The Field of Dreams movie adage, “If you build it, they will come,” is proving true for Columbia High and its volleyball program.
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The highest finish of Gorge teams in their respective state track and field championship meets was that of the Columbia High girls. Columbia was fifth at last month’s Class 1A state meet at Eastern Washington University in Cheney. The Bruins scored 34 team points, just missing out on a team trophy.
Columbia High’s girls track and field team capped its 2022 season with a third-place finish in the meet’s final event — the 4x400-meter relay — to place fifth at last weekend’s Class 1A state meet at Eastern Washington University in Cheney.
Montesano’s team depth carried the Bulldogs to the District 4 girls track and field championship last Thursday, while Columbia High advanced a strong team to this weekend’s Class 1A state meet.
Three Columbia High fall sports athletes were selected by Trico League coaches as first-team all-league performers this past season.
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Columbia High will try to rebound this week from two Trico League volleyball setbacks and regain some momentum heading into postseason play.
The Bruins dropped to 8-6 overall, 3-4 in Trico play, with a 3-1 home loss Oct. 19 against King’s Way and a 3-0 road loss at La Center on Oct. 21.
Try as she might, Columbia High volleyball Coach Heidi Shultz is having a hard time sequestering district playoff talk surrounding the Bruin program.
It’s a good problem to have.
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Columbia High enters its Trico League volleyball schedule this week buoyed by a non-league home win against Riverside on Sept. 21, when Coach Heidi Shultz said her team continued its improved play.
Columbia High track and field Coach Jim Anderson made two major decisions before and during Friday’s 2021 Trico League Sub-District Championship meet.
The second one was easy — he simply kept his mouth shut. The first decision arguably took more fortitude — he had to defer to the collective wisdom of four teenage boys. The result was golden in both cases.
