Gorge sports roundup for Feb. 1, 2023
Gorge sports roundup for Feb. 1, 2023
It was a record-breaking week for the No. 10 ranked South Wasco County High Redsides (10-0 league, 18-2 overall) boys basketball team, as two players broke OSAA state records in a 99-32 Big Sky League home win Jan. 24 over the Lyle/Wishram High Cougars.
The No. 5 ranked South Wasco County High Redsides girls basketball team and No. 18-ranked Trout Lake are heading toward a showdown next week in Maupin.
Trout Lake’s Rowan Shuman led Gorge-area downhill boys skiers Sunday at the Mt. Hood Ski League’s third race this season.
South Wasco’s league leading girls and boys basketball teams have key games this week and the results will go a long way at determining the 2022-23 Big Sky League regular season championship.
The Hood River Valley High Eagles took a big step towards possibly achieving their goal of reaching the OSAA Class 5A boys basketball state playoffs following a, 66-50, Northwest Oregon Conference home win over the Putnam High Kingsmen on Jan. 27.
The Hood River Valley High School Nordic ski team’s second race of the season was part of Mt Hood Meadows Nordic Center’s “South Side Slide and Glide” community race series. This three-race series is made possible by student, coach and parent volunteers from the HRVHS Nordic team.
After winning five straight games, The No. 10-ranked The Dalles High Riverhawk girls were hoping that their momentum would continue in two Class 4A basketball Tri-Valley Conference home games last week.
Hood River Valley’s girls basketball fortunes slipped last week, just as did the shooting percentage of the Eagle players, and the result were home losses to Hillsboro and Putnam.
Canby High ended Hood River Valley’s unbeaten run through its Northwest Oregon Conference swimming schedule by defeating the Eagle boys and girls Jan. 25 at Parkrose.
The Dalles High Riverhawks boys and girls swim teams competed in the nine-team Madras White Buffalo Classic meet Jan. 28 in Madras.
The Columbia High Bruins snapped a five-game losing streak with a 46-38 home win over the visiting Stevenson High Bulldogs in a WIAA Class 1A Trico League boys basketball game Jan. 27.
The No. 10-ranked The Dalles High Riverhawks boys basketball team extended its win streak to three straight following two Class 4A Tri-Valley Conference road victories last week.
The Columbia High Bruins girls basketball team faced two teams at the bottom of the Class 1A Trico League standings and they capitalized on the opportunity with two straight wins last week.
Hillsboro edged Forest Grove to win the Hood River Girls Invitational wrestling tournament Saturday, when the host Eagles finished 17th out of 30 scoring teams.
Pin-happy Hood River Valley shook off a tough high school wrestling loss from the day before to defeat Columbia High in a boys dual match Jan. 26 in White Salmon.
