Camas athlete taking a shot at one sport
Camas’ Triton Pitassi was a district champion tennis player before putting down his racket to focus solely on throwing in track and field. Photo by Zachary Kaufman.
Even overachievers need to simplify things from time to time.
Triton Pitassi had taken on just a little too much in his first couple of years of high school. So he gave up one passion in order to excel in another.
This spring, Pitassi, a junior at Camas, is confident he will make it to the state track and field meet in shot put for the first time, possibly even medal.
He also is ranked No. 2 in Washington in the hammer throw, an event not sanctioned by the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association but still with its own independent state championship.
Pitassi will not, however, be competing in bi-district and state tennis tournaments.
Austin Barr has more career hits than any Camas baseball player
Austin Barr laces a single into right field Friday, at Mountain View High School. In the first inning, the Camas High School senior crushed a 3-1 pitch over the left field fence for his 100th hit. Photo: Dan Trujillo.
As Austin Barr rounded the bases after hitting a home run in the first inning, it felt like it was going to be a better day for the Camas baseball team Friday.
But then Mountain View scored four runs in the bottom of the first to put the Papermakers in another hole they could not dig themselves out of. On Thursday, the Thunder shocked the Papermakers with a 10-0 victory on the Camas field. On Friday, they defeated the Papermakers 7-2 on their home field to capture the league championship.
Camas track teams rise at Oregon Relays
Amber Corbett tosses the javelin during the Oregon Relays, at Hayward Field in Eugene. The Camas High School junior clinched second in the event with a throw of 126 feet, 7.5 inches. Contributed photo.
Papermakers fare well at science fair
CHS takes home seven first-place awards and eight special awards
Camas High School showed that science is tops with a successful finish at the Washington State Science and Engineering Fair Saturday, March 31.
There were 540 projects entered in this year’s fair.
The Camas School District was represented with one project from Dorothy Fox Elementary and 15 from Camas High School. Nine parents accompanied their students to the fair.
According to advisor Ron Wright, a parent new to the science fair commented, “This feels like a ‘Big Bang’ convention. It is so refreshing to hear this techno-nerdy humor from all of these kids. I am so happy mine is here and I wish more parents would bring theirs.”
High points of the convention included fifth-grader Emily Sheppard placing first with her project “Elevation and Temperature.”
CHS also had a good showing with seven first-place, three second-place and four third-place awards, and eight special awards.
According to Wright, only one other high school had more project awards than CHS.
Team Mean Machine Repeats as Microsoft Robotics Champs
The Camas High School FIRST Robotics team, Team Mean Machine, won the 65-team 2012 Seattle Cascade Regional competition. For the second straight year Team Mean Machine was also awarded the Engineering Excellence Award. Most exciting of all: By virtue of their first-place finish, these students have qualified to compete in the World Championships in St. Louis next month: Katherine Boyd; Jared Freeman; Griffen Gorsuch; Natalie Jansen; Kurt Johnson; Catherine Le; Jordan Mazi; Henry Midles; Collin Murray; Zachary Spratt; Nicholas Thornley; James Wasson; Alex Wolfe; and Victor Zhang. Mean Machine! Mean Machine! The team’s faculty advisor is Brianna Abraham.
Record 70 Students Qualify for State DECA; 17 on to Nationals
Dave Johnson, CHS DECA Advisor, has led another record-breaking year. But he does not take all of the leadership credit. According to Johnson, “Our officer team of Ben Hagen, Brandon Vega, Kassidi Sorensen, Shiraz Batroukh, Andrea DiGenova, Honor Stevenson, and Ashley Atkins have been vital to the competitive success of our chapter this year.” Below is Dave’s summary of his program’s state success:
We took 70 students to the DECA State Career Development Conference this year, and the students performed very well overall. Camas had 17 students qualify to compete April 27-May 2 at the DECA International Career Development Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah. Each event contained approximately 60 students/or student teams from around the state; the top six in each category qualified to continue on. Here is a rundown on the qualifiers:
Jake Hsu-3rd place Accounting Services; Vanessa Serrano-6th place Food Marketing; Autumn Wood-5th place Food Marketing; Brandon Vega-2nd place Human Resources; Megan Napier-4th place Sports/Entertainment Marketing; Honor Stevenson-2nd place Sports/Entertainment Marketing; Ben Hagen/Scott Feather-1st place Sports/Entertainment Team Event; and Curtis Little/Marc Crinon-4th place Sports/Entertainment Promotion Plan.
The following written projects (15-30 page research projects) qualified for the International Conference as well:
Sierra Brown-5th place Business Operations Research; Austin Barr/Jared Smith-5th place Buying Merchandising Operations Research; Aksa Manzer/Vanessa Serrano-6th place Creative Marketing Project; Shiraz Batroukh/Honor Stevenson-2nd place Financial Literacy Project; Nick Napier/Jake Hsu-6th place International Business Plan; and Andrew Peterson-3rd place International Business Plan
Also, the following students received individual awards at State:
Jake Scott/Alastair Graham-Business Law & Ethics; Ollie Stanchfield-Apparel/Accessories Marketing; and Annika Bales-Hotel Lodging Management.
“King Cros” and Knowledge Bowl Win State… Again
Coach Dale Croswell coached Camas High School Knowledge Bowl Teams to State Championships in 2010 and 2011. He could not repeat this feat in 2012, could he? The answer is: Yes! Croswell and the team of Marcus Bintz, Tim Grote, Evan Roche, Vaughn Okerlund, Noah Wachlin, and Griffin King captured a third-straight state title at the State Knowledge Bowl competition at Marysville-Pilchuck High School on March 17. Way to strike hard and strike fast, CHS K Bowl!
Four CHS Winter Athletes Name to The Columbian All Region Team
Congratulations to the following CHS winter athletes who were recognized by The Columbian newspaper as being among the best in the region in their respective sports: Tyler Weiss (Wrestling); Jake Yraceburu and Lucas Ulmer (Swimming); and Sydney Allen (Girls Basketball).
Team Mean Machine Shows It Can Play Nice at Regional Robotics Competition
The CHS Robotics Team (aka Team Mean Machine) distinguished itself at the 66-team2012 Autodesk Oregon Regional Competition. “TMM” qualified for the semi-finals and, for the second year in a row, was the recipient of the General Motors Industrial Design Award. Teamwork was the name of the game in this years competition and “TMM” was recognized for its high degree of cooperation and professionalism in helping other teams.
Congratulations to CHS Winter Sports All League Athletes
At the end of each season, the head coaches of the Greater St. Helens 3A League decide which athletes deserve the honor of being named to the All League Teams. These teams consist of the coaches’ picks for the regular season’s top performers at a certain position or in a certain event. Camas is proud to claim thirteen All League athletes. Congratulations on this honor.
Boys Basketball
Second Team: Kyle Friend
Wrestling
First Team:Tyler Weiss; Second Team:Brandon Elliott
Girls Basketball
First Team: Sydney Allen; Second Team: Jenka Stiasna
Gymnastics
First Team: Hayden Sutton, Audrey Siebenthaler; Second Team: Amy Siebenthaler, Katelynne Jones
Boys Swimming
First Team: Nick Kabel, Jake Yraceburu; Second Team: Seth Albert, Kasey Calwell