SPORTS
Tiger Time: Clatskanie Basketball ready for growing season
Basketball season is back, and with a young team, the Clatskanie girls basketball program is ready for a season of growth and improvement. Despite a loss to Warrenton in the first game of pre-season, Head Coach Mary Sizemore is excited about the potential of her team. The team is really young this year, with three freshmen, five sophomores, one junior, and one senior. The team is returning just one player...
St. Helens, Scappoose boys soccer players earn Cowapa League all-league honors
The Cowapa League recently announced their boys all-league soccer honorees from this past season, and there was no shortage of Columbia County standouts who made the grade. In all, 12 Scappoose and St. Helens players were honored by the league, with eight earning all-league honors, and another four earning honorable mention. The Indians, who placed third in the Cowapa League standings, were led by senior goalkeeper Brandon Sailer, who was...
Winter Sports: Clatskanie Middle/High School sports schedule
Winter sports are starting up at Clatskanie Middle/High School. Boys’ and girls’ middle and high school basketball will be ramping up in the coming weeks, as well as high school wrestling. Here are the important upcoming dates for the beginning of the season: November 20 • Middle School Boys Basketball vs. Jewell: 4 p.m. 8th...
Scappoose's Alice Davidson heads list of Cowapa League girls soccer all-stars
Columbia County girls soccer standouts were honored as part of the Cowapa League’s all-league list this past week. Scappoose’s Alice Davidson headed the list of honorees, earning the league’s Player of the Year honor for the second consecutive season. Indians head coach Bruno Zanotta nearly ran out of superlatives to describe his senior standout, touching not only on her physical attributes, but also on her intense love for the game,...
Crosspoint rises, Klahowya falls in girls soccer state title showdowns
In a battle of unbeaten Class B girls soccer teams, Crosspoint brought its A-game at the right time. Facing No. 2 Kalama in Saturday's championship showdown at Federal Way Stadium, the top-seeded Warriors triumphed 2-1 on second-half goals by senior Alina Jennings and sophomore Anna Kuske. Crosspoint collected its third state title, having won first-place trophies in 2013 and 2014.
Tiger Time: Wrapping up Clatskanie Football season
The Clatskanie Middle/High School football season is over, following a 6-3 record during the season and a tough loss to Lowell in the first round of the 2023 OSAA / OnPoint Community Credit Union 2A Football State Championship. While the team couldn’t extend the season beyond the first round, Head Coach Sean Gorely was happy with the performance of his team and the resilience they showed rebounding after an 0-3 start to the season. ...
Preps: Onalaska runs all over Kalama Defense, Advances to Semis
TENINO – In a game that seemed like it would be back and forth with a final score of 60-40. The Onalaska Loggers and Kalama Chinooks were trading blows on Friday, the first 2B quarterfinal matchup. The Chinooks through the air and the Loggers on the ground. The Onalaska...