A Jekyll-and-Hyde start to the girls soccer season has afforded Hood River Valley Coach Amanda Orand to focus on practice plans with different emphasis points.
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With senior point guard Kilee Hoylman out indefinitely with an Achilles injury, The Dalles girls basketball team put forth gritty performances on consecutive nights in a 57-44 loss to No. 8-ranked St. Helens Friday and a 56-52 home setback at the hands of Milwaukie Saturday.
Hood River Valley’s varsity boys basketball team defeated St. Helens High School 59-47 Tuesday, Jan. 7 at Vannet Court in Hood River.
An early 35-14 first-half deficit proved to be too much for The Dalles Riverhawks to overcome.
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Update: The Eagles lost their Friday game against Dallas, 5-3. The full story will be in the June 1 issue of the Hood River News.
JR Scott took home first place, Andrew Richman and Mauricio Carrera each tallied runner-up finishes, and Steven Preston claimed fifth place to lead The Dalles wrestling team to 92.5 points and seventh place overall at the 10-team Tigard Invitational Saturday. For Richman, it was his first finals appearance in his four-year career and Carrera’s first title berth in three campaigns. “I am so proud,” TD coach Paul Beasley said.
When The Dalles gives up 35 points or fewer, they are 5-1. Friday at Kurtz Gym, the 5A classification’s fifth-best scoring defense (38.5 points a game) was on full display in a 43-33 triumph Friday versus St. Helens.
After suffering its fifth loss in a row last Friday night at home to Stevenson by a final score of 66-64, the HRV boys basketball team was back in action at home on Jan. 3 against St. Helens, looking to snap its longest losing streak of the season.
The Hood River Valley Eagles played their season-opening nonleague football game Friday night versus the St. Helens Lions.
Matt Morgan is ready to get to work. Morgan, the new athletic director/vice principal at The Dalles High School, was hired July 26 and is already serving in his new role.
