As Camas High School (CHS) begins the 2025 school year, fall sports follow close behind. With a 6-0-0 record, CHS girls’ volleyball has started off the season strong, currently sitting first in the Greater Saint Helens League (GHSL).
Thus far, there are two student-athletes on the team committed to playing in college; CHS senior Kendall Mairs and CHS junior Ella Thompson. Kendall is committed to San Jose St, a Division One school that competes in the Mountain West Conference (MW Conference). Ella Thompson is committed to the University of Miami, a Division One school that competes in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).
“I think that we will make it decently far in the state, hopefully, to place in the top 5,” CHS senior captain Kendall Mairs said, “I am looking forward to my senior season and getting to play one last time for Camas volleyball. It is fun to represent this community for the last four years at the highest level.”
CHS’s girls’ swim usually dominates in the GHSL League.
“Swim will do well this year. We stand a great chance at Bi-Districts in November and our relays look really promising so we stand a fantastic shot at sending multiple swimmers to state,” Senior captain Amy Lewis said. Being an athlete comes with its own set of challenges, and coach Kelly Dean has taken a new approach when dealing with athlete mental health.
“This year we have a new practice on Mondays after school that is about mental preparation and developing those skills. So far we have covered overthinking and techniques to get out of that headspace,” Lewis said.
Every year Girls Swim does a couple of fun team bonding activities to strengthen the team dynamic.
“We will have a glow-in-the-dark swim practice later in the season where we turn off all the lights and swim with glow sticks,” Lewis said. For the first time, they will have a travel meet on October 5th that will be relay only, strengthening the bond within each relay group.
CHS girl’s soccer, after the loss of multiple important seniors last year, is looking
to build a new team, with five new additions to the team, Lucy White, Diya Friedeman, Kat Gilbert, Klyne Macke, and Rhiannon Teasley.
“I think we can definitely win the league again and we have a good chance at getting in the state,” Senior captain Abby Doyle said.
Currently, the team has two college commits, Saige McCusker and Rhiannon Teasley. McCusker is committed to go to the University of Nevada, a Division One school that competes in the Mountain West Conference (MW). Teasly is committed to go to Central Washington University, a Division Two school that competes in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference.
CHS boys’ golf is looking extremely good this year, and after their dominant win at the Titan Cup, they are promising for state. Boy’s Golf has not won the state since 2022 and is looking for redemption this year.
“The season has been going really well so far. We’ve done even better than we expected with a really young team this year. We are looking forward to the postseason and there is definitely a really good chance of us winning league and districts,” Junior captain Andre Kosaki said.
CHS boy’s cross country is tackling the year with a different approach from years prior.
“This year we had practice every day during the summer which Is showing because to be varsity-b this year you have to be Sub 19 at the beginning of the season when last year it was sub 20 so it is a whole minute difference which shows how far we’ll go this season,” Senior captain Benjamin Voogt said. Because of the change implemented to the program boys cross country is looking very good this year. “Our fastest runner is one of the best in program history. We hope to do much better than last year at state when we placed 15th out of 16 and I think at least top 10 at state is possible,” Senior captain Jayden Jones said.
So far this year at CHS all fall sports have started the year off with a bang. It will be exciting to see how each team does and how they will further their success this year.
