Meg Wochnick

3 weeks ago | columbian.com | Meg Wochnick

After a 45-minute season-ending postgame, talking to and about every player on the roster just beyond third base at its home field, Prairie interim baseball coach Shane Sullivan felt a bit speechless putting into words what the 2025 high school baseball season meant to him. “I think the biggest takeaway from this experience,” he said, “has got to be just how much I love the game of baseball and how great it is to see these young men and how passionate they are about what they do every day.

3 weeks ago | thenewstribune.com | Meg Wochnick

May 13-If there's a theme for the Columbia River boys soccer team in recent games, it's theatrics. The good thing is for the Rapids is they're on the positive end of close, down-to-the-wire finishes. That included Tuesday's 3-1 winner-to-state district semifinal victory over R.A. Long when goals by senior Tyler Brown over the final 6 minutes sealed a spot in Thursday's district title game.

3 weeks ago | columbian.com | Meg Wochnick

News / Sports / Prep Sports Tyler Brown's two goals over the final 6 minutes breaks 1-1 tie By Meg Wochnick, Columbian staff reporter Published: May 13, 2025, 11:52pm If there’s a theme for the Columbia River boys soccer team in recent games, it’s theatrics. The good thing is for the Rapids is they’re on the positive end of close, down-to-the-wire finishes. That included Tuesday’s 3-1 winner-to-state district semifinal victory over R.A. Long when goals by senior Tyler Brown over the final 6...

1 month ago | thenewstribune.com | Meg Wochnick

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. It was from his mother, Camara Banfield, who like her son, was a high school state champion sprinter. She chose to convey her words on pen and paper in order to better speak from the heart, urging her son to find his joy and to do what makes him happy. The Columbia River High senior kept the letter.

1 month ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Meg Wochnick

Share 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. It was from his mother, Camara Banfield, who like her son, was a high school state champion sprinter. She chose to convey her words on pen and paper in order to better speak from the heart, urging her son to find his joy and to do what makes him happy. The Columbia River High senior kept the letter.