Doubles, bbqs, and kick off 10 a.m. Sat. for CHS Football season

Doubles, bbqs, and kick off 10 a.m. Sat. for CHS Football season

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"Doubles".  One word that brings on visions of anxiety, stress, sore muscles, hard hitting helmets, four hours of sprints, conditioning and cone drills as the annual football summer days into fall days carry on.

I was there on day one of Columbia High School's doubles sessions for football watching my son and also enjoying watching the beginning of track and field summer practices. (Seems like kids really only get J uly to be in summer mode. Come August it's back to school for sports all around town. Just saying…if you have a kid in sports, you are home bound by August for four years or more We started at Pop Warner and now hitting Junior Varsity. Four more Augusts of football blogging…)

We attended our first family barbecue tonight with the Junior Varsity (JV) and Varsity teams as they kick off the new season, an annual rite of passage in the EGB football arena… tonight's barbecue was held after the last double's session and was well attended by hungry football players who were psyching themselves up for the big day tomorrow. The players and their families enjoyed delicious burgers, and a whole spread of summer salads and desserts provided by the parents.

Saturday is scrimmage day at Columbia High School starting at 10 a.m. when the JV and Varsity football teams host a round-robin scrimmage with Colonie, Green Tech, and Averill Park.

The Varsity team will play on the turf main field. The JV will play in the back practice field behind the high school.

Go Columbia Blue Devils! Have a safe, fun, and winning season!

Michelle Germain McDonald

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