Columbia High School has one monkey off its back – so to speak.
The Bruins opened their 2022-23 boys basketball season Dec. 1 with a 54-26 win over Corbett High in White Salmon. It was Columbia’s first boys basketball win since 2019.
The 0-3 start for Hood River Valley’s young boys basketball team is part of the maturation process the Eagles must endure this season as the inexperienced group adjusts to full-time roles at the Class 5A varsity level.
Sports in Hood River over the past few years has seen a growth in travel ball teams, which occur outside of the traditional season sports calendar at schools, and the next sport to see an evolution in its travel ball season is girls basketball.
Basketball season is upon us, and we’re not talking pro (NBA) or semipro (collegiate). Nope, we’re talking junior high and high school basketball season.
Hood River County Community Education’s popular indoor youth soccer league starts a month earlier than usual this year to give the even more popular youth basketball season an extra month of playtime. Registration for the indoor soccer program, for youngsters ages 4-9, is still open, with sessions starting next week at Westside Elementary School.
Horizon Christian’s boys basketball team completed an unbeaten regular season last Friday at Sherman County, and now the Hawks are prepping for this weekend’s Big Sky district tourney.
