Gorge sports roundup for March 23, 2022
Dufur junior golfer Tora Timinsky earned medalist honors by shooting a 1-under par career best 71 at the eight-team The Dalles Invitational Tournament March 15 at The Dalles Country Club.
This past weekend, four Wy’east middle school wrestlers competed at the Oregon middle school wrestling state championships at Woodburn High School. Sophia Keolker (125 pounds), Xiomara Gordian (160 pounds), Tristin Baker (140 pounds) and Miguel Arriola (195 pounds). Baker and Gordian started their day with a pair of wins to make their way in to the semifinals, which automatically secured them a spot on the podium.
The Dalles High Riverhawks softball team couldn’t overcome a 2-0 first-inning deficit and lost, 2-1, March 17 against visiting Bend High.
Tough to judge things this early in the boys soccer season, as Columbia High has experienced a little bit of everything.
The No. 11-ranked Dufur/South Wasco County High Rangers (3-0) baseball team is off to a great start to the 2022 Class 2A/1A season after winning three games by a combined score of 30-1.
Hood River Valley’s girls golf team is seeing the benefit of some offseason recruiting throughout the hallways at the high school and the result is a 10-player team this spring.
It’s been a rough start to the season for The Dalles High Riverhawks Class 5A baseball team as they lost their first two contests last week.
Columbia High swept a doubleheader against Stanfield on Saturday to improve its record to 2-1 early this baseball season.
The Dalles High Riverhawks boys golf team had a phenomenal start to the season with a second-place finish in their season opener in Hood River on March 14, followed by a win at home March 18.
Zoe Dunn and Juan Diego Contreras of The Dalles, and Shaw Burns and Maeve Woodruff of Hood River Valley each won two events at the season-opening Mullen Leavitt Invitational track and field meet Friday in The Dalles.
Friday’s annual Mullen Leavitt Invitational track and field meet included larger 5A schools The Dalles and Hood River Valley, but small-school athletes represented themselves very well in the event.
A successful season last spring and a turnout of 45 athletes this season has the Columbia High track and field program on the rise once again.
The Hood River boys tennis team is coming off a rather successful season on and off the court. Last year, the team’s cumulative 3.94 GPA was best in the state, earning them the title of OSAA Academic State Champions for the 5A classification. Last June, the boys finished second in the Intermountain Conference district tournament behind Redmond.
The Dalles High Riverhawks girls golf team opened its Class 5A Special District 1 schedule with two events last week.
Hood River Valley’s young boys golf team opened the season last week with third-place finishes at a home tournament and another in The Dalles.
Columbia High’s softball team is off to a 3-0 start after early season wins over Goldendale and Washougal.
Hood River Valley’s young boys golf team opened the season last week with third-place finishes at a home tournament and another in The Dalles.
