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Photos: Union High School hosts 7-on-7 football tournament, tug-of-war lineman challenge

Ridgefield, Kelso, Moses Lake, Sandy (Ore.) and Battle Ground were among the field of teams competing.

Andy Buhler, SBLive Sports

Photos: Union High School hosts 7-on-7 football tournament, tug-of-war lineman challenge
Photos: Union High School hosts 7-on-7 football tournament, tug-of-war lineman challenge /

CAMAS, Wash. — 7-on-7 football. Linemen tug-of-war. Summer football at its finest.

Roughly four weeks before the start of the 2021 fall high school football season, Union hosted a multi-school event with majority Southwest Washington high schools, as well as several from out of area on Saturday.

In the passing camp tournament, 4-star receiver Tobias Merriweather and the Titans (4A) took on standout junior Conner Noah and Kelso, Ridgefield (2A), which is led by dynamic receiver Ty Snider and Columbia Basin Big 9 foe Moses Lake, which trekked hours by car to be in attendance. The teams played for seeding in the morning and competed in a bracket style championship in the afternoon. The linemen faced off in a series of challenges, including a lively lunchtime tug-of-war.

The Titans hope to build on the event and grow it to the likes of Lakewood's long-running annual 7-on-7 event which typically attracts more than 20 schools.

Here are photos from the event:

(Photos by Andy Buhler, Twitter: @AndyBuhler IG: @andy.buhler)

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Andy Buhler, SBLive Sports
ANDY BUHLER, SBLIVE SPORTS

Andy Buhler is a Regional Editor of Texas and the national breaking news desk. He brings more than five years of experience covering high school sports across the state of Washington and beyond, where he covered the likes of Paolo Banchero and Tari Eason served on state tournament seeding committees. He works on the SBLive/Sports Illustrated Power 25 national boys basketball rankings. He has covered everything from the Final Four, MLS in Atlanta to local velodrome before diving into the world of preps. His bylines can be found in The News Tribune (Tacoma, Washington), The Associated Press, The Columbian (Vancouver, Washington), The Oregonian and more. He holds a degree from Gonzaga and is based out of Portland, Oregon.

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