Gorge sports roundup for May 25, 2022
Gorge sports roundup for May 25, 2022.
Zoe Dunn entered last weekend’s Class 5A state track and field meet at opulent Hayward Field all wide-eyed, but by the time she and her teammates left two days later, it was The Dalles junior and her sophomore teammates who caught the attention of many.
Senior Taylor Morehouse etched his name in The Dalles High track and field record book Saturday when he capped an undefeated season by winning the Class 5A boys pole vault state championship.
Trout Lake freshman Sawyer Dean and junior Landon Heberling finished 1-2 in the boys pole vault, and Sherman High sophomore Sophie Hulke won the girls discus, to highlight Gorge-area finishes at the Class 1A state track and field meet this past week.
Senior Lauren Griggs and sophomore Jackson Bullock were Hood River Valley’s top placers at last weekend’s Class 5A state track and field meet at Hayward Field in Eugene.
Montesano’s team depth carried the Bulldogs to the District 4 girls track and field championship last Thursday, while Columbia High advanced a strong team to this weekend’s Class 1A state meet.
The Dalles boys doubles team of Paul Capek and Paul Kelly finished third in last weekend’s Class 5A state tennis tournament.
Everything seemed to be going in Hood River’s favor last week, as the Eagles and Gorge rival The Dalles battled for the third and final Intermountain Conference softball playoff spot.
Columbia High’s softball season came to an end Saturday at the regional tournament at Fort Borst Park in Centralia, where the Bruins lost, 5-1, to Castle Rock in the third-place game.
Having home-field advantage in a May 17 Intermountain Conference doubleheader, plus having the additional inspiration provided by a Senior Night ceremony, seemed to be near-perfect circumstances for the Hood River Valley to get a playoff-clinching victory over Gorge rival The Dalles.
It’s playoff time, with the goal now to play as long as possible — you win you advance, you lose you go home, as they say.
The Dalles struggled through their 2022 Class 5A baseball schedule, but the Riverhawks did show some improvement by winning one more game than they did during the 2021 season.
The Dufur/South Wasco County High Rangers have everything going for them with a healthy team and some momentum to take them on what they’re hoping is a 10-day run in the OSAA Class 2A/1A baseball state playoffs.
Hood River native Jonah Tactay will compete for the University of Oregon’s track and field team in the 2022 NCAA West Preliminary this week at…
The Dalles High Riverhawks concluded their season by taking eighth place in the OSAA Class 5A boys golf state tournament May 16-17 at Trysting Tree Golf Course in Corvallis.
The Dalles High Riverhawk sophomore Katelyn Vassar took 13th place in the Class 5A state golf tourney May 16-17 at Emerald Valley Golf Club in Creswell.
