The Columbia High Bruins opened their 10-game WIAA Class 1A Trico League schedule with four straight wins, but host Seton Catholic put a stop to the streak with a, 72-51, victory Jan. 4 in Vancouver.
In a match up between Class 1A Big Sky League West Division boys basketball top contending teams, the South Wasco County High Redsides showed why they’re considered a favorite to win the league title with a 60-37 win over Horizon Christian on Saturday in Hood River.
Clutch scoring and defensive stands gave The Dalles boys basketball team the surge it needed to snap its six-game losing skid. Josh Nisbet scored a team-leading 20 points and sank the game-winning layup at the buzzer on an assist by Jack Bonham to vault the Riverhawks to a dramatic 52-50 victory over Crescent Valley last Friday at Kurtz Gym.
It had been 13 days since the HRV girls basketball team’s last game — last week their contest against Corbett on the road was cancelled because of the opposing team not having enough players to suit up — but the girls were finally back in action on Jan. 16.
After a dominant 45-7 win over Mitchell/Spray last weekend, the Horizon girls basketball team welcomed South Wasco County to the Hawks Nest on Tuesday night.
After suffering its fifth loss in a row last Friday night at home to Stevenson by a final score of 66-64, the HRV boys basketball team was back in action at home on Jan. 3 against St. Helens, looking to snap its longest losing streak of the season.