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Columbian High School Sports Reporter

Hockinson's Cotter Hamilton (6) missed his freshman season after having hip replacement surgery, but earned all-league last year.

Artificial hip, real heart

Hockinson's Cotter Hamilton (6) missed his freshman season after having hip replacement surgery, but earned all-league last year.

April 28, 2011, 12:00am Clark County News

The pain comes and goes. Well, actually, it never really goes away. Cotter Hamilton just accepts the pain, endures the pounding on his body as he and the Hockinson Hawks play up to three soccer matches a week. Read story

Area prep golfers put twist on typical format

April 27, 2011, 12:00am Clark County News

The first two months of the season have been miserable for Clark County high school golfers, dealing with more rain than any coach can remember in recent years. In the coming weeks, the golfers will get serious, working toward the district championships, then berths to state. Read story

New Hudson’s Bay football coach has a wealth of experience

April 21, 2011, 12:00am Clark County News

Hudson's Bay is going a little old school to come up with a new philosophy for its football program. Mike Funderburg, who worked at various schools in Oregon as a teacher, a vice principal, a principal, a superintendant, an athletic director, and a coach in his 29-year career, has been… Read story

Columbian sports writer Paul Valencia is raising his profile on Twitter and asking readers for feedback.
Teammates congratulate Austin Barr (15) on his three-run homer in the bottom of the first inning Tuesday for No.

Camas baseball team embraces top-ranked status

Teammates congratulate Austin Barr (15) on his three-run homer in the bottom of the first inning Tuesday for No.

April 20, 2011, 12:00am Clark County News

The rankings do mean something, at least to the Camas Papermakers. Read story

Prep notes: WIAA makes changes to state basketball

April 19, 2011, 12:00am Clark County News

The opening round games of the Washington high school basketball tournaments will remain at regional sites throughout the state, but all brackets will be single-elimination. Read story

Mountain View High School senior tennis players, from left, Jenna Grillo, Julie Christen and Shari Gray, Wednesday, April 13, 2011.

Players aim for advanced placement in tennis, too

Mountain View High School senior tennis players, from left, Jenna Grillo, Julie Christen and Shari Gray, Wednesday, April 13, 2011.

April 16, 2011, 12:00am Clark County News

They have the student-athlete thing down perfectly. Well, technically, not perfectly. Read story

Fort Vancouver head football coach Gary Boggs coached the Trappers for 34 seasons.

Boggs, longtime Fort football coach, dies at 69

Fort Vancouver head football coach Gary Boggs coached the Trappers for 34 seasons.

April 15, 2011, 12:00am Clark County News

Gary Boggs, who coached football at Fort Vancouver High School for 34 years and inspired a countless number of players and students, died Thursday night from complications from cancer. He was 69 years old. Boggs fell ill Thursday and dozens of family and friends rushed to Southwest Washington Medical Center… Read story

Skyview's Delaney Keser can hit the long drives with her longer men's clubs.

Keser has another sport driving her

Skyview's Delaney Keser can hit the long drives with her longer men's clubs.

April 12, 2011, 12:00am Clark County News

They call her "Man Clubs." While that might not seem flattering, Delaney Keser loves the nickname. Read story

Evergreen pitcher Tommy Thorpe has signed to play for the Oregon Ducks.

Baseball Preview: Pitching Community

Evergreen pitcher Tommy Thorpe has signed to play for the Oregon Ducks.

March 29, 2011, 12:00am Clark County News

Tommy Thorpe, a senior left-hander from Evergreen who was the Class 4A Greater St. Helens League’s player of the year in 2010, signed a letter of intent with Oregon baseball in November. Read story