The Camas Papermakers are 10-0 and earned the No. 1 seed in the Class 4A state playoffs on Sunday. And while some fans may spent Sunday studying the 4A bracket and the Papermakers’ potential path to the state final — a potential quarterfinal matchup against Arlington or Graham-Kapowsin or a semifinal matchup against possibly Kennedy Catholic or Gonzaga Prep — the Camas players are not going to look past Curtis.
Camas faces the Vikings from University Place at 7 p.m. Friday at Doc Harris Stadium in a 4A first-round game.
Senior quarterback Jake Davidson said Camas’ first-round exit last year against Mount Si still resonates with the Papermakers. That loss came after the Papermakers stumbled in a Week 10 playoff in 2022. The memory of what Camas lost in the past two postseasons drives the Papermakers as they enter state.
“We’ve got to keep loving this,” Davidson said. “We got to keep loving the temperature, the weather. We’ve got to keep loving the sport.
We’ve got to stay dedicated and focuses on what we want.” Coach Adam Mathieson said the idea of focusing on the next game, next play may sound like coach-speak, but it’s something his core group of seniors really buy into. “They come to work, and they buy into the mental side of things,” Mathieson said.
“Like they ask good questions. ‘Coach, how do I not play with fear? How do I not let a turnover have a negative impact on me?’ They are hungry to do really good things, and that’s fun to be a.