The three-time state champion Dufur Rangers capped a season with seven different players garnering all-state awards, led by Hagen Pence who was a first-team member on both sides of the ball and Player of the Year.
Kolbe Bales had an all-time season on the mound, finishing with career-highs in several categories for the Blue Mountain Conference champion Dufur Rangers. In a year of firsts, the Rangers had their high regular season ranking of No. 1 for that final two months, were the No. 1-seeded entering state action, added a program-best 24-2 record, and vaulted to their deepest postseason run in program history, the semifinals.
While boasting the 2A classification’s fourth-best offense at 10 runs a game, the one forgotten highlight during the Dufur Rangers’ 13-game winning streak is its stout pitching performances.
Jackie Culp, Tabor McLaughlin, Curtis Crawford, and Kolbe Bales each hit double figures in the No. 9 Dufur Rangers’ 70-33 victory over the Mitchell-Spray Tuesday in Spray.
Connor Uhalde set a season-high with 30 points, and sophomore guard Tabor McLaughlin had one of the best games of his career to lead the Dufur Rangers to a 67-37 victory over Ione Saturday in a Big Sky Conference battle in Ione.
While the usual suspects, Bailey Keever, Kolbe Bales and Ian Cleveland were able to score touchdowns and make plays, the young guns on the Dufur Ranger football team displayed a glimpse to a bright future for the program in Thursday’s 74-0 Big Sky Conference victory over South Wasco County.
While the usual suspects, Bailey Keever, Kolbe Bales and Ian Cleveland were able to score touchdowns and make plays, the young guns on the Dufur Ranger football team displayed a glimpse to a bright future for the program in Thursday’s 74-0 Big Sky Conference victory over South Wasco County.
