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The Columbian's Micah Rice and Tim Martinez delve deeper into the major amendments recently voted on by the WIAA's representative assembly and how those will impact high school sports.

The Columbian's second annual All-Region Awards Ceremony is set for Tuesday, June 3 at the Hilton in downtown Vancouver. The keynote speaker will be the Honorable Camara Banfield, a trailblazing judge on the Clark County Superior Court, four-time NCAA All-American and state champion sprinter for Mountain View.This episode includes details on tickets and how All-Region athletes will be honored.Athletes can register to attend free and tickets can be purchased at this link: https://columbian.ticketbud.com/2025-all-region-sports-awards-ceremony

The Columbian's Micah Rice and Mountain View boys basketball coach JC Alexander discuss the rising trend of players transferring and how the WIAA's proposed amendment would impact that issue.

Maile Wong is the first girl to earn a spot in the Evergreen High School varsity baseball team. The Columbian's Will Denner explains how she has been welcomed by her teammates and overcome challenges along the way. Read Denner's story on Wong here: https://www.columbian.com/news/2025/apr/05/maile-wong-makes-history-with-evergreen-baseball/

The Columbian honors the top girls and boys basketball players of the 2024-25 season from Southwest Washington, including the All-Region players of the year.

The spring high school sports season has arrived in Southwest Washington. Micah Rice and Tim Martinez discuss the top athletes and storylines to watch, while also revealing their favorite elements of spring sports along with a few annoyances.

From buzzer-beaters to wins that made program history, here are the top five games from the high school basketball season in Southwest Washington.

Tim Martinez has an idea for a format change to the state basketball tournament that would lessen travel and improve the experience. Plus, we look ahead to this weekend's opening round games and look back at the Mat Classic state wrestling championships.

Micah Rice and Meg Wochnick give an inside look into what makes Prairie senior Faith Tarrant an exceptional wrestler, student and advocate for her sport. They also preview two big Wednesday basketball games ahead of a jam-packed weekend of state championship events.

We look ahead to postseason high school basketball in SW Washington. Most notably, a new format in the 4A and 3A bi-district tournaments means home games and a more-direct route to the state tournament for a few local teams.