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Reporter (Sports and other stuff, too) at More importantly, a Raider fan. Oh, and you'll see a lot of love for Prince, too.

Vancouver, WA
Joined February 2011
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Paul Valencia
3 years
One of the first in the stadium. One of the last to leave! #RaiderNation
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Paul Valencia
7 years
Columbia River football coach Christian Swain, regarding Hunter Pearson: "The kind of young man I pray my daughter will marry some day."
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7 years
Saying goodbye to The Columbian after 17 memorable years.
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8 years
Cameron Cranston wins it for Union
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6 years
Jon Gruden just called me to thank me for being a season ticket holder. He hung up before I could say anything. Some might think it was a recording. I'm just assuming he was in a hurry to get to his next call! 😁 #RaiderNation
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Paul Valencia
4 years
Watch No. 4 Mycah Pittman. Plays out his fake, as if it's a WR screen. Draws DB away from the play. Then Pittman throws a block downfield. He took out two players. One with IQ, the other which physical skill.
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PANIC IN PASADENA JUSTIN HERBERT WITH THE HATTRICK🎩
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4 years
To the 2020 Washington high school spring sports athletes, I salute you. I know you have been keeping in shape, as best you could, in hopes that maybe, just maybe there would be some sort of season. I will forever be inspired by your actions. God bless.
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Paul Valencia
5 years
Made it home. Home, you know, the same place where the 4A and 2A state champions call home. Congrats Union. Congrats Hockinson. Congrats Clark County football.
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Paul Valencia
5 years
State champion quarterback Lincoln Victor. @UniontitanFB
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Paul Valencia
7 years
The King is dead. Long live the King. Congrats to Camas for the incredible win streaks. Congrats to Union, 4A GSHL champs, streak-buster.
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3 years
"I'm not going to drink until the Raiders win the Super Bowl or I get married. One cuz I'll want to, and the other cuz I'll have to." --- Mark Davis to legendary journalist Andrea Kremer. #RaiderNation
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Paul Valencia
3 years
Breaking News: Jon Eagle has resigned as head coach at Camas High School. He has accepted a position as an assistant coach at Portland State University. Source: Camas Athletics.
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Paul Valencia
6 years
FINAL: Hockinson 35, Tumwater 22 Class 2A state football championship game.
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Paul Valencia
5 years
Congrats to the Fort Vancouver Trappers. Ended a 29-game losing streak. Here are some of the leaders of the team, just minutes after arriving back at the school. @TrapAthletics
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Paul Valencia
4 years
My dad left when I was 9. An absolute blessing. Because I was then "adopted" by all the real dads in the neighborhood, the dads of my best friends. I didn't miss out on anything because these men included me in everything. Happy Father's Day to them:
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Paul Valencia
7 years
My new job! Looking forward to new adventures!
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Paul Valencia
7 years
FINAL: Camas 24, Richland 14 Camas wins its first state football championship
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Paul Valencia
8 years
Alex McGarry with walk-off, inside-the-park HR:
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Paul Valencia
5 years
Lincoln Victor got a little emotional just now, opening his state championship ring. Union Titans football. Champions forever. @WeRUnion @UniontitanFB
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5 years
FINAL: Union 35, Puyallup 28 Union will play for the Class 4A state championship game. #wafbscores
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Paul Valencia
6 years
Our son just got Derek Carr's autograph! I've been a Raider fan for all 47 years of my life and that was one of the best things I've witnessed. Thank you @Raiders and @derekcarrqb
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Paul Valencia
6 years
My son just played a cruel joke on me: Sent me a link saying it's the trailer for the Han Solo movie. Link went to Rick Astley instead. Doh!
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Paul Valencia
5 years
From Evergreen High School, Vancouver, Wash.
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5 years
Sources: The Charlotte Hornets and undrafted Washington State forward Robert Franks have agreed to a two-way NBA deal.
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5 years
From this veteran to all others, thank you. I describe my service this way: I was not that great of a soldier but I was an honorable one. And that means more to me every year.
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Paul Valencia
7 years
Nathan Hale has a really good player on the team.
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Paul Valencia
7 years
Camas takes lead with 20 seconds left
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Paul Valencia
1 year
Friendly reminder: High school softball and baseball players start practice Monday.
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Paul Valencia
8 years
Advice for high school football and soccer players for the next two days: Don't drown.
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Paul Valencia
6 years
Have to say this again: God, I love football. And while championships were earned this weekend, and they are worthy of celebration, I'm also a bit sad. Always tough to say goodbye to high school football season. Looking forward to 2018!
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Paul Valencia
5 years
FINAL: Hockinson 42, Lynden 37 Hockinson wins 2018 Class 2A state championship. Back-to-back. #wafbscores
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Paul Valencia
6 years
As we prepare for Week 2 of the high school football season, remember who we are watching: Teens playing a game they love. Rivalries can be intense during the game. After the game, friendship and respect should prevail.
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Paul Valencia
5 years
Clark County has three football teams in the semifinals! Is this heaven? No, it's Clark County. Feels like heaven. Congrats to Union, Mountain View, and Hockinson. @UniontitanFB @MVHSFootballTTT @Hawks_HHS
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Paul Valencia
5 years
Still room for Al Davis. #RaiderNation
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5 years
God bless law enforcement. This is 2 minutes of what was a 7-minute procession.
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Paul Valencia
8 years
Hockinson hook and ladder for TD with 20 seconds left.
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Paul Valencia
7 years
Cameron Cranston gives Union the lead with 3.2 seconds left.
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4 years
FINAL: CAMAS 35, Bothell 14 Camas wins the Class 4A state football championship for the second time in four seasons. #wafbscores
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Paul Valencia
3 months
Special moment earlier this evening at Camas HS. Longtime coach, teacher, athletic director John Griffin recognized. Packed house for Union vs Camas supporting Griff in his battle with cancer.
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Paul Valencia
5 years
Just arrived. Had to see how my stadium is progressing. Looks amazing in person. #RaiderNation
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8 years
Union wins it.
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6 years
An incredible person. Huge heart for his players and students. Great sense of humor, laughing at himself, laughing with others. ... Oh, and he was always happy to see you. Always. ... You run into Rego, you run into a friend. Always.
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Union Titan Football Boosters
6 years
It is with a heavy heart that we share this beautiful message on the passing of Mark Rego from his son, Gabriel Rego. Mark Rego was a truly an amazing man and coach. RIP Coach Rego. Many thoughts and prayers to the entire Rego family.
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Paul Valencia
6 years
King's Way Christian senior pitcher Damon Casetta-Stubbs has been picked by the Seattle Mariners in the 11th round of Major League Baseball's draft. Congrats!
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Paul Valencia
3 years
I visited 18 football programs in Southwest Washington in the past couple of weeks. My favorite coach quote: "The only way you could offend me is if you had two cookies and didn't offer me one." . . . That quote is part of me now. In the soul.
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Paul Valencia
5 years
BREAKING NEWS: Every year, Prairie girls basketball comes up with a new symbol, but they tell no one what it means until after the season, not even coaches. "One Team, One Goal, One Ring" ... Congrats Champs. @PHSLadyFalcons1
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Paul Valencia
8 years
This is how Union tied it.
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Paul Valencia
4 years
Prairie's incredible football season ended Friday in OT. A salute to the 2019 Falcons, 3A GSHL co-champs and top seed. Plus: *First Prairie football team to make it to state since 1992. *Tied program record for most wins (9), set in 1985. Well done! @PrairieFB @Prairie_AD
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Paul Valencia
7 years
Congrats to the Papermakers of today and yesterday for the most incredible winning streak in SW Washington HS football history. ...
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Paul Valencia
6 years
This man was loved. Not just liked. Not just respected. Truly, truly loved. By athletes. By students. By coaches. And, or course, his family. Love you Rego. Thanks for all you did, for how you did it. @UniontitanFB @UnionFBBoosters
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4 years
A shout-out to all media who cover HS sports. Another season has ended, another season starts. (Yes, I know another season already started.) I love this job. ... But I'm a bit sad, too. Why? God, I love football. But as Prince taught us: Always cry for love, never cry for pain.
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Paul Valencia
6 years
Thank you @ViewCrew360 ! And thanks to all who make this job so much more than a job.
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Paul Valencia
3 years
So cool to watch high school wrestling at Doc Harris Stadium in Camas.
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Paul Valencia
7 years
JACK COLLETTO. ... WOW
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Paul Valencia
5 years
Greatest day of the year! First day of high school football practice in Washington. They don't waste a minute at Ridgefield. Midnight Madness practice!
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7 years
FINAL: Union 14, Camas 13 #wafbscores
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7 years
Union's Cameron Cranston named the Class 4A state player of the year by the Washington Interscholastic Basketball Coaches Association
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Paul Valencia
5 years
I served when he was President. We loved and respected him as our commander in chief. God speed Mr. President. #GeorgeHWBush
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Paul Valencia
7 years
I figured out how to zoom in on Darien Chase's catch. (OK, my wife figured it out.) @chasedariem
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Paul Valencia
7 years
Registration Open What: Football and soccer clinics Where: Camas For: Rest of the state 😆 #statechampionshiphumor
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Paul Valencia
6 years
Camas football had one of the most incredible 5-5 seasons imaginable. One could make a case Papermakers were 8 plays away from 10-0. Lost by 2, 3, 7, 7, and 1 to great programs AND had chance to tie or take lead in final minute of each game. #respect @PapermakersArmy
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Paul Valencia
5 years
Good morning. Last year I was a rookie. Guess I'm an expert now. Certainly hooked!
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Paul Valencia
4 years
Todd Spike, who has been an assistant coach with Union boys basketball since the beginning, is stepping down. Do not be surprised to see him as an assistant with the girls program. He's got daughters to watch/coach. A legend among assistant coaches in the region. @UHS_Hoops
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Paul Valencia
5 years
As soon as this game goes final, the Union football and boys basketball teams will be a combined 34-0 this academic year.
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Paul Valencia
8 years
If you don't like the Raiders, you're gonna hate the NFL for the next decade or so. We're back!
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Paul Valencia
5 years
Spring Sports start today. I'm hearing that some girls golf programs are having trouble finding athletes. Take a shot at golf, a sport that will last you a lifetime. Plus, no better deal: For whatever your school's fee is for athletics, you get to golf for three months.
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Paul Valencia
7 years
Columbia River HS football has turned Hunter Pearson's locker into a permanent memorial.
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5 years
Mountain View defense incredible performance. Mountain View offense gets it done in the end, killing last 5 minutes with a 13-play drive. Final: Mountain View 7, Rainier Beach 6
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5 years
I like to take Evan to at least one game a year.
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4 years
Merry Christmas from the Valencia family to you!
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Paul Valencia
5 years
Union wins 4A state playoff in penalty kicks. Here is the winning shot. @WeRUnion
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Paul Valencia
6 months
I got on the big screen during pregame! Pretty scary, I know! #RaiderNation
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6 years
Darien Chase returned this kickoff for a touchdown Friday night with 29 seconds left in the game, giving Union the win in California. @chasedariem @UniontitanFB @UnionFBBoosters
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Paul Valencia
5 years
Happy Thanksgiving. One of the biggest goals for any high school football team is to practice on this day. Congrats to Union, Mountain View, and Hockinson.
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Mtn. View Football
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What a time to be alive! #Team38 putting in work and breaking bread on Thanksgiving with @UniontitanFB
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I'm looking live at the greatest* atmosphere in Washington high school football, big-school division: Doc Harris Stadium in Camas. Union getting ready to face Camas in 4A GSHL showdown. * Maybe an opinion. But could be fact. @PapermakersArmy @UniontitanFB
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5 years
The Miller family. Columbia River High School. Basketball. Community. Life. Death. It is all connected. It is all in a love story decades in the making. Today, the Miller children are chasing their dreams, inspired by their mom. @ColRiverSports
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Paul Valencia
7 years
Keep the streak alive: Chiefs have longest Super Bowl appearance drought among AFC West teams. ... That's 47 consecutive seasons now. 😀😂🤔
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8 years
Prairie's Palmer Goecke ties it, River's Jameel Morton wins it.
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7 years
Union wins. Titans will play for Class 4A state boys basketball state championship Saturday night.
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7 years
FINAL: Camas 28, Coeur d’Alene 25 #wafbscores
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Paul Valencia
5 years
Congrats to Fort Vancouver girls basketball program. Got a win tonight at Fort Vancouver Invitational tourney. First win for Trappers in two years. @TrapAthletics
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Paul Valencia
5 years
It is official: State champion Darien Chase of Union has signed with Nebraska. @UniontitanFB @UnionFBBoosters
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Nebraska Football
5 years
His name: Darien Chase ( @chasedariem ) His position: Wide Receiver Status: HUSKER #B19RedRevival ✍️🌽💯
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6 years
Even in defeat, Raider Nation for life. The annual Valencia family portrait. #RaiderNation
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6 years
Once every 47 years or so I get on a boat in Astoria and catch a fish.
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4 years
A few days without sports? On the bright side, I found out my wife's middle name! 😁
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6 years
Here is Jacob Hjort's game winner. @ColRiverSports
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Paul Valencia
7 years
Nice of the Jets to allow us to take our family victory picture early today.
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Paul Valencia
9 years
Shout out to Mountain View crowd. Big crowd for a Saturday road trip. Huge student section. They waited 2 hours, too. And they were loud!
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Paul Valencia
6 years
Best thing I will see today on social media!
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Sports Illustrated
6 years
This high school pitcher chose to hug his childhood friend instead of celebrate his championship-clinching strikeout. Story:
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Paul Valencia
5 years
Happy birthday to my son. Don't need to get him anything because he stole my Raider chain in December! #RaiderNation
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7 years
Hudson's Bay wins 3A GSHL tiebreaker to qualify for playoffs for first time since 2001.
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6 years
Full tank of gas. Lots of coffee. Driving to Oakland. It is 650 miles to the Coliseum. Raiders Forever means Raiders Forever. #RaiderNation
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6 years
A friend took this screen shot of a video he took when the Raiders tied game with 2-point conversion. It might not look like it, but trust me, that's my look of pure joy! #RaiderNation
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Paul Valencia
5 years
Congrats to Kaleb McGary, Univerisity of Washington. Picked by the Atlanta Falcons tonight. He played his freshman year of high school at Battle Ground.
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7 years
Congratulations Isaiah Smith of Battle Ground HS. Graduating tonight. Selected by Kansas City Royals just now.
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5 years
Last school year, I wrote a story on the dominance of the Class 2A Greater St. Helens League. In so many sports, not just one. Well, here we go again: The league has three teams in the elite eight of Class 2A state soccer. Congrats Ridgefield, Columbia River, and Hockinson.
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Happy Camas!
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6 years
I heard that Skyview baseball team held practice at 5:30 a.m. today so some of the players could to Tacoma to support the basketball team. Pretty cool. @SkyviewAthletic
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Paul Valencia
3 years
Jack Grimsted, normally a tackle, just threw a TD pass. No. 63 with a TD pass! Naturally. Of note, Jack has played in or been at every game in Union HS history. Program started in 2007.
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Paul Valencia
5 years
Cool story: Trevor Milton of Mountain View pitching in all-star game. Was having incredible season but a broken hand ended his senior season. Got cleared yesterday. Pitching today. Three-up, three-down in his first inning of work. @Mtvbaseball
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7 years
Gotta do this: It's Jeremiah Wright's world, and we're just living in it! 12 catches for 262 yards, 3 TDs. Still playing. Freedom Bowl
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