The HRV girls basketball team headed into league play with an 8-6 record, but after dropping their first two games of league, they’re now 8-8 and .500 on the season for the first time since they were 2-2 in early December.
The HRV boys basketball team heads into 2018 on a five-game losing streak, including their most recent loss at home to Stevenson by a final score of 66-64.
In their final game of the season, the Hood River Valley Eagles faced their most formidable opponent all year: the defending 5A football state champions and top-ranked Summit Storm.
As Columbia River Conference teams enter the final stretch of their regular season, the HRV girls team has been steadily improving its game, playing competitively against teams that had blown them out of the water earlier in the season.
One night after suffering a 17-point setback against No. 3 Hermiston, No. 5 The Dalles Wahtonka got back to their winning ways with a 64-44 win Saturday over the 4A La Grande Tigers in a non-league girl’s hoops showdown at La Grande High School.
Basketball is a game of adjustments. After Trout Lake struck first blood with a 14-10 run through first quarter of play, the Sherman Huskies made the proper moves on the hardwood and added some extra defensive intensity for a run of 19-5 in the second quarter on their way to a 50-36 victory Tuesday in non-league girl’s basketball play in Moro.