CGBA hits all-time high with seven hoops teams

Entering the fifth year of the Columbia Gorge Basketball Academy, program coordinator Greg Cummings is seeing the numbers skyrocket and the skill levels rise for local boys and girls across the Gorge. On Oct. 28 at The Dalles Middle School, hoops standouts from third-through-eighth grades participated in a tryout and all 65 were matched up with a team for seven overall, up from the five teams assembled last year.

November 9, 2018 2:31 p.m. read more..



Middle school athletes selected for showcase

For The Dalles Middle School seventh grader Owen Withers, earning a spot on the Football University Oregon Screamin’ Eagles is a reflection of his hard work and dedication to the game of football. It would not be possible without the help of so many that have guided him to greater heights over the past few years. After a tryout on Sept. 16, Withers was one of 11 fifth through eighth graders selected to represent the football program and community for an all-star showcase game next month in Seattle, Wash.

October 30, 2018 1:23 p.m. read more..



Youth League hoops has signups

The Gorge Hoops Basketball League is opening a second registration day from 5-7 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 17 at the Riv Cafe, located at 401 E. 10th Street in The Dalles. Local boys and girls, from Washington and Oregon, from first-through-eighth grades, are welcomed to join this gorge-wide league, which is for school teams only.

October 16, 2018 1:56 p.m. read more..



CGBA finalizes its tryout times

Basketball season is fast approaching. The Columbia Gorge Basketball Academy will again be organizing traveling basketball teams this winter for local boys and girls from the third-through-eighth grades with a tryout tentatively set to run on Sunday, Oct. 28 at The Dalles Middle School. “I’m looking forward to this season,” CGBA coordinator Greg Cummings said.

September 21, 2018 3:34 p.m. read more..



CGBA opens tryout phase for upcoming winter season

The Columbia Gorge Basketball Academy will again be organizing traveling basketball teams this winter for local boys and girls from the third-through-eighth grades with a tryout tentatively set to run on Sunday, Oct. 28 at a location to be determined. “I’m looking forward to this season,” CGBA coordinator Greg Cummings said.

September 14, 2018 3:03 p.m. read more..



How many cartwheels can your gymnast do in 15 minutes?

How many cartwheels can your gymnast do in 15 minutes? Find out this weekend as gymnasts with Riverside Gymnastics will hold a “Cartwheel-A-Thon” Saturday, Sept. 15, 10 a.m. at their facility in The Dalles, 2221 River Rd. Team gymnasts obtain pledges to raise money for new uniforms and equipment. Top three pledge-earners will get prizes. Ice cream will be awarded to all.

September 12, 2018 8:31 a.m. read more..



IBC football tryouts opens door to big stage

FBU Oregon and Island Boy Camp are organizing a free tackle football tryout and mini-camp for sixth-through-eighth graders, who are Oregon residents, at four locations this summer for a chance to participate in an all-star showcase. From 2-5 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 16, all attendees will go to Wahtonka High School, located on 3601 West 10th Street in The Dalles, in their school-colored shorts and shirts with football cleats for drills.

August 24, 2018 2:19 p.m. read more..



FBU-IBC football tryouts slated

FBU Oregon and Island Boy Camp are organizing a free tackle football tryout and mini-camp for sixth-through-eighth graders, who are Oregon residents, at four locations this summer for a chance to participate in an all-star level showcase. From 2-5 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 16, all attendees will go to Wahtonka High School, located on 3601 West 10th Street in The Dalles, in their school-colored shorts and shirts with football cleats for drills.

August 21, 2018 1:54 p.m. read more..



TD swimmers hit top levels at Bend Open

The Dalles swim team finished off the summer season with ninth-place honors, as the group of 39 combined for 19 top-10 placings, six in the relays, and Lydia DiGennaro, Kendall Webber, Maverick Varland, Kaiya Doty, Rhett Loughmiller, Thatcher Dray and Skyler Coburn added solid ‘B’ times at the three-day Bend Open ending Aug. 12.

August 21, 2018 1:48 p.m. read more..



Hert brings passion to Babe Ruth baseball

Up at the crack of dawn, sometimes in cold conditions, Butch Hert would climb aboard his mower and manicure the diamonds at Kramer Field. For more than four decades, it has been the same routine – It is a labor of love.

August 17, 2018 2:24 p.m. read more..



Program adds options for athletes

DUFUR – From baseball to basketball, Dufur High School graduate Steven Begay loves to bring the game to local youths. Earlier this summer, he coached a 12U group, called Slammin’ Salmon, to a 6-0 record, where they outscored opponents by a 120-42 margin to secure first place at the Blazers Rip City 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament in Portland. “I have always enjoyed coaching,” Begay said.

August 14, 2018 2:56 p.m. read more..



Title caps memorable run for McGlovin

It has been a long road on the softball field for Rocky Linebarger, as countless close calls and bad breaks kept him from winning Northern Wasco County Parks and Recreation Adult Softball League championship. At long last, he finally earned title No. 1.

August 14, 2018 2:51 p.m. read more..



TD United grabs third at Mount Hood Challenge

Following two straight losses, The Dalles United girls’ soccer team finished off tournament play with back-to-back wins by a combined 10-0 margin for third place in 11U Silver Division action at the Mount Hood Challenge ending Aug. 5. Coach Oscar Nunez fielded his group for three days of tough competition in an event that featured more than 400 teams.

August 10, 2018 3:18 p.m. read more..



Dance Academy makes history in Seaside

The Dalles Dance Club Academy made history at the Grand Championships in Seaside last weekend by receiving the highest-scoring group awards in the Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced and Accelerated Advanced classifications, marking the first time ever a program has swept all levels in the event’s 37 years.

August 10, 2018 3:17 p.m. read more..



CG Hustler growth provides reasons for optimism

Columbia Gorge Hustlers head coach Steve Sugg put his ‘A’ baseball team through a meat grinder of a schedule, with games in Washington, on the coast and everywhere else. This summer, the Hustlers racked up a 29-17 overall record, a Zone 2 championship and a 1-2 finish at the recently-completed American Legion State Tournament in North Bend.

August 3, 2018 2:25 p.m. read more..