Led by second-year head coach and former NFL wide receiver Sammie Coates, Columbia snapped a futility streak that stretched back to 2015.
Columbia's
last victory — before Saturday — was Oct. 16, 2015 when the Eagles beat Ardmore 34-16. The
Eagles came close to snapping the streak last season when they fell
28-24 on Sept. 26 to East Lawrence.
Thought for a time to be the longest losing streak in high school
football history, MaxPreps' Kevin Askeland uncovered a longer losing
streak by
Red Lake (Minn.), which stretches 150 games back to Oct. 16,
1999. Read Askeland's
incredible story of perseverance here.
Greensboro took a 7-0 lead on an Aiden Jones touchdown and extended it to 14-0 on a 56-yard pick 6 by Jaden Harris.
But Columbia cut the deficit in half later in the first quarter on a
Christian Richey 30-yard TD run. He would add a second score in the second quarter to knot the game at 14.
The Eagles took the lead for good as Richey again found paydirt from 6 yards out right before half. The 5-foot-8, 165 senior had 163 yards on 14 carries and three scores before intermission.
Early in the third
Semaj James scored on a 23-yard reception from quarterback
Deuce Wilson and the Eagles led 28-14. Wilson found
A.J. Williams later in the quarter for the 34-14 edge and Columbia added the icing on top as Richey found the end zone for the fourth time of the night.
The Eagles can now focus on starting a win streak as they face
East Limestone (Athens, Ala.) on Aug. 28. The Indians were 1-9 in 2025 and opened this season with a 27-26 loss to Ardmore.
