Gorge sports roundup for Jan. 11, 2023
Hood River Valley’s 2-0 league start in boys basketball will be tested when the Eagles play two of the better teams in the Class 5A ranks, who also entered the week unbeaten in conference play.
The defending Class 1A boys Big Sky League boys basketball champion South Wasco County High Redsides continued to roll right along, as they improved their record to 11-1 overall and 3-0 in the Big Sky last week.
The Dalles High Riverhawks girls basketball team has improved since a year ago, proving that with a 55-39 win over the Pendleton High Buckaroos Jan. 4 at Pendleton.
Visiting Milwaukie took advantage of Hood River Valley’s cold shooting spell and pulled away to a 51-30 Northwest Oregon Conference girls basketball win Friday at Vannet Court.
The South Wasco County High Redsides girls basketball team improved its record to 3-0 in the Big Sky League West Division and 11-2 overall by winning three straight league games last week.
Last weekend’s two-day Kelso Invitational wrestling tournament attracted athletes from 93 high schools in Washington, Oregon, and Canada, including those from Hood River Valley and Columbia.
The Dalles High Riverhawk wrestling team competed in the 19-team Don York Invitational Tournament Jan. 6-7 at Cleveland High School in Portland and sophomore Julian Moorehouse led the way with a fourth-place finish at 170 pounds.
In the first game without their leading scorer, Styles DeLeon, who suffered a season-ending leg injury Dec. 30, The Dalles High Riverhawks boys basketball team won a non-league contest, 60-55, over visiting Pendleton on Jan. 4.
The Class 4A Riverhawks faced a much stronger opponent in a Jan. 7 home match-up against the Class 6A Willamette High Wolverines (6-5), who won 59-36.
The Columbia High Bruin (1-1 league, 5-3 overall) boys basketball team opened its 10-game WIAA Class 1A Trico League schedule with a split of two home contests last week.
The Columbia High Bruins opened their 10-game WIAA Class 1A Trico League schedule with four straight wins, but host Seton Catholic put a stop to the streak with a, 72-51, victory Jan. 4 in Vancouver.
Columbia High’s boys wrestling team, led by champion Sawyer Muehlbauer, placed second at the Battle at the Bridge Invitational tourney this past weekend at Hockinson High School.
Hood River Valley won two more league double dual meets last week, staying unbeaten in both boys and girls competition.
The 11-member The Dalles High Riverhawks boys and girls swim teams competed in two meets last week, recording nine top-five finishes in one and 14 in another.
At the seven-team Madras Invitational meet Jan. 3, The Dalles senior Lydia DiGennaro highlighted the meet for the girls squad by winning the 50-yard freestyle in 26.11 seconds. DiGennaro also recorded a runner-up finish in the 100-yard butterfly in 1:07.63.
