The path to Trico League volleyball supremacy continues to go through Castle Rock and La Center, as the Columbia High Bruins experienced this past week.

Road-weary Columbia High shook off a 2-0 loss April 14 against Seton Catholic to grind out wins in a pair of boys soccer matches this past week.

The Bruins (6-3-1 overall, 5-2 district) topped host Winlock, 3-2, on April 19 and beat visiting La Center 3-2 a day later. The grinding came in part because of the nine-hour round trip to Winlock and then a next-day match against La Center. It also came because of the quality of competition the Bruins had to face in the physical matches.

Columbia High’s boys basketball team faces its second successive four-game, five-day stretch this week.