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Mike Smith back as Prairie’s girls basketball coach

August 20, 2020, 11:57am Prep Sports

Also, Mike Thyron retires after long career as Prairie's soccer coach Read story

All-Region male athlete of the year: AJ Dixson, Prairie

June 20, 2020, 8:02pm Newsletter

Like all high school spring athletes whose seasons were cut short because of coronavirus concerns, Prairie High’s AJ Dixson didn’t get a chance to prove what he set out to… Read story

All-Region multi-sport female athlete of the year, Meri Dunford, is pictured at Prairie High School on Monday morning, June 15, 2020.

All-Region female athlete of the year: Meri Dunford, Prairie

June 20, 2020, 8:01pm Prep Sports

Track and field started as an afterthought of sorts for Prairie’s Meri Dunford. Read story

Prairie's Ryan Issacson fields a throw as Columbia River's Matt Grammer slides into second base during a game on April 1, 1989. Prairie, which won that game 2-0, would go on to claim the AA state championship that year.

Spring Back: Prairie baseball’s 1989 state title took Falcons to Kingdome

June 2, 2020, 6:17pm Prep Sports

The 1980s was big time of high school baseball in Clark County. Columbia River won the AAA state title in 1984, Prairie won the AA title in 1986 and Fort Vancouver won the AAA crown in 1990. Read story

Prairie head coach Hala Corral helped lead the girls basketball program to the WIAA Class 3A state title in 2019.

Hala Corral steps down as Prairie girls basketball coach

May 21, 2020, 6:29pm Prep Sports

Hala Corral finally accepted that long-earned promotion. It meant leaving behind Prairie girls’ basketball. Read story

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

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

Ex-Prairie soccer standout finds thrills with U.S. Navy esports team

Riley Bufford played soccer at Prairie High School. Now, the U.S. Navy petty officer finds a similar teamwork and camaraderie while playing for the Navy's first esports team, Goats and Glory.

Petty Officer Riley Bufford, a 2013 Prairie graduate, never believed he’d be playing video games for the United States Navy. But last December, when the Navy began recruiting gamers for its first esports team. Bufford was picked as one of the first 10 members of the team, named Goats and Glory. Read story