Caleb Lingel, Bailey Holste and Derek Johnston combined for 40 points and the No. 4-ranked Horizon Christian Hawks scratched across a 49-43 win over Crosshill Christian Friday in second-round playoff hoops action in Hood River.
After beating Ione and Mitchell/Spray last week, the Horizon girls basketball team moves to 8-4 in league play and is currently in a three-way tie for second with Sherman and Ione, with two games remaining in the regular season.
The Horizon girls and boys basketball teams are once again headed to the Big Sky district tournament this Friday and Saturday in Madras, wrapping up their regular season with some dominant wins over Mitchell/Spray and Ione last weekend and against South Wasco County Monday evening.
For the first time in school history, the Horizon girls basketball team started the Big Sky Conference season with a 2-0 record after a 59-47 win over the Dufur Rangers Friday at Dufur High School.
Zoe Morelli had a double-double with 16 points and 12 rebounds and the South Wasco County Redsides stopped their three-game losing streak with style in a 49-28 drubbing of Arlington Friday in a Big Sky Conference girl’s hoops showdown in Maupin.
2011 Hood River Valley High School graduate and former Eagle basketball MVP Chris Dirks had a breakout game Saturday as he posed his first college career double-double for the Linfield Wildcats against the George Fox Bruins. The 6’5” forward had 10 points and 11 rebounds in the game. The Wildcats, now 2-10 in the Northwest Conference, lost the game
