Varsity and Junior Varsity opened up their seasons this past week. Varsity fell to CBA 37-13, and JV opened up on Budnowski field with 20-0 win over CBA JV.
Welcome to Week 1 of the Football Season
Wednesday, September 1, Modified Practice starts. See Coach Romonowski’s post below for details
Wednesday, September 1, Meet the Coaches Night, grades 9-12 @ Columbia. All Sports BBQ 4-7, $8 per dinner. Meet the Coaches meeting 7 PM
Thursday, September 2, Varsity Team Meal
Friday, September 3, Freshman Scrimmage 10 AM @ home
Friday, September 3, Varsity Football @ CBA, 7 pm
Saturday, September 4, JV Football vs CBA 10 am
Please come out and support all our players!
The Annual Columbia Football Banquet will be held on Friday, November 6 at Columbia High School. Players are free, and all are encouraged to attend. Forms should be returned to the coaches in an envelope. Banquet_Invitation_2009
Uniform Return: Please bring your cleaned game uniforms and practice uniforms back to Coach Cavotta (S-119) or Coach Romanowski (Social Studies Office S-222) by Tuesday 11-3. Please have it all cleaned and in a plastic bag with your name on it/in it.
**Please do not put your banquet reservation in your uniform bag**
Columbia Varsity Football and Cheerleading photographs taken by Capital District Sports Photos are online and available from the photographer. Website is www.cdsportspix.com
Top Form Raffle Tickets available at the banquet. $2 each, 3 for $5
Columbia Freshmen Team finished their season undefeated with an impressive win over a very good Scotia Team. Great Job Freshmen!
Modified tied Troy to end their season.
Varsity fell to CBA in their final game of the season.
Week 9 is the final week of the football season. Three Columbia Teams; Varsity, Freshman and Modified play their final games of the 2009 season this week. JV played has played their last game of the season.
Varsity will play their final game of the 2009 season on Thursday, October 29 at 7 pm against CBA on Budnowski field. Varsity will hold their final team meal of the 2009 season on Wednesday, after the last practice. Thank you to all the varsity families for supplying food, drinks and desserts for the team through the season. Special thanks to Allison Talar for coordinating the team meals.
Modified will play their final game of the 2009 season on Saturday, October 31 at 10 am against Troy on Budnowski field.
Freshman play at Saratoga on Tuesday, October 27 at 4 pm, and then play the final game of Columbia’s season on Saturday, October 31 at 1 pm against Scotia. This will be the last game of the double header on Budnowski field that day.
*** The annual banquet will be held on Friday, November 6 at Columbia. All players are free and encouraged to come and celebrate the season with the Columbia Football family.
Equipment return: All players are required to wash all of their uniform pieces: practice pants and jersey, game pants, and home and away jerseys and return them to Coach Cavotta’s classroom at Columbia in a plastic bag labeled with their name. Modified players will return their uniforms to Coach Bresnahan. Thank you for taking good care of Columbia uniforms!
Week 8 brings post season action for Varsity and JV.
Varsity will travel to Bleeker Stadium in Albany for a 6 PM game on Friday, October 23, vs. Albany.
JV will play their last game of the year against CBA at home on Thursday, at 3:30. Help is needed to open the concession stand.
Freshmen face Guilderland at home on Wednesday, 6:00 pm. JV and Varsity parents are needed to help with concession. The Year End sportswear sale will be held during the freshman game.
Modified play at Mohonasen on Thursday at 4 pm.
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Week 9 Tentative:
Varsity will face CBA at home on Thursday at 7 PM. NOT CONFIRMED
Saturday, October 31, Doubleheader at Budnowski Field for the last 2 games of the year.
Modified faces Troy at 10 am. Freshman face Scotia at 1 pm
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Week 10, Annual Columbia Football Banquet, Friday, November 6, 6 pm at Columbia
Game Schedule