Baseball has plenty of nuances that affect the outcome of games: A bad hop here; a wind-induced fielding error there; raised chalk that keeps a slow roller inside the lines; a bang-bang play at first base.
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Visiting Pendleton ended Hood River Valley’s unbeaten run in the Intermountain Conference baseball race, edging the Eagles, 5-4, on May 3 in eight innings. Then two days later, in a re-scheduled contest, HRV split a doubleheader on the road at Redmond.
A next-man-up mentality with its pitching rotation — as well as offensive firepower — last week propelled Hood River Valley to the top of the Intermountain Conference baseball standings.
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Hood River Valley’s baseball fortunes turned from good to average in a few days last week, as the Eagles were impressive to start but not so much to finish.
Hood River Valley saw a familiar foe and a couple of new ones this past week in a spring break baseball tournament at Nelson High in Clackamas, where the Eagles continued to prepare for their final season in the Intermountain Conference.
With two thirds of the league’s deepest pitching staff returning, a catcher who has signed to play in college and a huge turnout of players — including 12 seniors — the Hood River Valley baseball program is arguably in need of only one thing: Good weather.
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The anatomy of Hood River Valley’s best football season in two decades can be traced to a core group of seniors, most of whom were recognized by the 5A Special District 1 coaches recently, when they voted for all-league teams.
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Quick-hitting Hood River Valley scored two touchdowns within a minute late in the first half, erasing a 7-6 deficit, enroute to a 19-7 OSAA/Class 5A state football playoff win Friday at home against South Albany.
Pretty? It was not. Exciting? Oh baby, was it ever. A classic? Well, that’s probably a stretch; lets stick with exciting for now.
Hood River Valley scored with 28 seconds remaining in regulation to tie the game and then won its Intermountain Conference football opener in …
