February 16, 2011
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Sports reporter Dan Trujillo will post updates.
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Revenge tasted sweet for the Camas High School boys swimmers Saturday. The Papermakers racked up 368 points during the 3A district swimming meet at Kelso High School, left league champion Mountain View in their wake, and captured their third district title in the last four years.
After the Camas gymnasts captured second place at districts Friday, six Papermakers are on their way to the Tacoma Dome. Amy Siebenthaler took home the floor district championship with a dynamic performance that rated a 9.7. She also finished second on the beam (9.525), fourth on the vault (8.5) and fourth on the bars (7.85). Siebenthaler snatched third all-around with 35.575 points.
Bryan Butler will never forget this birthday, and neither will his best friends on the Camas basketball team. "I had the ball in my hand as time was running out, and I couldn't stop smiling," Butler said. "I couldn't believe this was happening." On a night when Butler turned 18, 1,800 screaming fans stood on the bleachers and the track above Friday to watch the Papermaker boys beat Mountain View 60-37 for their first district championship in 49 years. "I don't know how to describe how I'm feeling right now. It was the perfect birthday present for me," Butler said. "To win districts with these guys is amazing. This is something we've been dreaming about since fifth grade, and it's been a great road."
Wrestling in the sub-regional tournament for the final time as a senior, Washougal's Chism King wanted to make a statement. "It's my last year. I got to out with a bang." Those were King's words after being named Outstanding Wrestler of the five-team meet Saturday, at R.A. Long High School. He pinned his last two opponents in less than a minute to capture the 112-pound sub-regional championship. "It was neat to be named outstanding wrestler, and it gives me a lot of motivation," King said. "I'm going to continue to work harder so I can be ready for whoever gets in my way."
If you were one of the estimated 1,800 fans inside the Camas warehouse Friday night, I don't have to tell you what happened. But for those who missed out, the Camas High School boys basketball team beat Mountain View 60-37 to win a league championship for the first time since 1962.
Odin Coe signs with Montana State, Addison Owen signs with Montana, Melissa Williams signs with Eastern Washington, Drew White signs with Washington and Kurt Yinger signs with UC Santa Barbara.
Before delivering 35 points to help the Camas High School boys basketball team beat Hudson's Bay 84-57 on Jan. 25, Jacob Kaler remembers two words the Papermakers wrote down in the locker room before the game. "Win league," he said. "Seeing the goal on the board motivated me even more. Those words were pounding through my head the whole game." Kaler racked up 17 points in the first half. At one point, the Papermakers were rolling on a 26-2 scoring drive in the first half. Kaler collected another 14 points in the third quarter. He capped off a night to remember with a buzzer-beating 3-pointer to end the third quarter, and a shot clock beating jumper in the fourth quarter.
With propeller power generated by 11 different relay combinations, the Camas High School boys swimmers captured the Southwest Washington Invitational championship Saturday, at Dick Mealy Memorial Pool in Longview. The Papermakers racked up 509.5 points to finish ahead of Skyview (487.5), Union (341.5), Aberdeen (323), Mountain View (315) and nine other schools. Hockinson, who swims with Camas in the North County co-op, placed seventh with 208 points.
After going undefeated in six dual meets, winning districts Friday at Naydenov Gymnastics Center in Vancouver would give the Papermakers all of the glory. The grand prize is an opportunity for every Papermaker gymnast to represent Camas at the state meet, Feb. 18 and 19 at the Tacoma Dome. This is dream Amanda Bolton, Ashley Gjserswold, Grace Giordano, Alicia Hamlin, Amy Siebenthaler and Hayden Sutton have shared since middle school. It only became more possible when the Papermakers set a new school record by scoring 162 points as a team, Jan. 22.
