December 22, 2011
There’s no place like home for the holidays
Kendall Utter gave Washougal an early Christmas gift Monday.
Kendall Utter gave Washougal an early Christmas gift Monday.
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.
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.
Swimming facilities in Clark County are getting more crowded by the minute.
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.
The two rival high schools located on opposite shores of Lacamas Lake clashed inside the Camas warehouse Wednesday.
Skyler Gillispie will never forget the call. He was on his way to a coaching clinic at the Dan Dickau Basketball Academy when he found out he had just been named the new Camas High School boys basketball coach. In the blink of an eye, life for the 22-year-old would never be the same.
It's a new day for Camas High School girls basketball. Like many of the players on the court, head coach Chuck Knight is finally finding his comfort zone.
The next generation of Washougal Panthers wrestling in the jungle this winter are green, but nothing is stopping them from earning their orange and black singlets.
Tyler Weiss is doing whatever it takes to become a state champion. After wrestling with his Camas High School teammates for a few hours every day after school, the senior heads down to Clackamas, Ore., for another practice with the Cobra Wrestling All-Stars. He does this twice a week.
