Wrestling
Hood River Valley finished fourth and The Dalles ninth in the Oregon Class 5A Special District 4 wrestling tournament at Vannet Court. HRV sends four wrestlers to the state 5A meet in two weeks in Portland, including Christian Marquez, who won the 132 pound district title by defeating Matthew McCain of Redmond by technical fall 3:54 into the final match. Angel Jones, Jason Shaner, and Junior Manzo all earned state invitations. Joe Linebarger will represent The Dalles at state after finishing second at 220 pounds.
Stevenson finished eighth and Columbia tenth at the Southwest Washington Class 1A District wrestling meet at Kelso. Stevenson’s Colton Van Pelt won the 160 pound division, topping Artimus Johnson of Hoquiam 8-0 in the final. Noah Richert of Stevenson will also go to the Mat Classic in Tacoma witha third place finish at 152 pounds, while Paul Demchuk of Columbia also won a state invite with a fourth place finish at 182.
Regina Bell of Columbia won the 130 pound title in the Region 3 girls’ wrestling tournament along with a spot in the Mat Classic by defeating Natasha Williams of Skyview 16-14.
Goldendale qualifies four wrestlers to the Mat Classic at the Region 3 wrestling tournament, led by a second place finish by Bryce Wilkins at 170 pounds.
Swimming
Hood River Valley won the girls’ title and finished second behind Pendleton in the boys’ competition at the Columbia River Conference Swimming Championships at the Hood River Aquatic Center. The Eagle girls’ won nine events, including dual victories for Allison Burke, Kylie Webb, and Dhani Freeland, while the boys grabbed six first place finishes, including three relay victories. The Dalles finished third in both the boys and girls competition, as Andrew Clifford and Ben Feil won two events each.
Skiing
Lucy McLean and Austin Keillor of Hood River Valley had big days in Mount Hood League ski races at Mount Hood Meadows. Both won the slalom and giant slalom events held over the weekend.
Boys Basketball
Hood River Valley 72, The Dalles 62
Horizon Christian 79, Spray-Mitchell 42
Horizon Christian 70, South Wasco 46
South Wasco 81, Ione 37
Sherman 56, Arlington 37
Sherman 65, Dufur 58
Dufur 60, Condon-Wheeler 42
Greater Columbia League Boys Basketball Tournament
Yakama Tribal 60, Lyle-Wishram 41
Bickleton 59, Lyle-Wishram 55
Girls Basketball
The Dalles 55, Hood River Valley 44
Condon-Wheeler 52, Dufur 31
Sherman 31, Arlington 30
Dufur 42, Sherman 26
South Wasco 41, Ione 36
South Wasco 52, Horizon Christian 29
Horizon Christian 34, Spray-Mitchell 24
Southwest Washington Class 1A Girls Basketball Tournament
Elma 53, Columbia 35: CHS vs. Eatonville at Kelso on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m.
Greater Columbia League Girls Basketball Tournament
Lyle-Wishram 32, Bickleton 27
Sunnyside Christian 72, Lyle-Wishram 34: L-W vs. Bickleton at Goldendale on Tuesday at 6 p.m. for a state tournament berth.