Columbia High School (Lake City, Florida)
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Columbia High School (CHS) is a four-year public high school located in Lake City, Florida. The school's mascot is the Fighting Tigers.
Extra curricular activities at the school include the Academy of Graphic Design, Athletics, Band, a chapter of Future Farmers of America, Journalism and Junior ROTC.[1] CHS was the only high school in the county until Fort White High School opened in 1999.
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[edit] Athletics
The football team, led by Coach Paul Quinn, won the 1967 Class A championship, defeating Auburndale High School by 27-7, in a game played at Auburndale High School.[2]
Columbia High School won the Boys Basketball Class B championship in 1947, defeating Pompano Beach High School by a score of 37-26 in a game played at Seabreeze High School in Daytona Beach, Florida, a team that future NFL star Pat Summerall played on.[3][4]
The Boys' Track team, led by senior Robert Cooper, won the 2002 Class 3A State Championship, defeating Flagler-Palm Coast High School (Bunnell) by 41-36 in a meet held at Coral Springs High School in Coral Springs, Florida.[5]
Columbia High School has won the Florida state Class 6A weightlifting championships on three occasions. They defeated Lake Brantley High School (Altamonte Springs, Florida) 36-18 in 1996; lost to Lake Brantley 46-21 in 1997; and then rebounded for two consecutive wins in 1998 and 1999, defeating Lake Brantley both times by final scores of 49-26 and 30-29, resepctively.[6]
[edit] Notable alumni
- Jerome Carter, NFL strong safety for the St. Louis Rams. At Columbia, Carter was named the top player in the state by The Gainesville Sun, and the Class 5A Player of the Year by the Florida Association of Coaches.[7]
- Kendyll Pope, former NFL linebacker who played for the Indianapolis Colts. At Columbia, Pope was selected for the USA Today All-American first team and as a Parade All-American.[8][9]
- Pat Summerall, an All-State selection in football and basketball for Columbia High School in the 1940s and the 1946 individual state tennis runner-up. Went on to play 10 seasons in the NFL for the then-Chicago Cardinals and the New York Giants, before starting his career as a broadcaster.[10][11][4]
[edit] References
- ^ "Clubs/Organizations" Web page, Columbia High School Web site. Accessed November 15, 2007.
- ^ Football 2006-07 Championship Records, FHSAA, updated November 16, 2006
- ^ Boys Basketball 2006-07 Championship Records, FHSAA, updated January 3, 2007
- ^ a b National High School Hall of Fame Inductees, accessed March 18, 2007
- ^ Boys Track and Field 2005-06 Championship Records, FHSAA, updated January 20, 2006
- ^ Boys Weightlifting 2005-06 Championship Records, FHSAA, updated January 20, 2006
- ^ Jerome Carter, SS, Florida State, USA Today, May 18, 2005
- ^ 1998 All-USA Team, USA Today, accessed March 18, 2007
- ^ Kendyll Pope player profile, Indianapolis Colts, accessed March 18, 2007
- ^ "The voice is familiar.... (Pat Summerall, Super Bowl broadcaster)", Sports Illustrated, January 26, 1987. "His principal home is in the same north Florida town, Lake City, where he grew up as one of the best schoolboy athletes the state has ever known.... They lived a block from the Columbia High School football field, where he would later star. Summerall went on to a 10-year career in the NFL as a two-way end and kicker."
- ^ Birdsong, Gaines, Summerall, Sutton headline Florida High School Athletic Hall of Fame’s 2006 induction class, FHSAA press release dated February 22, 2006
