Hood River Valley won six of eight wrestled matches enroute to a 63-18 Dec. 15 dual win over visiting Milwaukie High, and a few days later, Connor Farlow highlighted HRV’s performances at the weekend Liberty tourney in Hillsboro.
At Liberty, the Eagles placed 14th out of 23 teams with 109 points. Farlow continued his stellar season with a runner-up finish at 113 pounds. Farlow pinned his way through three rounds before running into junior Jeremiah Wachsmuth of Clackamas in the final. Wachsmuth was second in the 2022 Class 6A state tournament at 106 pounds and earned a first-round fall over Farlow for the Liberty title.
The No. 3-ranked Tri-Valley Conference Champion The Dalles High Riverhawks (21-3) lost 3-2 to the No. 7 ranked Skyline Conference Champion Mazama High Vikings (16-7) in the quarterfinals of the OSAA Class 4A Volleyball state tournament Nov. 4 at Springfield High School.
Hood River Valley started its first season of Northwest Oregon Conference boys soccer play this week after completing all but one contest in its grueling non-league schedule.
The No. 5-ranked Dalles High Riverhawks girls soccer team remained undefeated following a 1-1 tie in a Class 4A nonleague matchup versus the La Grande High Tigers Sept. 13 at La Grande High School.
Competing for the first time ever in the OSAA Class 1A girls basketball state playoffs, Â the Trout Lake High Mustangs had a successful debut as they won, 45-34, over the Powder Valley High Badgers in a first-round road game Wednesday in North Powder.
Columbia High wrestlers Cassidy Hipskind and Jessica Polkinghorn each placed eighth in the WIAA Region 3 girls wrestling tournament Saturday in Aberdeen.
For the second time in two weeks, the Dufur High Rangers had the unenviable task of playing the No. 1 ranked Adrian High Antelopes in Class 1A eight-man football. Neither game was kind to the Rangers.
The No. 16 ranked South Wasco County High Redsides advanced to the second round of the OSAA Class 1A volleyball state playoffs for the first time since 2018, before losing Friday at Damascus Christian.
South Wasco was seeking to reach the state quarterfinals — and a spot in the eight-team state tournament — for the first time since 2017.
Utilizing their No. 2 ranked offense, the Big Sky League Champion Dufur Rangers are hoping that this will help them achieve their goal of winning the Oregon Class 1A boys basketball state championship.
