Softball

The Dalles splits with Bend, winning game one 3-0 behind Bailey LeBreton’s shutout, but falling in the nightcap 19-10.

LaCenter 30, Stevenson 11

Baseball

Columbia 4, Castle Rock 0

Stevenson 4, LaCenter 0

Tri-Cities Prep sweeps Lyle-Wishram 22-2 and 15-0

Naches Valley sweeps Goldendale 13-0 and 16-0

Track and Field

Tiana Watson finished second in the girls’ javelin and Ellie Rising was fifth in the girls’ 1600 meters to highlight the Goldendale effort at the Holder Relays in Yakima.

Andy Codding has been named the new head football coach at The Dalles High School.  The school made the announcement on its athletics Facebook page.  It marks the return of the coach who oversaw the most recent successful period in the program’s history, leading the school to a Columbia River Conference championship in 2010 before moving on to Ridgeview, where he took that program to a state Class 4A championship.  Codding returned to the area last year, and was an assistant coach for the Riverhawks.  He takes over for Steve Sugg, who resigned from the position during the winter.

Fire late Friday night destroyed a market just north of Parkdale.  Crews arrived at Jim’s Market on Dee Highway at about 10:45 p.m. on Friday night to find flames inside the building.  Parkdale Fire Chief Mike McCafferty says the first arriving engine found the fire had extended out the rear of the building.  Crews started a direct attack but found the fire had extended out the rear of the building, so they pulled back and protected fuel pumps, propane tanks, and adjacent buildings.  The fire did spread to a camp trailer and a small residential house.  McCafferty indicated the store, trailer, and house were a total loss. There were no injuries reported. Cause of the fire remains under investigation, and has been referred to the Oregon State  Fire Marshal’s office.  Crews from Westside, Wy’east, and Hood River fire departments joined Parkdale Fire personnel in responding to the blaze.

Softball

The Dalles 11, Washougal 0:  The Riverhawks win their third straight game to start the season.

Baseball

Lowell (AZ) 7, The Dalles 2:  The Riverhawks go 1-3 on their trip to the Pride Classic in Arizona.

Boys Soccer

LaCenter 8, Stevenson 3

Track and Field

Jeremiah Larson of Klickitat won both the boys’ long jump and the triple jump in a meet at Riverview.  Lyle-Wishram was fifth as a team and Klickitat sixth in the boys’ portion of the nine school meet.  Klickitat finished eighth in the girls’ standings and Lyle-Wishram ninth.

Oregon 52nd District State Representative Daniel Bonham does not believe recent changes in the carbon cap-and-trade bill do enough to blunt the impact of such a program on rural portions of the state.  The Dalles Republican is on the Joint Committee on Carbon Reduction that is hashing through the controversial topic.  Committee co-chairs Senator Michael Dembrow and Representative Karin Power, both Democrats, say they’re proposing to invest a majority of the funds to rural and low-income communities and added a plan to refund any additional fuel costs to those making less than their area’s median income.  But Bonham says indirect costs passed down to residents remain his concern.  Bonham says Dembrow and Power are expected to give their rationale for the bill as it stands now during committee meetings today, and more amendments will be introduced.

Columbia Gorge Community College has partnered with WorkSource Oregon for an on-the-job training program to help businesses offset the cost of hiring and training new employees.  Teresa Cummings of CGCC says the federally funded program is fairly simple, and it’s easy for the employer to qualify.  Employers simply have contact WorkSource, then the agency handles the paperwork and set out the training plan.  One key component is the on-the-job training contract must be established prior to the first day of work.  For information on the program, contact WorkSource in The Dalles at 541-296-5435 or in Hood River at 541-386-6300.

The Hood River-White Salmon Interstate Bridge will be closed to all vehicle traffic for several nights in April for replacement of the lift span motors.  The work requires a large crane lift of heavy equipment to the top of both lift span towers.  The bridge will be closed between the hours of 9:30 p.m. and 5 a.m. on the nights April 9, 10, 17, and 29th.  Related work will also require some intermittent daytime closures on certain dates in April.  On April 3 and 4 there will be intermittent daytime single lane closures from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. with expected delays of 20 to 30 minutes and flaggers on the bridge directing traffic.  On April 25 and 26 there will be intermittent full bridge closures and span lifts from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. with delays of 30 to 40 minutes, plus flaggers and lift span gates to control traffic.

Oregon 30th District Senator Cliff Bentz has been appointed to serve on the Oregon Cultural Trust Board of Directors.  Bentz will be one of the two non-voting ex officio members from the Legislature on the board.  Bentz was appointed to the District 30 Senate seat after ten years representing District 60 in the House.  He currently serves on the Joint Committee on Carbon Reduction, Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee and Senate Judiciary Committee, as well as several work groups and task forces.  

Baseball

Royal (CA) 17, Hood River Valley 1:  Royal scored 11 runs in the fourth inning to hand the Eagles a loss in the final game of their Southern California trip.

Crossroads (CA) 17, The Dalles 3

Softball

Hood River Valley 13, Canby 1:  Makenzie Chambers and Aunika Yasui both went 2 for 3 with 3 runs batted in to lead the Eagles to the win in Orange County.

Santa Margarita (CA) 3, Hood River Valley 2

White Swan sweeps Lyle-Wishram 20-2 and 17-10

Baseball

The Dalles 9, Littleton (CO) 8, 9 innings:  The Riverhawks win their first game of the season at the Pride Classic in Arizona.

El Toro (CA) 2, Hood River Valley 0

Columbia sweeps Castle Rock 14-4 and 6-5

Castle Rock sweeps Stevenson 10-0 and 12-0

Sherman 15, Riverside 3

Softball

Diamond Bar (CA) 8, Hood River Valley 6:  The Eagles lose their first game at the Savanna Showcase.  Makenzie Chambers went 3 for 4 and drove in four runs for the Eagles.

LaCenter sweeps Stevenson 15-0 and 26-0

Goldendale sweeps Wapato 9-6 and 13-10

Boys Soccer

Columbia 6, Stevenson 0

Searchers have been unable to locate a man missing and presumed drowned in Wasco County’s Pine Hollow Reservoir.  The Wasco County Sheriff’s Office says two men flipped a canoe in the reservoir Sunday evening.  One made it to shore, but the second man identified as 22-year-old Christopher Berry did not.  Search crews used boats, sonar, dive teams, and air assets Sunday night and Monday to try to locate Berry, but he has not been located in part due to the large search area and poor visibility in the water.  The active search has been suspended, and the Wasco County Sheriff’s Office asks that anyone with information on Berry or locates him to call 541-296-5454.