 baseball season, as there are numerous new faces in preseason workouts at Columbia High.
There are no returning players on the Columbia High softball roster, but don’t let that fool you. A number of the Bruins are well versed in the game, but the school simply didn’t have a program the past few seasons.
