Track and Field

The Dalles’ Taylor Morehouse won the boys’ pole vault to highlight the Gorge effort at the Oregon Class 5A Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene.  The Riverhawks’ Zoe Dunn finished second in both the girls’ long jump and triple jump while also helping The Dalles 4 by 400 meter relay team including Lilly Adams, Madelyn Harrison, and Amyrah Hill to a second place finish.  The Dalles’ Juan Diego Contreras was fourth in the 3,000 meters and sixth in the 1500.  Hood River Valley’s Lauren Griggs was fifth in the high jump.

  Stevenson’s girls finished third at the Washington Class 2B District 1/4 Championships at W.F. West in Chehalis.  The Bulldogs’ Sydney Cole won the girls’ pole vault and Olivia Fauth was first in the 400 meters.  They joined Ramy Nielson and Ema Fuller to win the 4 by 400 meter relay.   Stevenson earned eight girls and three boys entries in next week’s state meet.

  Southwest Washington Class 1A District Softball Tournament

Columbia went 2-2 in the tournament, falling just short of a state tournament invitation.  The Bruins started off by defeating Montesano 7-4, then lost to Eatonville 15-0.  CHS bounced back with a 13-8 win over Elma, but the fell to Castle Rock 5-1 in the third place game.

  EWAC District Tournament

Goldendale won two out of three games to qualify for the Washington Class 2B Tournament.  The Timberwolves lost to Kittitas 15-11, but then defeated Cle Elum 17-13 and River View 14-4 to next weekend’s tournament in Yakima.

  Oregon Class 5A Tennis Tournament at Portland Tennis Center

Boys Doubles First Round

Paul Capek & Paul Kelly of The Dalles went 3-1 to finish third in the tournament.  They opened with a 6-4, 6-3, win over Henry Pappas & Bryan Chen of Crescent Valley, then knocked off top-seeds Eldon & Breslin Nichols of LaSalle 6-3, 7-6.  Redmond’s Tanner Jones & Nico Afti took Capek & Kelly out of championship contention in the semi-final 6-2, 6-4, but the Riverhawk pair bounced back in the third place match to defeat Caleb Simpkins and Hudson Clark of West Albany 6-4, 7-6.

  Boys Singles First Round

Eric Langlouis of Hood River Valley reached the quarterfinals, defeating Chad Romrell of Corvallis 6-7, 6-0, 6-2 before falling to eventual champion Aidan McBride of LaSalle 6-1, 6-1.

  Girls Doubles First Round

Brissa Rojas & Vivian Olson of Hood River Valley lost to Adrianna Frank & Olivia Knutson of North Bend 6-3, 6-0, then fell to Shayla and Cindy Nyguen of Parkrose in a consolation match 9-8.