Get your freak on with the Hood River Valley High School Booster Club’s Vampires and Victims fun run and fundraiser Oct. 18, 6:30 p.m. at HRVHS. The Halloween-themed event – suitably held as a fundraiser for HRV athletics concussion testing programs – is a game of chase or be chased. Participants of the run are assigned the role of either vampire or victim, and are thus released in the first (victims) or second (vampires) wave to run the 5K nighttime course around the school campus and Indian Creek Trail. Registration starts at 6 p.m. at the HRV football field and the fun kicks off at 6:15 p.m. with kids’ fun run and Halloween Piñata, followed by a 2K elementary school run before the 5k finale. Headlamps and costumes are highly recommended. Registration is $10 with a costume, $15 without and $5 for the kids fun run.
Saddle Club hosts rummage sale
Hood River Saddle Club is hosting rummage sale Saturday, Oct. 25, from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at its 4384 Belmont Street location to help raise money for the Phelps Creek Equestrian Trail currently under construction. When completed, the trail will provide an equestrian/hiker-only route in Hood River County Forestry’s Northwest Area Trails System accessed from Post Canyon, Roirdan, York Hill, and Binns Hill. In addition to attending the sale and purchasing items, HRSC is asking for community participation in the form of donated items to be sold. For more information or to donate, contact Helen Hanson at 541-399-6654.
Middle school coaches needed
Hood River and Wy’east middle school basketball programs are in need of boys and girls coaches and assistants for the upcoming fall/winter season. Coaches are needed for all Wy’east boys and girls teams and for HRMS 7th and 8th grade boys teams. Anyone interested is asked to contact Phil Hukari as soon as possible at philhuk@embarqmail.com.
HRATS, Dirty Fingers host Kleeway fundraiser party
Join Hood River Area Trail Stewards and the local trails and mountain biking community on Saturday, Oct. 25 for a Halloween-themed party hosted at Dirty Fingers Bike Shop. The party starts at 5 p.m. and will be a fun fundraiser for a new trail in the Post Canyon area to be called the Kleeway, in honor of the late HRATS’ president, Matt Klee. The party will include karaoke, costumes, raffles and more.
Horizon soccer on winning streak
The Horizon Christian School Hawks varsity soccer team defeated Columbia Christian 2-1 on Monday to improve its season record to 7-2-1 with just two league games remaining in the regular season. The Hawks, led by head coache Rick Whitaker and assistant Andrew Halliday, have won six straight (with a 2-2 tie in the middle) and are in the No. 3 slot in their district (3A/2A/1A Special District 6). The Hawks close out their regular season with two home games – Oct. 17 against City Christian and Oct. 20 vs. North Clackamas Christian, both 4 p.m. at Horizon.
In a building year, Horizon’s volleyball team has three games remaining in its season, with the final one on Oct. 16 at home 5 p.m. vs. Sherman. The team is 1-13.
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