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Meg Wochnick
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✍🏻 high school sports at
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• it’s pronounced WALK-nick
• yell at me: meg.wochnick@columbian.com
📍Vancouver, USA
Episode 5 is here! Season finale drops Aug. 31

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DOG DAYS, Episode 5: 'Obstacles'
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August 7, 2025 at 3:50 PM
New episode of Dog Days is out!

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DOG DAYS, Episode 4: 'Quarterback' -- QBs sit down for in-depth interviews
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July 20, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Episode 2 of Dog Days is here!

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DOG DAYS, Episode 2: 'Bond' - Teams make strides and memories at football team camps
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June 30, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Here's the debut episode of Dog Days, a summer offseason with Evergreen, Hockinson and La Center football teams.

Episode 2 drops next week!

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DOG DAYS, Episode 1: 'Begin'
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June 23, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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📸: The final day of the WIAA State Track and Field Championships is in the books — full photo gallery from the day below! @megwochnick.bsky.social www.columbian.com/photos/galle...
June 1, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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📸: Halfway through Day 2 of the WIAA State Track and Field Championships at Mount Tahoma. www.columbian.com/photos/galle... @megwochnick.bsky.social
May 30, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Behind pristine technique and the art of execution, the 100 hurdles is now Leilani Mays' masterpiece.

The Union High sophomore owns Washington's top time in the 100-meter hurdles, and the top seed time ahead of the state track and field championships.

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Union sophomore Leilani Mays is The Columbian’s All-Region girls track and field athlete of the year
Union sophomore Leilani Mays is The Columbian's All-Region girls track and field athlete of the year.
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May 28, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Excited to announce a new show coming to 360Preps YouTube & 360preps.com.

We go all-access all summer with Evergreen, Hockinson and La Center as they prep for the 2025 football season.

Debut episode is June 22.

Let’s go!
May 27, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Speed and state titles run in Revac Banfield's family, and the reigning 100/200 2A state champion's path to success includes clearing mental hurdles.

Advice from mom -- a 3x HS champ, All-American at Oregon and Superior Court Judge?

It's OK to lose.

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Columbia River sprinter Revac Banfield takes advice from his mother, Superior Court judge and former track champion Camara Banfield
Back in January, when Revac Banfield arrived home disappointed at his performance in an indoor track and field meet in Spokane, a handwritten note sat in his bedroom.
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April 30, 2025 at 7:41 PM
What's next for Camas' Chase McGee after breaking the state's oldest HS track and field record this week?

Check his spikes Friday.

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State pole vault record ‘came together perfectly’ for Chase McGee
The 17 feet, 5 inches written on Chase McGee’s spikes is scuffed and faded now, but the Camas High senior and newest pole vault state record holder plans to write a new personal-best pole vault mark h
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April 25, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Ethan Harris took it upon himself to grow his game in one season. A one-time point guard turned perimeter standout is now an all-around threat inside and out on both ends of the floor.

The biggest boost? He dialed in on nutrition and strength training.

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Ethan Harris of Camas picked as All-Region boys basketball player of the year
Camas’ Ethan Harris took it upon himself to double down on nutrition and strength training for his junior campaign. Two difference-makers, for why Harris had the season he did in 2024-25.
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March 29, 2025 at 5:09 PM
What's next for 4x Mat Classic state champ and 4x All-Region girls wrestler of the year Faith Tarrant?

She's not done wrestling. She'll make her college choice in April for women's wrestling, and her goal is to be a collegiate national champion.

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Faith Tarrant of Prairie picked as All-Region girls wrestler of the year for the fourth time
The day after Prairie High’s Faith Tarrant became Clark County’s first four-time wrestling state champion, longtime Prairie coach Rob Smith reflected on the senior’s achievement by combing through the
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March 21, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Scott Thompson and Keirra Thompson’s journey as coach and point guard is winding down.

Dad and daughter are cherishing the final weeks in their journey together as coach and point guard, too.

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Thompson family is bonded by Camas basketball
Scott Thompson and daughter Keirra Thompson’s journey as coach and point guard of the Camas Papermakers is winding down. The Class 4A’s defending state champions have two weeks remaining in their 2024
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February 27, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Prairie's Faith Tarrant aims to join an elite club: be a 4-time Mat Classic state champion. Only 22 wrestlers statewide all-time have done it.

The senior's motivation on the mat also extends to dedication to Prairie as its ASB president.

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Prairie senior wrestler Faith Tarrant aims for Mat Classic history — a fourth state title
Faith Tarrant’s wrestling accomplishments speak volumes. Already a three-time Washington high school state champion at 235 pounds, she’s aiming to be just the 23rd wrestler all-time — boys and girls —
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February 22, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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📸: 📸: #FortVancouver punched their ticket to state — for the first time in 36 years — with a thrilling 61-60 win against #KingsWay. My ears are still ringing. Full game gallery here: www.columbian.com/photos/galle... @megwochnick.bsky.social
February 20, 2025 at 5:34 AM
We brought the school back to life." - G Josiah Jointer

Fort's Trappers are 1 win away from a 1A state berth in boys hoops after Wednesday's dub. Last January, the school won its WIAA petition to drop to 1A for all sports thru 2028.

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Fort Vancouver one win away from 1A state berth after 68-55 victory over Elma
As Fort Vancouver’s student section celebrated a home playoff victory Wednesday with the Trappers’ boys basketball team, Liam Cvitkovich soaked in a moment he’s waited four years to experience.  “I
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February 13, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Woodland's Glen Flanagan is in a rare class: he's believed to be one of two coaches statewide who are their school's head football coach and a head basketball coach.

Think that's impressive? He might win league titles in both sports 3 months apart, too.

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February 6, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Really enjoyed getting to know Sveva, from Cantu, Italy. She's spending the school year at Mountain View and is the Thunder's top scorer.

Hoops have taken her around the world. She made the Italian U17 national team that qualified for last summer's FIBA World Cup.

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Sveva Bernasconi provides international aid for Thunder
Sveva Bernasconi is from Cantu, Italy. Basketball has taken the 5-foot-11 senior all over the world, which now includes Vancouver as the Mountain View Thunder’s leading scorer.
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January 1, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Camas made its first-ever appearance at the annual Les Schwab Invitational, the Northwest's premier holiday showcase for boys hoops.

Game + postgame video interview

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Camas drops opening game of prestigious Les Schwab Invitational
PORTLAND — In recent years, Ethan Harris and Jace VanVoorhis watched the Northwest’s premier high school boys basketball holiday showcase as spectators from the grandstands of Hillsboro’s Liberty High
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December 27, 2024 at 6:23 AM
After 3,711 passing yards and 53 TDs in a monster senior year, what's Camas QB Jake Davidson's future in football?

Recruitment by colleges has been slow, but the All-Region player of the year remains patient and optimistic he'll find a home.

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All-Region football: Jake Davidson, Camas
Camas senior Jake Davidson set single-season school records for passing yards (3,711) and touchdowns (53) to lead the Papermakers to a 13-1 record and its fourth appearance in a state title game.
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December 21, 2024 at 5:40 PM
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📸: Camas loses a heartbreaker after Sumner's walk-off field goal, 27-24. Papermakers take second place at state. @megwochnick.bsky.social www.columbian.com/photos/galle...
December 8, 2024 at 8:30 AM
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📸: #SetonCatholic capitalized on #Royal's mistakes in the first half, but couldn't overcome their own in the second. Royal won their fifth straight state title 61-28 over Seton at Husky Stadium. @megwochnick.bsky.social www.columbian.com/photos/galle...
December 7, 2024 at 3:47 AM
Camas QB Jake Davidson didn't set out to break records in 2024, but he's done so this season by being poised to learn, invest and grow at every turn.

Ahead of Saturday's Class 4A title game, we peek behind the curtain of what's made that happen.

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Camas quarterback Jake Davidson didn’t set out to break records in 2024, but has done so in a season driven to learn, invest and grow
On the eve of Saturday’s title game where No. 1 Camas (13-0) and No. 2 Sumner (12-1) face off at 7 p.m. at Seattle’s Husky Stadium, Jake Davidson and Adam Mathieson haven’t changed their routine since
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December 7, 2024 at 7:14 AM
Need a second (or third) helping of your Thanksgiving feast?

🎙️ Varsity360: Setting the table for the state football semifinals at McKenzie Stadium

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Varsity360: Setting the table for the state football semifinals
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November 29, 2024 at 7:01 PM