Friday’s games
Heritage vs. Evergreen, 5 p.m. at McKenzie Stadium (elisportsnetwork.com)
Skyview at Battle Ground, 7 p.m.
Columbia River at Centralia, 7 p.m.
Prairie at Kelso, 7 p.m.
White Salmon vs. Fort Vancouver, 7 p.m. at Kiggins Bowl
R.A. Long at Mark Morris, 7 p.m.
Ridgefield at Washougal, 7 p.m.
Hudson’s Bay at Woodland, 7 p.m.
Hockinson at Castle Rock, 7 p.m.
La Center at Tumwater, 7 p.m.
King’s Way Christian at Kalama, 7 p.m.
North Beach vs. Seton Catholic, 7 p.m. at Doc Harris Stadium
Stevenson at Estacada (Ore.), 7 p.m.
Mountain View vs. Union, 8 p.m. at McKenzie Stadium (elisportsnetwork.com)
Saturday’s game
Camas vs. Rogers-Puyallup, 4 p.m. at Sparks Stadium, Puyallup (elisportsnetwork.com)
Week 3 prep power rankings
The Columbian sports staff and fans selected their Week 3 prep football power rankings for Southwest Washington. These rankings are intended to be pound-for-pound, rating each team as they relate to their classification. A 24.0 is the maximum score. The Columbian staff rankings are released at 360preps.com on Tuesday. Fan voting runs Tuesday through Thursday:
THE COLUMBIAN
1t, Union (2-0) 23.5
1t, Camas (2-0) 23.5
3, Col. River (2-0) 22.0
4, Hockinson (2-0) 20.8
5, Woodland (2-0) 20.0
6, Skyview (1-1) 19.0
7, La Center (0-2) 16.5
8t, Heritage (2-0) 16.3
8t, Ridgefield (2-0) 16.3
10, B. Ground (2-0) 16.0
FANS
1, Camas (2-0) 23.1
2, Union (2-0) 21.8
3, Col. River (2-0) 21.7
4, Skyview (1-1) 20.2
5, Hockinson (2-0) 20.0
6, Evergreen (1-1) 18.6
7, La Center (0-2) 17.6
8, Woodland (2-0) 17.1
9, Kelso (1-1) 15.7
10, Heritage (2-0) 15.4
Three things to watch this week
NO. 1: LEAGUE PLAY BEGINS — The Class 4A and 2A Greater St. Helens Leagues, both of which have seven teams, open league play this week. And even though the 3A GSHL only has four teams, Prairie faces Kelso in a league game this week.
NO. 2: STOUT DEFENSES — Several teams head into Week 3-0 with 2-0 records. But only two defenses are perfect. Columbia River has two shutouts to its record: 32-0 over R.A. Long and 35-0 over Mark Morris. The Chieftains travel to play Centralia on Friday. Also, Woodland had pitched two shutouts: 50-0 over Kalama and 44-0 over La Center. Woodland hosts Hudson’s Bay in its return game to the 2A Greater St. Helens League. And, while we’re at it, we should mention Heritage. The Timberwolves shut out Prairie 24-0 and beat Hudson’s Bay 50-7, with the only Bay touchdown coming on an interception return. So Heritage’s defense has not allowed a point.
NO. 3: GOOD HARBINGER — If any Camas fan wants a good sign for the Papermakers’ first road game of the year at Rogers of Puyallup, here it is: Camas beat Federal Way 49-6, Federal Way beat Tahoma on Thursday 58-17; Tahoma beat Rogers last week 48-41.
