Hood River Valley’s boys basketball team was slated to continue its gauntlet through the upper echelon of the Class 5A ranks this week with Parkrose coming to town on Tuesday.
Hood River Valley is seeking its initial Northwest Oregon Conference girls basketball victory and the timing may be right for a Tuesday trip to Portland’s Parkrose High.
In the first game without their leading scorer, Styles DeLeon, who suffered a season-ending leg injury Dec. 30, The Dalles High Riverhawks boys basketball team won a non-league contest, 60-55, over visiting Pendleton on Jan. 4.
The Class 4A Riverhawks faced a much stronger opponent in a Jan. 7 home match-up against the Class 6A Willamette High Wolverines (6-5), who won 59-36.
The Class 1A No. 5-ranked South Wasco County High Redsides girls basketball team improved its record to 8-2 with a 48-44 nonleague win over the North Lake High Cowgirls (5-3) Dec. 28 at North Lake High School in Silver Lake.
The snowy, icy weather on Dec. 9 wiped out the first attempt this season for The Dalles High Riverhawks and Hood River Valley Eagles to renew their boys and girls basketball rivalries.
The Sherman County High Huskies notched their second win of the season, with a 43-29 victory over the Dayville/Monument High Tigers (1-4) Dec. 9 at the Condon Tournament.
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.
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.
