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HOOD RIVER NEWS | Hood River, Ore.
SPORTS
Photo courtesy of Nancy Runion
RUNNERS gather at the first Ferment Fun Run Tuesday, Jan. 7 in Hood River. The four-mile run drew 34 people on a four-mile Shoreline Trail route.
Ferment Brewing Company taps into running community
By GABRIEL BRAVO
News staff writer
On a cold and drizzly Tues-
day, Jan. 7 afternoon, the first
Ferment Fun Run took to the
Hood River waterfront.
The new run began at Fer-
ment Brewing Company on
Second Street and Portway
Avenue and went down to the
Hook, back past the brewery,
past the History Museum of
Hood River County, under the
Hood River Bridge, behind the
Best Western Plus Hood River
Inn and back to the brewery.
A total of 34 people ran in
the fun run that covered just
over four miles — following a
large portion of the flat, asphalt
Hood River Shoreline Trail.
Nancy Runion, Ferment
general manager, and Heather
Pola thought of the idea before
the brewery was established in
2018. Runion said they want-
ed something to differentiate
themselves from other brewer-
ies in town.
“I mentioned to Heather
that I really wanted to do a
community run and bring peo-
ple back to Ferment,” Runion
said. “I don’t think that any
business can be where they’re
at without community sup-
port. With so many breweries
here in Hood River, you really
want to set yourself apart and
show your identity. I think the
best way to do that is actually
bring the people into the space
and meet the people that work
here.”
The event’s time also played
a factor in the run’s creation,
Runion said. Beginning at 6
p.m. the run aims to attract
people after work, give them a
chance to unwind with some
refreshments and meet new
people.
Terrain difficulty, or better
fitting, terrain ease is also
used to attract different skill
levels. The Shoreline Trail’s flat
ground was something Runion
and Pola wanted to take ad-
vantage of.
“Our thought was to do a run
down here at the waterfront,
that way it’s not intimidating,
it’s pretty flat, there’s several
places where you can exit out
if you don’t want to do the four
mile loop, and it was pretty
exciting to see 34 people come
out,” Runion said. “We had a
mom with a stroller, we had a
couple kids, we had a big age
group. An older gentleman,
younger guys, older ladies so
it was awesome to see a mix of
people.”
One participant was Ever-
ett Rubin, who coincidentally
works near Ferment, got a
chance to run on the trail for
the first time. Before moving
to Hood River, Rubin lived
in Charlotte, N.C., where it’s
common for breweries to have
a run club.
“I was kind of concerned
that a lot of people weren’t
going to show up to a rainy
January run, but I was like, ‘I’m
going. I want to meet some
runners out here,’” Rubin said.
“I’ve actually never ran on the
sidewalk that runs along the
river and I work literally across
the street from it, so it was nice
to finally get out there and run
for a change.
“I’ll definitely bring my run-
ning shoes to work and then
just, when I still have motiva-
tion, get out and bang out four
miles and feel good for the rest
of the day.”
Ferment’s Fun Run is held
every Tuesday at 6 p.m. at
Ferment Brewing Company in
Hood River.
HRV loses but closes bout with four wins against Culver
By GABRIEL BRAVO
News staff writer
Hood River Valley’s varsity
boys wrestling team hosted,
but was defeated by, Culver
High School 52-27 Thursday,
Jan. 9. The bout featured
weight classes ranging from
106 to 285 pounds.
Despite their loss, HRV’s
Maverick Geller, Andrew Mc-
Creery, Abraham Tinajero
and Danny Chavarria closed
out the meet with strong
wins.
Geller scored 12 points
against Isaac Andres. Andres
scored two but was overpow-
ered by Geller and pinned at
5:00 mark.
McCreery faced Bulldog
Cole Brown. McCreery mus-
cled and outmaneuvered
Brown as he scored two
points and prevented Brown
from scoring. McCreery final-
ly pinned Brown with around
a minute left to wrestle.
Tinajero challenged and
overcame Eduardo Penaloza
by scoring 20 points and con-
ceding five. Tinajero won by
technical fall.
Chavarria took on Wylie
Johnson in the final bout and
won by pin. Chavarria earned
two points and limited John-
son to zero.
For the Eagles, Noah McEl-
heran began the meet with
Debren Sanabria. Sanabria
earned eight points before
pinning McElheran.
HRV’s Carson Farlow next
wrestled Brody Piercy. Farlow
scored two points but was
unable to match Piercy’s 12.
For the 120-weight class
HRV forfeited and gave the
win to Culver’s Johan Jaimes.
Eagle Jayton Muenzer took
on Noel Navarro but was
pinned at the 2:44 mark.
Following in similar fash-
ion, Aiden Sewell for the Ea-
gles, was pinned by Braeden
Chapman at 3:31.
HRV’s Chad Muenzer chal-
lenged and defeated Culver’s
Anthony Hood 16-2.
Muenzer’s teammate Joel
Bronson was pinned by Lane
Downing late in the match
with 56 seconds left on the
clock.
Eagle Caleb Dehart was
also pinned by Wyatt Corwin
with 3:07 left. Dehart, howev-
er, managed to earn a point.
Javier Galvez for the Ea-
gles wrestled tough and was
closely matched with Hunter
Augustynovich as the score
was at 2-3.
Augustynovich, however,
managed to pin Galvez before
the clock ran out.
HRV
forfeited
the
170-weight class to Culver’s
Isaiah Toomey.
The Eagles travel to Red-
mond and wrestle at the Ore-
gon Classic Friday, Jan. 17-18.
Doors open at 6:45 a.m. and
wrestling begins at 8 a.m. on
both days.
Photo by Gabriel Bravo
HOOD RIVER Valley’s Danny Chavarria hurtles Culver’s Wylie Johnson Thursday, Jan. 9 at Vannet
Court in Hood River.
HRV swim teams host and defeat Pendleton
By GABRIEL BRAVO
of 2:37.38, 100 meter butterfly at
1:11.34 and was the only double
event winner for the girls. The
boys had two double event win-
ners: Senior David Hecksel in the
50-meter freestyle with a time of
25.37 and 100-meter backstroke
at 1:07.93 and junior Luke South-
all in the 100 and 200-meter
freestyles with a time of 57.91 and
2:08.11, respectively.
Arpag and juniors Madaket
Greenleaf and Abby McCormack
took all podium positions in the
100-meter butterfly with times
of 1:11.34, 1:22.19 and 1:31. The
boys also dominated the podium
in the 200-meter freestyle with
Southall, senior Adam Burke
and junior Owen Sommersett
with times of 2:08.11, 2:29.71 and
2:34.59.
The girls had strong showings
from many swimmers, including
some event winners, runner ups
and personal bests, Rawding
said.
They were Greenleaf, who
won the 200-meter freestyle with
a time of 2:33.52; McCormack,
who took first in the 50-meter
freestyle with 31.10; and fresh-
man Emma Titus, winning the
100-meter breaststroke with a
time of 1:32.77. Titus was also
Photo by Gabriel Bravo
third in the 200-meter individual
HOOD RIVER Valley swimmer strokes through his lap Thursday, Dec. 9 at the Hood River Aquatic medley at 3:00.25.
Center. The boys varsity team beat Pendleton 94-72 while the girls also took the win 116-54.
Freshman Lillie Tomlinson
ahead 94-72.
“They’ve been working hard
in practice and it’s fun to see it
Hood River Valley’s varsity when it comes together for them
swim teams swam fast against in a meet,” head coach for the
the Pendleton Buckaroos Thurs- Eagles, Shelley Rawding, said.
day night at the Hood River Val- “They were very close races and
ley Aquatic Center. The girls won it’s good for the team to have
116-54 while the boys came out competition within the team
News staff writer
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and good for the team to swim
against Pendleton. A lot of them
rose to the challenge when it’s
not a blow out one way or the
other.”
Leading the Eagle girl squad
was sophomore Sarah Arpag,
who won both the 200-meter
individual medley with a time
was second in the 50 and 100-
meter freestyles with times of
31.18 and 1:08.48 respectively.
Senior Celilo Brun took second
in the 100-meter breaststroke at
1:32.87 while Campbell Keller
came in second in the 100-meter
backstroke at 1:21.62. Junior Oliv-
ia Sumerfield was second in the
400-meter freestyle with a time of
5:34.39 and came in fourth in the
50-meter freestyle 34.52.
Junior Chloe Bullock was third
in the 400-meter freestyle with
a time of 5:51.14 and fourth in
the 200 freestyle at 2:49.42, while
sophomore Jessica Galvez was
third in the 200-meter freestyle
at 2:42.14 and in the 100-meter
backstroke at 1:26:23. Junior
Neilly Kendall was fourth in
both the 100 freestyle and 100-
meter backstroke with a time of
1:18.71 and 1:30.33, respectively,
while junior Theodora Parkinson
scored points in third place in the
100-meter freestyle at 1:18.06 and
fourth in the 100-meter breast-
stroke with a time of 1:39.11.
On the boys side, Burke was
also second in the 400-meter
freestyle with a time of 5:26.52.
Junior Henry Jones was second
in the 100-meter breaststroke
at 1:34.34, while senior Clayton
Lee was second in the 100-meter
freestyle and fourth in the 200-
meter individual medley at 59.79
and 2:40.60, respectively
Senior Connor McElwee
showed his speed by taking sec-
ond place in the 100-meter but-
terfly with a time of 1:11.54 and
third in the 50-meter freestyle
at 27.15, while freshman Gavin
Hackett swam to third place in
both the 200-meter individual
medley and 100 butterfly at
2:40.50 and 1:17.11, respective-
ly. Freshman Angus Kellems
also took third in the 100-meter
breaststroke at 1:38.16.
Classmate Lucas Elliott was
third in the 400-meter freestyle
with a time of 5:52.57 and fifth
in the 100-meter backstroke at
1:25.05, while junior Owen Som-
ersett placed fourth in the 100-
meter freestyle at 1:09.52.
Sophomore Moze Banks took
fourth in the 100-meter breast-
stroke at 1:39.83 while classmate
Tristan Smith came in fourth in
the 100-meter backstroke and
fifth in the 50-meter freestyle at
1:24.47 and 28.03, respectively.
Next up the Eagles travel to
Redmond Jan. 15 to compete
against their Intermountain
competition Redmond and Rid-
geview.
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Shelley Rawding contributed
to this article.
1/14/20 9:33 AM