CAMAS — Resilience was the word of the week for the Camas Papermakers ahead of Friday’s Class 4A state preliminary round game against Olympia, and it could only begin to describe a long list of injuries and their response to that challenge.

But a group of players who were healthy enough to go gritted out an inspired performance to earn a 31-14 win over the Bears (5-5) and a spot in next week’s the 4A state playoffs.

Senior Cade Lukens caught a game-sealing, 35-yard touchdown pass from junior Ben Druckman with four minutes left after sitting out six weeks with a torn labrum, which will require surgery next Wedensday.

Druckman took charge of the Camas offense by throwing four touchdown passes in a fill-in start for senior Tyson Ruggiero, who suffered an elbow injury suffered last week aga

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