Baseball
Hood River Valley sweeps Hermiston 11-1 and 4-3: Ryan Ward pitched a four-hitter in game one, but was taken to hospital with an apparent jaw injury after a collision in the outfield in game two. Patrick Harvey drove in the game winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning of the nightcap to give HRV sole possession of first place in the Columbia River Conference.
The Dalles splits with Pendleton: The Riverhawks lost game one 4-1 but took the second contest 3-1 to stay one game back of Hood River in the CRC.
Columbia 4, LaCenter 3
Columbia 11, Riverside 0
Dufur sweeps Sherman 10-8 and 10-3.
LaSalle sweeps Goldendale 8-4 and 17-4
Softball
Pendleton sweeps The Dalles 13-1 and 12-2: The Buckaroos take a two-game lead over the Riverhawks atop the Columbia River Conference standings.
Hood River Valley sweeps Hermiston 10-8 and 9-6: The Eagles scored four runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to win game one, then held off a late Bulldog rally in game two.
LaCenter 12, Columbia 1
Columbia splits with Irrigon, winning the opener 13-7 but falling in game two 14-10.
Track and Field
Hood River Valley’s girls were fifth and the boys sixth at the Summit Invitational in Bend. Jestena Mattson won the 100 meters, 200 meters, and high jump for the HRV girls, while Sebastian Barajas won the shot put and discus for the Eagle boys.
Both The Dalles boys and girls finished tenth at the Kiwanis Invitational in Hermiston. Katie Conklin had the top finish for the Riverhawks, taking second in the high jump.
Goldendale was the boys’ winner and Condon-Wheeler took the girls’ title at the Condon-Wheeler Invitational. Brian Golding won three events and Dillon Rising two for the Timberwolf boys, while Gabe Montoya won a pair for Lyle-Wishram. Taylor Darden of Dufur, Lexi Grenvik of Sherman and Ocean Bryan of Goldendale won two events each in girls’ competition.
Columbia cruised to the girls title while the CHS boys finished second behind Hockinson in the Bruin Invitational in White Salmon. Claire Anderson, Aidan Liddiard, and Stacia Bell won two events each for the CHS girls, while Madison McCrum of Stevenson also won a pair of events.
Salvador Ramirez finished second in the 1500 meters to lead the Horizon Christian effort at the Portland Christian Invitational.
Boys Soccer
Stevenson 10, Castle Rock 1