Jonah Tactay has made the most of his limited track and field time the past few years, including jumping his way into the Lane Community College recordbook.
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Hood River’s Jonah Tactay added another gold medal to his summer resume this past weekend, when he won the age 17-18 high jump at the USA Track and Field Region 13 Junior Olympic Track and Field Championships in Bend.
The boys and girls HRV track and field continues to impress against top competition in the state.
The HRV boys basketball team played its final home game of the regular season last Friday night against the second place team in the Columbia River Conference, the Hermiston Bulldogs.
The HRV boys basketball team came off a 71-69 loss at the buzzer in Hermiston on Feb. 2 before heading into its matchup at home versus The Dalles on Feb. 9.
Ready to make amends for a loss Tuesday against Pendleton, The Dalles boys’ basketball squad led Hood River Valley 36-30 at the half and 54-47 through three quarters. The Eagle defense then allowed five fourth-quarter field goals, while the offense delivered 10 field goals, three 3-pointers, and shot 12 of 15 from the line in a 34-14 run to defeat the Riverhawks 81-67 Friday at Vannet Court.
The HRV boys basketball team headed into Tuesday’s matchup at Hermiston coming off its most impressive win of the season.
After snapping a seven-game losing streak that dated back to Dec. 14, the HRV boys basketball team were unable to keep things rolling as they dropped their last non-league game earlier this week by a final score of 55-64 on the road at Liberty.
Two-days before the HRV boys basketball team would’ve been without a win for a whole month, they finally are able to put an end to the seven game losing streak as they won at home on Friday, Jan. 12 by a final score of 66-44 versus Corbett.
At the beginning of the season, first-year Head Track Coach Brandon Bertram had a lot of questions about his team. The departure of almost all of his athletes from the boys’ 2016 squad that won HRV’s first-ever state track title, combined with fresh faces who had never stepped on a track for competition before, left those questions unanswered through the early part of the season.
