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Columbia Gorge News www.columbiagorgenews.com Wednesday,June30,2021 13 SPORTS WRESTLING Gorge wrestlers compete at boys state tourney Four Gorge wrestlers com- peted at last week’s 5A boys state tournament in Cottage Grove, where Hood River Valley sophomore Carson Farlow led area placers with a fourth-place showing. ••• Farlow (15-7 record) won his opener 6-5 against North Eugene’s Andrew Salinas, the No. 8 seed at 126 pounds. The HRV wrestler lost in the quar- terfinals to eventual fifth- place finisher Elijah Southern of Thurston before reeling off three successive wins in the consolation rounds. Farlow, who finished third in the Intermountain Conference tourney and scored 16 team points at state, lost in the third-place match at by technical fall to West Albany’s Derek Sossie. ••• HRV’s Abraham Tinajero (12-9), who won the 195-pound IMC champi- onship, finished sixth at state, losing two one-point matches in the consolation round. Tinajero, seeded third, advanced to the semifinals with wins over Thurston’s Nathanial Brown (injury default) and Crater’s Ethan VanHook (fall). The Eagle sophomore lost in the semis to Willamette’s Bryce Indell by fall and then lost again in his first consolation match, 8-7, to Jaden Echeverria of Hillsboro. VanHook and Tinajero tangled again in the fifth-place match, but this time the Crater sophomore won, 9-8. ••• HRV’s Jaime Rodriguez (7- 7) split his four, state-tourney matches at 126 pounds. He won 5-3 in his opener against Wilsonville’s Kaden Kramer, but lost in the quarterfinals to Dallas’ Jose Romero, 6-0. Rodriguez remained in contention to place in the consolation round with a win over Diego Perez-Montes of South Albany, but his tourney ended in his next match, a loss by fall to Silverton’s Jacob Moore. ••• The Dalles had one wrestler compete in the tourney — junior Taylor Moorehouse (9-5) won two of his 185-pound matches. Moorehouse faced top-seed and eventual winner James Rowley of Crescent Valley in the first round, losing by fall. Moorehouse won his first two consolation matches by decision before losing to Cutter Woodworth of North Bend. Moorehouse earned a bit of redemption in his second consolation win by defeating Anthony Lochner of Ridgeview. Lochner had defeated Moorehouse at the IMC championships the Sullinger, Smith finish runners-up at girls wrestling tourney Hood River junior Emily Sullinger and sophomore teammate Lauraine Smith finished in second place at Thursday’s Oregon girls state wrestling tourna- ment at Cottage Grove High School. The tournament included wrestlers from Oregon schools of all enrollment classifications. Sullinger was second at 120 pounds and Smith second at 155. The Dalles sophomore Maisie Bandal-Ramirez was fourth at 125 pounds. Hood River’s Dulce Najera also com- peted at state, but she did not place. Bandal-Ramirez won her opening match by decision but lost in the semifinals to eventu- al champion Cailee Hallett of Thurston. Bandal-Ramirez (8-3) won one of two match- es in consolation to earn fourth place. Sullinger (8-2) won two matches before losing in the final, 8-2, to Sophia Redwine of Newberg. Those two also finished 1-2 at the North Oregon qualifying tournament in Tillamook a week before state. Smith (9-3) won by fall in the first round and semifinals before losing in the championship to West Linn’s Destiny Rodriguez. Hood River finished 10th in the team race; 91 schools had wrestlers partici- pate in the tourney. leaders around the state, in term of vaccinations, sports have become a welcomed distraction. Last week, the Hood River basketball program held Hood River Valley coaches and its first youth camp in a year and a players put a on a weeklong basket- ball camp for elementary and middle half. Girls basketball Coach Steve school athletes. Noteboom and boys assistant Juan Cancellations and delays due to Zuniga put together a youth camp for COVID-19 have made organizing athletes in grades three through eight athletic events a challenge. With Hood River County being one of the through the Hood River Valley Parks and Recreation District website. “We had 49 kids register,” said Noteboom. “It was a really good turnout.” Participants worked on dribbling, footwork, and shooting skills. HRVHS athletes were present to help the kids and offer a sense of guidance. Zuniga says having the counselors working with the younger athletes offers a benchmark to strive for. He added ••• Hood River finished 16th with 30 points. Crescent Valley of Corvallis won the meet in dominating fash- ion with 365.5 points. The Raiders had 10 individual champions among the 14 weight divisions. Crook County and Redmond of the IMC finished third and fourth. Lost KRHP-TV on Cable? KRHP is available FREE on our website www.krhp.org HRVHS basketball camp offers place to compete and grow Noah Noteboom ■ By Columbia Gorge News prior week. that watching the high schoolers compete in games keeps the kids motivated to keep working on their craft. To register, or to get questions answered about upcoming basket- ball events, contact Noteboom (steve. noteboom@hoodriver.k12.or.us) or Zuniga (juan.zuniga@hoodriver.k12. or.us). 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