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Scott Driscoll, center right, and his family experienced the death of son Quinn, 13, on June 10, 2009, of cardiac arrest. The two-year-old Quinn Driscoll Foundation has raised thousands of dollars to purchase AEDs for the Vancouver and Evergreen school districts and has provided screenings for hundreds of athletes. Scott Driscoll died Friday, Aug.

Scott Driscoll, co-founder of Quinn Driscoll Foundation, dies at 52

Scott Driscoll, center right, and his family experienced the death of son Quinn, 13, on June 10, 2009, of cardiac arrest. The two-year-old Quinn Driscoll Foundation has raised thousands of dollars to purchase AEDs for the Vancouver and Evergreen school districts and has provided screenings for hundreds of athletes. Scott Driscoll died Friday, Aug.

August 7, 2018, 1:30pm Editor's Choice

Driscolls spearheaded foundation to increase education, raise awareness on sudden cardiac arrest in youth Read story

Manager Dave Chicks gives pointers to catcher Aidan Hundt (42) during a KWRL Centerfield Roosters U15 baseball team practice at Luke Jensen Park in Vancouver. The Roosters are preparing to compete in the 15U Babe Ruth World Series, Aug. 9-16 in Longview.

World Series bound: Two KWRL teams are set to play for Babe Ruth titles

Manager Dave Chicks gives pointers to catcher Aidan Hundt (42) during a KWRL Centerfield Roosters U15 baseball team practice at Luke Jensen Park in Vancouver. The Roosters are preparing to compete in the 15U Babe Ruth World Series, Aug. 9-16 in Longview.

August 6, 2018, 9:14pm Clark County Sports

Manager Dave Chicks broke his long-standing, self-made rule of no new baseballs at practice when he hauled out a ball bucket filled of 39 baseballs for his KWRL Centerfield Roosters 15U Babe Ruth all-stars. Read story

Columbia River's Nathan Kunz (7) runs out of room against Ridgefield defender Noah Honokaupu (51) in the third quarter at Kiggins Bowl on Thursday night, Oct. 27, 2016.

Kim Ulman out as Ridgefield’s football coach

Columbia River's Nathan Kunz (7) runs out of room against Ridgefield defender Noah Honokaupu (51) in the third quarter at Kiggins Bowl on Thursday night, Oct. 27, 2016.

August 4, 2018, 12:49pm Prep Sports

Kim Ulman is out after two seasons as Ridgefield’s head football coach. An interim coach is expected to be named by the end of next week with an extensive search for a long-term coach after the season, Shipley said. Read story

Mason Wharton, 23, of Brush Prairie, is riding fast and flying high as a supercross and motocross racer. He will be competing on Saturday in the 250 Class at Washougal.

Despite pain and injury, Brush Prairie rider keeps getting back on his bike

Mason Wharton, 23, of Brush Prairie, is riding fast and flying high as a supercross and motocross racer. He will be competing on Saturday in the 250 Class at Washougal.

July 26, 2018, 11:14pm Clark County Sports

Mason Wharton lives for motocross so much he spent a summer traveling across Canada in a van with his Kawasaki racing bike and sidekick named Betty. Read story

Mountain View head coach Adam Mathieson talks to his team during game vs. Ferris on Saturday afternoon at McKenzie Stadium.

WIAA announces football state playoff committees

Mountain View head coach Adam Mathieson talks to his team during game vs. Ferris on Saturday afternoon at McKenzie Stadium.

July 25, 2018, 1:22pm Prep Sports

The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association announced Wednesday the members of its newly created selection committees that will determine seedings for the 2018 state football playoffs. Read story

Meg Wochnick/The Columbian Roscoe Divine, center, shares his wisdom with sophomore Isaac Doing, right, and other members of Columbia River’s cross country team at Divine’s home in Springfield, Ore. The Columbian archives Roscoe Divine (top left) and the 1964 state title-winning Columbia River boys cross country team poses with its first-place state trophy. Divine also won the individual title that year to cap back-to-back state titles. Vintage Oregon Ducks Roscoe Divine, left, with Steve Prefontaine at the Oregon Twilight meet in 1970 at Hayward Field.

Miles worth of good times for River’s cross country team

Meg Wochnick/The Columbian Roscoe Divine, center, shares his wisdom with sophomore Isaac Doing, right, and other members of Columbia River’s cross country team at Divine’s home in Springfield, Ore. The Columbian archives Roscoe Divine (top left) and the 1964 state title-winning Columbia River boys cross country team poses with its first-place state trophy. Divine also won the individual title that year to cap back-to-back state titles. Vintage Oregon Ducks Roscoe Divine, left, with Steve Prefontaine at the Oregon Twilight meet in 1970 at Hayward Field.

July 24, 2018, 11:17pm Clark County Sports

Vancouver native Roscoe Divine is one of a handful of runners to ever beat legendary middle-distance star Steve Prefontaine on the track, and did so in 1970 running his seventh — and fastest — sub-4-minute mile of his career. Read story

Tavis Pinkney of Skyview High school intercepts the ball from Bailey Jones of Hockinson at the Freedom Classic Bowl at McKenzie Stadium Saturday July 14, 2018. The annual game features football players that are seniors from schools through out the area.

Freedom Bowl Classic a special event for Hockinson’s Wheeler

Tavis Pinkney of Skyview High school intercepts the ball from Bailey Jones of Hockinson at the Freedom Classic Bowl at McKenzie Stadium Saturday July 14, 2018. The annual game features football players that are seniors from schools through out the area.

July 14, 2018, 10:41pm Clark County Sports

Playing the final football game of his career was special in more than one way Saturday night for Colton Wheeler. Read story

Nathan Kunz had received a scholarship to play college football after a standout career at Columbia River High School. But after suffering multiple concussions, Kunz has decided this Saturday's Freedom Bowl Classic will be his last competitive game.

A Lasting Impact: Concussions lead Kunz to end football with Freedom Bowl

Nathan Kunz had received a scholarship to play college football after a standout career at Columbia River High School. But after suffering multiple concussions, Kunz has decided this Saturday's Freedom Bowl Classic will be his last competitive game.

July 12, 2018, 10:11pm Prep Sports

Nathan Kunz didn’t need medical professionals to diagnose another concussion for him to put an end to his college football career months before it began. Read story

Vancouver native Brynan Shipley hired as new Ridgefield AD

July 12, 2018, 6:19pm Prep Sports

She worked previously as Kalama's AD and girls basketball coach Read story

Hockinson's Canon Racanelli, the all-region boys athlete of the year, is pictured at The Columbian on Friday, June 1, 2018.

Multi-sport boys athlete of the year: Canon Racanelli, Hockinson

Hockinson's Canon Racanelli, the all-region boys athlete of the year, is pictured at The Columbian on Friday, June 1, 2018.

June 16, 2018, 8:53pm Prep Sports

Racanelli dabbles in a bit of everything, on and off field Read story