Oregon Class 5-A Softball Tournament
First Round
Hood River Valley 9, Thurston 1: Makenzie Chambers homered twice as the Eagles spotted the Colts a run and then rolled to the win. Lizzie Weekly’s two-run homer in the fourth inning gave HRV the lead it would never relinquish. Hannah McNerney pitched a two-hitter, striking out 13. The Eagles will be at Marist of Eugene for a quarterfinal game on Friday at 5 p.m. Marist defeated Corvallis 7-1 in round one.
Oregon Class 5-A Baseball Tournament
First Round
Sandy 7, Hood River Valley 6: Colby Carson’s two-run single in the bottom of the seventh gave the Pioneers the win. HRV had taken a 6-4 lead with two runs in the top of the seventh inning, but two errors at the start of the bottom half of the frame set up Sandy’s final comeback. The Pioneers had already come back from a 4-0 deficit after three-and-a-half innings.
Oregon Class 2-A/1-A Baseball Tournament
First Round
Sherman 4, Lost River 3: Jacob Justesen singled home Cal Homer with the winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning to push the Huskies into the quarterfinals. The game winner came after Lost River had scored three runs in the sixth to tie the game. Sherman will visit Pilot Rock…the team that beat them for the Special District 6 title one week ago…in the quarterfinals on Friday.
Washington Class 1A Boys Golf Tournament
Goldendale’s Luke Gerchak shot a 74 in the final round on Wednesday at Liberty Lakes Golf Course to move up 20 spots for a 13th place finish. Gerchak trimmed 12 shots off of his Tuesday round.