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Monthly Archives: March 2013

Baseball extra: Mountain View 7, Columbia River 2

Don’t tell the Mountain View baseball players that they weren’t supposed to be this good this soon this year. The Thunder were loaded with seniors last year. Only three players on the roster came into this year with any varsity

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Softball extra: Skyview 7, Columbia River 6

I wasn’t there to “cover” the game exactly. I was there working on a profile, a story that will run next week. But I got to see a good battle. Skyview never trailed, but Columbia River never stopped trying to

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Boys soccer preview

Preseason reports submitted by area coaches: CLASS 4A GREATER ST. HELENS LEAGUE BATTLE GROUND: No report received CAMAS Coach: Roland Minder Key players: Roldan Alcobendas, sr. Outlook: The Papermakers bring a young team into their first year in the 4A

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Baseball extra: Skyview 6, Union 2

Union opened the baseball season with seven consecutive wins, including two in the 4A Greater St. Helens League. Skyview opened the baseball season as “the team to beat,” the squad with the favorite tag. Nothing has been settled yet, but

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Athletes of the Week nominees 3/25

Nominees for The Columbian prep athlete of the week for the week of March 18-23. Milla Benedetti and Emma Raivio, Mountain View tennis: The Thunder Invitational expanded to bring in top talent from beyond Southwest Washington, but Southwest Washington still

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Seton Catholic’s Powell will remain a Coug

Erik Powell is kind of a big deal right now at small-school Seton Catholic. He scored 13 goals in the first three soccer matches of the season for the Cougars — all 13 goals for the team, in fact. He

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Trio of local girls basketball stars to play in All-State game

Union’s Emily Rowe and Prairie’s Cori Woodward and Megan Lindsley will take part in the Washington State Girls Basketball Coaches Association All-State games on Saturday at Seattle Christian High School in SeaTac. Rowe will be play for the 4A team,

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Prep Athlete of the Week nominees 3/18

Nominees for The Columbian prep athlete of the week for the week of March 8-17. (Yes, I know that’s longer than a week. The spring sports season started on Friday, March 8. We weren’t going to do an athlete of

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Uni Watch: Columbia River baseball, too

OK, so I’ve seen two teams with new uniforms this season, and I blogged about them. Turns out, Columbia River has new unis, too. Perhaps I will see them one day. But the Chieftains just could not wait for me

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New Uni Watch: Evergreen, Heritage baseball

Got the chance to see a couple baseball teams this week. Watched Evergreen win its opener against Hudson’s Bay on Tuesday. Then interviewed some players from Heritage for an upcoming feature on the Timberwolves. Both teams look good. Especially in

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