“The coaching profession is a very demanding and time-consuming profession no matter what sport you are associated with,” he wrote in an e-mail to The Columbian. “You are literally planning, coaching, or organizing something 12 months out of the year.”

He coached his son, Marcus, this past season during Marcus’ senior year. His younger son, Robert, is going into the seventh grade. Hanley said it was a “good time for a break (from coaching)” to focus more on spending time with Robert.

Hanley took the job at Woodland for the 2000-01 season and led the Beavers to two district tournament title games, winning in 2001. After four seasons, he became the junior varsity coach to spend more time with Marcus, then took over again as the varsity coach at Woodland the past two seasons.

Stevenson made 12 postseason appearances in Hanley’s 14 seasons, including two league championships and one district title.

He coached Darren Morningstar, the state’s leading scorer in 1988. Morningstar went on to a professional career, playing for the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks and well as seasons in Europe and South America.

Hanley, who compiled a 228-196 record, said he still plans to be a part of the game. In fact, he has helped out with basketball clinics this summer. He also will remain on staff as a teacher at Woodland.

Curt Daniels Invitational set to begin — The Curt Daniels Invitational baseball tournament will begin its four-day run Thursday at three sites in the Vancouver-Portland area. The event features 12 18-and-under teams from Oregon and Washington, including the Vancouver Cardinals.

Games will be played at Columbia River High School and at Propstra Stadium in Vancouver, as well as the University of Portland.

Two six-team divisions will play four games in the first three days, and the top teams will be seeded for Sunday’s championship bracket, to be played at the University of Portland.

The Cardinals, who will be the home team in every game it plays, will play at 8 p.m. Thursday at Propstra Stadium. They return to action Friday for two games at Columbia River High School, one at 11:45 a.m., the second at 2:30 p.m. On Saturday, the Cardinals are at the University of Portland for a 5:30 p.m. game.
Sunday’s semifinals begin at 10:45 a.m. The championship game begins at 4:15 p.m.

The tournament is to honor longtime coach Curt Daniels, who was instrumental in starting the Cardinals 25 years ago. Daniels, who died in 2003, also was the head coach at Columbia River and Hudson’s Bay. The field at Propstra Stadium is named in his honor.

Mountain View student second at lifting event — Dean Beyer, a Mountain View student, finished second in his weight class last month at the USA Weightlifting School Age Nationals held in Orlando, Florida.

Beyer earned a silver medal in the 16-17 age division, 85-kilogram class, in his first national competition. He totaled 242 KGs with a snatch of 110 and a Clean and Jerk of 132.