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Prep athlete of the week nominees 12/31

Nominees for The Columbian’s prep athlete of the week for the week of Dec. 24-30. There are only three nominees because boys swimmers, gymnasts and bowlers were idle. TYLER COPP, UNION BOYS BASKETBALL: Copp averaged 15.7 points a game in

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Pacific Coast Championship wrestling results

106 pounds Final — Jose Nava-Montez (Skyview) d. Isiah Av (Evergreen) 17-3; Third place — Zach Tracy (Canby) d. Jackson Mills (Tumwater) 2-1; Fifth place — Branden Huft (Mountain View) p. Gabe Baltazar (Edmonds-Woodway) 3:07; Seventh place — Jordan Zuniga

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Pac Coast Wrestling quarterfinal matchups

Saturday’s quarterfinal matchups for the Pacific Coast Championships wrestling tournament at Hudson’s Bay High School. Quarterfinals begin at 10 a.m. Saturday. Semifinals begin at 1:30 p.m. Championship matches begin at 5 p.m. TEAM SCORES: 1, Redmond 76; 2, Union 67.5;

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Prep athlete of the week nominees 12/23

Nominees for The Columbian’s prep athlete of the week for the week of Dec. 17-22. Only four nominees this week because the bowlers and gymnasts were idle last week. JAKE BREUER, SKYVIEW BOYS SWIMMING: Breuer set a meet record in

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Two locals win titles at Best of West wrestling

Mountain View’s Kenji Yamashita and Evergreen’s Anthony Thomas captured individual championship at the Best of the West Tournament Saturday in Pasco. Yamashita won the 138-pound division, while Battle Ground’s Adam Peterson placed fourth. Thomas won the 170-pound division. Also, Prairie’s

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Mountain View's Herrema, Smith 1-2 at Bandon

Mountain View High seniors Collin Herrema and Taylor Smith, finished first and second at the Oregon Junior Golf Association year-end golf tournament at Bandon Dunes on Saturday in Bandon, Ore. Herrema shot 7-over-par 78 on the Pacific Dunes Course and

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Heritage boys basketball adds game for tonight

The Heritage varsity boys basketball game will play Hermiston of Oregon at 5 p.m. Friday, Dec. 21. Heritage had scheduled two games next week at the Hermiston tournament. However, that tournament was called off, leaving two open games on the

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O'Rourke a Hall of Famer, plus other coaching tidbits

Just found out Columbia River football coach John O’Rourke will be inducted into the state football coaches association’s hall of fame. I’ll have a short story on O’Rourke in Thursday’s paper. O’Rourke’s news also led me to the coaches association’s

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River's Remick Kawawaki answers Ivy League call

Columbia River football standout Remick Kawawaki also is an academic standout. Combine the two, and Kawawaki is headed to the Ivy League to continue his education and play college football. Kawawaki confirmed with The Columbian that he had three choices

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Prep athlete of the week nominees 12/17

Nominees for The Columbian’s prep athlete of the week for the week of Dec. 10-15. ERIC BUGNA, SKYVIEW BOYS SWIMMING: Bugna made a state qualifying time in the 100 butterfly (54.84) and also won the 100 backstroke (57.82) in a

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