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Columbia Gorge News
Wednesday, June 9, 2021
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SPORTS
Redside girls remain unbeaten
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■ By For Mike
Columbia Gorge News
The highly regarded
South Wasco County High
Redsides girls basketball
team remained undefeated
at 5-0 after winning three
games last week.
The Lady Redsides have
the No. 1 ranked offense
(51.6 points per game aver-
age) out of 45 OSAA Class 1A
teams. South Wasco demon-
strated its impressive offense
in winning a pair of road
games, including 58-51 over
the Culver Bulldogs (0-7)
May 31 and a 41-29 victory
over the Echo Cougars (1-5)
June 1.
The Redsides then faced
their most formidable
opponent so far this short
eight-game spring season
in a matchup against Dufur
High (3-2). Dufur came into
the area rivalry matchup
with momentum after two
straight league wins. Dufur
won 50-31 over the Horizon
Christian Hawks (0-3) June
1, followed by a 61-41 home
win over Sherman (0-4)
June 2.
The Rangers, guided by
Coach Nathan Morris, were
on the verge of winning,
but the Redsides came from
behind in the final moments
of the game to win a thriller
43-42 Friday at South Wasco
High in Maupin.
“It was a tough loss
against a pretty decent
team (South Wasco),” said
Morris. “We didn’t shoot
the ball very well early in
the game and we just didn’t
play well for three and a half
quarters. Instead of giving
up, we fought back and
gave ourselves a chance,
but we just came up short. I
was disappointed with the
loss, but I was definitely not
disappointed with our effort
and heart.”
South Wasco led 21-13
at the half and 30-23 after
three quarters. Dufur trailed
the entire game and then
rallied by scoring 19 points
in the fourth quarter to
take a 42-38 lead with 28
seconds remaining. South
Wasco freshman Julie Hull
(six points) sank a three-
point field goal trimming the
margin to 42-41. On Dufur’s
ensuing possession the
Rangers missed a free throw
and South Wasco’s Jade
McCoy grabbed the rebound
and passed the ball to her
sister, Sadie, who scored the
game-winning basket on a
layup with three seconds left
for a 43-42 win.
“We were a little flat in a
hot gym to start the game,
but we came alive in the
second half with great effort
and improved offensive
movement,” said Morris.
“Hannah Kortge (four
points) had some great
defensive plays down the
stretch and a couple of put
back layins despite being the
smallest player on the court.
Piper Neal (seven points) hit
a game-tying three-pointer
with a couple of minutes
left. Kierstan White played
one of the best games of her
career with 13 points and 12
rebounds. They (Redsides)
made two big shots down
the stretch to come away
Redside freshman Julie Hull pops a shot over the Sherman County
defense in a game in Maupin earlier this year.
with the one-point win.
For South Wasco, senior
Destiny Mora-Lopez scored
a team-high 13 points, Sadie
McCoy and Kylie Iverson
both scored six points and
senior Jade McCoy had five.
South Wasco’s next game
is on the road Wednesday
against the Trout Lake
Mustangs (6-0). The
Redsides conclude the
season with a 4 p.m. contest
June 12 at Dufur, followed by
a June 14 season finale home
game at 3 p.m. versus the
Country Christian Cougars
(6-1). The Cougars won
69-52 over the Redsides in
an OSAA first-round state
playoff game Feb. 25, 2020,
in the last matchup between
the two 1A powerhouse
squads.
Dufur played Horizon
(0-3) Tuesday (results
came after the printed
edition deadline) and the
Rangers meet the Damascus
Christian Eagles (2-1) on
Wednesday at 6 p.m. at
Dufur High School, followed
by a 4 p.m. home contest
June 12 against South Wasco.
The Rangers conclude the
season with a 6 p.m. road
game June 14 against the
Ione/Arlington Cardinals
(2-2), followed by a season
finale home game June 15
versus the Trinity Lutheran
Saints (4-0) of Bend.
Sherman played the Ione/
Arlington Cardinals (2-2)
June 8 (results came after the
printed edition deadline)
and the Huskies conclude
their seven-game schedule
with a pair of games this
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■ By For Mike
Columbia Gorge News
The Dalles Sluggers
win season finale
The Dalles split two
pool play games, defeating
Clackamas 12-4 before los-
ing 8-7 to Tigard. The Dalles
won 9-5 over Westview and
then 12-8 over Tualatin in
the Silver Bracket champion-
ship game.
Team members are:
Joshua Brackenbury,
Brock Armstrong, Evan
Ortega, Sawyer Dray, Jack
Thiemann, Hudson Case,
Hunter Bustos, Cody
Agidius, Trey Hodges, Finley
Corbin, Will Booth and
Sterling Coburn. Coaches
are assistant Bailey Ortega
and head coach David
Ortega.
weekend. The Huskies
will be seeking their first
win when they play on the
road against the Horizon
Christian Hawks Friday
at 6 p.m. in Hood River,
followed by their season
finale at home Saturday at 6
p.m. versus the Trout Lake
Mustangs.
Horizon lost 49-24 on the
road June 2 to Trout Lake,
despite Zoe LeBreton’s 13
remainder of the season. It
was terrible week in Maupin
with the hot weather,
because our gym is way too
hot since there isn’t any air
conditioning in it.”
Dufur also had mo-
mentum coming into the
matchup with a four-game
win streak, including a 73-48
win over Sherman High on
June 2.
“We controlled the game
from the very beginning, and
we built an 18-point lead in
the fourth quarter,” said Hull.
“At one point in the third
quarter, Oscar scored 11
straight points for us. Dufur
is a very good team and
Dufur did what good teams
do, and they made a nice
comeback.”
The Redsides will play
four games in six days,
beginning with their next
contest Wednesday on the
road against the Trout Lake
Mustangs (0-4) at 7:30 p.m.
South Wasco meets the Lyle/
Wishram Cougars (1-3) at
Lyle High School at 6 p.m.
Thursday. The Resides have a
rematch with Dufur on June
12 at 5:30 p.m. at Dufur High,
followed by their season
finale at home June 14 at
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South Wasco knocks Dufur
from unbeaten ranks
The South Wasco County
High Redsides boys basket-
ball team remained unde-
feated after winning its fifth
straight game 68-59 over the
Dufur High Rangers Friday
at South Wasco High in
Maupin.
The win over Dufur (4-1)
followed two double-digit
road wins last week. The
Redsides, guided by Coach
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Culver Bulldogs (0-5) May 31
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“We played very well
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