During a 1A Trico League fastpitch doubleheader last month, La Center intentionally walked Columbia High clean-up hitter Kathirin Hylton eight consecutive times in nine plate appearances.

Columbia High kicked its offense into another gear from the fourth inning on here last Thursday en route to a 19-9 non-league victory over Fort Vancouver, at Bruin Ballpark.

A wet month of March put a damper on the start of Columbia High’s 2017 softball season. Standing water on Bruin Ballpark’s infield made conducting full practices outdoors impossible for the Bru-ins during the season’s first weeks. Moreover, the team lost its first six games (three double-headers) to weather cancellation.

Kathirin Hylton scored 14 points and Keylarae Manly and Drew Harmon each had 12 here last Thursday to lead Columbia High to its second 1A Trico League victory of the season.

Columbia High girls varsity basketball lost to River-side High of Boardman, Ore., here last Wednesday for the first time in six years of annual meetings.

Young is a modifier that fits the 2016 Columbia High softball team like a glove.

Columbia High’s girls basketball team is riding a two-game winning streak into the 2016 portion of its schedule.

Kayla McClain dropped a career-high 20 points on Hood River Valley on Dec. 12, but they weren’t enough to lift Columbia High to a non-league victory.