High School Sports
Arizona becomes first state in US to cancel winter prep sports season
On Tuesday, The Columbian reported that Arizona was one of 14 states planning to begin playing high school basketball by Feb. 1, with the caveat that “as we’ve learned from this pandemic, plans can change.” In Arizona, it changed and changed dramatically. On Friday, the Arizona Interscholastic Association Executive Board, by a 5-4 vote, decided […]
Local prep football players of Class of 2021 who have signed, committed or received offers from college programs
The 2020-21 recruiting season for high school football in Southwest Washington has been a strange one. Three local players signed college letters of intent with the programs of their choice during the early signing period last month. Four others have announced verbal commitments, while 11 others are weighing one or more offers. Here’s a look […]
WIAA Executive Board reschedules meeting to Wednesday
And the wait continues. The Executive Board of the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association had planned to meet Monday evening and announce Tuesday morning its plans for return-to-play guidelines for the 2020-21 athletic calendar. That meeting was pushed back 48 hours as the WIAA hopes to receive new guidance from the state, the WIAA announced Monday. […]
Skyview lineman Brett Gray commits to Valparaiso for football
Skyview lineman Brett Gray announced Tuesday he has made a verbal commitment to play football for Valparaiso. “I have blessed with this opportunity to play (Division 1) college football,” Gray posted on social media Tuesday. “And with that being said, I have decided to commit to Valparaiso University. Go Crusaders.” Valparaiso, located in Indiana, plays […]
Oregon delays the return of high school sports to March
Oregon has decided to push back the return of high school sports until March 1, the Oregon School Activities Association announced Monday. The revised calendar will include three shortened seasons, starting with competition March 1 in traditional fall sports. A second season of traditional spring sports will begin April 17, and the calendar will conclude […]
Top 21 college football prospects from Southwest Washington in Class of 2021
The early signing period for college football is Dec. 16-18 this year. Last year, six players from Clark County took advantage of the early period to sign with their preferred college program. But this year, that number is expected to be lower because the pandemic has delayed the high school football season to March. More […]
Jesse Norris hired as new girls basketball coach at Columbia River
Jesse Norris, an junior varsity coach at Washougal and Ridgefield high schools, has been hired as the varsity girls basketball coach at Columbia River High School, the school announced Friday. Norris was the JV girls coach at Washougal in 2017-18 to 2018-19 and was the JV boys coach at Ridgefield last season. Norris replaces Will […]
Texas high school football player attacks referee after being ejected from game
EDINBURG, Texas (AP) — A Texas high school football player charged onto the field and bowled over a referee Thursday night, angered after being ejected from the game. Senior defensive lineman Emmanuel Duron of Edinburg High School came running from the sideline area after the referee announced the ejection, slamming into the official during the first half […]
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 […]
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. […]