From left: CHS football players David Fadael, Stephen Henry and Dylan Dalambert pose after a practice in August at Underhill Field.
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Stephen Henry ran for 110 yards and a touchdown on 12 carries, and quarterback Tarik Huff completed nine of 10 passes for 151 yards and three touchdowns and ran for another 73 yards and a touchdown on just three carries to lead the Columbia High School football team to a dominant 35-0 win over Barringer on Sept. 24 at Newark Schools Stadium.
Steve Memo caught two touchdown passes from Huff, a 20-yarder in the second quarter and a 10-yarder in the third quarter.
Zhamir Rowan scored on a 49-yard pass from Huff in the first quarter. Henry ran for a 36-yard touchdown later in the first quarter.
Huff scored on a 55-yard run in the fourth quarter.
Defensively, Yassan Fields made 12 tackles and Akbar Holiday had 10 tackles for Columbia.
The Cougars improved their record to 3-1 on the season. They will host West Orange on Oct. 1 at 7 p.m. West Orange fell to East Orange Campus, 21-14, Sept. 24, to move to 2-2 on the season. Columbia was coming off a 52-0 home loss to East Orange Campus on Sept. 17.
Columbia, 3-1 record
Sept. 3: Win, vs. Morristown, 27-7
Sept. 10: Win, vs. Livingston, 29-24
Sept. 17: Loss, vs. East Orange Campus, 52-0
Sept. 24: Win, at Barringer, 35-0
Oct. 1: vs. West Orange, 7 p.m.
Oct. 9: at Montclair, 1 p.m.
Oct. 15: at Bloomfield, 7 p.m.
Oct. 22: at Newark East Side, 7 p.m.
Oct. 29: vs. Passaic County Tech, 7 p.m.
Photo by Joe Ragozzino
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