Prior to an OSAA class 5A play-In game between the 11 ranked Hood River Valley Eagles (16-11) and the struggling St. Helens Lions (7-18), there wasn’t much doubt about the outcome. There was simply no way whatsoever that Hood River would lose. The only question was, would the Eagles throw their first no-hitter of the year?
After a seventh inning rally fell short last Tuesday in Pendleton, the HRV baseball team traveled to The Dalles on Friday, May 11 for a chance to sweep the season series versus the Riverhawks in the final conference game of the season.
After scoring one run in its previous game, HRV baseball put together its strongest offensive two-game stretch of the season last week, scoring 21 runs in their doubleheader versus The Dalles on Friday, April 27.
Before HRV’s baseball game on Monday, April 2 versus Tualatin, head coach Erich Harjo was “really excited” to see how his team was going to respond after going 0-4 during the team’s trip to Arizona last week.
For the third time in as many years, the HRV boys baseball team are Columbia River Conference champions, sealing the deal Tuesday evening in Hood River with a decisive 10-2 victory over The Dalles Riverhawks.
The Eagles baseball team locked up their first season series this year, getting a third win over Pendleton on a very wet Tuesday evening in Hood River, where they edged the Buckaroos 4-3, following up last weekend’s doubleheader sweep.
