Columbia High School (Lake City, Florida)

Columbia High School
Address
469 SE Fighting Tiger Drive
Lake City, Florida 32025
United States
Coordinates 30°08′53″N 82°38′12″W / 30.14806°N 82.63667°W / 30.14806; -82.63667
Information
School type Public High School
Motto Individually we may be different but together we are columbia
Founded 1888
Status Open
School district Columbia County School District
School code 100875
Principal Donnie Harrison
Grades 9–12
Enrollment 1915 students as of 2015
Language English
Hours in school day 6 hours, 10 minutes
Color(s) Purple      and Gold     
Slogan Columbia strong
Sports Football Baseball Basketball softball weightlifting track tennis soccer volleyball
Nickname Tigers
Rival

Suwannee high school

Gainesville high school
Feeder schools Lake City Middle School,
Richardson Middle School
Website Columbia High School

Columbia High School (CHS) is a four-year public high school located in Lake City, Florida. The school's mascot is the Fighting Tigers and the colors are purple and gold.[1]

Activities

Extra curricular activities at the school include a FIRST Robotics team, the Academy of Graphic Design, Athletics, Band, Color Guard, a chapter of Future Farmers of America in 1969, 1998 & 2003; made it to the Quarter-Finals in 1975, 1982, 1984, 1988, 1990, 1995, 1999, 2001 & 2002.[2]

The Columbia High School Marching Band has been ranked superior in the Florida Bandmasters Association's Marching Performance Assessment for 16 years.[3]

Columbia high football has been an important part of the community since it began, it has won a state title back in 1967, and were runners-up in 1964 and 1997, it was at one point the winningest program in the state of Florida.[4][5][6]

Columbia high athletics have been competitive over the years winning a total of 8 state titles, and has produced many notable alummni in its past.

Sports

State championships

Notable alumni

References

  1. Archived April 17, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
  2. "Football 2006-07 Championship Records" (PDF). FHSAA. Retrieved November 16, 2006.
  3. http://www.theprideofcolumbiacounty.com/history.html
  4. http://activerain.trulia.com/blogsview/783163/the-winnings-high-school-football-team-in-florida
  5. 1 2 http://floridahsfootball.com/football-vault/state-championship-records/1960s-state-championship-game-results/
  6. http://floridahsfootball.com/football-vault/state-championship-records/1990s-state-championship-game-results/
  7. "Boys Basketball 2006-07 Championship Records" (PDF). FHSAA. Retrieved January 3, 2007.
  8. 1 2 Archived May 3, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
  9. "Boys Track and Field 2005-06 Championship Records" (PDF). FHSAAZaccessdate=January 20, 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-10-25.
  10. "Usatoday.Com". Usatoday.Com. 2005-05-18. Retrieved 2015-02-18.
  11. "1998 All-USA Team". Usatoday.com. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  12. "NFLPA". Nflplayers.com. Retrieved 2015-02-18.
  13. "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."
  14. Archived November 11, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
  15. http://www.justsportsstats.com/footballstatsindex.php?player_id=jacksran001
  16. http://www.foxsports.com/nfl/shayne-edge-player
  17. http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=EDGESHA01

Coordinates: 30°08′53″N 82°38′13″W / 30.1481797°N 82.6368281°W / 30.1481797; -82.6368281

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