Martinez: Many options get the needed results
Tim Martinez: High School Sports
Late Saturday night, I had to wonder -- what did we in the media do before we had things like Twitter and the Internet?
Prep wrestling: Union wrestlers have quality day at 4A regional
Titans capture Region I team championship
Union had 11 wrestlers clinch berths to next week's 4A state tournament, including four regional champions, as Union captured the team title on Saturday.
Camas uses its depth to swim to 3A district crown
Mountain View relay team breaks meet record
Camas used its depth to roll up a 409-248 win over Mountain View at the Class 3A district swim meet in Longview on Saturday.
Tim Martinez: All athlete-of-week nominees deserve your vote
Commentary: Tim Martinez
It’s my belief that every high school athlete in Clark County should have an active Facebook account.
Battle Ground’s Faley wins state bowling title
Tigers lead team standings after Day 1 at state
Battle Ground’s Wylicia Faley became the third county bowler and the second from Battle Ground to win the Class 4A high school individual state championship.
Martinez: 3A GSHL, Trico teams seek playoffs
Tim Martinez: High School Sports
This week, we'll focus in on the races in the Class 3A Greater St. Helens League and the 1A Trico League, as league basketball play concludes this week in both leagues.
Martinez: Clark County prep sports calendar survives weather
Tim Martinez: High School Sports
Last week we only lost Wednesday's prep schedule, except those teams who were playing teams from a little bit north or east.
Martinez: Midseason can be make-or-break time
Tim Martinez: High Schools
Predicting snow in the forecast is a lot like prep sports predictions. Both create a lot of reader interest. Both can get people riled up. And both are often completely incorrect.
Martinez: Help us choose prep athlete of the week
Tim Martinez: High Schools
We're starting something new this week at The Columbian. We're allowing fans to vote on who should be our athlete of the week.
Girls basketball: Mountain View girls win despite 47 from Moore
Holboke scores 39 as Thunder rally to win in overtime
Fort Vancouver’s Mar’Shay Moore had the game of her life on Tuesday night. But thanks to a big night by Carly Holboke, it wasn’t enough for a victory.
Area basketball scoring leaders update
River's Smith and Mountain View's Holboke lead
A look at the top boys and girls basketball scorers in the region.
Tim Martinez: New year ushers in league basketball action for all
Tuesday is a full day of high school basketball with league games in the 4A and 3A Greater St. Helens Leagues, as well as the 1A Trico League.
Six local wrestlers, Union win crowns
Titans easily outdistance Kelso at Pacific Coast meet
Six Vancouver wrestlers claimed individual championships and Union ran away with the team title Friday at the Pacific Coast Wrestling Championships at Hudson’s Bay High School.
Tim Martinez: More available days mean more days to hoop it up
With Christmas and New Year's Day falling on Sundays this year — a day of the week when high school sports aren't played — it opened more days to schedule non-league games or tournaments.
Area basketball scoring leaders update
Top scorers through Dec. 20
For look at top 15 scorers from Clark County (and Stevenson and Woodland, too) in Class 1A and above, click on the following links:
Henry, Marshall earn AP all-state football honors
Six Clark County players make all-state first teams
Parker Henry, who led Skyview to first appearance in the state championship game, was the lone member of the Storm to earn a spot on the Associated Press Class 4A all-state football team. Meanwhile, three members of the Camas Papermakers earned their way onto the 3A all-state first team.
Tim Martinez column: More is better for 4A GSHL basketball teams
When scheduling high school basketball, how much is too much of a good thing? Well, it depends on who you ask.
Tim Martinez: New numbers could mean some league shuffling
Tim Martinez: High Schools
After preliminary enrollment figures are announced by the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association, the Greater St. Helens Leagues could look different.
TIM MARTINEZ: It’s not about where you’re ranked, it’s about where you finish
Tim Martinez: High Schools
As one esteemed colleague in the press box at Kiggins Bowl said Saturday, rankings don’t mean anything.
Skyview pulls away from Bellarmine Prep, 42-17
Skyview defeats Bellarmine Prep 42-17 in the Class 4A football quarterfinals on Saturday.
Football playoff game times set for Camas, Skyview
Game times have been set for Union and Camas high school state playoff football games in the state quarterfinals.
Girls soccer: Ridgefield falls in quarterfinal, 2-1
KALAMA — Some might say Ridgefield’s Class 1A girls soccer state quarterfinal match Saturday against University Prep of Seattle was decided by inches. But others might say it was just a matter of time.
Prep football: Skyview shuts down Kentwood to reach 4A quarterfinals
McDonagh, Henry defense lead the way
Kieran McDonagh had his second consecutive 300-yard passing game and the Skyview defense shut down Kentwood as the Storm beat the Conquerors 34-7 Friday in a Class 4A state first-round playoff game at Kiggins Bowl.
Tim Martinez: Everything came together to produce Camas’ state title
Tim Martinez: High Schools
What Camas coach Mike Hickey didn’t expect was the kind of day that delivered astronomical results not just for the Camas girls, but for all of Southwest Washington cross country.
Playoff pairings: Camas on a roll as 3A state volleyball is set
District champ Prairie also part of tourney at Lacey
Camas will open the 3A state volleyball tournament against Kennewick at 8 a.m. Friday. Prairie faces Bainbridge at 9:45 a.m.
Defense sparks Skyview to rout of Issaquah
Kieran McDonagh passed for 338 yards and four touchdowns and the Skyview defense forced three early turnovers to send Skyview to a 47-17 over Issaquah win in a Class 4A state preliminary game Friday.
Camas girls will make run at state cross country team title
State cross country championship is Saturday in Pasco
The Camas girls cross country team will leave Friday for the Tri-Cities, in search of the perfect day. That just might be what the Papermakers need to knock off top-ranked Glacier Peak of Snohomish.
Coaches will tell you, team comes first in cross country
Tim Martinez: High Schools
It was suggested that perhaps cross country would be better if it qualified athletes to state the way golfers qualify for state.
Rapid change of plans leads Washougal runner at district
Eustis sprints to victory at 2A district cross country meet
Sean Eustis had a plan Saturday at the Class 2A district cross country championship at Lewisville Park. Of course, that plan did not include Eustis sprinting for his life at the finish line.
Heritage beats Evergreen, clinches playoff berth
E’Lon Mack caught six passes for 144 yards and three touchdowns as Heritage beat Evergreen 34-12 on Friday at McKenzie Stadium to clinch a Class 4A playoff berth. Heritage (3-6, 2-2 4A GSHL) will play 10th-ranked Lake Stevens on Nov. 5 in the 4A state preliminary round.
With one week to go, here are the prep playoff possibilities
Tim Martinez: High Schools
This week marks the end of the fall sports regular season. So it’s time to look at where teams stand in their drive to the postseason.
Heritage keeps faith, keeps in playoff hunt
Timberwolves beat Battle Ground in overtime, 21-20
Believe it or not, the Heritage Timberwolves’ postseason hopes are still alive. That’s because the Timberwolves never stopped believing.
It’s Papermakers’ day at 3A district cross country meet
Camas boys, girls sweep team, individual titles
The Camas boys swept the top four places and five of the top seven spots to complete a Papermaker sweep of the district meet.
Nearly every area football team still has playoff hopes
Tim Martinez: High Schools
With two weeks left in the regular season, we’ll take a look at what each local team needs to do to make the playoffs and what big games are left on the schedule.
Expect more running clocks in football
Tim Martinez: High Schools
We've seen a lot of running-clock games. In order for the running-clock rule to go into effect a team must hold a lead of 40 points or more in the second half of the game.
Boundary disputes are yearly occurrence
Tim Martinez: High Schools
Every year, The Columbian gets calls, emails — even a good old-fashioned letter — from readers who accuse schools of recruiting or families of breaking the rules.
Prep football: Columbia River 37, Hudson’s Bay 0
Remick Kawawaki rushed for 197 yards and two touchdowns, and the Columbia River shut out Hudson’s Bay.
No one likes lopsided games, but they are going to happen
Tim Martinez: High Schools
The truth is that no one likes lopsided game. That is because there are no real winners in a lopsided game.
Adding up a long win streak takes some time to research
Tim Martinez: High Schools
On a busy night of high school sports, you get so busy taking a mountain of results that get phoned in, emailed in or faxed in, that you can miss a big story. That’s kind what happened to us last Thursday night.
Prep football: Sophomore back shines as Mountain View rolls past Prairie
Richardson runs for 110 yards as Thunder's ‘vanilla’ offense handles Falcons, 42-28
Eddie Richardson will get the experience of watching himself play on film this week. And thanks to the Mountain View offensive line, there will be a lot of watch.
High school golf takes center stage with three big events
Tim Martinez: High Schools
The temperatures should be back in the 70s by midweek, which is perfect weather to go out and watch a high school golf tournament.
Prairie beats Hockinson in record fashion
Colin Seitz threw six touchdown passes, including three to Ansel Cecil as Prairie rolled to a 55-7 non-league over Hockinson. Seitz completed 18 of 28 passes for 285 yards as the Falcons opened up a 28-0 lead in the first quarter. He had TD passes of 3, 62, and 8 yards to Cecil.
Prediction: Someone may not like this
Tim Martinez: High Schools
No matter what team you pick, no matter how much research you put into that pick, no matter how sound your logic is, someone somewhere will think you’re an idiot.
Ball bounces Camas’ way in victory over Timberline
Norcross scores two touchdown after fumble recoveries
John Norcross took two fumbles — one by a teammate, one by a foe — and turned them into touchdowns, leading Camas to a 20-6 win over Timberline of Lacey on Friday.
New look for a new season of football
Tim Martinez: High Schools
The Columbian is putting a new face on its high school sports coverage, so it seemed the right time to get a new picture.
Week-by-week high school football schedules
Week-by-week high school football schedules for Southwest Washington Schools
Clark County well represented at 4A state tennis tournament
Skyview’s Kent Andreasen bounced back with a pair of straight-set wins, including a 6-0, 6-1 win over Wenatchee’s Clint Vidano for fourth place.
Skyview doubles team comes away with state title
Skyview tennis coach Mark Ray tried everything he could to avoid saying that Brittany Ellingsen and Anna Romanovsky should not have won the Class 4A girls tennis doubles titles on Saturday. But it was hard.
4A tennis: Union freshman Vidovic into semifinals
Andreasen falls in quarterfinal
If you went strictly by age, Union’s Jelena Vidovic shouldn’t even be at the Class 4A girls tennis tournament at the Vancouver Tennis Center. She should be in the eighth grade.
4A tennis: New challengers provide test for Andreasen at state
Skyview junior was the runner-up at 4A state last year
The good news for Skyview’s Kent Andreasen is that he won’t have Kentwood’s Max Manthou to contend with this year. On his way to winning four consecutive Class 4A boys singles state tennis titles, Manthou twice beat Andreasen — in the quarterfinals in 2009 and last year in the state title match.
