Frazier to coach HRV girls basketball

HOOD RIVER — Hood River Valley (HRV) hired Justin Frazier to coach the Eagles’ varsity girls basketball team starting with the 2026-27 season.

Frazier completed a four-year coaching run as the head girls basketball coach at Columbia High in White Salmon. The Bruins qualified for the district playoffs three of those four seasons; Frazier was selected as the Trico League coach of the year for the 2025-26 season.

Frazier replaces Zach Pauls, who coached one season as the HRV girls varsity coach. The Eagles were 12-12 overall and 9-7 in the Northwest Oregon Conference in 2025-26.

Hood River Valley joins the OSAA Class 5A East Metro Conference for the next four-year time block. East Metro teams also include Centennial, Milwaukie, Parkrose, Putnam, Sandy (down from 6A), and St. Helens (up from 4A).

No longer on HRV’s league schedule are three of the tougher 5A girls basketball programs in recent years, Wilsonville, Canby, and La Salle Prep. In the past four years: Wilsonville won three league titles; La Salle was second all four years; and Canby was either third or fourth during that period. Only Hillsboro (third two seasons ago) and Putnam (first in 2022-23) broke up the dominance of the three schools — which are now part of a revamped NWOC.

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