Columbia first-year head coach Lys Rubens Blanc talks to his team during the Essex Shootout at West Orange HS on Saturday, July 12.
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School football team will begin the regular season on Friday, Aug. 29, against West Side at Underhill Sports Complex/Lynn V. Profeta Field. Kickoff is at 7 p.m.
Lys Rubens Blanc will make his debut as the Cougars head coach. Blanc, a 2003 Irvington High School graduate, previously served as an assistant coach at Hillside.
The Cougars defeated West Side in last year’s season-opener for their lone victory.
Photos by Joe Ragozzino
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