Stop me if you’ve heard this one: Hood River Valley brought home another trophy from the OSAA state cross country championships.
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Hood River Valley will host a cross country meet for the first time in a year and a half on Wednesday.
Canby, Parkrose, and Putnam will gather at the high school and tackle the 5,000-meter course, which meanders around the HRV athletic complex fields and nearby Indian Creek Trail. The girls race begins at 4 p.m. and the boys at 4:40 p.m.
Hood River Valley jump started its 2022 cross country season at Friday’s Night Meet at Wilsonville High School and a couple of senior runners led the Eagle charge.
Hood River Valley junior Elliot Hawley and sophomore Simone Tillman raced to runner-up finishes Friday at the Dean Nice Invitational track and field meet — Hawley in his specialty, Tillman in her newfound specialty. And, just for good measure, Tillman tossed in a first place in her old specialty.
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The balance of power in high school track and field tends to shift week-to-week during the spring season, as teams juggle training regimens toward season-ending district and state meets. This past week the Intermountain Conference power base tilted toward the Gorge, as Hood River and The Dalles registered some league-leading times and distances.
Hood River Valley’s cross country teams made significant statements Friday to the rest of the Intermountain Conference teams with their perfor…
Hood River Valley’s return to high school cross country competition Saturday was punctuated by junior Elliot Hawley’s near win in the Division 2 race at the sunny Nike Portland XC.
Hannah Ziegenhagen’s first-place finish led The Dalles girls to a team win Wednesday at a four-school cross country meet in Redmond.
Bruins complete XC season
There’s running and then there’s racing, and on Wednesday afternoon at Sorosis Park in The Dalles there was a little of both. As well as some …
