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Stories by Dan Trujillo

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December 27, 2011
The Camas High School girls basketball players are zeroing in on their opponents in the Nike Interstate Shootout this week. The Papermakers will play four games at Lake Oswego High School.

Papermaker girls take aim at Nike Interstate Shootout

After just four days off for Christmas, the Camas girls basketball team is back on the floor this week in the Nike Interstate Shootout at Lake Oswego High School. The Papermakers played South Eugene this morning, in the first round of the tournament. Results were still pending as of press deadlines. Win or lose, Camas will play three more games on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. "We've built some good momentum in the past four games, and hopefully we can continue that momentum right into league," said head coach Chuck Knight. "We want to use this tournament to get us fully tuned up. After Christmas break, it seems like we have a game every other day."

December 27, 2011
Washougal High School swimmers Nathan Milojevic (left) and Geer McGee (right) jumped at the opportunity to represent their school in swimming.

Washougal water markers

In a swimming pool filled with Camas High School boys, Nathan Milojevic and Geer McGee are standing tall for Washougal. "We're the only ones who get to say 'go Washougal," McGee said. "We yell it as loud as we can." The North County co-op program brings swimmers from Camas, Washougal, Hockinson, Prairie, Battle Ground and Woodland high schools together at LaCamas Swim & Sport. It has become a platform where Panthers and Papermakers can train together and cheer each other on during the meets. "It's like a whole new sport and something completely different to do for our school," Milojevic said. "A lot of my friends and my teachers like it, but probably only half of the school knows about it."

December 22, 2011
Camas runners Emily Wilson, Alexa Jones, Maddie Woodson and Alissa Pudlitzke (left to right) helped lead the Evergreen Storm to fifth place at the Junior Olympic Cross Country Championships Dec. 10, at Myrtle Beach. S.C.

Camas runners lead Evergreen Storm to fifth at Nationals

A Camas Papermaker and two Liberty Lions were instrumental in the Evergreen Storm cross country team's rise to fifth place in the Youth Division of the USA Track and Field National Junior Olympic Cross Country Championship Dec. 10, on the Whispering Pines Golf Course in Myrtle Beach, S.C.

December 15, 2011
Two Tenino defenders are unable to stop Isaac Bischoff from making a basket Wednesday, at Washougal High School. The Panthers rallied from 10 points down at halftime to win their seventh straight game to start the season.

On the sidelines: Roaring comeback

Jaden Jantzer hits a second 3-pointer in the fourth quarter, with 19.7 seconds left on the clock, to propel the Washougal Panthers to a 53-52 victory over Tenino.

December 13, 2011

Washougal boys are hungry for more

Feasting on a 6-0 start to the season, the Washougal High School boys basketball players are hungry for more. "So far, we're playing good. We keep getting better every single day," said junior forward Aaron Diester. "We can't level off now. We got to be playing our best ball by the time league starts because that's when it really matters." Tested for the first time Friday night, the Panthers walked out of Fort Vancouver Trapper territory with a 65-62 victory intact. Karsten Short provided 13 points on offense and a superior effort on defense. Diester and Isaac Bischoff both netted 11 points. Down the stretch, it was Washougal who grabbed the rebounds, made the foul shots and got to the loose balls to secure the victory.

December 13, 2011
Camas High School gymnasts Hali Ramirez, Hayden Sutton and Audrey Siebenthaler (left to right) are building a lifelong friendship through athletics.

Camas gymnastics family gets closer

Gymnastics is Lauren Alberts' baby, but she is about to have another. The head coach at Camas High School is scheduled to give birth to her second child around Christmas, a boy. She was pregnant with her first son Ryan when she came on board as an assistant coach four years ago. Now that she is the full-time head coach, with another baby on the way, Alberts feels her life has come full circle.