A large group of 45 Hood River Valley High Eagle boys and girls wrestlers started practice Nov. 14 in preparation for the Class 5A 2022-23 season which starts Nov. 30.
Hood River Valley freshman Connor Farlow capped his first high school wrestling season with a sixth-place finish at the OSAA Class 5A state tournament Saturday in Redmond.
This weekend’s OSAA Class 5A state wrestling tournament in Redmond awaits Carson Farlow, Connor Farlow and Robert Wood of Hood River, and Taylor Moorehouse and Silas Parsons of The Dalles.
Carson Farlow, his brother Connor Farlow and Robert Wood of Hood River, and Taylor Moorehouse and Silas Parsons of The Dalles have earned spots in the upcoming Class 5A state championship wrestling tournament.
Saturday’s Hood River Memorial Tournament proved a good sendoff for a number of Gorge wrestlers, who are prepping for this weekend’s district tourney in Prineville.
Hood River sophomore Abraham Tinajero won the 195-pound boys wrestling Intermountain Conference championship Saturday at Redmond High School.
Tinajero had byes in the first two rounds then won his semifinal match by fall in 28 seconds over William Witcraft of Redmond. Tinajero caught Redmond’s Kenyth Kettle early in the championship match and won by fall in 24 seconds to win the title.
