September 12, 2024, 4:17pm Football
Washougal linebacker Elijah Franco is The Columbian's 2024 Week 1 Prep Football Athlete of the Week after he had three interceptions in an 8-6 win over Mountain View. Read story
September 9, 2024, 7:57am Prep Sports Free
Here are the nominees for The Columbian 2024-25 Week 1 high school football player of the week, sponsored by Killer Burger. Voting will continue until 7 p.m. Wednesday. To avoid vote manipulation, participants are being asked to log-in with their Columbian.com account or to sign-up for a free account before… Read story
September 7, 2024, 12:05am Football
A year older and wiser, the Washougal football team felt quietly confident about their defense’s potential entering a new season. In the process of earning an 8-6 win over Class 3A Mountain View on Friday night at Fishback Stadium, the Panthers showed everyone else why. Washougal got the… Read story
September 5, 2024, 1:31pm Football
A late-summer heatwave has forced school officials to shuffle the schedule for the first week of high school football in Clark County. Battle Ground, Mountain View and Washougal had their kickoff times adjusted Friday because of the heat. More could follow. Battle Ground was scheduled to have the earliest kickoff… Read story
August 17, 2024, 6:08am Clark County News
Sitting in a seventh-row church pew at a funeral Washougal’s mayor dubbed one of the largest the town had seen, Frederick Lash reached for his open-faced pocket watch when a familiar voice asked, “This spot here, is it open?” Read story
May 29, 2024, 6:05am Latest News
As so many male athletes do, these three athletes started their school year on the football field. Read story
May 22, 2024, 5:46pm Prep Sports
Led by top-10 finishes by Trenton Maddox and Mason Acker, the Washougal boys golf team earned a runner-up finish at the Class 2A boys golf state championship Wednesday at Liberty Lake Golf Course in Liberty Lake. Maddox finished with a 36-hole total of 149 to earn sixth-place overall, while Acker… Read story
May 6, 2024, 9:38am Prep Sports Free
Here are the nominees for The Columbian 2023-24 Week 26 high school athlete of the week, sponsored by Killer Burger. Read story
March 18, 2024, 9:24pm Prep Sports
Jacob Bellamy and Rowyn Brady combined on a two-hitter as Washougal baseball opened 2A Greater St. Helens League play with a 4-2 win over Mark Morris on Monday. Read story
February 14, 2024, 10:26pm Prep Sports
The Ridgefield Spudders didn’t have to look far when it came to questions about the girls basketball program’s state tournament drought. Because, as it turned out, head coach Lauren Hefflin was the best person to ask. She was the Spudders’ starting center on the… Read story
