MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School football team is searching for its first state playoff victory. With experienced skill position players, the Cougars are confident that they can reach that goal. “I like our experience coming back with our skill positions on both sides of the ball,” said seventh-year head coach Gary Mobley. […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange High School football team hosted a tri-scrimmage on Wednesday morning, Aug. 17, at WOHS’ Joe Suriano Stadium. The other teams were Columbia High School in Maplewood, and Willingboro. West Orange will begin the season on Friday, Sept. 2, against Montclair at Montclair State University at 8 p.m. Columbia […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Former Columbia High School head football coach Dave Curtin, who died at age 58 in August 2016 after a courageous battle with cancer, was one of several inductees into this year’s Essex County Coaches Football Association hall of fame. The inductees were honored at halftime during the Paul Robeson All-Star Football […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE — Yosh Nijman, a 2014 Columbia High School graduate, is a starting left tackle for the Green Bay Packers in the NFL this season. Nijman, shown during a preseason practice for the Cougars in 2013, played at Virginia Tech and signed with the Packers as an undrafted free agent in 2019. The Packers, […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School football team, which qualified for the postseason and finished with a decent 5-5 record under head coach Gary Mobley, featured several players who earned Super Football Conference–Freedom Red Division honors. First-team offense: Senior lineman Dylan Dalambert. First-team defense: Senior lineman Stevenson Memo. Senior linebacker Stephen Henry. Sophomore […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Columbia High School senior running back/linebacker Stephen Henry has been named a nominee for the Steve DiGregorio Young Man of the Year award. The Super Football Conference has established this new annual recognition. Named for the legendary Paramus Catholic and Nutley High School football coach, who was also a stellar athlete […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School football team ended a good season. The seventh-seeded Cougars fell at second-seeded Ridgewood, 34-0, in the quarterfinals of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association North Jersey, Section 1, Group 5, playoffs, on Friday night, Nov. 5, to finish with a 5-5 overall record. It was the […]
The Super Football Conference (SFC) has established an entirely new annual recognition, the Steve DiGregorio Young Man of the Year Award. Named for the legendary Paramus Catholic and Nutley High School football coach, who was also a stellar athlete at Nutley, the award will be presented on Jan. 10, 2022, banquet event held at MetLife […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School football team has earned a postseason berth. The Cougars, under head coach Gary Mobley, are seeded seventh in the NJSIAA North Jersey, Section 1, Group 5, state playoffs and will visit No. 2 seed Ridgewood in the quarterfinals on Friday, Nov. 5, at 6:30 p.m. It marks […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The odds of a football player making it to the NFL are minuscule. About 1.5 percent of all NCAA players get to make it to the NFL. Yet, Columbia High School can proudly say one of its own is currently playing in the NFL. Yosh Njiman, a 2014 CHS graduate, is […]