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Wednesday,April21,2021
Columbia Gorge News
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SPORTS
Track and field teams enjoy sunny
stretch of April weather
report
■ Staff
Columbia Gorge News
One of the Gorge’s top
sprinters from White Salmon
appears to be working her
way into shape, a distance
runner from The Dalles looks
in mid-season form and the
school traditionally with the
largest spring sport turnout
awaits its first competition.
Track and field is under-
way in some shape or form
for all Gorge-area schools,
most of which have either
competed in their first meet
or will do so this week. Area
coaches note that turnouts
overall are below average,
but those competing in the
COVID-shortened season
have enjoyed favorable
weather thus far.
Columbia High got an
early jump on the season, as
Washington schools started
a couple of weeks earlier
than their counterparts
to the south. The Bruins
participated in their fourth
meet Friday, a three-way
affair at Vancouver’s Seton
Catholic, which also included
Goldendale.
Columbia’s Hannah
Polkinghorn led the high-
lights by lowering her per-
sonal best in the 200 meters
to 26.37 seconds. The junior
sprinter also won the 100
(13.05 seconds) and ran legs
on the Bruins’ first place 4 x
100 and 4 x 400 relays.
Senior Makayla Fries
joined Polkinghorn on the
long relay and also ran a leg
on the winning 4 x 200 relay.
Fries finished second behind
her teammate in the 200 and
won the 400 in a season-best
1:04.27. Junior Chanele Reyes
also ran long and short relay
legs and won her individual
specialties, the 100 hurdles
(17.6) and 300 hurdles (49.76)
— both season-best times.
On the boys side, seniors
Juan Acosta and Angel
Sanchez were double win-
ners for Columbia. Acosta
won the shot put and discus,
the latter in a personal best
113-foot, 3-inches. Sanchez
won the 100, long jump and
ran legs on the Bruins’ 4 x 100
and 4 x 400 first-place relays.
Versatile thrower Kevin
Medina finished second in
the shot, discus, and javelin;
his 105-7.5 discus throw was
a personal best.
Columbia will compete
Friday in the Trico League
Championships, also at Seton
Catholic, followed a week
later by the District 4 meet at
the same location. The Bruin
girls were fifth at the 2019
Horizon senior Valerie Bruggeman springs from the blocks at the start of a relay race. Bruggeman won
the pole vault and was on the winning 4x400 relay as well. Below, Juan Diego Contreras of The Dalles
sets the pace in the 800.
Mark B. Gibson photos
district meet and the boys
sixth.
The Dalles opened its track
and field season at home
Friday, hosting Horizon
Christian, Lyle and Klickitat.
Distance runner Juan Diego
Contreras, coming off a
runner-up finish in the IMC
district cross country meet
earlier this month, looked
in good form with personal
bests in the 1500 and 800.
He led teammates Nick
Caracciolo and Leo Lemann
to 1-2-3 finishes in both rac-
es, timing 4:18.4 in the 1500
and 2:08.71 in the 800.
Other notable boys efforts
were by: The Dalles pole
vaulter Taylor Morehouse,
who won his specialty at
11-6; and the triple jump duel
between two other juniors,
Lyle’s Aaron Smith and
Horizon’s Josh Rogers. Smith
defeated Rogers 35-11.25
to 35-5 in the hop, step and
jump.
Topping the girls results
was Zoe Dunn’s 16-1.25 long
jump for the host Riverhawks.
Teammate Emily Johnson
matched Contreras’ distance
double, with a 2:46.39 in
the 800 and 5:32.43 in the
1500. Horizon senior Valerie
Bruggeman won the pole
vault at 8-6, and teamed with
Olivia Nickson, Sarah Winters
and Grace Schreiber to win
the long relay. Schreiber
added a first place in the low
hurdles.
Hood River Valley, and its
50-member squad, opens its
season April 21 with a meet
at Redmond High, along with
The Dalles. The Eagles are
led by 2019 Class 5A state
champions, Poppy Miller and
Henry Buckles. Miller won
the pole vault and Buckles
the shot put at the May 24-
25, 2019, finals at Mt. Hood
Community College.
For smaller Gorge schools,
a series of Big Sky Conference
meets begins Friday at Trout
Lake, followed by another the
next day at Arlington.
Laney Tuthill of Klickitat competes in the shotput during track and
field events in The Dalles last week.
Riverhawk boys golf team opens 2021 season
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■ By For Mike
Columbia Gorge News
having a week of practice
before their first tourna-
ment,” said Coach Dan Telles,
Practice time is at a premi- in his 12th year overall (boys/
girls) heading the program.
um for Oregon high school
golf teams, including a young “For three of the four players
The Dalles Riverhawk squad. (sophomores Joe Codding,
Kenneth Miller, and Chase
The Dalles played its first
Sam), this was their first high
tournament in two years
school tournament and they
April 12 at the Wildhorse
played pretty consistent.”
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Codding took third place
Pendleton after a few days of
overall with his 90 on the
practice.
18-hole Wildhorse course.
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Riverhawk senior Spencer
Taylor shot a personal-record
92 to take fourth place. Miller,
a sophomore, shot 101 and
junior Chase Sam shot 104.
“We could’ve used the
experience if we were able
to play last season, but we
weren’t able to,” said Telles.
“For the second year in a row,
we only have one senior, so
we’re kind of a young team
again this year. Losing one
season kind of hurt our team,
because the players didn’t get
the varsity experience that
they needed. They actually
started out the season play-
ing pretty good in their first
tournament.
“Chase Sam just started
playing golf last fall and he’s
really improved a lot and
he shot a pretty good score,
while playing in his first ever
tournament,” added Telles.
The Dalles has seven
players on the varsity and
junior varsity squads, which
includes three freshmen. The
Riverhawks have a six-event
Intermountain Conference
schedule that concludes May
10 with a noon tournament at
Indian Creek Golf Course in
Hood River.
The final week of the
season, May 10-15 — known
as Culminating Week — will
tentatively include an IMC
District Championship
Tournament at a site and
date yet to be determined.
The Dalles was second in
its first tourney in Pendleton
and had a chance Monday
to improve on that finish
with a home match at The
Dalles Country Club (result
was after the printed edition
deadline). The Riverhawks’
next event is April 26 at noon
at Indian Creek.
TRASH TALK
Q. Is there a place where can I take old
QA
computers, VCR’s and other electronics for recycling?
Jared, The Dalles
A. Jared, I don’t’ know of any local options for VCR
or stereo recycling. You do have an option in our area for
“e-waste” though. The Oregon Electronics Recycling Program
(E-Cycles) accepts seven items for free: computer monitors
and towers, T.V.s, laptops, printers, keyboards and mice. Three
drop sites: Hood River Transfer Station, The Dalles Disposal,
and Sherman County Transfer Station near Biggs Junction.
questions to:
(541)-506-2636 www.tricountyrecycle.com