Columbia High School (Illinois) Explained

Columbia High School
Schooltype:Public secondary
District:Columbia CUSD4
Grades:9 - 12
Principal:Brian Reeves
Streetaddress:77 Veteran's Parkway
City:Columbia
State:Illinois
Zipcode:62236
Country:United States
Students:635 (2022-23)[1]
Faculty:37.85 (FTE)
Ratio:16.78
Conference:Cahokia Conference
Fightsong:"On, You Eagles!"
Nickname:Eagles
Colors:Blue and white
Yearbook:The Columbian
Homepage:www.chseagles.com

Columbia High School is a public high school in Columbia, Illinois. It is part of Columbia Community Unit School District 4.

Athletics

Columbia High School's athletic teams compete as members of the Illinois High School Association in the Mississippi Division of the Cahokia Conference.

Columbia High School offers the following interscholastic sports at the varsity level:

Columbia has enjoyed a number of successes on the state level of athletic competitions. The boys baseball team won the state title in 1987 under Coach Jim Stuart and again in 2007 under Coach Dustin Nail. In 2010, Columbia's Cheerleading squad swept both statewide competitive cheerleading competitions by winning the IHSA (Illinois High School Association) and ICCA (Illinois Cheerleading Coaches Association) Championships in the small varsity division. The cheerleaders continued their winning ways by repeating that feat in 2011 and 2012, the only small varsity squad in the entire state to win more than once. In 2012, the Eagles cheerleaders also took first place in the Advanced Co-Ed Division of the NCA High School Open National Championship held in Louisville, KY. In 2013, due to increased enrollment, Columbia cheerleading competed at the medium varsity level against schools with enrollments more than double that of Columbia. They again brought home both the IHSA and ICCA titles in their division.

Columbia High School teams have trophied numerous times in many sports at the state level:

Notable alumni

References

  1. Web site: Columbia High School. National Center for Education Statistics. July 21, 2024.
  2. Web site: Delivery makes all the difference for BU baseball ace.
  3. News: Obituary: Kremmel, James Louis The Spokesman-Review . 11 June 2024 . Spokesman . 21 October 2012.
  4. http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/M/T.J.-Mathews.shtml T.J. Mathews Statistics - The Baseball Cube
  5. News: Eschman . Todd . Columbia's Fleming taken in fifth round by Tampa Bay . 11 June 2024 . Belleville News-Democrat . 13 June 2017.
  6. News: Miller . Corey . Former Columbia High School, Webster University pitcher Josh Fleming to make Major League debut for Rays . 11 June 2024 . KSDK . 21 August 2020.
  7. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mathene01.shtml Nelson Mathews Statistics - Baseball Reference

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