The Columbia High Bruins girls basketball team is proving a contender in the WIAA Class 1A Trico League, after winning two games last week to move into third place in the six-team league.
The South Wasco County High Redsides continue to be one of the most dominating teams in Class 1A boys basketball, winning three more Big Sky League contests last week to improve to 14-1 overall.
The Big Sky League East Division frontrunner Sherman County High Huskies (5-1 league, 10-3 overall) notched a fourth straight girls basketball win, 46-10, over the Lyle/Wishram High Cougars (0-7 league, 0-11 overall) Jan. 14 at Lyle High School.
Last weekend’s two-day Kelso Invitational wrestling tournament attracted athletes from 93 high schools in Washington, Oregon, and Canada, including those from Hood River Valley and Columbia.
In the first game without their leading scorer, Styles DeLeon, who suffered a season-ending leg injury Dec. 30, The Dalles High Riverhawks boys basketball team won a non-league contest, 60-55, over visiting Pendleton on Jan. 4.
The Class 4A Riverhawks faced a much stronger opponent in a Jan. 7 home match-up against the Class 6A Willamette High Wolverines (6-5), who won 59-36.
The defending Class 1A boys Big Sky League boys basketball champion South Wasco County High Redsides continued to roll right along, as they improved their record to 11-1 overall and 3-0 in the Big Sky last week.
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.
The Columbia High Bruins (5-3) captured their fourth straight non-league win in WIAA Class 1A girls basketball, 45-30, at home Dec. 30 over the Riverside High Pirates (4-9).
