Paul Valencia

Sports Reporter

Paul covers High School sports.

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Boys basketball: Defense carries Columbia River to district title

Chieftains top Mountain View 59-50

Columbia River held Mountain View to 28 percent shooting from the floor Friday night and beat the Thunder 59-50 to claim the 3A district crown.

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Girls basketball: Prairie beats Camas for district title

Falcons have sights on more cutting down nets

Prairie girls beat Camas 59-42 on Friday, cutting the nets at Fort Vancouver High School after earning their 14th district title in the past 15 years.

Papermakers settle down, then roll past Kelso girls

Camas erases early lead to reach 3A district title game

Camas overcame a slow start to top Kelso 54-43 Thursday at Fort Vancouver High School in the semifinals of the Class 3A district tournament.

Mountain View powers past Prairie

Close game quickly turns into blowout in 3A district semis

The Thunder beat Prairie 84-53 in the Class 3A district boys basketball semifinal. Mountain View will face 3A Greater St. Helens League champion Columbia River for the district title.

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Special connection propels Mountain View swim team

Relay team sets records, prepares for state meet

To the untrained eye, a swimming relay exchange goes something like this: Teammate swims really fast, touches the wall, then another teammate jumps in the water and swims really fast.

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Prep wrestling: For Nguyen brothers, district is job No. 1

Evergreen wrestlers take first step toward ultimate goal

Evergreen wrestlers Michael Nguyen (113 pounds) and Matthew Nguyen (120) are both ranked No. 1 in the state by the Washington Wrestling Report.

Prairie’s Corral to have MRI on knee

Senior has complained of pain, swelling in past weeks

Prairie senior basketball standout Heather Corral sat out Friday’s game against Kelso because of swelling in her left knee and is expected to have an MRI on Monday.

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Boys basketball: Union maintains control in 4A GSHL

Copp’s 3-pointers help Titans sink Evergreen to claim 4A GSHL title

With four consecutive 3-pointers, Tyler Copp buried the Evergreen Plainsmen and led Union to a 73-56 victory, clinching the league championship for the Titans.

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Clark County soccer stars will continue rivalry in Pac-12

Skadsen signs with Arizona; Lovell with Oregon State

Some 15 months after Skyview soccer standout standout Sheaffer Skadsen announced she was going to sign with Arizona, she did just that.

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Prep football standouts reveal their college choices

Signing day events held across county for top seniors

Jonathan Warner made it to the big time with a Big Ten scholarship.

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