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 […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — The East Orange Campus High School football team defeated Columbia, 52-0, on Sept. 17, to improve to a 3-0 record on the season. With two teams tied for the top spot in the Super Football Conference–Freedom Red Division, there was bound to be one sole winner. On one hand you have […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE — The Columbia High School football team improved to 2-0 with a 29-24 victory over Livingston on Sept. 10 at Underhill Field. Stephen Henry ran for 221 yards and a touchdown on 21 carries and Tarik Huff completed 17 of 24 passes for 197 yards and three touchdowns to lead the CHS Cougars. […]
The high school football season kicked off for most teams last weekend in Essex County, but not without some disruption. The remnants of Hurricane Ida forced teams to change the logistics of their games. The most severe damage was seen at Foley Field in Bloomfield. As a result, Bloomfield’s home game against Nutley on Friday, […]
MAPLEWOOD / SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School football program has improved since Gary Mobley became the head coach in 2016. Mobley, who was a highly successful head coach at Rahway prior to coming to Columbia, guided the Cougars to a 5-5 record in 2019 and a 4-3 record in 2020, after the […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The Columbia High School football team featured several players who earned All-Super Football Conference-Liberty Blue Division honors. Senior athlete Trey Harris made First Team Offense. Sophomore tailback Al-Jay Henderson was selected Second Team Offense. Sophomore cornerback Michael Caines made First Team Defense, and sophomore slotback/cornerback Kai Arrington made Honorable Mention.
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The Columbia High School varsity football team fell at Morristown, 33-0, Thursday, Nov. 1 in a state regional crossover game to finish the season at 1-9. Morristown, who moved to 2-7, is under head coach John Power, who was the head coach of CHS football team for two seasons in 2014 and […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ – The East Orange Campus High School varsity football team defeated Columbia, 41-14, Saturday, Oct. 20, at Lynn V. Profeta Field/Underhill Field Complex in Maplewood for its third straight win to improve to a 5-2 record. To say that the Cougars of Columbia have given it all they got this season is […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The Columbia High School varsity football team will host East Orange Campus this Saturday, Oct. 20, at 1 p.m. at Lynn V. Profeta Field/Underhill Field Complex. The Cougars made a good comeback attempt, but fell short in a 36-28 loss to Bayonne on Friday night, Oct. 12, at Lynn V. Profeta Field. […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – Sophomore tailback Al-Jay Henderson ran for five touchdowns to power the Columbia High School varsity football team to a 60-28 win over Newark East Side on Oct. 4 at Schools Stadium in Newark. Henderson scored on runs of 50, 12, 10, 28 and 12 yards. Senior Trey Harris also ran for touchdowns […]