Washougal’s Sam Evers is The Columbian Week 1 high school football player of the week.
Evers received 833 of the 1,754 votes cast this week to win the honor.
The senior caught six passes for 177 yards and a touchdown in the Panthers’ 45-8 win over River Ridge.
The next player-of-the-week vote will start Monday with five new nominees. The vote continues through Wednesday.
Winners of the player-of-the-week may not be nominated again during the regular season. Athletes cannot be nominated in consecutive weeks.
