Columbia scrimmage

The 2008 Columbia Crimson Tide football team ended its first week of two-a-day workouts with a scrimmage Saturday up on the hill with Ephrata.
Ephrata, a Section 2 team from the Lancaster-Lebanon League, played the Tide in football for the first time since 1983. The Mounts have a new coach, Jim Vieland, who was an assistant at Hempfield and takes over for longtime coach Ken Grove.
There were only two touchdowns in the scrimmage, one for each side. Columbia’s came on a run by Dakotah Lightfoot, while Ephrata scored on a pass.
Much of the first scrimmage was spent working with the second teams.
Columbia showed some good signs, but also showed they had some work to do. There were no serious injuries during the scrimmage, which is a good thing for the Tide, who is working with a roster of about 30 players.
The Crimson Tide closes its two-a-day workouts this week and will scrimmage at Hanover tomorrow night at 7 p.m. The Nighthawks, who haven’t given the Tide much of a challenge the last two years, also have a new coach.
Columbia then has a week to get ready for its season opener, on the hill, next Friday night, against cross-river rival Eastern, a team they have never lost to.