Fourteen HRV Nordic team skiers competed in the team’s first race of the season on Jan. 7 at Teacup Nordic Snow Park in the Mt. Hood National Forest.
The Columbia High Bruins opened their 10-game WIAA Class 1A Trico League schedule with four straight wins, but host Seton Catholic put a stop to the streak with a, 72-51, victory Jan. 4 in Vancouver.
Columbia High’s boys wrestling team, led by champion Sawyer Muehlbauer, placed second at the Battle at the Bridge Invitational tourney this past weekend at Hockinson High School.
The 11-member The Dalles High Riverhawks boys and girls swim teams competed in two meets last week, recording nine top-five finishes in one and 14 in another.
At the seven-team Madras Invitational meet Jan. 3, The Dalles senior Lydia DiGennaro highlighted the meet for the girls squad by winning the 50-yard freestyle in 26.11 seconds. DiGennaro also recorded a runner-up finish in the 100-yard butterfly in 1:07.63.
The Dalles High Riverhawks girls basketball team has improved since a year ago, proving that with a 55-39 win over the Pendleton High Buckaroos Jan. 4 at Pendleton.
Visiting Milwaukie took advantage of Hood River Valley’s cold shooting spell and pulled away to a 51-30 Northwest Oregon Conference girls basketball win Friday at Vannet Court.
