The Dalles High cross country team’s final tune-up before the 2022 Tri-Valley Conference district meet was a good one, as the Riverhawks won the boys and girls races Oct. 19 at Birch Creek near Pendleton.

There were few personal records but plenty of competition and meet experience for The Dalles High runners at last Saturday’s Nike Portland XC cross country meet in Portland.

Senior Juan Diego Contreras and junior Leo Lemann finished 2-3 to lead The Dalles to a sixth-place finish Saturday at the Oregon City Invitational cross country meet.

The Dalles High cross country team opened its season Saturday with a road run along the riverfront trail, where senior Juan Diego Contreras looked in mid-season form.