Camas softball club team takes state title
The Camas-based Greenberry Lady A’s 12U softball club players don’t tend to display a lot of emotion, even after winning big games. But after shortstop Gracie Olmos caught the final out of the USA...
View ArticleWashougal resident to compete in national golf tournament
Washougal resident Cheung Ching Ng will participate in the 2022 U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur Championship golf tournament, to be held from Saturday, July 30, to Thursday, Aug. 4, at Anchorage Golf...
View ArticleNew Panther Foundation nonprofit to help student-athletes
Since moving to Washougal in 2014, parents Michael and Jessica Minnis have enthusiastically supported Washougal High School athletics. The couple volunteered at their children’s sporting events and...
View ArticleWashougal National motocross race returns this weekend
It was supposed to be a homecoming story. Washougal native Levi Kitchen had grown up watching professional motocross racers compete at the annual Washougal National. This weekend, Kitchen, 21, was...
View ArticleWashougal bodybuilder finds focus
Sitting on a plateau in Wyoming, immersed in a series of deeply emotional meditative thoughts, Jon Lee realized that he was dying. Not literally, of course. But he believed that he was killing himself,...
View ArticleCamas athletics gets ‘fresh set of eyes’
Camas School District’s new superintendent says the district — which found itself embroiled in two investigations into racist slurs allegedly directed toward visiting student-athletes during the...
View ArticleCamas-Washougal volunteers pitch in after Little League mural vandalized
On Thursday, May 17, East County Little League (ECLL) president Danielle Neumann received a text message from volunteer coach Micah Harpel that contained a photo and some distressing news about the...
View ArticleCHS football team ready to defend league title
Camas head football coach Jack Hathaway has gathered his Papermakers into a giant huddle on Camas High’s Cardon Field to give some words of advice and psych the players up for their season opener. It’s...
View ArticleWashougal Panthers ‘hungry’ for wins
The Washougal High School football team’s coaches and players believe they have enough talent and experience to succeed this season. They don’t just hope to win games — they expect to win games. A lot...
View ArticleWashougal High prep sports teams roll into 2022 season
The 2021 season was a very good one for the Washougal High School cross country program. The 2022 campaign could be even better. The Panthers’ girls and boys squads both competed at the 2021 2A state...
View ArticleLongtime Washougal Motocross Park owner to be honored posthumously
Longtime Washougal Motocross Park owner Ralph Huffman will be posthumously inducted into the Washington State Motorcycle Hall of Fame (WSMHOF) this week. The WSMHOF will hold a ceremony on Friday, Oct...
View ArticleWashougal man to race in Baja 1000
Keith Cayton has competed in motorcycle races for decades and is still riding strong at the age of 56. But he admits that his decision to participate in his next race is “kind of a strange story.” “I’m...
View ArticleFoundation donates funds to WSD for athletic field improvements
The Norman C. Danielson Foundation has donated $10,000 to the Washougal School District to improve the playing surfaces at the Danielson Soccer Fields at Jemtegaard Middle School and the baseball and...
View ArticleBack on top: Camas football team takes 4A league title for 3rd time in 4 years
Taylor Ioane combined for four touchdowns as Camas bowled over Battle Ground, 42-0, to clinch their third 4A Greater St. Helen’s League title in four years on a wet night at Doc Harris Stadium on...
View ArticleWHS football wins first 2A title in 23 years
The Washougal football team clinched its first Greater St. Helens League title in 23 years with a 58-40 victory over Hockinson on Friday, Oct. 28. “We have a banner in our weight room reminding us of...
View ArticleWashougal runners place in top 5 at state
The Washougal cross country team exceeded its own lofty expectations at the 2A state meet, held Saturday, Nov. 5, at Sun Willows Golf Course in Pasco, Washington, placing three runners in the top five...
View ArticleCamas volleyball qualifies for 4A state meet
The Camas volleyball team qualified for the 4A state tournament by winning two of its four matches at the 4A District 3-4 tournament, held Nov. 11-12, in University Place, Washington. The 4A Greater...
View ArticleNew Washougal coach plans to make only ‘minor tweaks’ to winning girls...
Tim Melcher has served as a coach for recreational, middle school, high school and college basketball teams for more than 20 years, and they’ve all had one thing in common. “Everywhere I’ve been along...
View ArticleSmall but mighty: After competing with just a handful of players, Jemtegaard...
Jemtegaard Middle School’s small-but-mighty seventh-grade girls basketball team is earning praise for its achievements during the first half of the 2022-23 school year. The JMS squad played most of the...
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