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3 days ago | 
columbiagorgenews.com | Mike Weber
THE DALLES — The 72th Annual Ted Walker Invitational swim meet June 20-22 at the North Wasco County Aquatic Center’s pool in The Dalles brought 361 athletes representing 11 teams from around the state. Boys and girls swimmers, ages 6-18, including those from The Dalles and Hood River, participated in the event. Both local squads had some outstanding individual performances in the pool.
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3 days ago | 
columbiagorgenews.com | Mike Weber
THE DALLES — The Hattenhauer Distributing Columbia Gorge Hustlers (8-6) 17-and-under squad enjoyed some success as they won four straight summer league baseball games last week. The Hustlers started with a 12-10 road win over Pendleton’s 16-and-under team June 15. Despite being outhit 9-8, the Hustlers capitalized on six Pendleton errors to pull out the victory.
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1 week ago | 
columbiagorgenews.com | Mike Weber
THE GORGE — The Hattenhauer Distributing Columbia Gorge Hustlers opened their 2025 baseball season June 6 and have a 3-5 record through eight games. The Hustlers split a home doubleheader versus the YV Peppers squad with a 7-5 win and a 13-2 loss. The Hustlers, an age 17-and-under squad, then faced a tough Walla Walla squad June 9 and they lost a home doubleheader, 15-7 and 9-6. The Hustlers then traveled to Pendleton to compete in a three-day tournament June 13-15.
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2 weeks ago | 
columbiagorgenews.com | Mike Weber
THE DALLES — One of the many youth soccer programs that’s available for players to participate in is Gorge Soccer, which started it’s ninth year in 2025. The league, under the direction of The Dalles High Riverhawks boys soccer assistant Coach Matt Dallman, has seven different age group leagues for boys teams and five separate age group leagues for girls teams that compete every Sunday through June 22 at Thompson Street Park.
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1 month ago | 
columbiagorgenews.com | Mike Weber
HOOD RIVER — The Hood River Valley High (HRV) Eagles’ quartet of seniors Judah Caudill, Kendall Sales, Jena Hager and Poppy Mooney capped successful seasons – and their prep tennis careers - by competing in the OSAA Class 5A state tournament May 23-24. Caudill won a May 23 boys singles first round match 2-6, 6-1, 6-1 over Rikuya Kasai of Springfield.
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1 month ago | 
columbiagorgenews.com | Mike Weber
THE GORGE — The Hood River Valley High (HRV) Eagle boys golf team capped a successful season by having three players compete in the OSAA Class 5A state tournament May 19-20 at OGA Golf Course in Woodburn. The Eagles’ three-member squad included senior John Olsen and the freshman duo of Aksel Betz and David Shepherd. Olsen and Betz earned top-20 finishes out of the 62-player field. The Eagles didn’t have the standard four-player team score because they had three players who qualified individually.
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1 month ago | 
columbiagorgenews.com | Mike Weber
WHITE SALMON — The undefeated and No. 3-ranked Trico League/District 4 Champion Columbia High School (CHS) Bruins will play in the WIAA Class 1A boys soccer semifinals on May 30 at Federal Way Memorial Stadium following two state playoff home wins last week. The Bruins will be seeking to advance to their first state title game since 2009, which was the last year that they won the championship. The Bruins play the No. 17-ranked Bush High Blazers (12-5-0) in a 1 p.m. Friday semifinal.
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1 month ago | 
columbiagorgenews.com | Mike Weber
THE DALLES — The defending OSAA Class 4A Tri-Valley Conference (TVC) champion The Dalles High Riverhawks were on the verge of capturing a second consecutive league baseball title this past week but lost two of three games and finished second. The Riverhawks did clinch a state playoff berth for a third consecutive year, however, and they’ll play a first round game on May 27 against a yet-to-be-determined opponent.
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1 month ago | 
columbiagorgenews.com | Mike Weber
WHITE SALMON — The Columbia High Bruins finished a successful WIAA Class 1A softball season by advancing to the District 4 playoffs May 14-17 in Centralia after finishing second place in the Trico League. The Bruins (10-4 Trico, 10-8 overall) won their final two Trico games over the Stevenson High Bulldogs (6-8 Trico, 9-10 overall) to give them second place in the eight-team league standings behind Seton Catholic (14-0 Trico, 18-3).
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1 month ago | 
columbiagorgenews.com | Mike Weber
THE GORGE — The Dalles High Riverhawks and the Hood River Valley (HRV) High Eagles both competed in OSAA boys golf regional tournaments May 12-13, when HRV qualified three golfers for the 2025 state tourney. The Eagles enjoyed a tremendous amount of success, as the trio of John Olsen, Aksel Betz and David Shepherd qualified for the Class 5A tournament May 19-20 at OGA Golf Course in Woodburn.
