Camas Varsity Softball Heads to State Thursday

The Papermakers have had a great softball 2013 season (19-5).

The Camas High School Varsity Softball team heads to State competition in Spokane on Thursday as the No. 2 seed, after losing in the Bi-District Championships in Spanaway over the weekend.

The Lady Papermakers played four games (3-1) in the Bi-District tournament and held Emerald Ridge 1-0 until the bottom of the seventh inning when Emerald got off two hits to win the game 2-1.

Camas faces Lake Stevens on Friday at noon as they enter the double-elimination tournament.

“We can do this,” said Papermaker second baseman, Lena Richards. “We’ve had such a great season, but it was crushing to lose to Emerald Ridge. This is our second loss to them.”

The team has had an incredible season winning 19 games, and losing only five.

Richards attributes their success to good team chemistry, hard work, excellent coaching, supportive fans, and, of course, talent.

The last time a Camas softball team won a state championship was in 2002.