Gorge Sports roundup for Dec. 7
Gorge Sports roundup for Dec. 7, 2022.
Hood River Valley’s depth was on display last week when the Eagles won 10 of 11 girls events, including all three relays, in its season-opening swim meet at the aquatics center.
Call ‘em the comeback kids.
Trailing by 10 points twice in the third quarter, the Hood River Valley girls basketball team methodically whittled away at the deficit and won its first game Saturday afternoon, 45-41 at Crook County in Prineville.
Matthias Posini led Columbia High wrestlers at last weekend’s Estacada Tournament.
The defending boys basketball Big Sky League champion South Wasco County High Redsides are off to a 3-0 start this season.
The 0-3 start for Hood River Valley’s young boys basketball team is part of the maturation process the Eagles must endure this season as the inexperienced group adjusts to full-time roles at the Class 5A varsity level.
Columbia High School has one monkey off its back – so to speak.
The Bruins opened their 2022-23 boys basketball season Dec. 1 with a 54-26 win over Corbett High in White Salmon. It was Columbia’s first boys basketball win since 2019.
The Dalles High Riverhawk boys were unable to get any momentum going as Banks led from start-to-finish in a 73-57 season-opening boys basketball win at Banks High School on Dec. 2.
The Dalles High Riverhawks and Hood River Valley Eagles renew their boys and girls basketball rivalries in 6:30 p.m. Friday non-league match-ups in The Dalles (boys) and Hood River (girls).
Hood River Valley’s girls wrestling team was 10th out of 18 teams at Saturday’s Tyrone S. Woods Memorial tourney at Oregon City High.
The Dalles High Riverhawks girls basketball team faced a very tough opponent in the season opener on the road Dec. 2 at Banks High, losing 52-25 to the Braves.
Banks was ranked No. 6 with 17-8 record and advanced to the 4A state playoffs in addition to winning the Cowapa League Championship last year. Despite their move down to Class 3A this year, the Braves are still a strong squad after losing just three players to graduation and they have nine players returning from last year’s successful playoff team.
Two of the better girls basketball teams last season went head-to-head to open the 2022-23 season last week, when host Columbia Bruins topped the Trout Lake Mustangs, 41-35.
Hood River Valley’s boys wrestling team was led by the runner-up finish of senior Carson Farlow at Saturday’s 21-team Tyrone S Woods Memorial tourney at Oregon City High.
The Dalles boys and girls wrestling teams opened their season at the 20-team Rainier Invitational Dec. 3 in Rainier.
