Paul Danzer
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Victory out of reach for local MMA fighter
Julian Erosa’s length made it a short night for Vancouver’s Austin Springer at Prime Fighting 8. → Read More
Tennis is truly for all ages
Regular players on the Portland-area city league tennis circuit, Jean “Sunny” Schiffmann and Jean Hays this week take their tennis to another level. → Read More
Two local youth part of U.S. hapkido in South Korea
For Aiden Bartocci and Enzo LaFont, the trip to South Korea for the Cheongju World Martial Arts Masterships was a fact-finding mission. → Read More
Clay Kind stepping down as ride leader for Vancouver Bicycle Club
Clay Kind does not plan to slow down. → Read More
New outdoor courts ready for use at Vancouver Tennis Center
For Brent Waddle, the blue surface on the new outdoor tennis courts at Vancouver Tennis and Racquetball Center signals a bright future. → Read More
Vancouver brothers complete Race to Alaska in trimaran
Racing under the name Team Vantucky, Kevin and Justin Bay were the second boat shorter than 20 feet to complete the second Race to Alaska — a 710-mile race from Victoria, British Columbia, to Ketchika → Read More
Rising by falling
One of the first steps to reaching heights in the martial art of hapkido is learning to fall. Which explains why Vancouver teens Enzo LaFont and Aiden Bartocci have spent their summer learning to land → Read More
Portland Timbers add Lithuanian left back
The Portland Timbers on Thursday announced the acquisition of Vytautas Andriuškevičius, a left back. The 25-year-old is a member of Lithuania’s national team. Andriuškevičius, listed at 6-foot-2 and → Read More
Chiles makes fourth U.S. junior national gymnastics team
Despite missing the P&G Championships with an injury, Vancouver gymnast Jordan Chiles has again been named to the USA Gymnastics Women’s Junior National Team. → Read More
Volleyball teams going to Nationals
Two volleyball teams from Clark County will participate next week in the USA Volleyball Girls Junior National Championship at Indianapolis. → Read More
First marathon worth toasting for winner
Turns out Vancouver is a better place than Arkansas to run a fast marathon in June. → Read More
Vancouver USA Marathon winners travel long distance
Brent Corbitt made his first marathon a memorable one on Sunday. The 35-year-old from Little Rock, Ark., won the Vancouver USA Marathon, finishing the 26.2 miles in 2 hours, 40 minutes and 12 seconds. → Read More
Vancouver runner goes distance for stepdad
Brusseau determined to finish Vancouver USA Half Marathon in his honor → Read More
Union reaches state lacrosse final
CAMAS — Facing an opponent from Spokane, there was a certain amount of mystery for Union Lacrosse entering its state semifinal match on Wednesday. → Read More
FC Dallas beats Timbers 2-1
Goals less than two minutes apart from a pair of FC Dallas defenders undid a good start for the Portland Timbers on Wednesday in a 2-1 loss at Frisco, Texas. Despite a third-minute goal from Diego Val → Read More
Clark County women tackle full-contact football
Rebecca Dawson has had surgery on each shoulder. She has torn the anterior cruciate and medial collateral ligaments in her knee and last season shattered her right elbow. → Read More
Timbers goalkeeper to miss four weeks
Portland Timbers goalkeeper Adam Kwarasey is expected to miss four weeks after tearing a finger ligament in Saturday’s win over San Jose. Kwarasey suffered the injury while scooping up a shot early in → Read More
Timbers Darlington Nagbe returns to training
By Paul Danzer Columbian staff writer BEAVERTON — Darlington Nagbe returned to training Friday with the Portland Timbers, just five days after suffering what looked like a severe injury in Sunday’s ma → Read More
Special Abilities gymnast brings smiles to competition
Gigi Gernhart, a gymnast with Down syndrome, competes with the mainstream XCel-level team at Naydenov Gymnastics. → Read More
Winterhawks fire coach/GM Kompon
The Portland Winterhawks on Friday fired Jamie Kompon as their head coach and general manager after two seasons. “We’d like to thank Jamie for his hard work and dedication over the last two seasons,” → Read More