Gorge sports roundup for May 17, 2023
Gorge sports roundup for May 17, 2023
The No. 2-ranked Tri-Valley Conference champion The Dalles High Riverhawks extended their win streak to 18 last week after concluding their Class 4A softball regular season schedule unbeaten in league (15-0) and 21-3 overall.
The Dalles tennis players Paul Kelly and Paul Capek rolled to the Special District 4 tennis championships in doubles last week and this week will compete in the OSAA 2023 state championship tournament Friday and Saturday at Oregon State University.
The Dufur High Rangers won their first-ever OSAA Class 4A/3A/2A/1A girls golf Special District 4 championship May 9 at Birch Creek Golf Course in Pendleton.
The win propelled the Rangers to the state tournament on May 15-16 at Trysting Tree Golf Course in Corvallis.
Hood River’s Davis Kerr and Sierra Muenzer earned spots in this week’s Class 5A state golf tournaments with their performances last week in regional play.
Muenzer was the fourth individual qualifier to earn a berth at state based on her play at the Special District 1 regional tournament, May 8, at Stone Creek Golf Course south of Oregon City.
The Dalles High Riverhawks won two of three Tri Valley Conference baseball games last week to take second place in the league and qualify for the OSAA state playoffs for the first time in 10 years.
The Dalles High Riverhawks girls golf team competed May 8-9 in the OSAA Class 4A/3A/2A/1A Special District 1 regional tournament at Quail Valley Golf Course in Banks where junior Katelyn Vassar qualified for the state tourney.
Hood River Valley’s initial track and field season in the Northwest Oregon Conference included a few unknowns, but one certainty was that the strength of the league would be apparent by spring’s end.
That time has arrived.
The No. 13-ranked Trico League Champion Columbia High Bruins (13-5) won a District 4 playoff game 5-0 over the Eatonville High Crusers (11-7) on May 11 in Montesano to qualify for the WIAA Class 1A boys soccer 20-team state tournament May 19-27 in Renton, Wash.
It marks the second straight season that Columbia has qualified for the state playoffs.
Columbia High School came within seven points of duplicating its 2022 Trico League girls track and field championship May 12, but the Bruins eventually settled for second place to champion Castle Rock.
The Trico League champion Columbia High Bruins softball won four of five games in four days last week to remain unbeaten at 15-0 in the WIAA Class 1A division and 19-1 overall.
Hood River Valley’s baseball team clinched another berth in the Class 5A state playoffs with a two-game sweep of Hillsboro High last week.
The Hood River Valley softball team lost 8-0 to Centennial on May 9, which eliminated them from the Class 5A state playoff race.
The Hood River Valley girls lacrosse team dropped its 12th game of the season last week, but the Eagles enter this week’s playoffs bolstered by their performance in that contest.
Hood River Valley’s girls tennis team won more than half its matches at last week’s Northwest Oregon Conference’s district tournament, but the Eagles failed to advance any players to this week’s state tourney.
The Columbia High Bruins split two WIAA Class 1A girls tennis matches last week in preparation for this week’s district tournament.
Crook County High’s girls team is the favorite at the May 19-20 Tri-Valley League district track and field championships at Madras High School, but The Dalles likely will have a say in the final outcome.
Gorge-area small schools wrapped up their track and field regular seasons this past week.
The No. 16-ranked Sherman County/Condon High Huskies split two Class 2A/1A Special District 7 playoff games last week to qualify for the OSAA …