Gorge sports roundup for May 4, 2022
The Dalles High Riverhawks boys golf team took first place in the Class 5A Intermountain Conference District Tournament Monday at the Dalles Country Club with a season best score of 350.
The Dalles High track and field team headed to the Portland-metro area Friday for different invitational meets this past weekend and the result was golden for two athletes.
Things are heating up for Columbia High’s track and field athletes — though the weather continues to lag behind.
Gorge small-school track and field athletes continued to prepare for the season-ending district meet by attending area invitationals this past week.
The District 3-1A meet is May 13-14 at South Wasco High in Maupin.
Hood River Valley’s boys golf team inched closer to Ridgeview High in Intermountain Conference play, but the Eagles couldn’t surpass the Ravens at a tournament April 25 at Indian Creek.
unior Tora Timinsky remained unbeaten, and The Dufur High Rangers took second place for the second consecutive week in a District 4 Class 4A/3A/2A/1A girls golf tournament April 26 at La Grande County Club.
The Dalles High Riverhawks baseball team came ever-so-close to getting its first Class 5A Intermountain Conference win April 29 in a doubleheader versus the Redmond High Panthers at Redmond.
Seton Catholic swept its three-game series against Columbia High last week. The Bruins lost 12-0 and 17-4 in a home doubleheader on April 26, and they fell, 13-5, on April 29.
The No. 4-ranked Dufur/South Wasco County High Rangers remained undefeated in Class 2A/1A Special District 7 baseball, sweeping No. 12-ranked Heppner (7-4 SD7, 8-8 overall), 5-0 and 11-7, on April 29 at Dufur High School.
Competing in their final event in the Gorge this year, on a very windy day, the Hood River Valley High Eagles and The Dalles High Riverhawks b…
Hood River Valley junior Elliot Hawley and sophomore Simone Tillman raced to runner-up finishes Friday at the Dean Nice Invitational track and field meet — Hawley in his specialty, Tillman in her newfound specialty. And, just for good measure, Tillman tossed in a first place in her old specialty.
The Hood River Valley boys tennis team played three Class 5A Intermountain Conference matches last week, winning two of them.
A next-man-up mentality with its pitching rotation — as well as offensive firepower — last week propelled Hood River Valley to the top of the Intermountain Conference baseball standings.
The Hood River Valley High Eagles are hoping that their recent slump (losing five of the past six games) is over and now they’re focusing on gaining momentum to try and achieve their goal of qualifying for the upcoming OSAA Class 5A softball state playoffs.
Columbia High’s softball team will take a five-game league win streak into its final regular-season league series against King’s Way next week.
The young Bruins (13-2 overall, 5-2 Trico League) will play a doubleheader May 11 at King’s Way Christian in Vancouver. The two teams will play a single game May 13 in White Salmon.
Columbia High showed improvement in a 2-1 boys soccer loss April 28 at home against King’s Way. The Bruins (5-5-1 overall, 4-4 in district pla…
The Hood River girls lacrosse team has hit a rough spot in its season.
After a 20-5 defeat at the hands of Class 3A Oregon Episcopal School (OES), the Eagles have now lost five straight league games in the Portland Interscholastic League (PIL). Hood River is the sole 5A school in the PIL for girls lacrosse. Despite the losses, first-year head coach and athletic trainer Lauren Oaks continues to instill a positive mindset in her players on and off the turf.
