Wheat leads with 20 in varsity boys league opener

Ryan Wheat led the Hood River Valley High school varsity boys basketball team at Pendleton Tuesday evening in the team’s league opener. The 83-54 loss puts the boys at 4-8 overall. After falling behind by 49-20 in the first half, the Eagles came out much improved in the second and actually tied the Buckaroos 34-34 in scoring for the half. RJ Chavez had 10 points, Luke Kopecky tallied eight rebounds and Austin Clark and Eli Fults had six points each in the game.