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Union's Rory Rosenbach, left, and Mountain View's Adam Mathieson demonstrate how to navigate through a game that involves no contact and rock, paper, scissors for youngsters at Crestline Elementary School on Monday afternoon, April 27, 2020.

Football coaches get back to basics with youth program

Union's Rory Rosenbach, left, and Mountain View's Adam Mathieson demonstrate how to navigate through a game that involves no contact and rock, paper, scissors for youngsters at Crestline Elementary School on Monday afternoon, April 27, 2020.

May 2, 2020, 6:30pm Clark County Sports

Like introducing a new football drill, Adam Mathieson and Rory Rosenbach are busy teaching the basics. But these basics are for a playground game found on YouTube for elementary school children. Read story

Evan Siegel, a Clark College pitcher, is pictured at Fort Vancouver High School in Vancouver on April 22, 2020.

Another door opens for Clark College pitcher Evan Siegel

Evan Siegel, a Clark College pitcher, is pictured at Fort Vancouver High School in Vancouver on April 22, 2020.

May 1, 2020, 6:36pm Clark County Sports

Evan Siegel, a Clark College pitcher and former Fort Vancouver High baseball standout, is a believer everything happens for a reason. Read story

Fort Vancouver High graduate Jordan Suell runs through drills at Hudson&#039;s Bay High School in Vancouver. After a standout career at Southern Oregon University, the 6-foot-6 receiver has been training in hopes he&#039;ll be selected in the late rounds of this week&#039;s NFL Draft.

Vancouver’s Jordan Suell hopes to catch on in NFL

Fort Vancouver High graduate Jordan Suell runs through drills at Hudson&#039;s Bay High School in Vancouver. After a standout career at Southern Oregon University, the 6-foot-6 receiver has been training in hopes he&#039;ll be selected in the late rounds of this week&#039;s NFL Draft.

April 22, 2020, 5:05pm Clark County Sports

Jordan Suell is finding ways to best pass the time amid a pandemic. Read story

Central Washington quarterback Canon Racanelli is making the change from offense to defense for the 2020 season, moving to defensive back.

Going on the defensive: Racanelli transitions from QB to DB

Central Washington quarterback Canon Racanelli is making the change from offense to defense for the 2020 season, moving to defensive back.

April 9, 2020, 6:30pm College

Canon Racanelli has a better appreciation now of football defenses. Read story

Football coaches share passion for football by starting T-shirt company

April 4, 2020, 7:30pm Newsletter

If you can’t find it, create it. That's what led two area high school football coaches to team up and launch First Down Clothing, a start-up business that creates and sells custom-made, one-of-a-kind football apparel. Read story

Union&#039;s Tanner Toolson went from a 5-foot-6 freshman nicknamed &quot;Little Bambi&quot; into a 6-foot-5 standout for the 27-1 Titans and the All-Region player of the year.

All-Region Boys Basketball Player of the Year: Union senior Tanner Toolson

Union&#039;s Tanner Toolson went from a 5-foot-6 freshman nicknamed &quot;Little Bambi&quot; into a 6-foot-5 standout for the 27-1 Titans and the All-Region player of the year.

March 21, 2020, 5:00pm Newsletter

To most basketball players, a postseason award is a humbling honor, and a reflection of a season filled with successes. For Union High's Tanner Toolson, The Columbian's All-Region boys basketball player of the year, it symbolizes so much more. Read story

High jumpers Jerrica Pachl, left, and Ellie Saunders, are good friends and teammates at Seton Catholic. They also finished first and second at state last year.

Seton Catholic high jumpers Saunders and Pachl raise the bar

High jumpers Jerrica Pachl, left, and Ellie Saunders, are good friends and teammates at Seton Catholic. They also finished first and second at state last year.

March 19, 2020, 4:01pm Latest News

If you’re Ellie Saunders and Jerrica Pachl, how do you top last year’s feat of standing atop the podium together as state champion and state runner-up? Read story

Mountain View senior David McAndie, right, says of his twin brother James: &quot;We don&#039;t run against each other, we run with each other.

Simultaneous Thunder: Mountain View’s McAndie twins share passion for hurdles

Mountain View senior David McAndie, right, says of his twin brother James: &quot;We don&#039;t run against each other, we run with each other.

March 18, 2020, 4:39pm Latest News

Identical twins David and James McAndie share a likeness in everyday life from a bedroom, wardrobe, academic load and friendship circles. Read story

Clark College's softball complex, as shown in February 2019.

NWAC cancels all spring sports

Clark College's softball complex, as shown in February 2019.

March 17, 2020, 12:02pm College Free

The Northwest Athletic Conference announced Tuesday it is canceling the 2020 spring sports season, putting an end to five spring sports at community colleges across the Northwest.  Read story

Union players, from left to right (front row) Kaden Horn, Jamison Limbrick, Izaiah Vongnath, Tanner Toolson and Ariya Briscoe celebrate their third-place trophy on Saturday at the Tacoma Dome.

Union boys take home third place in 4A

Union players, from left to right (front row) Kaden Horn, Jamison Limbrick, Izaiah Vongnath, Tanner Toolson and Ariya Briscoe celebrate their third-place trophy on Saturday at the Tacoma Dome.

March 7, 2020, 2:47pm Prep Sports

What few people noticed Saturday is Tanner Toolson was the last Union boys basketball player to exit the locker room, and the senior did so clutching the team’s third-place 4A state trophy.  The victory is great, he said — a 63-49 win over Glacier… Read story