The Hood River Valley ski team concluded the regular season by competing in the Mt. Hood Ski Race League events last week.
Contributed photoTHE GORGE — The Hood River Valley High (HRV) Eagles and The Dalles High Riverhawks ski teams concluded the regular season by competing in two Mt. Hood Ski Race League events last week.
Hood River’s boys team won both races and clinched the 2025 Mt. Hood Ski Race League (MHSRL) regular season title.
HRV’s trio of Lars Welch (second), Beckett Eaton (sixth) and Davis Pruder (eight) recorded top-10 boys finishes on Feb. 17 at Mt. Hood Ski Bowl. Welch had a two-run time of 1:16.54 as he was close behind winner Grant Messinger of Sandy (1:16.31).
HRV’s Jess Aubert (11th) and Jaden Johnson (12th) also had strong finishes. Trout Lake High’s Rowan Shuman took fifth place with his two-run time of 1:19.54. HRV’s Wyatt Stewart finished 23rd and The Dalles skier Cade Nordquist finished 33rd out of 51 competitors.
The Eagle girls were led by winner Emily Teets, who had a two-run time of 1:16.10 at the Feb. 17 race. HRV’s Zoe Mortensen took fifth at 1:22.68. The Eagles had a quartet of skiers who finished in the top 10 as Wren Eaton took eighth place and Eliott Walsh took ninth.
The Hood River girls finished second in the six-race MHSRL standings behind Grant of Portland. Hood River won three of six races, including the final two.
The Dalles sophomore Kaiya Doty took 11th place for the Riverhawks’ girls squad, while teammate Kailee Klindt finished 24th. Trout Lake High skier Ella Shuman took 12th place. The Dalles skier Riley Nordquist finished in 43rd place out of 69 competitors. Josslyn Denny of HRV took 42nd place.
On Feb. 21, the Gorge area skiers competed in their second race in five days with Race 6 in a slalom event at Cooper Spur. The boys race was similar to the Feb. 17 event with Messinger (53.95) winning by a close margin again over Welch (55.54) in second and Shuman (57.11) in third. Eaton finished eighth at 1:05.12.
Pruder (13th) and Johnson (16th) notched top 20 finishes and Cade Nordquist finished 32nd. HRV’s Damian Hochhalter finished in 34th place out of 52 boys skiers.
In the Feb. 21 girls slalom, HRV had an impressive one-two finish with Teets (58.26) winning again, followed by Mortensen (1:00.21). Walsh (sixth) and Eaton (seventh) recorded top 10 finishes.
For The Dalles, Klindt took 21st place and Riley Nordquist took 37th. HRV’s Denny took 42nd place and teammate Makena Bennett was 56th out of 68 girls skiers.
The skiers will compete again in their season finale in the Oregon Interscholastic Ski Racing Association state championship event March 6-7 at Mount Ashland.
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