Swimming

Hood River Valley took fourth place in the Oregon Class 5A girls swimming championships at Tualatin Hills Aquatic Center.  HRV’s Sarah Arpag finished second in the 100 yard butterfly and fourth in the 100 backstroke, while Emma Titus was fourth in the 100 freestyle and fifth in the 200 freestyle.  Titus and Arpag were joined by Nora Sandoval and Michelle Graves to finish third in the 200 freestyle relay, and Titus, Arpag, Sandoval, and Abby Tomlinson were third in the 400 freestyle relay.  Lydia DiGennaro of The Dalles was fourth in the 50 freestyle.

In the boys’ 5A swimming championships…Hood River Valley’s Lucas Elliott was eighth in the 100 backstroke and The Dalles took eighth in the 400 freestyle relay.

Wrestling

Goldendale’s Bryce Waddell finished second in the Class B 126-pound division at the Washington Mat Classic in Tacoma.  Waddell defeated Carson Borden of Willapa Valley by first round fall in the quarter-final and then topped Noah Cormier Higgins of Muckleshoot Tribal School 7-0 in the semi-final, before dropping the championship final to Granger’s Jose Toscano 7-5.

Other area highlights from the Mat Classic included third place finishes by Goldendale’s Matthew Gray at Class B 132 pounds, and fourth place finishes by Kali Watson of Goldendale at Girls 130 pounds and Solomon Mahoney of Stevenson at Class B 132 pounds.

Boys Basketball

Ridgeview 60, Hood River Valley 42

The Dalles 73, Pendleton 41:  The Eagles and the Riverhawks are tied for second in the Intermountain Conference, and both will advance to the state 5A playoffs with wins on Tuesday…HRV at home against Pendleton and The Dalles at Crook County.

  Big Sky League Boys Basketball Tournament

Championship:  South Wasco 42, Ione-Arlington 40:  The Redsides will have a bye in round one of the Oregon Class 1A tournament, and host a second round game on Friday.

  Girls Basketball

Pendleton 55, The Dalles 31

Ridgeview 54, Hood River Valley 17

  Big Sky League Girls Basketball Tournament

3^rd Place Game:  Trout Lake 44, South Wasco 38:  The Mustangs move on to visit Powder Valley in a first round Oregon Class 1A tournament game on Wednesday.