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was perfect at the plate with
a team-high four hits in as
many at-bats, hitting three
singles and a double, and
leading the team in scoring
with three runs. Sharing that
honor was senior first base-
man, who also led the team
in scoring, led the team with
three RBI, and was a perfect
three for three at-bats, hit-
ting two singles and a double.
Other hitters for HRV in-
cluded Jessie Karr (3 for 3, 3
singles), Hannah McNerney
(2 for 3, single, double), Jessi-
ca DeHart (1 for 3, single),
Kelsey Wells (1 for 3, single),
Jenni Packer (1 for 3, single),
and Makena Zeller (1 for 3,
single). The team totaled 16
hits and only had one error.
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double by Buckley. All gar-
nered one RBI each as well,
excluding Van Hoose. Har-
vey, Hunter, Lariza, and
Buckley led the team in scor-
ing with two runs each; other
scoring runners included
HRV’s defense was ar-
guably almost as impressive
as its offense, especially con-
sidering that the Eagles are
currently fourth in 5A in
runs allowed. DeHart led the
team with five putouts, as
well as an assist. McNerney
was on the mound through-
out all five innings, sending
two batters packing and giv-
ing up seven hits.
The win was big in anoth-
er way besides just beating a
rival league opponent: it put
No. 20 HRV two games up on
No. 24 Hermiston (1-8 CRC, 7-
15 overall), who is fighting
with HRV for the final play-
in spot in the CRC. HRV was
scheduled to play No. 2
Pendleton on Friday and has
a big game Tuesday at 4:30
p.m. against Hermiston that
could determine HRV’s eligi-
bility for a play-in game.
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Lydia McElderry and Kat
McElderry in the waning
minutes. The final goal of
the
night
went
to
Brentlinger, who, hearing
the countdown with 10 sec-
onds remaining, bolted up
the field and despite Cleve-
land swarming her with de-
fenders, Brentlinger was
able to poke her stick out and
slide one past the Warrior’s
goalie as she fell sideways
with one second left.
The spectacular move re-
sulted in Brentlinger sus-
taining an injury that saw
her carried off the field, but
smiling, as her teammates
and the crowd in the stands
at Henderson Stadium
roared their approval. Imme-
diately after the match,
McElderry said he believed
it to be “a minor tear in her
calf ” that likely wouldn’t
keep her out of the playoffs.
“It was pretty crazy in
there,” he said of the shot.
“She was guarded pretty well
and saw and opening and
took it high and put it into
the back of the net.”
Brentlinger was the team’s
leading scorer, with four
goals on the evening and also
leading the team in ground
balls, with six. Daisy Dolan
led on draw controls, win-
ning three.
In net, frosh goalie Ella
Rand had her best game of
the season, making some key
saves in the second half of
the game that could have
very easily been goals. She
stopped eight of 12 shots to
end the night with a 66.7 save
percentage.
“Ella Rand had some great
saves,” McElder ry said.
“She’s really kind of coming
into her own.”
T he Ea gles, who are
ranked 15th, will face No. 18
Marist on Monday; game
time was not available at
press time. The two teams
have not faced each other
this season. Marist has a 9-3
record in the South League
(9-4 overall), while HRV
ended the season with a 7-5
record in the Por tland
League (7-8 overall).
Look for an update on the
News’ web and Facebook
pages when the game time is
known.
Walker, Kellan Duffy, Ryan
Ward, and Van Hoose.
After hosting the No. 15-
ranked Pendleton Buckaroos
Friday evening — which
could wrap up the CRC title
for HRV if the Buckaroos
lose — the No. 10-ranked Ea-
gles will travel to Hermiston
(No. 26) for their final road
game of the season.
Photos by Deona Rigert
LOCAL WRESTLERS had a good showing at the Oregon Freestyle and Greco-Roman State Championship this past weekend. In the
left frame, Joanna Endow, Payton Rigert, and Sarah Sullenger display their first-place medals; in the right frame, Dylan Peterson, who
took fourth in the Cadet Division of the Greco-Roman competition, grapples with an opponent.
HRV wrestlers take spring championships by storm
By PAYTON RIGERT
News intern
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RAMSEY
May 2015: High mountain trout
Acting like a steelhead, the trout yanked our son’s rod
down and headed for the other side of the lake, stopping to
perform a double somersault before falling back into the
water, before changing directions and heading for a sub-
merged stump near shore. Wade, our younger son (now 22),
held his rod high and steered the torpedo-acting fish away
from the bark-covered obstacle.
Wanting to arrive at our favorite mountain lake early, we’d
left home just before 4 a.m. The birds were still chirping
when we arrived at the Forest Service campground,
launched our boat, and parked after placing a Forest Service,
Discovery, and Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
parking pass on the dashboard of my truck. The boat launch
was empty, which surprised us considering the number of
trout lurking, we knew, under the water’s glassy surface.
Since the rules on Goose Lake (located on the south flank
of Mt. Adams, west of Trout Lake) don’t allow gas motors,
we’d taken our Willie drift boat, complete with a cooler for
lunch and fish. We see some anglers fishing this mountain
lake using electric-trolling-motors for propulsion but, for us,
rowing is easy and a lot less fuss.
We tried several fishing techniques during our morning
adventure. The first was to slow troll, we’re talking dead
slow, small F-5 FlatFish 50 to 60 feet behind our boat. Dark-
colored plugs like a frog, black and brown, are what pro-
duced best on this particular day – all tipped with a quarter-
inch section pinched from a white-colored PowerBait mag-
got. It’s always amazed me how fickle trout can be in regard
to lure color and size on different lakes and at different times
of year. Other plug colors we don’t leave home without in-
clude gold and silver.
This method produced for the first hour, but the trout ei-
ther moved or wised up to this tactic, which forced us to try
something different.
It was then that we switched to casting and retrieving
spinners. All fish, especially trout, can’t resist the sonic vi-
bration produced by a blade spinning on a wire shaft. The
other thing appealing about fishing spinners (and casting
spoons for that matter) is they allow you to cover a lot of
water in a short amount of time.
Our best producing spinner — we’ve tried many different
ones — was a black-colored Rooster Tail tipped with a half-
inch section from an equally black Gulp! worm. Tipping
lures with a scent-filled product works better than you might
think and something we often do.
If you’re new to lake fishing, keep in mind that fish may
be holding near shore or the lake surface early or late in the
day (or on overcast days) and will most likely move into
deeper water as the light intensifies. After all, fish don’t have
eyelids (or sunglasses), so the only way they can control the
amount of light entering their eye is by their location.
What we caught were a mixture of brown, rainbow, cut-
throat and brook trout. The brook trout spawn naturally in
Goose Lake and are so numerous they are mostly small,
hardly ever do you catch one over 10-inches, which is what
prompted the Department of Fish and Wildlife to first plant
brown trout in the lake, which they do each and every year.
While the majority of brown trout average 12-to-14 inches,
there are much larger, trophy size, ones lurking in this lake.
For example, WDFW biologist John Weinheimer tells me he
has handled 6- to 7-pound fish living in Goose lake. Accord-
ing to Bev Meyer, owner of the Trout Lake Grocery (509-395-
2777), the three largest brown trout brought into her store
from Goose Lake have included a 15.44-pound monster taken
in 1994 that measured 31.5 inches, a 16.3-pounder caught
from the east end of the lake on PowerBait in 2008, and a
10.28-pounder taken in May of 2009.
There are hundreds of high mountain lakes in the North-
west. Many only become accessible to anglers when linger-
ing winter snows finally melt off the roads and trails leading
to them, but this year’s low snow pack has made for early ac-
cess and a prolonged period of good fishing. Don’t pass up
the thrill of catching high mountain trout.
The Hood River Valley Wrestling Club competed at the
Oregon Freestyle and Greco-Roman State Championship
this past weekend. They weighed in Friday night and trav-
eled down to Crescent Valley High School.
On Saturday, the athletes competed in the Oregon
Freestyle State Championships in either the Junior or
Cadet divisions. Freestyle wrestling is a different style of
wrestling that is not used in competition throughout the
normal high school season, but the fundamentals are the
same. Wrestling in the Junior division, Joseph Linebarg-
er at 220lbs, placed fifth after a grueling battle, and Max
Lane at 285 pounds placed sixth. In the Cadet division,
Jason Shaner wrestled hard for a fourth-place finish at
132 pounds and Justin Wilson, who was the last match of
the night, placed fifth at 285 pounds.
The next day was the Oregon Greco-Roman State Cham-
pionships. In Greco-Roman wrestling, the athletes are not
allowed to touch the legs of the other opponents, which
makes the matches all about arm strength and technique.
SPORTS BRIEFS
Veatch receives recognition in rookie season
Annie Veatch received an honorable mention when the an-
nouncement for the 2015 All-Northwest Conference Softball
Team was made this week. Veatch, a graduate of Hood River
Valley High School, currently plays Division III softball as a
freshman at George Fox University. In her rookie season, play-
ing in 41 of the 44 games, Veatch led the team in batting aver-
age with .395 and on-base percentage with .505. She was sec-
ond in slugging percentage (.593), RBI (25) and homeruns (3).
Swimmers bring home hardware from Bend Invite
The Hood River Valley Swim Team competed at the Bend In-
vitational this past weekend at the Juniper Aquatic Center in
Bend. Teams from Corvallis, Bend, Portland, Hood River, Red-
mond, Sweet Home and Camas, Wash., participated in this early
season long-course meet. Top scorers for the HRV Osprey in-
cluded Dhani Freeland, with wins in the senior 50-meter
freestyle (29.26 seconds) and in the 100 freestyle (1:02.23);
Kylie Webb with a win in the senior 400 individual medley
(5:35.06), and Sarah Arpag showed her strength with two
third-place finishes in the 12 & under girls 100 backstroke
(1:22.10) and 50 butterfly (36). Also scoring for the team was
Allie Burke with 16th in the senior 400 freestyle (5:22.84),
Celilo Brun with 13th in the 13 & over 200 butterfly (3:27.63),
and Shea Kasenga with a 12th-place finish in the 12 & under
girls 50 breaststroke (45.45). Other participants included
Michelle Graves, Dacia Kasenga, Thea Smith, and Nadia Smith.
Girls tennis match rescheduled
Due to the rain/thunder/hail storm, Wednesday’s HRV girls
tennis home match against Hermiston was rescheduled for
Tuesday at 4 p.m. It will be their final home match and regular
season match. Recently, the Eagles came away with a 1-3
record at a duals tournament in Bend last weekend, losing to
Mt. View, Ashland, and Hermiston (3-5, 2-6, 3-5, respectively),
but beating Summit’s JV team by a score of 5-3. The team also
lost to The Dalles April 29 in a 3-5 decision.
In the Junior Division, Max Lane placed second at 285
pounds after a day of tough matches. Cadet wrestler
Angel Jones placed second at 113 pounds, finishing out a
great year. Also in the Cadet Division, Jason Shaner
placed fifth at 132 pounds, Dylan Peterson battled for
fourth place at 138 pounds, and Justin Wilson finished in
fourth place at 285 pounds.
The Hood River Valley Wrestling Club women’s team
also competed in the Oregon Women’s Freestyle and
Greco-Roman State Championships. In the Oregon
Women’s Freestyle State Championship, Sarah Sullenger
at 121 pounds, Joanna Endow at 125 pounds, and Payton
Rigert at 159 pounds were all named state champions.
Next, in the Oregon Women’s Greco-Roman State Tourna-
ment, the girls had another fantastic day. Sarah Sullenger
at 121 pounds, Joanna Endow at 125 pounds, and Payton
Rigert at 159 pounds were again named state champions
for the Women’s Greco Roman State Tournament.
Sarah Sullenger and Payton Rigert were then named
Triple Crown winners for being state champions in Folk-
style, Freestyle, and Greco-Roman wrestling.
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Boys lax wins at Cleveland
The HRV boys lacrosse are trying to keep their post-season
dreams alive and helped themselves out Thursday evening with
a 14-8 road win over Cleveland. Currently, the team is sitting in
25th place in the LaxPower rankings, just one spot out of the
playoffs. The Eagles will have their last game of the regular sea-
son May 14 at 7:30 p.m. against the formidable Central
Catholic, which will be played at Milwaukie High School.
HUGE YARD SALE
& SILENT AUCTION!
New and used Household & Garden tools, Antiques,
Furniture, Plants, Crafts and much, much more!
No Advance Sales or Early Birds!
Athlete of the Week
Savannah Brentlinger
HRV girls lacrosse
Savannah led HRV with four goals
and six ground balls during
Thursday’s 12-4 win over Cleveland.
The Athlete of the Week will receive a large
pizza with 2 toppings from Papa Murphy’s.
Congratulations to our winner 5-09-15.
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