The Columbia High Bruins girls basketball team is proving a contender in the WIAA Class 1A Trico League, after winning two games last week to move into third place in the six-team league.

The Columbia High Bruins (5-3) captured their fourth straight non-league win in WIAA Class 1A girls basketball, 45-30, at home Dec. 30 over the Riverside High Pirates (4-9).

Playing their first game in two weeks, The Dalles High Riverhawks (1-1) notched their first win with a 56-41 victory over the Columbia High Bruins (1-3) in a non league girls basketball game Dec. 16 at The Dalles High School’s Kurtz Gym.

Columbia High’s volleyball season ended with a 3-1 home win over visiting Seton Catholic on Oct. 27.