Gorge sports roundup for Nov. 9
Senior Kayden McCavic wanted to make amends for some unfulfilled expectations. Senior Juan Diego Contreras wanted team validation — to match some of his individual accolades. Sophomore Vincent Ziegenhagen simply wanted to run with twin brother, Egan.
After losing in the Nov. 4 quarterfinals of the OSAA Class 4A volleyball state tournament, the No. 3 ranked Tri-Valley Conference champion The Dalles High Riverhawks (21-4) had hoped to regroup and win an 8 a.m. morning game in the Nov. 5 consolation round and bring home a trophy.
Playing in the first-ever OSAA Class 1A 6-man football state playoffs, the No. 3-ranked South Wasco County High Redsides (8-1) recorded a 46-12 win over the Elkton High Elks (7-3) in the Nov. 5 quarterfinal.
Stop me if you’ve heard this one: Hood River Valley brought home another trophy from the OSAA state cross country championships.
The Columbia High School girls cross country team capped its district championship season by competing at last weekend’s WIAA state meet in Pasco, Wash.
Missions accomplished for the Hood River Valley girls and boys water polo teams last week, as they earned spots into this weekend’s state championship tournament in Corvallis.
Appearing in the OSAA Class 1A eight-man football state playoffs for the first time since 2017, the No. 11-ranked Sherman County/Condon High Huskies (6-3) were hoping to get an upset win on the road over the No. 5 ranked Myrtle Point High Bobcats in a Nov. 5 first-round contest.
Host La Grande scored six, second-half goals to end the season for The Dalles’ girls soccer team Nov. 2 in a 7-1 first-round win in the OSAA Class 4A playoffs.
Top-ranked Summit of Bend scored touchdowns on its first six possessions Friday, when the host Storm toppled visiting Hood River Valley, 42-6, in the first round of the Class 5A state football playoffs.
The No. 10-ranked Dufur High Rangers (4-5) faced the team that eliminated them from the playoffs last year in an OSAA Class 1A eight-man football game Nov. 4.
The Adrian High Antelopes (8-2) beat the Rangers, 66-6, to end Dufur’s season in the first round of the state playoffs.
Five Hood River Valley boys soccer players, including seniors Danny Villafana, Kiernan Chown and Dameon Solorzano, earned honorable mention all-league status based on a vote of Northwest Oregon Conference coaches.
