Hood River Valley’s girls wrestling team had its best showing this season to date with a fourth-place finish at the Pendleton Red Lion Invitational on Dec. 21 at the Pendleton Convention Center.
The Dalles-Gladstone Class 4A non-league football game was canceled Sept. 23 because the teams were struggling with injuries to their players and both squads needed a bye week to rest and recuperate.
Competing for the first time ever in the OSAA Class 1A girls basketball state playoffs, the Trout Lake High Mustangs had a successful debut as they won, 45-34, over the Powder Valley High Badgers in a first-round road game Wednesday in North Powder.
The No. 3-ranked and undefeated South Wasco County High Redsides captured the Class 1A Big Sky League District Championship with a 42-40 boys basketball win over Ione/Arlington on Saturday night at The Dalles High School’s Kurtz Gym.
Hopes for, first, a co-Intermountain Conference championship, and then a first-round playoff bye, were dashed last week when the Hood River Valley boys basketball team dropped successive road games at Redmond and Crook County. The losses left the Eagles in third place in the final regular season standings and a home playoff date against Pendleton on Monday (result came after the printed edition deadline).
A first-round Intermountain Conference playoff bye and subsequent semifinal home game are among the incentives this week for the Hood River Valley boys basketball team.
The Dalles spoiled Hood River Valley’s unblemished record against league boys soccer opponents Thursday, but the Eagles still earned the top seed in this week’s single-elimination district playoffs.
The Dalles High School performs “Bye Bye Birdie,”with performances 7:30 p.m., Friday through Sunday, March 15, 16, 17 and a matinee at 2 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $7 adults and $5 seniors and children 12 and under.