Camas girls basketball falls to Glacier Peak
The Camas girls basketball season has ended. The Papermakers lost 46-40 to fourth-seed Glacier Peak at today’s 4A state basketball championships, being held at the Tacoma Dome in Tacoma, Washington....
View ArticleTacoma Dome Bound
It’s not very often a team with 11 losses earns a trip to the 4A Washington state basketball championships, but the Camas Papermakers (16-11) are not your typical 11-loss team. The girls basketball...
View ArticleWashougal track team reloading with record numbers
Just 30 student-athletes turned out for Washougal track and field team in Dave Hajek’s first season as the Panthers’ coach 24 years ago. This season, a record-setting 98 student-athletes — up from 77...
View ArticleCamas baseball team ready for next step
After advancing to the 4A state tournament quarterfinals last season, the Camas baseball team is turning to champions in other sports to help lead the team even further this year. Last year the...
View ArticleCamas track and field athletes ‘hoping for the best’
When Washington Governor Jay Inslee announced last week that all public and private K-12 schools in the state will be closed until April 24 at the earliest because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Camas track...
View ArticleEnd of school year, spring sports season ‘heartbreaking’ for senior athletes
Brevan Bea has always been a three-sport athlete. And while his future lies on the gridiron — Bea will play football for Central Washington University next season — the Washougal High senior has...
View ArticleLocal student-athletes to continue careers at University of Idaho
Two local student-athletes recently announced that they will continue their athletic careers with the Division I University of Idaho Vandals. Skylar Bea, a Washougal High School junior, has given an...
View ArticleCanceled by COVID-19: Camas gymnast mourns loss of senior season
This isn’t the ending that Kaylee Sugimoto envisioned for her club gymnastics career. The Camas High School senior had hoped to earn high marks for her performance at the 2020 Women’s Junior Olympic...
View ArticleCamas junior commits to Cal Poly
Scott Thompson is convinced that if Faith Bergstrom had waited a while longer, she would’ve received offers to play for some of the most prominent women’s basketball programs in the nation. But at the...
View ArticleCHS volleyball standout to walk on at Oregon State
To reach her full potential as a volleyball player, Emma Villaluz knows that she has to be ready for any scenario, stay positive with her teammates, learn from her mistakes, try to control only what...
View ArticleCamas High graduate signs with San Francisco Giants
When Tyler Forner was 9 months old, his family moved from Vancouver to San Mateo, California. They relocated to Camas five years later, but have made several visits to the Bay Area since then. Those...
View ArticleMotocross championships a go in Washougal
Some of the best motocross racers in the United States will return to the Washougal MX Park on Aug. 22, for the Washougal National Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship. Spectators will not be allowed...
View ArticleCOVID-19 turns high school athletic schedule on its head
Dave Hajek will have to get used to having his fall afternoons free for the first time since 1981. He knows that adjustment won’t be easy to make, but it’s for a good cause. As part of the Washington...
View ArticleHigh school sports pushed back again
The ongoing COVID-19 public health crisis has, once again, thrown a wrench into the 2020-21 high school sports seasons. In July, the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association, which dictates...
View ArticleWashougal golfer invited to PGA championship
Melissa Joyal displayed a natural talent for golf after picking up a club for the first time as a freshman at Fort Vancouver High School, but she knew that she couldn’t rely solely on her physical...
View ArticleState revises COVID-19 rules on school sports
Camas and Washougal high school student-athletes won’t participate in any official competitions for at least two more months, but new guidelines from the Washington Interscholastic Activities...
View ArticlePractice for Washougal equestrian team OK’d
Although the Camas and Washougal equestrian teams are both members of the Washington High School Equestrian Teams Association, only one team may be able to compete this season. That’s because the...
View ArticleWashougal celebrates Halloween with ‘scary’ fun run
More than 200 runners competed in the fifth annual Scary Run in Washougal on Oct. 31. Live 5K and 10K races began and ended at Reflection Plaza in downtown Washougal. The event, put on by...
View ArticleCamas High football players accept Division I offers
The Camas High School football team’s top passer and best runner will continue their careers at the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division-I level. On Oct. 16, quarterback Jake Blair...
View ArticleCamas-Washougal athletes resume practice sessions
Jacques Badolato-Birdsell had hoped to lead the Camas High School football team to a second consecutive 4A state championship this fall. But after the COVID-19 pandemic forced the postponement of the...
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