The Columbian

Recently retired Prairie boys basketball coach Kyle Brooks (left) and his longtime assistant and the new Prairie boys coach Jimmy Tuominen (right) will both be honored by the Washington Interscholastic Basketball Coaches Association on Thursday, July 22, 2021.

Martinez: Perfect honor for two Prairie basketball coaches

July 20, 2021, 11:00pm Prep Sports

For 14 seasons, Kyle Brooks and Jimmy Tuominen shared a bench at Prairie High School as mentor and protégé. Read story

Prairie coach Jimmy Tuominen talks with his team during Friday night's game at Prairie High School in Vancouver on Jan. 10, 2020. Prairie won 44-32.

Jimmy Tuominen picked to succeed Kyle Brooks as Prairie boys basketball coach

July 15, 2021, 10:19am Prep Sports

Longtime Prairie assistant coach Jimmy Tuominen has been selected to succeed Kyle Brooks as the varsity boys basketball coach at Prairie High School. The hire is pending school board approval later this month. “I’m really excited about getting to become the head coach at Prairie,” Tuominen said. “I’m a Falcon… Read story

Prairie coach Rob Smith talks to his team after winning the 3A Greater St.

Prairie’s Rob Smith selected 3A state wrestling coach of the year

July 15, 2021, 9:48am Prep Sports

Prairie wrestling coach Rob Smith was selected the 3A state coach of the year by the Washington State Wrestling Coaches Association. Smith has been the wrestling coach at Prairie for 17 years. During his tenure, the Falcons have had five individual state champions and 63 state placers. In 2019-20, Smith… Read story

Erik Gonzalez has left Heritage High school to coach wrestling and freshman football as well as teach history and geography at 5A Cedar Mountain High School in Eagle Mountain, Utah.

Athletic directors change at Heritage, Prairie high schools

June 24, 2021, 7:38pm Prep Sports

When Heritage athletic director Erik Gonzalez announced his departure from the Timberwolves’ program, it triggered a carousel of sorts in Clark County high school sports. Read story