The Army Corps of Engineers hosts its 13th annual Eagle Watch Saturday, Jan. 21 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at The Dalles Dam Visitors Center, 3545…
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Hood River Valley won six of eight wrestled matches enroute to a 63-18 Dec. 15 dual win over visiting Milwaukie High, and a few days later, Connor Farlow highlighted HRV’s performances at the weekend Liberty tourney in Hillsboro.
At Liberty, the Eagles placed 14th out of 23 teams with 109 points. Farlow continued his stellar season with a runner-up finish at 113 pounds. Farlow pinned his way through three rounds before running into junior Jeremiah Wachsmuth of Clackamas in the final. Wachsmuth was second in the 2022 Class 6A state tournament at 106 pounds and earned a first-round fall over Farlow for the Liberty title.
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.
The Hood River Valley girl’s basketball off-season was driven by last year’s results. The Eagles are led by head Coach Steve Noteboom, who has been at the helm since 2019. Last season the team started strong winning three of their first four games and entered conference play with an even 5-5 record. A tough Intermountain Conference (IMC) league held the Eagles winless in the second half of the year.
The Hood River Valley volleyball team completed its 2022 season, its first in the Northwest Oregon Conference, with a 3-0 home loss on Oct. 25 to sixth-ranked La Salle Prep.
Hood River Valley won its seventh successive girls district cross country championship Wednesday at Blue Lake Park in Portland and 30 miles away The Dalles High boys team matched the Eagles’ feat with a district crown of its own.
The Dalles, led by individual winner Juan Diego Contreras, won the Class 4A Tri-Valley Conference boys district crown at McIver Park near Estacada. The Riverhawk girls were third.
There was some bad news and good news for the Hood River Valley High Eagles last week. The good news was the Eagles remained in contention for an OSAA Class 5A girls soccer state playoff berth after they were unbeaten in two Northwest Oregon Conference home games.
There’s probably a scientific formula confirming the reliability of pre-meet form charts in the sport of cross country. Hood River Coach Brandon Bertram has his own theory: put in the work, get the results.
Hood River Valley overwhelmed Milwaukie on Friday, 5-1, in Northwest Oregon League boys soccer, enabling the Eagles to remain in the hunt for a Class 5A state playoff berth.
Hood River Valley’s girls water polo team split two matches the past week as it continues its journey to the state playoffs.
