Spirits were high at Columbia’s football practice on Monday afternoon.
And why not?
The Crimson Tide went on the road and knocked off a solid Daniel Boone team 48-47 in overtime last Saturday night.
It was Columbia’s first win this season – after two otherwise forgettable losses to open the season.
I caught up with Tide coach Jason Shoff […]

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 You can listen to my ‘5 Questions’ interiew with Player of the Week Dakotah Lightfoot from Columbia here!

To listen to my ‘5 Questions’ interview with Dakotah Lightfoot, kindly click on the ‘play’ button above.
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They are called “Hills”, […]

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Still marveling over Dakotah Lightfoot’s performance against Daniel Boone on Saturday night.
Columbia’s scatback rushed 23 times for 331 yards and five touchdowns (including the game-winner in OT) in the Crimson Tide’s wild and wacky 48-47 victory in Birdsboro.
Just took a few minutes to go back and check for the Lancaster-Lebanon League record for most rushing […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
You can find the Reading Eagle’s game story about Lightfoot’s huge effort here.
What a night for Columbia.
And what a night for Crimson Tide senior running back Dakotah Lightfoot.
Columbia traveled to Birdsboro on Saturday night to take on Daniel Boone in a non-league game. The Tide is a Single-A program, and was coming off back-to-back losses […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
Pull up a chair and get cozy … it’s my L-L League Section 3 preview capsules — everything and anything you need to know about your favorite Section 3 football teams, in capsule form, listed in predicted order of finish. Enjoy:
LANCASTER CATHOLIC CRUSADERS
ONLINE: crusaderfootball.vicid.com
COACH: Bruce Harbach (7th season; 50-20 overall).
PIAA CLASSIFICATION: Double-A.
THE SCHEDULE: Trinity, […]

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Predicting the Lancaster-Lebanon League Section 3 race is like getting a tooth yanked.
This race usually has so many twists and turns and subplots that it’s often painful to make any kind of prognostication.
And it seems that more times than not, this section race ends up in some sort of a goofy tie – like last […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
A pair of standout football players from Columbia have made their college choices.
Reigning Lancaster-Lebanon League rushing champ Ben Guiles will play for Lebanon Valley College.
And hard-hitting linebacker and league all-star Don Thompson will play for Millersville University.
Guiles had a dynamite season as Columbia’s feature tailback last fall, smashing the school’s 55-year-old single-season rushing […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
Columbia standout Mike Seibert has made a pair of decisions:
First, which sport he’ll play in college.
Basketball.
Second, where he’ll ply his trade at the next level.
Millersville University.
The Crimson Tide’s 5-11 senior guard – who also starred on the football field as the school’s all-star quarterback – will play basketball for the Marauders next season.
Seibert […]

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Final L-L League baseball preview for you, as Dave Byrne breaks down Section 4:
New coach. New home. New result.
New was the key word for the 2007 baseball season at Lancaster Mennonite, where head coach Jim Langley, in his first year at the helm, took the Blazers to their first Section 4 title after several years […]

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Another day, more L-L League girls’ softball previews compliments of Phil Glatfelter, who put together these Section 4 caps:
You might say there are some “High” expectations for Pequea Valley’s girls’ softball team.
That’s because the Braves have plenty back from a team that went 16-7 and won the Lancaster-Lebanon League Section 4 title with an 11-5 […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
Columbia High School has announced the creation of an Athletic Hall of Fame.
The plan became official on Jan. 8, and the first class will be inducted on Friday, Sept. 19 when Columbia hosts Lampeter-Strasburg in a (safe to say, much-anticipated) Lancaster-Lebanon League Section 3 football game.
If you want to nominate a former Crimson […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
When Brian Groff heard Penn State was recruiting him for football, he didn’t believe it.
“Not at first,” Columbia’s senior lineman said. “I didn’t take the first call, my dad did. And when he told me who called, I thought he was lying.”
Turns out it was Penn State assistant coach Mike McQueary on the […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
HERSHEY — Hello again from the floor of the Giant Center, where Delone Catholic is putting the finishing touches on Milton Hershey. Wow, the Milton Hershey cheerleaders just dropped the old, “we got got spirit, yes we do, we got spirit how about you” cheer. An oldie but a goodie.
Heard the roads outside […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
Just about ready to shut everything down and head to Hershey for the L-S/Mennonite girls’ game at 4 p.m. and the Columbia/Trinity boys’ game at 8:30 p.m.
If you need me tonight, you’ll certainly know where to find me.
If all goes according to plan, I will be blogging *live* from the Giant Center during […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
Start spreading the news …
Can’t make it to the Giant Center in Hershey on Wednesday for the 4 p.m. L-S/Lancaster Mennonite girls’ Triple-A semifinal or the 8:30 p.m. Columbia/Trinity boys’ Double-A semifinal?
If all goes according to plan, I’m going to blog *live* from the Giant Center floor during both games.
I’ll post instant updates, […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
COLUMBIA Crimson Tide
Coach: Lisa Tomsheck.
Section 4: 4-12.
Overall: 7-17.
Points for: 1,042 (43.4 average).
Points against: 1,223 (51.0 average).
Team 3-pointers: 71.
Best individual effort: 22 points – Tori Aston, Jan. 18 vs. Pequea Valley.
Winning streak: 1 (four times).
Losing streak: 3 (three times).
MVP: Tori Aston – The Crimson Tide’s senior sniper was Columbia’s most consistent scorer and two-way […]

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