Gorge sports roundup for May 31
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The No. 2-ranked Tri-Valley Conference champion The Dalles High Riverhawks (24-3) advanced to the OSAA Class 4A softball semifinals following an, 18-2, quarterfinal home win over the No. 7-ranked Astoria High Fishermen (19-7) on May 26.
Hood River Valley senior Elliot Hawley’s record-setting season culminated with two more all-time school bests at last weekend’s Class 5A state track and field meet in Eugene.
Columbia High School’s girls track and field competed at the WIAA 1A state championships last weekend, earning podium finishes from two athletes.
The three-day meet was held May 25-27 at Eisenhower High School’s Zaepfel Stadium in Yakima.
The Dalles High’s girls track and field team finished third in the final event — the 4x400 meter relay — to move into a tie for eighth place at last weekend’s Class 4A state meet in Eugene.
The Trout Lake track and field team paced Gorge Class 1A schools at last weekend’s OSAA state meet at historic Hayward Field in Eugene.
Hood River Valley’s young baseball team met its match in the first round of the OSAA Class 5A state baseball playoffs May 23, when the Eagles’ 2023 season ended with a, 4-3, loss at Springfield’s Thurston High.
The No. 7-ranked The Dalles High Riverhawks got off to a good start in their first postseason appearance in 10 years, as they won, 7-3, over the No. 9-ranked Stayton High Eagles (16-9) in an OSAA Class 4A baseball first round state playoff game May 23 at Quinton Street Ballpark in The Dalles.
Competing in the OSAA Class 2A/1A baseball state playoffs for the first time in five years, the Sherman County/Condon High Huskies lost, 5-3, to Country Christian/North Clackamas Christian High Cougars in a May 22 first-round contest.
Columbia High’s first-ever appearance in the WIAA Class 1A softball state tournament ended with a, 13-0, first-round loss to Lynden Christian on May 25 at Columbia Playfield in Richland, Wash.
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Hood River Valley’s boys golf team ended its season at the 2023 Class 5A state championships, culminating a spring that also included academic all-state honors for the squad.
