State swim champs share spotlight
After capturing the program’s first state team championship, the Camas boys swimmers are ready to make another big splash in 2018. Senior captains Mark Kim and Finn McClone have been a part of the...
View ArticleWashougal girls face new challenges
The Washougal girls basketball team is trying to rediscover its fourth quarter finish. After strong wins against Evergreen and Battle Ground to start the season, the Panthers had Black Hills on the...
View ArticlePanther boys ready to shock the system
After missing the playoffs last season, the Washougal High School boys basketball team is ready for a fresh start. New head coach AJ LaBree brings a wealth of energy and knowledge about the game. He...
View ArticleCamas boys shoots for ‘next level’
Camas High School senior basketball players Connor Shira, Kyle Allen, Ryan Rushall, Jack Glikbarg, Ben Cooke and Gabe Mukobi are ready for the next level. Returning varsity starters Tre Carlisle and...
View ArticleDome or go home
From only three wins in December one year ago, to playing basketball in the Tacoma Dome for the first time in their lives, the Camas High School girls basketball players never lost sight of the dream....
View ArticleBuilding the intensity
The intensity inside the Camas High School wrestling room is bursting through the seams. Close to 70 boys and girls are ready to make an impact on the mat for the Papermakers. Head coach Cory VomBaur...
View ArticleCamas High gymnasts off to ‘very strong’ start
Camas High School gymnasts are proving to be a strong team this season. Head coach Carol Willson said she believe the team of 23 gymnasts will be state contenders again this year. Last year, the...
View ArticleCamas gymnasts on road to glory
The Camas High School gymnastics team is earning the scores they need to start paving their route to the 4A state team competition this year, and they’re having as much fun as they can while doing it....
View ArticleWashougal High grad inducted into WWU’s ‘Athletics Hall of Fame’
A Washougal High School graduate who led the Western Washington University (WWU) softball team to a 1998 NAIA national championship has been inducted into the WWU Hall of Fame. Alison Haukaas, a...
View ArticleCamas boys fall to Union
By Andy Buhler, Columbian staff writer Union had one solution for closing out the game as it led Camas by two points going into the fourth quarter. Ethan Smith. Smith finished with seven 3-pointers and...
View ArticleCamas girls clinch league title
By Andy Buhler, Columbian staff writer The Camas girls gathered in the locker room up 15 on Union, and the first thing they collectively said: not again. In the first matchup between the teams, Camas...
View ArticleCamas, Union wrestle to win
By Micah Rice, Columbian sports editor Samuel Malychewski rose to the occasion. His Camas teammate Rylan Thompson went down in weight and had his best match of the season. And Union was steady as ever....
View ArticlePurwins, Papermakers step up at district meet
Jacqueline Purwins is just having fun this year, and thanks to the senior they know as “Jax”, so are her teammates on the Camas gymnastics team. Led by Purwins’ all-around victory, the Papermakers...
View ArticleWashougal girls eke out league-title win
At the beginning of the season, Washougal sported a largely revamped roster, a new coach and a standout player — Beyonce Bea — to serve as the cast for its lofty goals of winning another league title,...
View ArticleA winning week
It’s been a remarkable week for Camas High School swimmer Mark Kim. On Feb. 7, Kim signed a letter of intent to attend the distinguished United States Military Academy in West Point, New York, next...
View ArticleCamas, Washougal seniors sign to colleges
Senior student athletes at Camas and Washougal high schools committed to college teams last week and made their intentions known during signing ceremonies at both schools. The 14 CHS students moving on...
View ArticleA tale of two Tanners
It was a dramatic storybook finish for senior Tanner Lees of Washougal, who is now the Washington State 2A wrestling champion. The 145 pound wrestler had to win four straight matches during the two-day...
View ArticleCamas gymnasts win first-ever state title
All season, Camas High School’s lone senior gymnast, Jacqueline Purwins, encouraged her talented younger teammates to never stop believing they would win the school’s first-ever state title in...
View ArticleC-W girls’ basketball teams return to state
It’s been another spectacular year for girls basketball programs in Camas and Washougal. Both high school teams have earned their way to the state tournaments, and both have the big-time experience to...
View ArticlePapermakers bring the noise at state
The Camas girls basketball team has never won a state trophy, but this year’s team was one of the best in school history, playing three games at the Tacoma Dome and missing a trophy by just one win at...
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