On a holiday when many people feast and celebrate at festive barbecue gatherings, several hundred folks in Camas and Washougal chose to launch into the Fourth of July by burning some serious calories during the third annual Heroes’ Challenge, at Capt. William Clark Regional Park, in Washougal.
One year after winning the state tournament and punching a ticket to the Babe Ruth World Series in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, a new group of local 13- to 15-year-old all stars is preparing for another run.
The Camas Little League 10U All-Star baseball team, which is made up of the top players ages 8-10 years old in the league, defeated Fort Vancouver on Fort Vancouver’s own field on Friday, June 29 to win the District IV Championship. The Camas All-Stars started the double elimination tournament on June 23 with convincing wins over Cascade, East County and Fort Vancouver, before losing a close contest to the Fort Vancouver All-Stars on June 28. It set up the title game between the same two teams.
Popular hiking trails on the Washington side of the Columbia River Gorge are being flooded with hikers hopping the river because so many Oregon trails are closed following last year’s devastating Eagle Creek Fire. Employees at Beacon Rock State Park have reported an unprecedented 40-percent increase in hikers from May 2017 to May 2018. Conservation and hiking groups are now urging hikers to spread their wings and discover new trails.
Camas Bike and Sport just celebrated its ninth year of doing business in downtown Camas.
For the fourth consecutive summer, Dave and Boni Deal, of Camas, are training and preparing to spend more than one month hiking south on the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT).
Soccer is a year round sport for most players on the Washington Timbers FC ‘02 team, which includes players born in the year 2002.
Just a week after competing in the state track and field championships, Washougal High School junior Gabriel Dinnel is busy training for an upcoming trip to Italy to represent the United States. The 17-year-old Panther said he is honored to represent the USA at an international trail running competition in the Sondrio region of Italy near the Swiss border on June 16.
Family and friends surrounded 15 of the top student athletes at Camas High School on May 30, National Letter of Intent Day, as they signed letters of intent to play sports at the college level. Following are the spring athletes from Camas who have committed to colleges around the region and country.
When Papermaker pitcher Kennedy Ferguson is on the mound, everyone on the Camas softball team feels confident about winning. Her grit and determination has motivated the Papermakers all season, and the trend flowed right into the state softball tournament in Spokane. The Papermakers made it all the way to the semi-finals finishing their impressive run with a fourth place finish against the best in the state.
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