Baseball

Hood River Valley 7, Gresham 2:  Jordan Webber pitched four-and-a-third hitless innings while striking out ten, and Mason Spellecy drove in five runs on a single, double, and a triple.

Dufur 21, Union-Cove 0

  Softball

Southwest Washington Class 2B District Tournament

Rainier 6, Stevenson 2

  Boys Golf

The Dalles is in seventh in the team standings at the Oregon Class 5A Tournament at Trysting Tree in Corvallis.  Joe Codding is in a tie for 17^th after shooting an 81, while Keeler Lawson is in a tie for 28^th with an 86.  Hood River Valley’s Davis Kerr is tied for 34^th with an 88, and Kiernan Chown is tied for 37^th at 89.

  Girls Golf

The Dalles’ Katelynn Vassar is tied for 16^th at the Oregon Class 5A Tournament at Emerald Valley in Creswell after shooting 100.

  Boys Tennis

Goldendale’s Eli Golding and Kyden Blunt won the boys’ doubles tournament at the EWAC Regionals at Toppenish

A 51-year-old Gresham man has been arrested on charges connected to a home invasion burglary in Hood River last Tuesday.  According to the Hood River County Sheriff’s Office, Kevin Alexander McCallum was taken into custody on Thursday in Gresham with assistance from the U.S. Marshal’s Service.  The Sheriff’s Office says an 89-year-old female resident at home in the 1200 block of Tucker Road reported that a man had threatened her with a weapon and forced his way into her residence. Once inside, the bound the woman to a chair while burglarizing her residence, and left her there while burglarizing an adjacent unoccupied residence.  The victim was able to free herself after the suspect left the area.  McCallum has been lodged at NORCOR on kidnapping, burglary, coercion, and menacing charges.  

Hood River County Health Department Chief Health Officer Dr. Christopher Van Tilburg says there is a surge of COVID-19 cases locally, but how many actual cases are occurring is difficult to tell.  That’s because some people are testing positive and not reporting it, some are testing negative when they are actually positive often due to not getting a good sample for a COVID test, some have mild symptoms and don’t test, and some are asymptomatic.  Van Tilburg said in a social media video post over the weekend that COVID vaccines are working, and most hospitalizations for COVID involve people who are unvaccinated.  Hood River County is holding a COVID-19 vaccination and testing event on Friday from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Mt. Hood Town Hall.

The Hood River County Library District is getting ready to take delivery on a new bookmobile in the latter part of this month or in early June.  District Director Rachael Fox says many community members were asking the library to come to where they are at, so during the pandemic the Friends of the Hood River County Library and the district raised money to purchase a large sprinter van that people can get into, and it can be stocked with 2,000 library materials.  Fox says a route schedule will be developed once the bookmobile arrives, with a primary focus on the Mid-Valley and then spreading out to the rest of the County.

If you see a lot of fishing boats with plenty of logos in The Dalles area this week, that’s because the APEX Pro Tour Spartan 580 bass fishing tournament is in the area.  Lisa Farquharson of The Dalles Area Chamber of Commerce says the location of the tournament is kept secret until just a few days before the competitors’ arrival, and they have arrived in The Dalles after beng in Arlington over the weekend.  Farquharson said a community day event associated with the tournament is planned for later this week at The Dalles Dam Visitor Center.

The Port of Hood River Commission will get a recommendation Tuesday from a committee on the engineering firm to select as the project manager for replacement of the Hood River-White Salmon Interstate Bridge.  Port Executive Director Michael McElwee likens this to hiring a “Department of Bridge Replacement,” to oversee all facets of the project.  McElwee says the intention is for the selected firm to stay on the project until the existing bridge is removed.  An evaluation committee has been going through candidates.  The Port Commission meets at 5 p.m. Tuesday in the Port Marina Center Conference Room.

Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area officials report a section of the Eagle Creek trail that had been closed due to a significant landslide over the weekend has been reopened.  CRGNSA officials say members of the Mount Hood Chapter of the Pacific Crest Trail Association and a Forest Service trail crew came together to clear the trail of mudslide debris.  The fencing has been removed and the trail is now open to the public.  The slide took place on the Eagle Creek Trail about one mile from the trailhead measuring approximately 25 feet wide, forcing a temporary closure until trail crews can get in to clear it.  According to the U.S. Forest Service, slides like these are more likely in post-burn areas and will likely continue during and following heavy rain storms in the foreseeable future.  If you are hiking in the area, the Forest Service recommends selecting trails in non-post-fire burn areas.

Ballot return remains slow locally as the deadline for people to vote in Oregon’s primary election nears.  As of the end of Friday, in Hood River County 20.3% of ballots had been returned, compared to 36.7 percent two years ago.  In Wasco County the current return rate is 18.6%, as opposed to 29.8% in 2020.  Both counties are ahead of the statewide rate is of 14.7%.  Both Hood River and Wasco counties have a pair of contested County Commission seats on the ballot, and there is a race for Circuit Judge.  One factor may be the new “Postmark Rule” in Oregon, which says that any ballot postmarked by Election Day is considered on time even if it arrives at elections offices up to seven days after the election.  Drop sites for ballots remain open until 8 p.m. Tuesday.

The Dalles Public Works is in the final week of conducting asphalt maintenance on 2nd St. in the downtown area.  Work will take place between Union and Lincoln streets and progress from east to west.  Work is scheduled from 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Thursday.  Lane closures will be in effect on 2nd St. throughout the day.  Intersections will be partially closed all day in each work area and opened to all motor vehicle traffic at the end of the day.  Motor vehicles and bicyclists will be detoured to adjacent side streets.  While 2nd Street will remain open to traffic throughout the project, use of alternate routes is encouraged.  Pedestrian and sidewalk access to downtown businesses remain open through the duration of this work.  The purpose of this work is to repair wheel ruts in both lanes of travel.

Baseball

Hood River Valley sweeps The Dalles 13-10 and 7-2: The Eagles clinched the Intermountain Conference championship with the doubleheader victory. Trenton Hughes drove in four runs in game one, while Hunter Hough pitched a three-hitter in the nightcap.

Dufur splits with Weston-McEwen, winning game one 1-0 and losing game two 6-5. The Rangers maintain a one-game lead over the Tiger-Scots in District 7.

Sherman splits with Grant Union, losing the opener 22-2 but winning game two 6-3.

Heppner sweeps Lyle-Wishram 19-0 and 24-1

Warden 5, Goldendale 4

Softball

Cle Elum-Roslyn 16, Goldendale 7

Toledo 16, Stevenson 6

Track and Field

Hood River Valley earned 13 invitations to the upcoming Class 5A state meet and The Dalles 10 at the Intermountain Conference Championships in Prineville. In the girls portion of the meet, HRV’s Maeve Woodruff won both the 800 and 1500 meters, and teammate Phoebe Wood won the 3000 meters, while The Dalles was first in both the 4 by 100 and 4 by 400 meter relays, and Zoe Dunn won the long jump. In the boys’ half of the meet, the Riverhawks’ Juan Diego Contreras won the 3000 meters, Taylor Morehouse the pole vault, and Jaxon Pullen the long jump, and the Eagles’ Shaw Burns took forst in the triple jump.

Columbia won the girls’ championship at the Trico League Sub-District meet at Seton Catholic. Chanele Reyes and Jessica Polkinghorn won two events apiece, while the Bruins swept the three relays.

Stevenson’s girls finished first at the Central 2B League Championship at Rainier. Sydney Cole won two events for the Bulldogs, while Stevenson also won two relay events.

Horizon Christian won the boys’ championship and Dufur the girls’ title at the Oregon Class 1A Special District 3 Championships at South Wasco. Dufur’s Marshal McLaughlin, Horizon Christian’s Caleb Yuan, and Lyle-Wishram’s Aaron Smith won two events apiece in the boys’ portion of the meet, while Abby Beal of Dufur, Macy Bell of South Wasco, and Hannah Lind of Lyle-Wishram did the same in the girls’ half.

Boys Lacrosse

Hood River Valley 14, Ida B. Wells 11

Hood River Valley 12, Lincoln 8