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June 7, 2011
Camas and Washougal spring all-league high school athletes
CAMAS HIGH SCHOOL Boys soccer Defensive Player of the Year: Zach Anderson, goalkeeper.
CAMAS HIGH SCHOOL Boys soccer Defensive Player of the Year: Zach Anderson, goalkeeper.
Twenty eleven goes down as the year of redemption for the Camas High School boys soccer program. After losing in the state semifinals in 2010, and the first game of 2011, the Papermakers won their last 20 matches of the season. They did not stop scoring goals and slamming the door on opposing offenses until they were crowned state champions. "After what happened last year, it's nice to be able to come back here and win it all as seniors," said Drew Gourlie. "This is the way you want to go out."
The first and only loss of the season derailed the dream Friday, but the Camas High School baseball players walked off the diamond as winners Saturday. After dropping a 2-1 heartbreaker to Shorewood in the semifinals, the Papermakers dug deep to defeat Kamiakin 6-4 for third place in state at Cheney Stadium, the home of the Tacoma Rainiers.
The road to state for Camas and Washougal high schools was filled with sunshine and rainbows.
Eighty minutes goes by fast when the soccer is this good. Squaring off against the number-two ranked team in the state, the Camas High School boys smashed Shorecrest with a force of a tidal wave by scoring three goals in the final 17 minutes May 17, at Doc Harris Stadium. The 3-0 victory for the Papermakers was the 250th for head coach Roland Minder. "Minder deserves it," said co-captain Drew White. "He's worked so hard for all our teams, and it's about time he gets some credit."
The Washougal High School track and field family could not be more excited for state championship week. Six Panthers are on their way to compete with the best runners, throwers and jumpers in Washington at the 2A state track and field championships Thursday, Friday and Saturday, at Mt. Tahoma High School in Tacoma.
The Camas High School baseball players wanted one more crack at the reigning state champions, and they got it Saturday in the Centralia Region Three championship game. "I wanted it to be Mountain View because they're in our league, and were the better team on paper," said head coach Joe Hallead. "The majority of the boys wanted O'Dea. They said we had some unfinished business."
Camas High School soccer coach Roland Minder reached the 250-win milestone Tuesday.
Do you believe in miracles? The Camas High School softball team did when nobody seemed to believe in them. Now, people have a reason to believe. On Thursday and Friday at Fort Vancouver High School, the Papermakers defeated Mountain View 10-6, Prairie 7-2 and Kelso 9-5 to capture their first district championship.
Defense ruled the day Saturday at Doc Harris Stadium, and propelled the Papermaker boys soccer team to state for the 13th straight season. Camas knocked off a pesky Auburn Mountain View squad 1-0 in the bi-district championship game. Senior forward Drew White finished off an explosive end-to-end goal in the 28th minute, off a 40-yard pass down field by junior defender Wyatt Brown. "I'm glad I got on the end of that one. It was a whole team effort," White said. "Wyatt had a great through ball that led to that goal. It was all him on that play. I just happened to be on the end of it."