CHS Hall of Fame

They are coaches, they played in major college football bowl games, won a national football championships and showed plenty of “Tide Pride” when they won the crimson and gold. Meet the first class of inductees into the Columbia High School Athletic Hall of Fame.
The first induction ceremony for the new Athletic Hall of Fame, will be held Friday, Sept. 19 when the Crimson Tide takes on Lampeter-Strasburg in a big Section 3 football game at Columbia. There will be a reception for the new inductees prior to the game and a halftime ceremony.
The inductees included Jack Yohe, “Cy” Young, MIke Burke, Ken Campbell, Ted Carey, Thomas Donan, Hiram Fitzgerald, Hubie Peters, Walt Price, Jerry Raifsnider, Elmer Kreiser, Jim Smith, Les Schoelkoph, Harry Smoker and the 1941 football team.
The Hall of Famers were nominated by the community and chosen by the Hall of Fame Committee of Charles Reinhart, Wayne Hershey, Rich Gerfin, Dennis Bachman, Jim Smith, Carl Morrow, Barry Ford, Mickey Rupp, Jodie Eck and Karen Kuhn.
The committee said that those former CHS athletes, who had their uniforms retired -- Bob Bell, Mike Wisler, Danny Monk, Marjorie Rhoads, Chip Beaston Ryan Stephenson, Ron Smith, Jerome Ellis, Scott Raymond, Abby Smith and Ryan Strickler are also considered as members of the Hall of Fame.
Reinhart, who chaired the committee, said there were others that were nominated for the first class and they will be considered for induction next year. Any community member who would like to nominate someone for the Hall can contact a committee member.