November 11, 2023, 6:40pm Football
Woodland, the 2A Greater St. Helens League champion, saw its season come to an end in the Class 2A football state playoffs Saturday with a 44-6 loss to Clarkston. It was Woodland’s first trip to the state playoffs since 2005 as a Class 1A program. Read story
November 9, 2023, 6:00am Football
Woodland's thrill of reaching the Class 2A state football playoffs was met with uncertainty. Financial constraints related to a recent levy failure meant the school had no transportation funds for a 350-mile road trip to face Clarkston this Saturday. But the Woodland community stepped up and the Beavers are set… Read story
November 6, 2023, 9:09am Prep Sports Free
Voting continues through 7 p.m. Wednesday Read story
November 3, 2023, 10:51pm Prep Sports
Beavers advance to state playoffs for first time since 2013 Read story
October 27, 2023, 11:47pm Football
As he made the pass breakup on Ridgefield’s final pass attempt, Elijah Andersen looked up at the scoreboard at the north end of Ridgefield Stadium to make sure the clock indeed read zeros. “I looked to see if the time ran out,” he said. … Read story
October 20, 2023, 11:10pm Prep Sports
WOODLAND – The Woodland Beavers won their fourth straight game and set up a showdown with Ridgefield next week for the 2A Greater St. Helens League title with a 42-7 win over the Mark Morris Monarchs at Beaver Stadium in Woodland. However it was not all good news … Read story
October 16, 2023, 7:00am Prep Sports Free
Here are the nominees for The Columbian 2023 Week 7 high school football player of the week. Winners of the athlete-of-the-week may not be nominated again during the regular season, and no athlete may be nominated in consecutive weeks. Nominees are posted and voting begins each Monday and runs through… Read story
October 13, 2023, 11:58pm Football
Every time Elijah Andersen touches the ball, the Woodland junior believes he has a chance to score. Such a notion might not be as far-fetched as it sounds. Andersen’s big-play ability took Woodland to another gear in Friday’s 41-10 win over Hudson’s Bay on homecoming night, which helped… Read story
October 13, 2023, 6:02am Newsletter
Elijah Andersen admits he usually doesn’t hear the sounds around him in a football game — the crunches of tackles being made or crowd roars after a play. What he feels, however, is his speed getting faster down field if a ball is in his hands. Read story
October 7, 2023, 5:34am Prep Sports
Elijah Andersen rushed for 221 yards on 24 carries and four touchdowns as the Beavers rolled to a 41-0 win over R.A. Long on Friday at Longview Memorial Stadium. Cody Armstrong had a 71-yard interception return for a touchdown to lead a Woodland defense that held the Lumberjacks to negative-four… Read story
