Prep Sports

Prairie’s Faith Tarrant shows off how many titles she ends her Falcons’ career with at Mat Classic XXXVI on Friday, Feb. 21, at the Tacoma Dome. Tarrant became Clark County’s first four-time state champion and the 24th in Mat Classic history.

4A-3A Girls Mat Classic: Prairie’s Faith Tarrant becomes Clark County’s first four-time wrestling champ

February 22, 2025, 2:26am Multimedia

Faith Tarrant now stands alone. But it’s not lonely at the top for the first wrestler, boy or girl, from Clark County to become a four-time state champion. Read story

Skyview’s Jon Schoenlein celebrates his third state title at Mat Classic XXXVI on Friday, Feb. 21, at the Tacoma Dome.

4A-3A Boys Mat Classic: Skyview’s JJ Schoenlein caps prep career with third state wrestling title

February 22, 2025, 1:43am Prep Sports

At a Mat Classic different than any in its 36 years, a trio of Skyview wrestlers made sure history repeated. JJ Schoenlein, Mason DesRochers and Jonas DesRochers are once again state wrestling champions. Read story

High school scoreboard, results from Friday, Feb. 21

February 21, 2025, 11:01pm Prep Sports

High school sports results for Friday, Feb. 21. SATURDAY’S SCHEDULE BOYS BASKETBALL 4A bi-district championship, Camas at Auburn, 6 p.m. 1A district championship: Fort Vancouver vs. Seton Catholic, 7 p.m. at Centralia HS 1A district winner-to-state game: La Center vs. Elma, 11:30 a.m. at… Read story

Mylee Thompson (2) and Layla Senderson (10) celebrate after Mountain View's 54-44 win over Bellarmine Prep in a 3A bi-district winner-to-state girls basketball playoff at Bellarmine Prep High School in Tacoma on Friday, Feb. 21, 2025.

‘Sheer will’ helps Mountain View girls clinch program’s first state playoff berth since 2001

February 21, 2025, 10:31pm Prep Sports

The Mountain View girls basketball team came to Tacoma on Friday knowing it had two chances to clinch its the program’s first state-playoff berth in 24 years. After letting a golden opportunity to clinch that berth slip away last weekend, the Thunder didn’t want to leave anything to… Read story

R.A. Long's Rhet Young goes up with the ball against Ridgefield's Jack Hughes (20) during a 2A GSHL boys basketball game on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025, at Ridgefield High School.

High School Playoff Basketball Roundup: R.A. Long boys beat Mark Morris for third 2A district title in four years

February 21, 2025, 9:51pm Prep Sports

For the third time in four years, the Class 2A District 4 boys basketball championship trophy resides with the R.A. Long Lumberjacks. R.A. Long held on for a 57-52 win over Mark Morris after watching its 16-point lead evaporate during a furious third-quarter comeback for the Monarchs. Payton Thill’s go-ahead… Read story

2A girls: W.F. West too much for Columbia River in district title game

The Columbia River defense swarms W.F. West's Julia Dalan (44) during the 2A District IV girls basketball title game at Kelso High School on Feb. 22, 2025. W.F. West won, 59-28.

February 21, 2025, 9:35pm Prep Sports

Despite a 31-point loss in Friday’s 2A District IV girls basketball title game, there’s a lot the Columbia River Rapids are taking away from a district title-game defeat. What tops that list from the Rapids’ 59-28 loss to W.F. West? Senior Peyton Dukes explains. … Read story

How Southwest Washington wrestlers fared on Day 2 of Mat Classic XXVI

Skyview freshman Jonas DesRochers, left, waits for officials to decide on a ruling in his 4A 113-pound match Saturday, Feb. 17, 2024, during the Mat Classic state wrestling tournament at Tacoma Dome. DesRochers would eventually win the bout over Rogers senior Curtis Carlisle by decision, 6-5.

February 21, 2025, 3:23pm Prep Sports

BOYS WRESTLING MAT CLASSIC STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS At Tacoma Dome Friday’s results Local wrestlers CLASS 4A BATTLE GROUND 138 – Zackery Motzkus def. Grant Rose (Rogers-Puyallup) 7-4; lost to Mason DesRochers (Skyview) 17-2; SECOND PLACE. 144 – Andrew Gray lost by pin to Noah Koyama (Union) 3:17; def. Trenton Vasquez (Moses… Read story