‘High expectations’ for local athletes as fall prep sports get underway
After a tumultuous 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, prep sports in Camas-Washougal are off to a more normal start this fall. Following is a preview of three local teams — Washougal volleyball, Camas...
View ArticleWashougal High runners win Portland to Coast Challenge
The Washougal High School cross country team won a major race two weeks before the start of its 2021 season. “Shougalicious,” a group of 12 Washougal High runners, took first place at the 2021 Portland...
View ArticleCamas girls soccer has ‘unfinished business’
The Camas girls soccer team capped a successful 2019 campaign with a disappointing loss to Enumclaw in a 4A District 3/4 tournament game that it thought it should’ve won. The Papermakers went...
View ArticleCamas slowpitch focused on ‘fun’
The Camas High School slowpitch softball team is maintaining a positive outlook despite a slow start to its 2021 season. “We have a great group of girls with awesome attitudes and positivity,”...
View ArticleA lane of their own: Washougal swimmers break from Camas
For the first time, Washougal High School girls swimmers have a team of their own. The Panthers, who have practiced and competed with the Camas High girls swim team since 2003, broke away from the...
View ArticleGame Changer: Football helps Camas teen cope with mental health diagnoses
When doctors diagnosed their then 9-year-old son with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and bipolar depression, Josh and Sarah Christensen sought professional advice to help their son,...
View ArticleStaying connected on the softball field
As a full-time Running Start student taking online classes through Clark College, Natalie Collins doesn’t see the inside of the Washougal High School building very much these days. But thanks to her...
View ArticleWashougal volleyball player is team’s ’emotional pillar’
At the start of the Washougal High School volleyball team’s 2021 campaign, Lexi Melton was unsure about the role she would be asked to play by Juno Cruz, the team’s third head coach in the past four...
View ArticleCelebrated coach back in the game
When Rory Oster approached Roland Minder about returning to his post as head coach of the Camas High School boys soccer team earlier this year, the Papermakers’ hall-of-famer wasn’t entirely...
View ArticleWashougal tennis duo finishes in 3rd place at district tournament
At the start of the 2021 Washougal High School boys tennis season, senior Gavin Kestner and junior Tucker Kneipp thought that they’d be facing off in weekly “challenge” matches to determine the squad’s...
View ArticleSeeing Triple: Washougal sisters integral to Panthers soccer team
As triplets, Molly, Emily and Lauren Rabus share a special bond that not even most other sets of siblings could completely understand. It’s almost telepathic, in a way. “We can predict what we’re going...
View ArticleInjury knocks Camas runner out of state meet
Most athletes believe in the “practice makes perfect” proverb, which states that people can become better at something if they do it over and over again. But in the past year, Camas High School cross...
View ArticleIn Brief: Papermakers advance to 4A state football tournament; Washougal...
Camas football advances to 4A state tournament The Camas football team advanced to the 4A state tournament with a 57-20 win over visiting Mount Rainier in a Week 10 loser-out playoff game on Nov. 5....
View ArticleCamas swimmer wins fifth-place medal at state meet
Camas’ Campell Deringer took fifth place in the 100-meter breaststroke finals at the 4A state girls swimming and diving meet, held Nov. 12-13 at the King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way. Derringer...
View ArticleCamas volleyball advances for state tournament
The Camas volleyball team qualified for the 4A state tournament by defeating Skyview in a 4A District 3-4 tournament contest on Nov. 13. In a matchup between the two top 4A Greater St. Helens League...
View ArticleCamas football: Papermakers roll past Puyallup, head to state quarterfinals
The Camas football team beat Puyallup 17-7 in a 4A state tournament first-round game at Doc Harris Stadium on Nov. 13. The Papermakers (7-4) will play at Kamiakin in Kennewick at 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov....
View ArticleCamas girls soccer team heads to 4A semifinals
The Camas girls soccer team felt as though it could’ve contended for a state championship in 2020, but had to settle for a league title after the 4A state tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19...
View ArticleState Champs: undefeated Camas girls soccer team takes 4A state title
The Camas girls soccer team entered postseason play with an unbeaten record, but wanted to leave nothing to chance. Even though the Papermakers hadn’t participated in a penalty-kick (PK) shootout all...
View ArticleSports in brief: Camas falls to Kamiakin; Camas volleyball places 5th at state
Camas football falls to Kamiakin The Kamiakin football team beat Camas 35-14 in a 4A state tournament quarterfinal contest at Lampson Stadium in Kennewick on Nov. 20, ending the Papermakers’ season....
View ArticlePanthers’ Mansfield does whatever it takes to win
If the Washougal High School girls basketball team needs Savea Mansfield to score, she’ll score. If it needs her to rebound, she’ll rebound. If it needs her to pass, she’ll pass. If it needs her to...
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