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Varsity360: Talking Track and Fieldvideo icon

May 8, 2025, 6:00am Multimedia

A longtime state record has been broken and defending state champions are going farther and faster than ever before. The 2025 track and field season has given us plenty to… Read story

Varsity360: Flag football, transfers and transgender athletes considered by WIAA assemblyvideo icon

May 1, 2025, 6:00am Multimedia

The Columbian's Micah Rice and Tim Martinez delve deeper into the major amendments recently voted on by the WIAA's representative assembly and how those will impact high school sports. Read story

Varsity360: Unveiling more details about the All-Region Awards Ceremony on June 3video icon

April 24, 2025, 6:00am Multimedia

The Columbian's second annual All-Region Awards Ceremony is set for Tuesday, June 3 at the Hilton in downtown Vancouver. The keynote speaker will be the Honorable Camara Banfield, a trailblazing judge on the Clark County Superior Court, four-time NCAA All-American and state champion sprinter for Mountain View. Read story

Varsity360: Talking transfers with Mountain View basketball coach JC Alexandervideo icon

April 17, 2025, 6:00am Multimedia

The Columbian's Micah Rice and Mountain View boys basketball coach JC Alexander discuss the rising trend of players transferring and how the WIAA's proposed amendment would impact that issue. Read story

Varsity360: Maile Wong charts her own baseball pathvideo icon

April 10, 2025, 6:00am Multimedia

Maile Wong is the first girl to earn a spot in the Evergreen High School varsity baseball team. The Columbian's Will Denner explains how she has been welcomed by her teammates and overcome challenges along the way. Read story

Varsity360: Unveiling the All-Region girls and boys basketball teamsvideo icon

March 27, 2025, 6:00am Multimedia

The Columbian honors the top girls and boys basketball players of the 2024-25 season from Southwest Washington, including the All-Region players of the year. Read story

Varsity360: Storylines and quirks of spring sports coveragevideo icon

March 20, 2025, 6:00am Multimedia

The spring high school sports season has arrived in Southwest Washington. Micah Rice and Tim Martinez discuss the top athletes and storylines to watch, while also revealing their favorite elements of spring sports along with a few annoyances. Read story

Varsity360: Top 5 games of the 2024-25 high school basketball seasonvideo icon

March 13, 2025, 6:00am Multimedia

From buzzer-beaters to wins that made program history, here are the top five games from the high school basketball season in Southwest Washington. Read story

Varsity360: Pitching a new format for the state basketball tournamentvideo icon

February 27, 2025, 6:00am Multimedia

Tim Martinez has an idea for a format change to the state basketball tournament that would lessen travel and improve the experience. Plus, we look ahead to this weekend's opening round games and look back at the Mat Classic state wrestling championships. Read story

Varsity360: Faith Tarrant’s quest for 4th state wrestling title highlights busy weekvideo icon

February 19, 2025, 6:00am Multimedia

Micah Rice and Meg Wochnick give an inside look into what makes Prairie senior Faith Tarrant an exceptional wrestler, student and advocate for her sport. They also preview two big Wednesday basketball games ahead of a jam-packed weekend of state championship events. Read story