HOOD RIVER — Hood River Valley forced five turnovers and overcame a 20-6 halftime deficit Sept. 5 to win its 2025 football opener, 35-20, over Reynolds.

THE DALLES — When you grow up in The Land of 10,000 Lakes and your family owns a fishing sinker manufacturing factory, you fish. A lot. Snagging Northern Pike while trolling in an aluminum boat, or jigging crappies on a drop line sunk in a hole augured through a frozen lake. But nothing prep…

WHITE SALMON — The Columbia River Bandits, White Salmon’s high school-level summer baseball team, won two of three games this past weekend to finish the season with a 6-7 record.

THE GORGE — Hood River and The Dalles summer swim teams both had two athletes who qualified for the USA Swimming/Oregon Swimming Inc. (OSI) Long Course State Championship age 11-and-over meet July 24-27 at the Mt. Hood Community College Aquatic Center in Gresham.

HOOD RIVER — The Gorge Paddle Challenge is returning to the Hood River Waterfront with various events and races held from Aug. 15-17. The event has drawn professional athletes from across the world, but organizers were forced to postpone last year’s Gorge Challenge due to financial difficult…

THE DALLES — The Columbia Gorge Hustlers baseball team managed one win in the American Legion Single A State Tournament held at Eagle Point High over the weekend.

HOOD RIVER — More than 1,000 participants signed up to compete in the annual Gorge Downwind Championships paddlesports festival, held July 14–19 at the Skamania County Fairgrounds in Stevenson, Washington.