As we enter the dog days of summer, there's time to look back on the halcyon spring accomplishments of Central Valley athletes.

Among them is junior Kyra Harames, who showed why she was the area's premier girls tennis player.

After becoming the first Bear Inland Empire singles champion, breezing through the Greater Spokane League and winning district and regional, Harames made her mark on the big stage.

Although she wound up placing sixth in the State 4A tournament, Harames was, in essence, one of the state's four best.

She won twice to reach the semifinals. Scores were 6-3, 6-1 and a comeback 6-7, 6-4, 6-2. Her loss came against eventual champion Sammi Hampton from Skyview. Harames then lost a taut 3-6, 4-6 match for third place.

Anna Fomin and Briegan Bester turned in yeo-women's efforts at the State 4A track and field meet, helping CV to sixth place while scoring 36 points.

Fomin placed third and fourth in two events and ran legs on two placing relay teams. She ran a swift 56.19 during her 400 final, 1.3 seconds behind the champion. It was the fifth fastest time in all classifications combined. In the 200, she clocked 25.39.

Bester had a pair of fifth places in the distances and also was a member of two relay placers. She timed 2:14.46 in the 800 and 4:59.99 in the 1,600 races.

Sydney Johnson also was a double placer. She took third in the high jump at 5-foot-4 and eighth in the pole vault at 10-6.

The 400 relay of Madison Hovren, Katie Hawkins, Kelsey Turnbow and Hanna Reiman was seventh in 49.21; the 800 relay of Brielle Crump, Hawkins, Turnbow and Fomin placed sixth in 1:42.82, two seconds behind the winner; and the 1,600 relay with Fomin, Hovren, Lacie Hull and Bester finished fifth in 3:58.31.

The Bears girls finished the season with a flourish after roaring to the Greater Spokane League title. They repeated as regional champion, scoring 118 points, and missed a top-four trophy at state by six points. 

CV boys finished third in regionals and had a pair of state placers.

Distance star and school 1,600 record holder Briton Demars ended his career with a third place in the event in 4:15.01, fourth fastest in all classifications. He backed that with seventh-place points in the 3,200 in 9:18.36. Teammate Ben Craig placed fourth in the 110 hurdles in 14.72. It was the sixth fastest time in all classifications, .01 second faster than 2A champion Max Baxter from West Valley.

Jake Dringle and Cole Howard finished their seasons at the State 4A golf tournament. Each shot 76 on the first day, missing the cut by a stroke.