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McKenna Ellen was honored with the Gary Boggs Award for participating in a sport every season she attended Fort Vancouver High  (Photo courtesy of Fort Vancouver High athletics)

Senior Salute: Gary Boggs Award winner McKenna Ellen is shining example of what is positive about Fort Vancouver

McKenna Ellen was honored with the Gary Boggs Award for participating in a sport every season she attended Fort Vancouver High  (Photo courtesy of Fort Vancouver High athletics)

June 29, 2020, 2:32pm Newsletter

McKenna Ellen was one of a kind at Fort Vancouver High this year. Ellen was the lone winner in 2020 of the Gary Boggs Award, which honors 12-season athletes. “Normally, there will be three or four winners, but I was the only one in my class to get it this… Read story

Spencer McGuire (third from left) tried out for the Union High School basketball team at the urging of Tanner Toolson (5) (Samuel Wilson for The Columbian)

Senior Salute: Spencer McGuire is taking bit of Union High School to college

Spencer McGuire (third from left) tried out for the Union High School basketball team at the urging of Tanner Toolson (5) (Samuel Wilson for The Columbian)

June 22, 2020, 5:35pm Columns

Spencer McGuire's senior year did not go as he thought it would. Read story

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Washougal senior gymnast Shaela Ausmus qualified for the 1A/2A/3A state meet after a three-year absence from gymnastics because of back problems. 
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Washougal’s Paris Krecklow (left) shows support for her teammate and friend, Shaela Ausmus, at the 1A/2A/3A state gymnastics meet in Bellevue on Feb. 21. 
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Washougal’s Shaela Ausmus catapults off the vault at the 1A/2A/3A state gymnastics championships at Lake Sammamish High School on Feb. 21.
Ridgefield's Clay Madsen tries to beat out a throw in a 2A district championship baseball game Friday at Propstra Stadium. Ridgefield won 4-2.

Senior Salute: Clay Madsen led by example as three-sport athlete at Ridgefield

Ridgefield's Clay Madsen tries to beat out a throw in a 2A district championship baseball game Friday at Propstra Stadium. Ridgefield won 4-2.

June 8, 2020, 1:39pm Newsletter

Clay Madsen is now a graduate of Ridgefield High School, even though the ending didn’t go how he originally thought. Read story

Natasha Lewis is 12-letter winner in three sports over four years at La Center High School. She's also co-valedictorian.

Senior Salute: La Center’s Natasha Lewis finds perfect fit at Johns Hopkins Univeristy

Natasha Lewis is 12-letter winner in three sports over four years at La Center High School. She's also co-valedictorian.

June 1, 2020, 1:52pm Newsletter

Natasha Lewis always likes to challenge herself. Read story

From left, Tyler Forner, Kolby Broadbent, Riley Sinclair and Gideon Malychewski are all members of the 2020 Camas High School baseball team who played on the 2015 Camas-Washougal Babe Ruth team that advanced to the World Series (Photos courtesy of Kris Cavin)
Dhamar Campos of Fort Vancouver High School (Photo courtesy of Carson Cooper)
Columbia River players lift the Class 2A state championship trophy after they defeated Liberty in a shootout on Saturday, Nov. 19, 2016 at Shoreline Stadium in Shoreline, Wash.

Columbian to debut ‘Spring Back’ series, republishing state championship stories from years past

Columbia River players lift the Class 2A state championship trophy after they defeated Liberty in a shootout on Saturday, Nov. 19, 2016 at Shoreline Stadium in Shoreline, Wash.

May 11, 2020, 1:07pm Newsletter

It almost doesn’t seem real that we are almost two months into this new reality. But later this week, it will mark the two-month anniversary of the day schools were closed across the state. It feels like time has managed to march by, even though we feel like we’ve been… Read story

Skyview High School teacher and soccer coach Colleen McKinney and her son, senior Cody McKinney, right, are pictured at their home in Vancouver on Friday, May 8, 2020.
Anna Neal (13) circles up with her Prairie teammates before Tuesday night's game against Camas at Doc Harris Stadium in Camas on Sept. 18, 2018. Camas won 10-3.

Senior salute: Neal’s drive to be a three-sport athlete is perfectly Prairie

Anna Neal (13) circles up with her Prairie teammates before Tuesday night's game against Camas at Doc Harris Stadium in Camas on Sept. 18, 2018. Camas won 10-3.

May 4, 2020, 2:52pm Newsletter

Anna Neal planned to complete her high school athletic career in a perfectly Prairie fashion – as a three-sport athlete. Read story