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Hood River News, Wednesday, May 20, 2015
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Boys lax to face Rex Putnam in
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WIN
Hood 2 River Relay
two innings. Walker followed
up an excellent pitching per-
formance from starter Ryan
Ward, who struck out 14 bat-
ters over five innings, walked
four and gave up just two hits
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The second annual Hood 2 River
Relay occurs Friday May 30, which
features a relay race from Mt. Hood
Meadows all the way down to the
Columbia River. Normally, the race
features alpine and Nordic skiing as
two of the six legs, but due to the low
snowpack, those two have been re-
placed by a quarter-mile uphill sprint
and a 1.5 mile trail run, respectively.
Other legs include a 6.2-mile moun-
tain bike course, a 27-mile road bike
course, a 6.7-mile run course, and
ending with a 1.5-mile paddle course.
Do the race with friends, a partner, or
if you’re really hardcore, by yourself.
The event is hosted by Breakaway
Promotions; register by May 23 to re-
ceive a discount. For more informa-
tion, head to the event’s website at
hood2riverrelay.com.
The boys lacrosse team just barely
missed the playoffs this year after los-
ing to Central Catholic in the final
game of the regular season last
week. However, barely making the
playoffs means a good seed in the
Cascade Cup: a competition between
the top 16 teams that didn’t get a
postseason berth. HRV received a No.
3 seed and will host Rex Putnam on
Tuesday, May 26 at 7 p.m. The Eagles
played against the Kingsmen earlier
this season, which saw HRV come
away with an 8-5 win. “Rex Putnam
played a great game and we played a
sloppy game, but we came away with
a win,” coach Matt Luchsinger re-
called. “We have to make sure we
don’t overlook these guys because
they gave us a run for our money last
time.” Last year, HRV, then a fifth Gorge Area Middle School
seed, also faced Rex Putnam in the Soccer League
first round, and crushed the Kings-
The Gorge Area Middle School Soc-
men, 19-0.
cer League will be getting underway
HRV golf wraps up season
soon, with practices starting May 25.
The HRV boys and girls golf teams The league features students from
finished up their seasons last week at grades 6-8 who attend Wy’East, Hood
the 5A Special District No. 2 District River, Henkle (White Salmon), and The
Championships at the Eagle Crest Dalles. The league will feature one
Golf Course in Redmond. Both boys practice and one game a week; boys
and girls finished in last place, with and girls play on separate teams.
coach Mark Gradin noting that dis- Games run from June 4 to July 16.
trict-level competion was a new ex- Cost is $60, which includes a jersey;
perience for many, especially for the $40 who are on free and reduced
girls team, as they “are all freshman school lunch. Register online at
and this was their first experience at hoodriver.k12.or.us/coe, register in
a district tournament.” Gradin said person at the Community Ed office at
that the field of teams had expanded 1009 Eugene St., or turn in your reg-
greatly at the tournament compared istration form and money to Lorena
to last year, from four to 11, making Salgado, secretary at Wy’East. For
qualifying for state, even at the indi- more info, call Jaime Rivera at 541-
vidual level, exceedingly difficult.
490-0699.
and two runs (one earned).
Ward had a good day during his three at-bats as well, re-
sponsible for two of HRV’s five total hits (both singles) as
well as an RBI. Other hits came from Van Hoose (who had a
team-high two RBI), Hunter, and Duffy — all singles, with
the exception of Duffy, who had HRV’s lone double.
With league games completed this season, HRV will have
one final regular season game against non-league opponent
Central Catholic Wednesday at 5 p.m. in Hood River. Central
Catholic finished with a third-place ranking in Class 6A and
should provide good competition for HRV, ranked No. 7 in
5A. Playoff information hadn’t officially been announced as
of press time, but it seems likely that No. 7 HRV will host No.
10 Dallas on Wednesday May 27. Check the News for updates.
(fly ball to left field) that al-
lowed Kelsey Wells to advance
home from second base. With
neither team able to score for
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the next couple innings, HRV
knotted the game 6-6 when Jes-
sica DeHart crossed home plate after Weekly hit a fly ball to
center field, good for a single.
With the game tied at the top of the seventh, with two outs
and Riverhawks runners on first and second, The Dalles’
Grace Helyer smashed one over the left field fence for a
three-run homer that gave The Dalles a 9-6 lead. With last
ups, HRV still wasn’t able to gain any traction, ending the in-
ning with three quick outs and no runs.
Hits were spread out, with almost every member of the
roster getting at least one of HRV’s nine hits. Leading the
way once again was Munn, who had two singles in four at-
bats. Other hitters included Kelsey Wells (1 for three, sin-
gle), Weekly (1 for 2, single), Hannah McNerney (1 for 4, dou-
ble), Packer (1 for 3, single), Zeller (1 for 4, single), Winans (1
for 4, double), and Jessica Hardy (1 for 3, single). Zeller led
the team in RBI with two, followed by Weekly (1) and Winans
(1).
In pitching, Winans started the game, but both she and
McNerney pitched a little more than three innings. The loss
was given to McNerney, who gave up five hits, three runs (all
earned) and struck out three. Winans surrendered seven
hits, six runs (five earned), walked two, and struck out two.
Standings and rankings froze Monday night, showing that
No. 20 HRV will play the No. 7 St. Helens Lions on Friday,
May 22 at 5 p.m. in St. Helens.
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trict meet, as both placed in
three individual events and
will be among a large group
of athletes representing
Horizon at the Class 1A state
meet Thursday and Friday at
historic Hayward Field in
Eugene.
The state meet contingent
includes three relay teams,
something that could only be
dreamed about – at least on
the girls’ side – back in 2012.
Kempf was the key for Satur-
day’s success, as her anchor
leg in the 4x400-meter race
lifted the Hawks into second
place — in the race, as well
as in the team standings.
Griswold’s fourth place (and
five points) in the relay en-
abled the Grizzlies to edge
the Hawks 98-96 for the girls
team crown.
“Hannah ran an incredible
60-second final leg to clinch
the second spot,” Neiworth-
Petshow said. “She showed
off her hard work this year
by scoring 26 individual
points for the team, making
her the fourth-highest scor-
ing individual athlete at dis-
trict.”
Ten of those points came
when Kempf defended her
district championship in the
triple jump (with a personal
best and state-leading 34-foot
mark); she added eight
points for second places in
the high hurdles and 200.
Other multiple district
placers included frosh Pauli-
na Finn (fourth in the triple
jump, and fifth in the high
jump and low hurdles);
sophomore Amy Requa
(third 1500, fourth 3000);
sophomore Kloee Brown
(third 800, sixth pole vault);
sophomore Savanna Hawk
(fourth pole vault, seventh
800); sophomore Haley Bec-
nel (fifth pole vault, eighth
400); sophomore Ally Funk
(sixth in the 1500 and 3000);
and frosh Miranda Roberts
(seventh 400, eighth 200).
Horizon’s boys team
earned three individual dis-
trict titles. Junior Salvador
Ramirez won the 1500 and
800, in addition to anchoring
Horizon’s 4x400 relay to third
place. Senior Mason Bloom-
ster won his newfound spe-
cialty, the discus, finished
second in the 100 and was
third in the 200. Bloomster
also anchored Horizon’s
4x100 relay to third place,
which qualified it for a wild-
card spot in the state meet.
Aldrich was an alternate on
that relay and will join his
teammates at state after fin-
ishing second in the discus
(three inches behind Bloom-
ster). He also was sixth in the
shot put and seventh in his
first-ever try in the pole
vault. Sophomore Jony Nel-
son earned a repeat trip to
Eugene, with a runner-up
finish in the 3000; he also was
third in the 1500 and scored
14 team points.
Other multiple-event plac-
ers for Horizon’s boys team
at district were sophomore
Luke Holste (third, high and
intermediate hurdles); se-
nior Jared Davis (third high
jump, fifth long jump);
sophomore Quinn Roet-
cisoender (third triple jump,
tie for fourth pole vault,
to top it off with a
victory in the 1500,”
said Crosswhite, a
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fier. “Going to the
state meet is a great way to end the season and
it’s going to be a lot of fun there.”
Crosswhite, the CRC Boys Track Athlete of
the Year, ran to first place Friday in the 1500
with a time of 4:11.34 and on Day 1 of districts in
the 3000 with a time of 9:07.43. Barajas set a
school record in discus with his throw of 188-11.
HRV totaled 106 points to win districts over Her-
miston (94).
“Coming into the meet, I believe our boys
were the favorite to win,” said Herneisen. “They
came into the meet and performed in a very
business-like manner, with nearly every event
coming out as expected or slightly better than
we predicted.”
The Eagle boys state qualifying squad also in-
cludes junior Quinn Fetkenhour (3000), senior
Mason McDowell (110 hurdles), senior Patrick
Crompton (pole vault), freshman Gabe Campos-
Davis (4x100) and junior Tyrone Stintzi (high
jump). Senior Lucas Campos-Davis and junior
Noah Noteboom earned qualifying spots as al-
ternates on the 4x100 relay. Stintzi won the high
jump with a leap of 6-2, a personal record. Mc-
Dowell ran to victory in the 110 hurdles with a
time of 16.11.
“It feels great to win the district high jump
championship,” said Stintzi, in just his second
year on the team. “It’s the first time I’ve quali-
fied for state in the high jump, which is just awe-
some. I’ve been to the state meet before on our
relay team last year, but this is pretty exciting to
go there as district champ. It was my goal today
to win the high jump, so I’m pretty happy.”
Eagle track and field athletes who will be com-
peting at 5A state for the first time include Gabe
Campos-Davis, Fetkenhour, McDowell, Bloom-
ster and Marble.
“Being able to run at Hayward Field, site of
multiple U.S. Olympic Trials, NCAA Champi-
onships and where the World Championships
will be held in a few years, can be a pretty big re-
ward in itself,” said Herneisen. “Coming home
with a medal around your neck is usually just a
bonus. We want to go down to Eugene and rep-
resent the Hood River Valley and show the state
of Oregon that track and field is alive and well
here.”
W i l d C o l u m b i a S a l m o n
District championship results show
a Horizon track team on the rise
Four years ago, a half-
dozen students gathered on a
cold, blustery March day on
the grassy field behind Hori-
zon Christian School and de-
clared themselves a track
team. They had no uniforms,
no track to run on and no
equipment. A hard rain early
on during that initial prac-
tice forced the athletes to
seek shelter inside the
school’s gym, where they
completed their workout.
Four years later, there still
is no track, but the school
does own some equipment
and, on most days, there are
enough uniforms. There also
are district championship
and runners-up trophies in
the school lobby.
The first-place blue trophy
comes courtesy of the Hori-
zon boys team, which won
the Big Sky Conference title
on a windy Saturday at Sher-
man High School in Moro.
The Hawk girls came within
a couple of places of match-
ing the boys, but settled for
second – and a red trophy —
behind Griswold.
“This is the first time in
Horizon history that a boys
group of athletes has been
district champions in two
different sports in the same
year,” said Coach Emma Nei-
worth-Petshow, who helped
start the team in 2012. (The
Hawk boys basketball team
won the district title in Feb-
ruary.) “This is also the first
time, to my knowledge, that a
girls team has received a dis-
trict competition trophy in
any sport in school history.”
Seniors Ryan Aldrich and
Hannah Kempf were fresh-
men on the inaugural Hori-
zon team – made up of four
boys and two girls. Aldrich
and Kempf had big roles in
the Hawks’ success at the dis-
TRACK
sixth low hurdles); sopho-
more Andrew Rinella (fourth
400, tie for fourth pole vault,
seventh 200); freshman Andy
Hung (fifth 800, eighth 3000);
and freshman Makoa
Whitaker (seventh javelin,
high and intermediate hur-
dles, and eighth 400).
“Everyone who competed
either scored points for the
team or set personal
records,” Neiworth-Petshow
said. “I am extremely happy
and so proud of all our ath-
letes. Everyone stepped up to
the challenge.”
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