MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE — The Columbia High School football team is 2-0 on the season. Not only are the Cougars perfect through two games, they haven’t given up a point in those contests. The Cougars were simply dominant in a 37-0 victory over Paterson Eastside on Friday night, Sept. 8, in Paterson in a Super Football […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — For the first time since 2021, the Columbia High School football team returned to Lynn V. Profeta Field at Underhill Sports Complex, as the Cougars defeated Livingston, 9-0, in the season opener on Thursday, Aug. 31. The Cougars, under head coach Gary Mobley, played all their games on the road last […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Playing its first home game in two years, the Columbia High School football team defeated Livingston, 9-0, in the season opener on Thursday, Aug. 31, at Lynn V. Profeta Field/Underhill Sports Complex. The high school football season kicked off for most of the teams across the country and around the state for […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Columbia High School head football coach Gary Mobley doesn’t have to worry about his offensive skill players. The Cougars boast a collection of talented and experienced running backs and wide receivers, who will spark the offensive attack. However, the line on both sides of the ball is a bit of a […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — On Thursday, Aug. 31, the Columbia High School football team will host Livingston High School in the season opener at newly-renovated Lynn V. Profeta Field at the Underhill Sports Complex at 6:30 p.m. It will be the Cougars’ first home game since the 2021 season. Columbia last season played all their […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School Football Cougars would like to welcome everyone back for the 2023-2024 school year to Columbia High School. While the academic school year does not begin until September, your Columbia Cougar Football team, Marching Band, and Cheer Squad will take the field in their season opener on Thursday, […]
By Paul Brubaker MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The goal this season for the Columbia High School Cougars football team comes down to a single word: redemption. “I want you to call yourselves ‘the redemption team,’ ” said head coach Gary Mobley, projecting from the middle of the refurbished Lynn V. Profeta Field/Underhill Sports Complex to […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange High School football team hosted a quad scrimmage on Wednesday morning, Aug. 16. The other three participating schools were Columbia of Maplewood, Willingboro and Carteret. West Orange, the reigning North 2, Group 5 state sectional champion under fifth-year head coach Darnell Grant, will kick off the season against […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Pictured above, Columbia High School football team players and coaches are all smiles as they gather for a group pose with their trophy after capturing the championship at the third annual Essex 7-on-7 Shootout hosted by West Orange High School on Saturday, July 15. More than 20 schools from throughout the […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE — Columbia High School football players Zhamir Rowan, Steve Memo, Henry Aaron and Max Gigante, all juniors, earned all–Essex County groups 4 and 5 and Non-Public A honors, as selected by the county coaches. Rowan, a defensive back, and Memo made the second team defense. Memo, a defensive back, was chosen as an […]