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Mark your calendars for The Columbian's third annual All-Region Awards Ceremony on June 17 at the Skyview High School auditorium.It will be a special celebration of high school sports in Southwest Washington. The featured speaker is Derek Nesland, a state basketball champion at Evergreen, a member of the Portland State Hall of Fame and founder of Courts for Kids.Tickets are available at https://columbian.ticketbud.com/all-region-sports-awards-2026

Columbia River and R.A. Long went far in the 2A boys state tournament, Seton Catholic and Evergreen girls made program history and Brooklynn Haywood of Union took aim at the all-time state scoring record.

The Columbian's Micah Rice and Tim Martinez look back on a memorable weekend at the state basketball tournaments.

The Columbian's Micah Rice and Will Denner take a closer look at the Southwest Washington teams and storylines to follow in the opening round of the boys and girls state basketball tournaments.

Breanne Smedley is a state-champion volleyball coach, leading Columbia River to four consecutive titles from 2021-24. She is also the co-founder of The Elite Competitor, Coach Her Game on YouTube and is a certified mental performance coach. Smedley talks about her coaching system, including how to address perfectionism, burnout, team drama and how to get players to buy into their roles.

After three seasons as a star player for Evergreen, Dez Daniel elected to transfer to Skyview for his senior season. The Columbian's Meg Wochnick and Micah Rice sit down with Daniel, Skyview coach Matt Gruhler and Evergreen coach Brett Henry to talk about that decision and how transfers are impacting high school basketball across Washington.

The Columbian's Micah Rice and Tim Martinez discuss proposed amendments that are set to go before the WIAA representative assembly. One would impact whether Fort Vancouver could use socio-economic factors to compete in Class 1A. Another might impact local private schools. Also, the advisory vote regarding transgender athletes will once again be considered.

The Columbian's Micah Rice, Tim Martinez and Will Denner look back on five midseason predictions about the 2025 high school football season. Who got the most right and what did we learn along the way?

How did it come to pass that Trico League rivals La Center and Seton Catholic faced off in the first round of the state football playoffs? Micah Rice and Meg Wochnick tackle that question along with checking in on the state girls soccer and volleyball playoffs.

After they officially bring an end to a silly social media trend, The Columbian's Micah Rice and Tim Martinez break down each of the Week 10 state preliminary round football matchups involving teams from Southwest Washington.

On a special Halloween episode of Varsity360, Cruella Deville stops by the First Pacific Financial studio to talk about Week 9 of the high school football season in Southwest Washington. Also, Meg Wochnick and Micah Rice discuss the news that 4A GSHL football teams will play each other twice for the next two years and why some coaches don't like that.Music by: bensound.comLicense code: NVK6LILKJCRSMWKUArtist: : Benjamin Tissot