Over the years the Hood River Valley High School baseball team has produced some of the best athletes in town that have moved on to play collegiate athletics.
Three-straight Small Coed Show Cheer National Championships: that’s how former Hood River Valley High School cheerleader Mason Bailey would end her four-year collegiate career as part of the cheer squad team at Boise State University.
Hood River Water polo athlete Faith Ocheskey picked for National Team Selection Camp; Skyler Hunter named Big Ten Freshman of the Week; Annie Veatch named NWC Player of the Week; Mt. Hood Meadows Ski Resort hits 500-inch mark; Gorge Roubaix/Gravel Grinder this weekend; Paddling event April 15 raises money for families with cancer; and Fiona Wylde starts off season with podium finishes
The two-time Columbia River Conference and defending 5A baseball state champion Hood River Valley Eagles begin their quest for a repeat when they host an OSAA first-round state tournament contest at 4:30 p.m. May 25.
Tuesday’s Columbia River Conference baseball matchup between The Dalles and HRV turned out to be a near carbon copy of the second game of an April 29 doubleheader between the two squads in Hood River (a 9-0 HRV win).
The offensive adjustments made by HRV this season continue to pay off for the Eagles, who beat Pendleton for the third time in four days on Tuesday, routing the Buckaroos 11-5 in Pendleton and winning the season series.
The No. 4 Eagles had one of their biggest tests of the Columbia River Conference season on Saturday, playing their perennial rivals, the No. 19 Pendleton Buckaroos, Saturday in a doubleheader.
