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 […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School football team won its second straight game with a dominant 41-6 victory over Newark East Side on Friday night, Oct. 22, at Eddie Moraes Stadium in Newark in a Super Football Conference–Freedom Red Division game. The Cougars improved to a 5-3 overall record and 3-3 in the […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School football team defeated Bloomfield, 18-15, in thrilling fashion in Bloomfield on Friday night, Oct. 15. Columbia won it on a 22-yard field goal by sophomore Henry Aaron in the fourth quarter. After Columbia trailed 7-0 at halftime, senior Stephen Henry ran for two touchdowns in the third […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange High School football team defeated Columbia, 42-7, Oct. 1, at Underhill Field in Maplewood in a Super Football Conference–Freedom Red Division game to improve to 3-2 overall on the season and 3-1 in the division. West Orange senior quarterback Zander Lipsey completed 11 of 14 passes for 169 […]
Henry, Huff, defense lead way as Cougars improve to 3-1 record on the season
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 […]