MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The eighth-seeded Columbia High School varsity football team lost at top-seeded Bridgewater-Raritan, 42-0, in the first round of the state North Jersey Section 2, Group 5 playoffs on Friday night, Nov. 11. Bridgewater-Raritan improved to a 10-0 record. Under first-year head coach Gary Mobley, the Cougars qualified for the playoffs with just […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ (updated Tuesday Nov. 1, 11:30 a.m.) – The Columbia High School varsity football team lost to Morris Knolls, 35-12, Saturday, Oct. 29, in Rockaway. The loss was the Cougars’ sixth straight and moved their record to 1-7. CHS, however, is looking to make the state North Jersey Section 2, Group 5 playoffs. The […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ – The Columbia High School varsity football team hopes to get back on the winning track when it visits Randolph on Friday, Oct. 21, at 7 p.m. The Cougars lost to previously-winless Seton Hall Prep. 42-6, Saturday, Oct. 15, at Lynn V. Profeta Field/Underhill Complex for their fourth straight loss to move […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE – The Columbia High School varsity football team will host Seton Hall Prep this Saturday, Oct. 15, at 1 p.m. Seton Hall Prep has an 0-5 record. The Cougars lost a heartbreaker to Livingston, 13-12, last Friday, Oct. 7, in Livingston to move to a 1-4 record. CHS sophomore quarterback Luke Hayes completed […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ – The West Orange High School varsity football team refused to give up. The Mountaineers had a rough start to the season, getting only a field goal in their first two games as they fell to Union City, 20-0, in the season opener and Irvington, 22-3. Facing a Columbia team that was […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ (updated Tuesday Sept. 20, 11:59 a.m.) – Sophomore quarterback Luke Hayes passed for three touchdowns and ran for another score to spark the Columbia High School varsity football team to a 34-28 victory over East Orange Campus on Saturday, Sept. 17, at Paul Robeson Stadium in East Orange, giving Gary Mobley his […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ – Gary Mobley knows what it takes to achieve success. At Rahway High School, he led the program to the state sectional playoffs nine times in 11 seasons, including eight semifinal appearances and one championship game in 2008. Mobley, in all, had a sparkling 77-44 record for the Union County school. It’s […]
MAPLEWOOD – After joining the Columbia High School football coaching staff last season following a successful stint at Rahway High School, Gary Mobley has been promoted to head coach of the Cougars. Mobley served as the defensive coordinator for John Power, who last month stepped down as head coach after two seasons to become the […]