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Maya Richardson, Camas team take home titles at 4A district gymnastics meetvideo icon

February 8, 2025, 6:35pm Prep Sports

Led by standout performances by Maya Richardson and Olivia Aguirre, the Papermakers beat out Union for another 4A team title at the district meet at Naydenov Gymnastics. Read story

Columbia River revels in third straight 2A GSHL girls basketball title after defeating Woodland 50-42video icon

February 6, 2025, 10:45pm Prep Sports

As the Columbia River girls basketball team continues to stack up big-game experience, they know at least one thing to be true of nearly every game — it usually comes… Read story

Camas senior Beau Harlan (12), junior Joshua Webb and Sumner senior Carter Cocke stare at a freshly fumbled ball before it rolls out of bounds Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024, during the Papermakers’ 27-24 loss to Sumner in the 4A State Championship game at Husky Stadium.

Varsity360: Bringing sports photography into focus with Taylor Balkomvideo icon

Camas senior Beau Harlan (12), junior Joshua Webb and Sumner senior Carter Cocke stare at a freshly fumbled ball before it rolls out of bounds Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024, during the Papermakers’ 27-24 loss to Sumner in the 4A State Championship game at Husky Stadium.

February 6, 2025, 6:00am Multimedia

What goes into getting that perfect sports photo? Columbian photographer Taylor Balkom shares some of his favorite photos and gives advice to help amateurs get that memorable shot. Read story

Prairie head coach Jimmy Tuominen celebrates the Falcons' 3A Greater St. Helens League boys basketball championship along with Ben Nkansah (5), Carson Morningstar (back) and Griffin Smith (24) at Prairie High School on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025.

Ben Nkansah hits go-ahead 3-pointer to send Prairie boys to 60-55 win over Mountain Viewvideo icon

Prairie head coach Jimmy Tuominen celebrates the Falcons' 3A Greater St. Helens League boys basketball championship along with Ben Nkansah (5), Carson Morningstar (back) and Griffin Smith (24) at Prairie High School on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025.

February 4, 2025, 10:17pm Prep Sports

Last summer after the new gym floor was installed at Prairie High School, boys basketball coach Jimmy Tuominen texted a picture of the floor to his players. Junior Ben Nkansah sent a reply. “He said ‘Coach, I can’t wait to be in that gym and win a league title on… Read story

Seton Catholic's Kaiden Wilson (24) celebrates with teammates after making a basket and drawing a foul against King's Way Christian during a Trico League boys basketball game on Monday, Feb. 3, 2025, at Seton Catholic High School.

Big third quarter leads Seton Catholic past King’s Way Christian to stay undefeated in Trico Leaguevideo icon

Seton Catholic's Kaiden Wilson (24) celebrates with teammates after making a basket and drawing a foul against King's Way Christian during a Trico League boys basketball game on Monday, Feb. 3, 2025, at Seton Catholic High School.

February 3, 2025, 11:08pm Prep Sports

The Seton Catholic Cougars set a high bar for themselves this season. In the first half of Monday’s game against Trico League boys basketball foe King’s Way Christian, the Cougars felt they were playing below that standard. King’s Way led for the majority of a back-and-forth first quarter, and its… Read story

Myla Larry (1) of Union celebrates with assistant coach Todd Spike after the Titans beat Camas in a 4A Greater St. Helens League girls basketball game at Camas High School on Friday, Jan. 31, 2025.

Union girls seize control of 4A GSHL with second win over Camas in as many nightsvideo icon

Myla Larry (1) of Union celebrates with assistant coach Todd Spike after the Titans beat Camas in a 4A Greater St. Helens League girls basketball game at Camas High School on Friday, Jan. 31, 2025.

January 31, 2025, 11:57pm Prep Sports

When Myla Larry’s 3-pointer swished through the net with two minutes left to play Friday, giving the Union girls basketball team a 21-point lead over Camas, a realization hit home for Brooklynn Haywood. “That’s when I knew we won it,” said Haywood, a junior. Here were the Titans,… Read story

Skyview's girls bowling team cheer Friday, Jan. 31, 2025, during the 4A/3A District Girls Bowling Championships at Hazel Dell Lanes.

Still-undefeated Skyview claims eighth straight 4A district bowling championship behind Addy Case’s third district titlevideo icon

Skyview's girls bowling team cheer Friday, Jan. 31, 2025, during the 4A/3A District Girls Bowling Championships at Hazel Dell Lanes.

January 31, 2025, 5:52pm Prep Sports

The Skyview bowling team followed an undefeated regular season with another dominant day at the 4A district bowling tournament Friday. Now, the Storm are on a roll heading into next week’s Class 4A state championships. As a team, the Storm claimed their eighth consecutive district championship at Hazel Dell Lanes… Read story

Varsity360: Into the Blast Zone with Jordan Nailonvideo icon

January 30, 2025, 6:00am Multimedia

Jordan Nailon is the founder of Blast Zone Media, an independent outlet that covers local sports in Southwest Washington. Nailon and Micah Rice discuss why coverage of high school sports matters and how local sports strengthen our communities. Read story

Dalton Stevens, left, of Mark Morris drives to the basket against Columbia River's Javen Fletch during a 2A Greater St. Helens League boys basketball game on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, at Columbia River High School.

Mark Morris boys take down Columbia River 82-79 in double overtime decisionvideo icon

Dalton Stevens, left, of Mark Morris drives to the basket against Columbia River's Javen Fletch during a 2A Greater St. Helens League boys basketball game on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, at Columbia River High School.

January 29, 2025, 11:19pm Prep Sports

or lack thereof — said it all. As the final buzzer sounded to seal an 82-79 win for Mark Morris over Columbia River in double overtime Wednesday, Stevens, the Monarchs’ leading scorer with 24 points, yelled at the top of his lungs while running across the… Read story

A corrections deputy grabs O’Neal Payne, who was detained at the Clark County Jail, during a 2021 incident that’s now the subject of a federal civil rights lawsuit. Payne is suing the county and corrections deputies over the incident in which deputies dragged him across the floor of his cell by a tether.

Black man files civil rights lawsuit over 2021 use-of-force incident at Clark County Jailvideo icon

A corrections deputy grabs O’Neal Payne, who was detained at the Clark County Jail, during a 2021 incident that’s now the subject of a federal civil rights lawsuit. Payne is suing the county and corrections deputies over the incident in which deputies dragged him across the floor of his cell by a tether.

January 24, 2025, 10:55am Clark County News

A Black man formerly held at the Clark County Jail has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit in connection with a 2021 incident in which deputies pulled him across his cell by a tether. Read story