High School Sports
Former Skyview assistant Brian Hansen hired as Fort Vancouver’s baseball coach
Fort Vancouver announced the hiring of Brian Hansen as its new varsity baseball coach on Monday. Hansen, a former Skyview assistant, takes over the program from Shane Schoeneberg, who left the post last summer without ever coaching the Trappers on the diamond. Schoeneberg succeeded Owen Frasier as head coach in June 2019. But then the […]
Union’s Tobias Merriweather receives offer from Notre Dame
Union junior Tobias Merriweather added a significant other college offer on Thursday — Notre Dame. Merriweather tweeted Thursday night “Blessed to have received an offer to play the game that I love a the University of Notre Dame. Thank you Coach (Del Alexander) for the opportunity. #GoIrish” Blessed to have received an offer to play […]
In op-ed piece, WIAA executive director Mike Hoffman makes impassioned plea for state, schools to allow sports to return
The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association has been taking a lot of heat from critics during this pandemic. People think the WIAA wields supreme power in deciding if high school sports are played in 2020-2021. It does not. On one side is the state of Washington – Gov. Jay Inslee and the state health department – […]
Links to our Friday Night Flashback series looking at classic prep football games
The fall of 2020 has been a tough one in Southwest Washington for high school football fans. But to help bridge the gap left by an absence of prep football this fall, The Columbian has been revisiting classic games from past years. Here are the links to all the game’s we’ve flashbacked on this fall. […]
Arkansas high school football team suffers second-most heartbreaking season-ending loss
A high school football team in Arkansas had its season end in the toughest way imaginable. On Friday, Fayetteville High played Little Rock Central with the winner earning a spot to the playoffs. It looked Fayetteville had clinched victory after a fourth-down stop of Central with 1:32 left. All the Bulldogs needed to do was […]
List of local high school seniors expected to sign with college athletic programs on Wednesday
Wednesday marks the start of the college signing period for all NCAA Division I and II sports, except football. Here is a list of local athletes expected to sign with the colleges of their choice this week. Updates to this list can be sent to sports@columbian.com. BATTLE GROUND Kaden Perry (basketball) — Gonzaga KELSO Nick […]
Final update: How each state handled high school football this fall
It’s November and here is the final count of states that played high school football this fall. 35 played tackle football in some form or another. 15 (plus the District of Columbia) did not play at all. Here is where the map stands on high school football across the country on Oct. 19. We’ve broken […]
Fans votes on which prep football playoff classics to spotlight in Friday Night Flashbacks
We have the nominees, now we need your help in choosing which games we will spotlight in our Friday Night Flashback Playoff Edition. Here are the nominees. To read more about each game, click here. You can vote for up to three games. We will keep it open through Saturday. Vote away. Share with your […]
Emmett (Idaho) football team perseveres through tragedy during tumultuous high school football season
If you’re looking for a high school football team to support this fall, in lieu of no high school football in the state of Washington, you might want to consider adopting the Emmett Huskies of Emmett, Idaho. The Huskies from Emmett, a town of 6,500 just north of Boise, have had a season unlike any […]
Nominees for Friday Night Flashback classic prep football playoffs games: Offer your suggestion
Our Friday Night Flashback series, spotlighting some of the most memorable high school football games in Southwest Washington, will move to postseason games beginning in November. And we are looking for readers’ help in selecting the final six games in this series. Here are some suggestions of games we are considering. If there is another […]