Gorge sports roundup for Jan. 25, 2023
The Columbia High Bruins lost their fourth straight WIAA Class 1A Trico League boys basketball game, 58-34, to the Seton Catholic High Cougars (5-2 league, 11-5 overall) Jan. 20 at Seton High School in Vancouver.
Hood River Valley placed third in the Columbia Gorge Invitational wrestling tournament held Saturday at Stevenson High School.
Hood River Valley won six of 14 matches and lost a Northwest Oregon Conference wrestling dual, 42-19, Jan. 18 against Portland’s Centennial.
One of the Eagle wins was a forfeit victory; Centennial won four of the weight divisions by fall and two more by forfeit.
The six-member The Dalles High Riverhawks wrestling team competed in the 10-team Tigard Invitational on Jan. 21 at Tigard High School, where Alexander DeLattore led the way with a runner-up finish.
Hood River Valley remains unbeaten in Northwest Oregon Conference swimming, winning a three-team competition at home on Jan. 19 over Milwaukie and Wilsonville. The win was the second this season for HRV over Wilsonville. The Eagle girls bested the Wildcats 125-38 and topped Milwaukie, 128-27. Earlier this month, Hood River’s girls beat Wilsonville, 134-18. HRV’s boys squad won last week’s duals, 123-17 over Milwaukie and 115-53 over Wilsonville.
The Horizon Christian School Hawks recorded their fourth straight Big Sky League boys basketball victory with a close 50-49 home win over the Wheeler County Eagles on Jan. 20 in Hood River.
After winning three of their past four games, including two straight, the Columbia High Bruins girls basketball team was hoping that their momentum would continue in matchups last week against the top-two Trico League frontrunners.
A 20-5 third-quarter scoring advantage provided Hood River Valley the spark it needed to break away from host St. Helens on Friday and win a nonleague boys basketball game over the Lions, 70-55. But behind the scoring burst were hustle plays, that didn’t show up in the scorebook, but are the type of plays that will be key if the Eagles (5-8 overall, 2-3 league) are to secure a state playoff berth this season.
The No. 5-ranked The Dalles High Riverhawks girls basketball team won their first two of 10 Tri-Valley Conference games, positioning themselves in first place in the league standings.
The Dalles High Riverhawks boys basketball team played one of its best games of the season to get their first Tri-Valley Conference victory, 60-47, over visiting Estacada on Jan. 20.
It was a Gorge girls sweep in race No. 2 of the 2023 Mt. Hood Ski League season on Sunday at Mt. Hood Meadows.
Hood River Valley sophomore wing Julia Rowan’s hot outside shooting carried the Eagles to a 46-36 non-league girls basketball win over St. Helens on Jan. 20 at Vannet Court.
The defending Class 1A Big Sky League West Division Champion South Wasco County High Redsides girls basketball team continues to dominate the league, extending their win streak to 10 with a, 56-40, win over the Ione/Arlington High Cardinals Jan. 20 at Ione High School.
