Gorge sports roundup for March 22
Gorge sports roundup for March 2, 2023
Alaina Cassidy and Zoe Dunn showed some early season speed in leading The Dalles High girls track and field team in its first track and field meet March 17 at Wahtonka.
A welcome respite from the recent cold weather enabled Gorge-area small schools to kick off their 2023 track and field seasons under partial sunny skies March 17 at the annual Mullen Leavitt Invitational in The Dalles.
Columbia High’s track and field team used the March 17 Wildcat Relays to stretch its legs.
Hood River Valley’s Shaw Burns and Elliot Hawley opened their senior track and field seasons with multiple wins at the March 18 Valley Catholic Ice Breaker in Beaverton.
Hood River Valley beat the weather along with its first two opponents — one in exciting fashion — to kick off its 2023 baseball season last week.
The Dalles High Riverhawks swept a March 18 doubleheader to start their 2023 season, 12-2 and 18-5, over the visiting Baker High Bulldogs at Quinton Street Ballpark in The Dalles.
The Columbia High Bruins baseball team had a rough start to its WIAA Class 1A season, losing their first two games.
The three area OSAA Class 1A baseball teams had rough starts to their seasons, as they each suffered multiple losses in non-league games last week.
The Columbia High Bruins softball team had a fantastic start to the season by sweeping a non-league doubleheader over the Goldendale High Timb…
The Dalles High Riverhawks girls golf team opened its season in a Class 4A tournament March 14 at Quail Valley Golf Course in Banks. Junior Katelyn Vassar and senior Paige Compton played for The Dalles.
For the first time in four years, the Lyle/Wishram High Cougars have a softball team.
The Cougars resumed the sport this year and will open their OSAA Class 2A/1A schedule March 31 versus the Country Christian High Cougars junior varsity squad in Molalla.
The Hood River Valley softball team opened its season last week with a new coach, retooled roster, and a bright future.
The Dalles High Riverhawks (0-1) faced the defending Class 5A softball state champion Pendleton High Buckaroos (3-1) in a Class 4A non-league season opening contest.
Hood River Valley High School graduate Emily Sullenger became the first wrestler in Linfield history to qualify for the National Collegiate Women’s Wrestling Championships (NCWWC) in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. As a freshman, Sullenger is studying to earn a nursing degree. She competed against other girls across all NCAA Division I, II and III programs across the country.
