The Camas girls basketball team has never won a state trophy, but this year’s team was one of the best in school history, playing three games at the Tacoma Dome and missing a trophy by just one win at the state tournament in Tacoma last week.
The Papermakers opened the tournament on Feb. 28, with a match-up against a familiar opponent — beating the Union Titans for the third time this year, 59-39.
Camas’ Courtney Clemmer led the scoring with 11 points. Papermakers point guard Haley Hanson scored 10 points.
“It helped that we were here last year, we knew the lights, the floor and how everything runs a bit different, so it was a bit of an edge in the first game,” said Clemmer, who led Camas in scoring and rebounding all season.
The following day, on March 1, the Papermakers drew a tough hand in their match-up with the Eastlake Wolves out of Sammamish, losing 58-27 in their quarterfinal match-up.