Southwest Washington Class 1A Baseball Tournament
Columbia 4, Castle Rock 0
Columbia 4, LaCenter 2: The Bruins finished third in district tournament, and will face Cedar Park Christian in round one of the state playoffs on Saturday at 1 p.m. in Anacortes.
Baseball
Hood River Valley sweeps Redmond 10-0 and 4-2 to clinch a state playoff berth: Caden Leiblien drove in three runs while Grayson Losee limited the Panthers to two hits over five innings in the opener, while Issac Beaman and Derek Homer combined for 3 1/3 innings of scoreless relief in the game two.
Pendleton sweeps The Dalles 12-2 and 2-0.
Dufur splits with Pilot Rock, winning the opener 16-1 but falling in the second contest 11-7.
Sherman splits with Weston-McEwen, losing game one 8-7 but winning the nightcap 15-14.
Softball
Hood River Valley sweeps Redmond 17-4 and 17-5, assuring the Eagles a Class 5A playoff spot: Makenzie Chambers went 9 for 10 in the doubleheader with eight runs batted in.
Pendleton sweeps The Dalles 8-3 and 17-1, sending Pendleton to the state playoffs and eliminating the Riverhawks from post-season contention.
Naches Valley sweeps Goldendale 20-3 and 20-0.
Track and Field
Dufur won both the boys and girls titles at the Big Sky Conference Championships at Sherman. Asa Farrell, Friedrich Stelzer, and Cole Kortge won two events apiece for the Ranger boys, while Owen Christiansen won two for Sherman. Kiersten White won both sprints for the Dufur girls.
Stevenson finished first and Columbia second in the boys’ portion of the Trico League Sub-District meet. Lincoln Krog won four events to lead the Bulldogs to the title. Stevenson was second and CHS fourth in the girls’ half of the meet. Columbia’s Hannah Polkinghorn won both sprints.
Trout Lake won both the Greater Columbia League boys and girls titles. The Mustangs’ Micah Colburn won three boys’ events, while Liz Fink did the same in the girls’ competition. Brooklyn Emerson of Glenwood won four girls’ events.
Southwest Washington Class 1A Boys Soccer Tournament
Seton Catholic 2, Columbia 0: Seton Catholic advances to the state playoffs with the victory.
Boys Tennis
Hood River Valley’s Vaughn Reardon and Ben Fick advance to the state Class 5A tournament in singles thanks to third and fourth place finishes at the Intermountain Conference Tournament at Ridgeview, while Devam Patel and Ethan Martin advance to state with a fourth place finish in doubles. The state tourney will begin Friday at the Portland Tennis Center.
Girls Tennis
Charel Gijzen of The Dalles topped Hood River Valley’s Montserrat Garrido in the singles’ championship match at the Intermountain Conference tourney in Redmond. They both move on to the 5A tourney starting Friday at the Portland Tennis Center.
Boys and Girls Tennis
Goldendale’s Aiden Bothamely in boys’ singles, Brian Waddell and Avery Christiensen in boys’ doubles, and Kelli and Kristin Bighorn in girls’ doubles all advanced to the semi-finals at the SCAC West Sub-Districts at Sunnyside. Play will continue today.
Girls Lacrosse
Oregon Episcopal 13, Hood River Valley 9
Boys Lacrosse
Hood River Valley 11, Wilson 8