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Parents demand answers following former Camas coach’s rape charge

Father implores Camas School District officials to meet with girls wrestling team families to discuss arrest of former coach Mark Yamashita

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Camas parent Brandon Collier speaks during a Camas School Board meeting on June 27, 2022. Collier asked school officials to meet with wrestling families in the wake of revelations that a former Camas girls wrestling coach, Mark Yamashita (not pictured), has been charged with the third-degree rape of a child. (Screenshot by Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

In the wake of revelations that Mark Yamashita, the former head coach of the Camas High School girls wrestling team, is facing a felony charge for the third-degree rape of a child, Camas parents are demanding local school district officials do more to address wrestling families’ newfound questions and concerns.

One Camas father spoke publicly during a Camas School Board meeting on Monday, June 27, and urged board members to meet with wrestling families, answer students’ questions and conduct a wider investigation.

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