MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The Columbia High School varsity football team will visit Newark East Side on Oct. 4 at Schools Stadium in Newark at 6 p.m. Columbia fell to Montclair, 42-6, Sept. 28, at Underhill Field to move to a 1-4 record. Montclair improved to 3-2. East Side defeated Bergen Tech for its first win […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The Columbia High School varsity football team lost to West Orange, 44-7, Friday, Sept. 21, at West Orange to move to a 1-3 record. The Cougars will host Montclair on Friday, Sept. 28, at 7 p.m. at Lynn V. Profeta Field/Underhill Field Complex.
WEST ORANGE, NJ — It was a balmy night Sept. 21 in Suriano Stadium as the West Orange High School Mountaineers defeated the Columbia Cougars 44-7 and the Class of 2019 Homecoming King and Queen were crowned. The annual crowning of the Homecoming king and queen highlighted the halftime activities. In “one of the closest […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The Columbia High School varsity football team hopes to get back on the winning track. The Cougars will visit West Orange this Friday, Sept. 21 at 7 p.m. Columbia lost to Bloomfield, 42-21, Sept. 14, at Underhill Field to move to a 1-2 record. The Cougars were coming off a 28-20 win […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The Columbia High School varsity football team rallied for its first win of the season, beating Memorial of West New York, 28-20, Friday, Sept. 7, in West New York. The Cougars, under head coach Gary Mobley, improved to 1-1 on the season. Trailing 20-14 going into the fourth quarter, the Cougars scored […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – When Gary Mobley took over the Columbia program prior to the 2016 season, Cougar fans had reason to feel excited. After all, Mobley came from Rahway where he coached the Union County team to tremendous success. The Cougars, however, posted just one win in each of Mobley’s first two seasons. But as […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The Columbia High School football season will kick off Friday, August 31, when the Cougars host Newark Central at Lynn V. Profeta Field/Underhill Field Complex. Kickoff is 7 p.m. The Cougars hope to bounce back from a 1-9 season. Here is the schedule: August 31, Newark Central, 7 p.m. Sept. 7, […]
JERSEY CITY, NJ – The Columbia High School varsity football had one more chance to get a win this season. Led by a strong defense and a powerful ground performance from Krys Ward, the Cougars finally got to taste victory. Ward, a senior, rushed for 160 yards and a touchdown on 21 carries to lead […]
The Columbia High School varsity football team hopes to get a win this season when the Cougars visit Snyder of Jersey City in the final game of the year on Saturday, Nov. 11, at 4 p.m. at Caven Point. The Cougars lost to unbeaten Montclair (8-0), 56-0, Nov. 4 to fall to 0-9. […]
By Jim Van Orden Correspondent “That’s as grand a bunch of kids as anybody could ever have to coach ” – Frank Hoffman It was such a big game…you might call it New Jersey’s first high school “Super Bowl.” Perhaps the largest crowd to ever pack Maplewood’s Underhill Field assembled to watch two unbeaten […]