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All tagged Championship
Last weekend, 14 Riverhawks competed in their final events of the season at the State Track & Field meet at UofO. Compared to Districts, racing conditions in Eugene were about perfect: clear, cool, and with that special dose of “Hayward magic” on the track. Somewhere between magic and hard work, many saw PRs and competitive placings: a satisfying close to a great season.
Sluggers knocking it out of the park with two tourney wins. Team sends Elvis out of the building 19 times in two tournaments. Mothers honored with last-inning heroics.
Taylor Morehouse ended his senior season literally on top, with a fifteen-foot and state championship-winning jump in the pole vault, a half-foot ahead of Silverton’s Joel Rush. With the entire stadium clapping, he barely missed his attempts at 15’9”, which would’ve broken The Dalles’ record. Still, he was pleased with his season- with an improvement of over a foot over the past few weeks.
After a challenging season during a world pandemic with many changes along the way, The Dalles Riverhawks cheer team won a state championship on Sunday.
You may know The Dalles captured the Oregon State Football Championship in 1947. And you may know about the team knocking the helmets off the Hillsboro Spartans in a 47-7 blowout in front of 14,000 fans in Portland to grab the trophy. But there was a whole lot more to it. This is their story.
