MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Lys Rubens Blanc understands the adage, “Rome wasn’t built in a day.” The recently-named new Columbia High School head football coach recognizes that the program he inherits has suffered through a lot of bad seasons, including last fall, when the team lost its final seven games and finished 1-7. But by […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Lys Rubens Blanc recently has been named as the new Columbia High School football coach. “Our program will develop talent,” Blanc explained to a crowd of interested high school parents on Monday, Feb. 3, at Columbia’s Black Box Theatre. “We’ve produced college coaches and a current NFL player (Carolina Panthers offensive […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Columbia High School football players Hans Archer and Charlie Knutsen earned All–Super Football Conference–Freedom White Division honors, as selected by the divisional coaches. Archer, a junior lineman, made the Second Team Offense. Knutsen, a junior tailback/defensive end, made the Honorable Mention. Photo Courtesy of Felicia Laguerre Owens
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Sophomore quarterback Jahmir Howell rushed for two touchdowns and accounted for close to 200 yards, and junior running back Jayden Herron ran for three touchdowns to lead the Irvington High School football team to an emphatic 38-7 win over Columba on Saturday, Sept. 28, at a soggy Underhill Sports Complex/Lynn V. […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School football team opened the season with a 10-6 win over Newark West Side High School at the inaugural Mountaineer Football Classic at West Orange High School on Saturday, Aug. 31. Senior Charlie Knutsen ran for an 8-yard TD and junior Jonah Breen kicked a 32-yard field goal […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — In the NFL and college, field-goal attempts are common. A team drives deep into the opposing team’s territory and will go for a field goal if the march stalls, because the distance for the first down or end zone is unfavorable. But in high school, it’s very rare to see field-goal […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The current state playoff format has been in existence since 1974. For the Columbia High School football team program, a playoff win is something that has proved elusive. Though this year’s Cougars lost a ton of talented skill players, head coach Gary Mobley knows his team will keep working hard in […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School football team will kick off the season on Saturday, Aug. 31, in the inaugural Mountaineer Football Classic at West Orange High School’s Joe Suriano Stadium. The Cougars will face Newark West Side at 3:30 p.m. The Mountaineer Classic features five games over three days, Thursday, Aug. 29, […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School football team participated in the annual Essex Shootout on Saturday, July 20, at West Orange High School. The 7-on-7 showcase featured more than 20 schools from throughout the state. Newark East Side won the title by beating West Orange in overtime. The Cougars, under head coach Gary […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Two Columbia High School scholar-athletes were honored by the Essex County Athletic Directors Association with the Karen Fuccello Scholar-Athlete Award. CHS football and boys lacrosse player Ethan Parlin was honored as the high school’s top male scholar-athlete. Parlin has committed to the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he intends to major in […]