The Dalles High Riverhawks enjoyed their finest season in six years while reaching OSAA Class 5A state softball tournament for the first time since 2016.
With the largest crowd of the season attending their final home game, the Dufur/South Wasco County High Rangers had an impressive performance in a 10-0 win over the No. 12 ranked Neah-Kah-Nie High Pirates (18-7) in the OSAA Class 2A/1A baseball state quarterfinals May 27 at Dufur City Park.
The Hood River Valley Eagles advanced the semifinals of the Cascade Cup with a 16-5 win over the Westview Wildcats on May 25. The Eagles increased their season win total to six, and currently in the midst of a four-game winning streak.
Baseball has plenty of nuances that affect the outcome of games: A bad hop here; a wind-induced fielding error there; raised chalk that keeps a slow roller inside the lines; a bang-bang play at first base.
Columbia High’s girls track and field team capped its 2022 season with a third-place finish in the meet’s final event — the 4x400-meter relay — to place fifth at last weekend’s Class 1A state meet at Eastern Washington University in Cheney.
The Dalles and Hood River Valley softball teams, which were neck-and-neck this season in the race for third place in the Intermountain Conference, had a similar finish on the all-league listings.
