A mix of clouds and sun this morning then becoming cloudy with periods of light rain this afternoon. High 67F. Winds light and variable. Chance of rain 80%..
Tonight
Rain showers this evening with overcast skies overnight. Low 48F. Winds light and variable. Chance of rain 50%.
Hood River Valley junior Elliot Hawley and sophomore Simone Tillman raced to runner-up finishes Friday at the Dean Nice Invitational track and field meet — Hawley in his specialty, Tillman in her newfound specialty. And, just for good measure, Tillman tossed in a first place in her old specialty.
Things are coming together for Hood River Valley’s girls track and field team, as it continues its march toward next month’s Intermountain Conference district meet. The Eagles are fine-tuning by mixing and matching some of the pieces to compete the puzzle.
Hood River Valley High seniors, Poppy Miller and Chole Bullock, are track and field tacticians in arguably different ways. They’re also state champions.
Miller defended her 2019 Class 5A pole vault crown — albeit with a COVID-halted 2020 season in between — in a lifetime best 12 feet, and Bullock won the 800 in a personal best 2 minutes, 20.25 seconds at the 5A Invitational last week in Wilsonville.
The Crook County girls and Ridgeview’s and Pendleton’s boys head into Saturday’s Intermountain Conference district track and field meet as the team favorites, while a number of athletes from The Dalles and Hood River Valley should figure in the individual mix.
