HRV baseball headed into last Friday’s home game riding a three-game winning streak, the Eagles’ second longest streak of the season.
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The race amongst the three Columbia River Conference softball teams vying for the two play-in spots left in the league got a lot tighter Tuesday night in The Dalles when HRV defeated the Riverhawks 2-1, pulling within a single game of The Dalles and Hermiston in the playoff race.
The Eagles returned this week from their successful spring break trip down to Arizona and resumed their winning ways in their first game of the week, handily defeating the 4A Gladstone Gladiators on the road.
With the CRC title firmly in HRV’s hands, the Eagles were only playing for pride in Friday’s game against The Dalles, who unlike HRV, had a lot to lose — namely the final play-in spot in the Columbia River Conference.
At first, it looked like the Hood River Valley Eagles might suffer yet another defeat at the hands of a league opponent, and might find themselves on the outside looking in at the playoffs.
Kelsey Broadus wore a frilly ribbon, and held a fierce grip. The West Albany freshman pitcher threw a perfect game Friday to lead the host Bulldogs to a 6-0 win in the OSAA Class 5A quarterfinal playoffs over Hood River Valley, ending the Eagles’ deepest playoff run in years.
Coleman gets three hits and tosses four-hitter in tough 6-4 triumph When he is not running, jumping or hurdling, Sherman junior Nick Coleman is one of the top baseball players in the Blue Mountain Conference. Tuesday, he proved it.
It had been a long day at the ball field for The Dalles Wahtonka coach Steve Garrett – a happy one though. TDW totaled 19 hits and both Morgan Triperinas and Carley Gowdy put forth stout pitching performances in a pair of wins over Molalla and Century Monday in TD Invitational Spring Break Softball Tournament play in The Dalles.
