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SPORTS
Rollercoaster-like ride continues
for Riverhawk baseball team
Weber
■ By For Mike
Columbia Gorge News
Following an 8-3
Intermountain Conference
loss at home May 4 to a Crook
County Cowboy squad that
had an 0-9 record prior to
the game, The Dalles High
Riverhawks baseball team
probably felt somewhat
embarrassed.
Many Riverhawk players,
including sophomore Braden
Schwartz, said after that
contest that they would come
back and beat the Cowboys
in the next meeting between
the two teams. That’s exactly
what they did. Three days
later on Saturday, the Hawks
snapped a seven-game losing
streak with a come-from-be-
hind 5-4 win in Prineville.
“It was a nail biter in the
bottom of the seventh when
Crook County had the tying
run at third base, which really
made it an exciting game at
the end,” said assistant coach
Ed Ortega. “Our team never
gave up though and we got
a big win, led by Riley Brock,
who pitched really well. It
looked like they (Cowboys)
were going to beat us again.
Their pitcher was really good
until the seventh inning and
he actually got our first batter
out and they were still up
4-1.”
The win solidified the
Hawks’ position in the six-
team IMC standings with the
upcoming district playoffs
looming May 17-21. The
Dalles (3-4 IMC, 3-9 over-
all) remained tied for third
place with the Redmond
Panthers (3-4 IMC, 3-7), who
they meet today at 4:30 p.m.
in the final regular season
home game at Quinton Street
Ballpark.
The Dalles faced the Hood
River Valley Eagles (6-2 IMC,
8-4) May 11 at home in the
first of a three-game series
with their Gorge-area rival
(results came after the print-
ed edition deadline). The
Dalles concludes the regular
season with 3 p.m. double-
header May 14 versus the
Eagles at Hood River Valley
High School.
The Dalles will face a yet-
to-be-determined oppo-
nent (likely Crook County
or Ridgeview) in the IMC
District quarterfinals at home
May 17, tentatively scheduled
for 4:30 p.m. The May 17
winner plays in the May 19
semifinals at the site of the
higher seeded team.
It was a hard-earned win
for sure for The Dalles on
Saturday. Crook County took
an early 1-0 lead before the
Hawks knotted it with a run
in the third. The Cowboys
responded by scoring three
runs in the fifth to take a 4-1
advantage. Following a score-
less sixth, the Cowboys were
still in control of the game
going into the seventh with
the three-run lead.
But the Hawks scored three
runs, including a game-tying
RBI single by Brock, knotting
it at 4-4. Riverhawk freshman
Sam Shaver (1-for-2) singled,
then Cowboy pitcher Tyson
Martinez walked Luciano
Alvarado and Nolan Donivan
to load the bases. William
Hoover was then hit by a
pitch from Martinez which
allowed Shaver to score the
game-winning run and put
The Dalles ahead 5-4. Brock
scattered six hits, with two
walks and a season-high 11
strikeouts in five innings,
The Dalles Riverhawks freshman Nolan Donivan gets a hit during the Riverhawks baseball game versus Crook County May 4 at Quinton
Street Ballpark.
Mike Weber photo
before being relieved by
Schwartz in the sixth.
On May 5, the Riverhawks
lost on the road at Redmond,
16-3. Redmond took control
of the contest early with a 7-0
first inning lead. Sophomore
Riley Brock (2-for-3, single,
double), freshman William
Lee (1-for-2, single) and
sophomore Diego Gonzalez
each drove in runs for the
Riverhawks. The Dalles had
four errors and Riverhawk
pitchers issued six walks.
hot-hitting Schwartz (3-for-3,
two singles, triple, three RBI)
and sophomore Evan Baldy
(2-for-3, single, triple, three
RBI).
“We actually played better
In the first game of the May
8 doubleheader at Crook
County High, the Class 6A
Bend Lava Bears (9-3) won
18-8 over The Dalles. The
Riverhawks were led by the
than indicated by the score,”
said Ortega. “We hit the ball
well and we made some good
plays, but we also had a few
errors (eight total) that cost
us some runs.”
IMC baseball, softball playoff
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Dalles to clinch at least a
home game in the first round
of the playoffs. The Eagles
are tied with Crook County
(4-4) for third place, but
the Cowgirls face unbeaten
Pendleton (7-0) in their final
two league games.
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The Dalles and Hood
River Valley, along with the
rest of the Intermountain
Conference teams, are
jockeying for position in
next week’s season-ending
championship tournaments
for baseball and softball.
HRV’s baseball team has
solidified at least third place
in the IMC standings behind
top-seeded Pendleton with
two league games against
The Dalles remaining. HRV
(6-2 league) needs to win at
least one game against its
rival to the east to secure the
No. 2 seed in the confer-
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Monday, May 17.
The Dalles (3-4) has
three games remaining – vs.
Redmond (also 3-4) on May
12 and two against HRV
(May 11 and 14) – and can
finish as high as second
and as low as fifth. If the
Riverhawks win out, they
will finish in a tie with Hood
River for second place and
will be the No. 2 seed in the
playoffs. In that scenario,
HRV will be the three seed.
The IMC playoff format
has league No. 3-seeded
teams hosting No. 6 teams
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