May 17
Cunningham wins discus at bi-district meet
By most measures, Donavan Cunningham has had a spectacular athletic year as a high school senior at Heritage.
But not by his measure, which is championships. Cunningham was The Columbian’s all- ...
Mountain View’s season reaches a difficult end
PUYALLUP — It was unsettled soccer on an unforgiving surface.
And for the Mountain View Thunder, it was a most unsatisfying outcome.
Mountain View’s state quarterfinal match at Sparks St ...
Prep highlights: La Center girls capture 1A district track title
Hannah Grigg won the pole vault by 1 foot, 6 inches, and Katrina Chamberlain won the high jump to lead the La Center girls to the 1A district track and field title at Stevenson on Friday.
Amanda Stum ...
Victories get Dunn right at 2A district meet
TUMWATER — This is a different Colton Dunn. Oh, he still runs like Colton Dunn, still wins like him, too, but he’s a little older now, a little wiser.
This year, Dunn, a junior from Hocki ...
Woodland freshman makes big impact heading to state
TUMWATER — Charity Arn. A solid, memorable name.
Good thing, too, because track and field enthusiasts might want to remember her name.
Arn, a freshman from Woodland, had quite the debut in her ...
May 16
Prep highlights: Solid day for 3A GSHL tennis players
Christina Le’s dominance continued in the 3A bi-district tennis tournament on Thursday at Sprinker Rec Center in Tacoma.
The Union sophomore swept the first three rounds of the tournament 6-0, ...
May 15
College notebook: Johnson’s baseball path leads him to Missouri Baptist U.
Baseball has taken Joel Johnson all over the country.
The Columbia River graduate continued his career at three different schools, before settling in at Missouri Baptist University this ...
May 14
 Collura grabs second straight district title
WOODLAND — Winning a district golf tournament once does not necessarily mean it will be easy to do it a second time.
In fact, to some degree, it is more difficult.
...
Column: Trip to the postseason is a happening
To borrow a phrase from the NBA, this is where playoffs happen.
This is where a team that had never reached the state soccer tournament can celebrate.
This is where a bas ...
On Further Review
Washougal hires new football coach
Josh Gibson, who has been an assistant in the Mountain View and Camas football programs in recent seasons, has accepted the he ...
 Papermakers dominate: Camas crushes Nathan Hale, 9-0, to reach quarterfinals
CAMAS — For the five seniors on the Camas boys soccer team, the first round of the Class 3A state tournament made for quite a celebration.
Playing at Doc Harris Stadium for the fi ...
Prep roundup
Woodland softball stays alive
Emily Holt’s double drove in the winning run in the bottom of the eighth inning Tuesday, saving the season for the Woodland H ...
Thunder advance in shootout
BATTLE GROUND — For 90 minutes, Kyle Humphrey was inside the soccer goal.
But after 80 minutes of regulation and two scoreless overtimes, the Mountain View senior goalkeeper was a ...
May 13
Prep highlights: Skyview girls win 4A district golf title
The Skyview girls golf team claimed the 4A district title Monday, with four golfers advancing to today’s final round at Lewis River Golf Course.
Skyview’s Avery Collura leads the individu ...
May 12
High schools: Now is the time to be on a hot streak
Heritage baseball coach Don Freeman captured the prep playoffs when he said last week: “It isn’t who has the best team; it’s who is hot at the end.”
That’s what the post ...
Weekly prep sports schedule
(Schedule subject to change)
MONDAY, May 12
Girls golf
4A district tournament at Lewis River
3A bi-district tournament at Fort L ...
May 11
Battle Ground baseball moves on to state
The Battle Ground baseball team couldn’t make it easy on itself.
That would have been boring.
The Tigers are going to the state baseball tournament for the first time since 1992, rallying for ...
 Camas buries Bonney Lake in flood of goals
CAMAS — Sure, the 7-0 margin Saturday was indicative of how easily the Camas boys soccer team got past the bi-district playoff round.
And the six first-half goals were evidence that the Paperma ...
Eastlake finishes off Evergreen soccer team
Two set plays.
On a day when the Evergreen boys soccer team was the better club in the run of play, it was a couple of restarts that brought the Plainsmen season to a halt.
Eastlake of Sammamish sco ...
Prep highlights: Hudson's Bay soccer earns first trip to state
Matt Dally elevated and the Hudson’s Bay boys soccer team climbed into the Class 3A state tournament.
Dally’s header over the reach of the Highline goalkeeper with about 15 minutes left l ...
Skyview’s Olbrich captures her fourth district tennis title
Skyview’s Abby Olbrich still has never lost at the Class 4A District 4 girls tennis tournament.
And she never will.
“That was a goal of mine coming into the year,” she said.
Olbri ...
May 10
 Big track wins for Wilson, Skyview boys
The javelin had just left his hand, far from its apex, when Heritage’s Jacob Wilson raised his arms in celebration.
He knew.
“I didn’t know if it would be 200 feet, but I knew it w ...
Bloop single ruins Union’s bid for third straight shutout win
It was one jam the Union softball team could not get out of.
Union’s Lindsay Sasse was on her way to pitching her third consecutive shutout, when Kelso loaded the bases in the bottom of the six ...
Heritage runs off with district track title, but BG girls throw themselves into mix
What are Battle Ground girls throwing at track and field practice these days anyway? Tractors?
Behind the swift running of sprinter Lateashea Currie, Heritage won the Class 4A district girls track an ...
Prep roundup: Danna Olson, Speer go 1-2 as Hockinson girls take district golf title
Hockinson’s Danna Olson shot a Day 2 77 to finish with a score of 151 and win the individual medal at the 2A district championship at Three Rivers Golf Course in Kelso.
The Hawks won the team t ...
May 09
 Heritage finally captures district baseball title
The Heritage baseball team took care of some unfinished business Thursday evening.
A year after losing in the district championship game, the Timberwolves made true on their promise t ...
Prep highlights: Evergreen soccer beats Skyview on penalty kicks
The Evergreen boys soccer team made four goals in a penalty-kick shootout to get the 1-0 district playoff win over Skyview on Thursday at District Stadium in Battle Ground.
Rubi Beltran, Cody Camp, S ...
Titans shut out Papermakers in 3A district softball playoffs
Three times the Camas softball team defeated Union during the regular season. But the Titans made up for the losses by winning the game that put them in the district championship game.
Lindsay ...
May 08
Prep roundup: BG girls take early lead at district track
The Battle Ground girls track and field team captured four individual district titles Wednesday to surge into the team lead after the first day of the Class 4A district meet at McKenzie Stadiuim.
Sha ...
 Thunder rules May again
It’s softball.
It’s May.
It’s Mountain View.
Just call these times the May Days of Thunder.
A year ago, Mountain View was ...
Union’s Le dominates districts
Christina Le once heard a valuable piece of tennis advice.
“I learned that it’s OK to be a little nervous, but don’t let it consume your game, because then you’l ...
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