There was some bad news and good news for the Hood River Valley High Eagles last week. The good news was the Eagles remained in contention for an OSAA Class 5A girls soccer state playoff berth after they were unbeaten in two Northwest Oregon Conference home games.

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.

Gone are the days when Hood River Valley can look forward to a break in its league schedule, as the Eagles girls soccer team is finding out in its first year of Northwest Oregon Conference play.