Columbia Talk

Sunday, November 7, 2010

25 displaced in Wrightsville fire

There was a major fire in Wrightsville last night: http://www.ydr.com/ci_16543313

Saturday, November 6, 2010

Guiles sets LVC record

Columbia grad Ben Guiles is a record setter at Lebanon Valley College.
In LVC's win over Lycoming today, Guiles rushed for 110 yards on 23 carries and scored twice. The 110-yards gives him 1,143 for the season, shattering Charlie Parker's single season rushing record of 1,105 set last season. Guiles also has 15 touchdowns on the season, tying Parker for the record for touchdowns in a season.
LVC plays Albright next week and they are 5-4.
Also at the Valley, another Columbia grad, Yahya McIntyre caught three passes for 34 yards. He's caught seven passes in the last two weeks.

At Kutztown, KU suffered its first loss 61-35 to Bloomsburg to fall to 9-1. Columbia grad Colby Tuell caught two passes for 21 yards in the loss.

At Juniata, Brandon Felus started and had one tackle in a 41-14 loss to Dickinson.

Friday, November 5, 2010

West Hempfield Township reports

Police are investigating a hit and run accident in the first block of Manor Street, Mountville, Nov. 3.

Police have charged Katie Wolosyn, 28, of Lancaster, with driving under the influence, as the result of an incident in the 600 block of South 16th Street, Nov. 4.

Police have charged David DeJesus, 36, of Landisville, with harassment, as the result of an incident in the 4000 block of Columbia Avenue, Nov. 4.

Police have charged Paul Ross, 45, of Mountville, with harassment, as the result of an incident in the 200 block of East New Street, Mountville, Nov. 4.

Police are investigating a vandalism complaint in the 2700 block of Stevens Summit where a house window and car headlight were damaged, Nov. 4.

Police seek help

West Hempfield Township Police are asking for help in identifying the person in these pictures in connection with an incident at the Turkey Hill store in the 300 block of East Main Street, Mountville, Nov. 5.
Police responded to a theft and reported a store clerk, Daniel Stoler, 23, of Lancaster, gave the pictured suspect $2,700 worth of cigarettes.
Stoler was charged with theft.
Anyone knowing the pictured suspect should contact police at 285-5191.

Thursday, November 4, 2010

Odd CHS football notes

* For its 112-year history of football, Columbia has played 988 games with an overall record 532-432-24.

* Since 2000, here are records for the Tide against their opponents:
Pequea Valley 10-1; Donegal 9-1; Northern Lebanon 8-3; Eastern 6-2; Annville-Cleona 5-6; Elco 4-7; Cocalico 3-1; Lancaster Catholic 3-8; L-S 3-3; Daniel Boone 3-2; Garden Spot 2-0; Bishop Shanahan 2-0; Scotland 2-0; York Suburban 2-2; Kennard-Dale 1-0; Oxford 1-0; Fairfield 1-0; Lebanon Catholic 1-0; Holy Name 1-0; Trinity 0-1; Halifax 0-1; Northeastern 0-1; Boiling Springs 0-1; Wyomissing 0-2; Steel-High 0-3.

* Columbia has 108 first downs on the season, compared to 133 for the opposition. Columbia's season high totals are 17 against Boiling Springs and Lancaster Catholic to a low of eight vs. Annville-Cleona.

* Columbia's top four scoring drives of the year are 12 for 75 against Eastern; 12-53 vs. Pequea Valley; 11-78 vs. Boiling Springs and 11-59 vs. Eastern. The Tide also had drives of 10-70 vs. Boiling Springs and 10-75 vs. Northern Lebanon.

* Columbia's shortest drives of the season were a 1-63 vs. A-C; 2-94 vs. A-C; 2-69 vs. Boone.

* Columbia has had the ball first in six of its nine games. It's best average starting field position was 36 against Catholic.

* Columbia has scored on 31 of its 96 possessions this year -- the best was 6-11 against Pequea Valley, with the worst being 2-11 vs. Catholic and Annville-Cleona, On the other side, thge opposition has scored on 35 of 98 possessions with Boone scoring on 7 of 15 possessions and the worst was Elco, who went 1-10.
* Columbia has scored 236 points this season, with the high of 48 vs. Pequea Valley and a low of 13 vs. Annville-Cleona. In only one of its games, the Tide has scored in every quarter (PV) and in another game scored all of its points in one quarter (Lancaster Catholic). The Tide has scored 25 points in the third quarter of its first nine games.

* Columbia has given up 256 points, with a high of 56 against Catholic and a low of six against Elco. In two of its games, Elco and Northern Lebanon, all the points given up six and 20 were in one quarter. Catholic, Boiling Springs and Daniel Boone scored in all four quarters against the Tide.

* Columbia has rushed for 1,428 and passed for 1,630 this season, while giving up 2,213 yards on the ground and 963 through the air.

Schedule update

Ther CBAA 'B' football team, who finished the season unbeaten, will play Conestoga Valley in a Red Rose Midget Football League game, at 6 p.m.; Saturday night at Solanco.

West Hempfield Township Police

Police are investigating a theft in the 2200 block of Sumit Drive, Nov. 3.

Columbia Police reports

MARY E. SOUDERS, AGE 28, OF YORK, WAS CITED FOR STOP SIGNS AND YIELD SIGNS AT ROUTE 30 AND LINDEN STREET, OCT. 25.
MATTHEW J. BEAVER, AGE 33, OF YORK, WAS CITED FOR STOP SIGNS AND YIELD SIGNS AT ROUTE 30 AND LINDEN STREET, OCT. 23.
JOSEPH ANTHONY ALLEN, AGE 32, OF COLUMBIA, WAS CITED FOR PUBLIC DRUNKENNESS, IN THE 600 BLOCK OF UNION STREET, OCT. 22.
PETER KAREM FOUAD, AGE 20, OF COLUMBIA, WAS CITED FOR TRAFFIC-CONTROL SIGNALS AT THIRD AND CHESTNUT STREETS, OCT. 27.
SEMIJAD KUSMIC, AGE 38, FROM KENTUCKY, WAS CITED FOR UNLAWFUL ACTIVITIES ON ROUTE 30 EAST, OCT. 26.
VATSALA DEVI PARCHURI, AGE 37, OF YORK, WAS CITED FOR OBEDIENCE TO TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES AT THIRD AND LINDEN STREETS, OCT. 25.
SCOT ERIC MULLLINIX, AGE 41, OF LITTLESTOWN, WAS CITED FOR OBEDIENCE TO TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES AT THIRD AND LINDEN STREETS, OCT. 25.
HOWARD E. KISSINGER, III, AGE 20,OF LANCASTER, WAS CITED FOR OBEDIENCE TO TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES AT THIRD AND LINDEN STREETS, OCT 25.
JESSICA MICHELLE ZYGMUNT, AGE 25, OF HANOVER, WAS CITED FOR OBEDIENCE TO TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES AT THIRD AND LINDEN STREETS, OCT. 25.
JILLIAN M. SKALLA, AGE 28, OF COLUMBIA, WAS CITED FOR STOP SIGNS AND YIELD SIGNS AT SADIE LANE AND MARKET AVENUE, OCT. 27.
RYAN J. ROACH, AGE 25, OF YORK, WAS CITED FOR FOLLOWING TOO CLOSELY IN THE 300 BLOCK OF NORTH THIRD STREET, OCT. 30,
DOUGLAS CLAIR GARNER, AGE 43, OF COLUMBIA, WAS CITED FOR STOP SIGNS AND YIELD SIGNS AT RIDGE AVENUE AND BETHEL STREET, NOV. 1,
VERLIN Z. SHIRK, AGE 39, OF MANHEIM, WAS CITED FOR UNLAWFUL ACTIVITIES IN THE 200 BLOCK OF LINDEN STREET, NOV. 1.
ALEXANDRA MOIRA JONES, AGE 19, OF LANCASTER, WAS CITED FOR OBEDIENCE TO TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES AT THIRD AND CHESTNUT STREETS, NOV. 2.

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Susquehanna Fire Company report

Oct. 2, 103 John Lane, York, building fire.
Oct. 2, 3952 Columbia Ave., West Hempfield Township, cooking fire.
Oct. 4, 580 Blossom Trail, Mount Joy, building fire.
Oct. 5, Ninth and Locust streets, vehicle accident with injuries.
Oct. 5, 304 South Third St., vehicle accident with injuries.
Oct. 7, 1 Walnut St., water rescue.
Oct. 7, 630 East Market St., Marietta, building fire.
Oct. 7, 200 Waterford Ave., Marietta, stand-by.
Oct. 8, Florence and Manor streets, gas leak.
Oct. 9, 2016 Manor Ridge Dr., Lancaster, building fire.
Oct. 9, 575 Locust St., building fire,.
Oct. 10, 1411 Lancaster Ave., automatic alarm.
Oct. 10, 516 South 16th St., West Hempfield Township, building fire.
Oct. 11, 18th and Manor streets, vehicle fire.
Oct. 11, 3975 Columbia Ave., West Hempfield Township, building fire.
Oct. 11, 745 Old Chiques Hill Road, automatic alarm.
Oct. 12, 745 Old Chiques Hill Road, automatic alarm.
Oct. 12, 100 North Fifth St., vehicle accident with injuries.
Oct. 13, 1411 Lancaster Ave., automatic alarm.
Oct. 16, 1411 Lancaster Ave., automatic alarm.
Oct. 20, 3900 Columbia Ave., West Hempfield Township, accident clean-up.
Oct. 21, Routes 441 and 30, vehicle accident with injuries.
Oct. 22, 1411 Lancaster Ave., automatic alarm.
Oct. 23, 401 Locust St., Apt. 3-A, building fire.
Oct. 24, 632 Fairview Ave.,vehicle fire.
Oct. 24, 400 Mill St., Apt. 716, medical assist.
Oct. 24, 2318 Franklin Road, Washington Boro, vehicle accident with injuries.
Oct. 25, 531 North Third St., vehicle accident with injuries.
Oct. 27, Third and Walnut streets, vehicle accident with injuries.

Oct. 28, Route 30 and Prospect Road, West Hempfield Township, vehicle accident.

Upcoming holiday event

This was popular at Long's Park. Now it is coming to Columbia.

West Hempfield Township Police reports

Police are looking for a white Ford pick-up truck with a missing passenger side mirror as the result of a hit and run accident on Marietta Avenue at Westover Drive, Oct. 31.

Timothy S. Jacobs, 43, of York, was charged with theft and fraud in connection with an incident at Shea Roofing on Donnerville Road, Nov. 1.

Officials of the Hess Express reported the theft of 19 newspapers, Nov. 1.

Time to honor our veterans

The 11-11-11 Club will honor veterans next week: http://www.engleonline.com/AdDesk/Htmlfiles/Readers/article.epc?id=41930

Clothing Bank ready for winter

http://www.engleonline.com/AdDesk/Htmlfiles/Readers/article.epc?id=42003

MAG Run is Saturday

The Susquehanna Valley Chamber of Comerce will hold their second annual MAG Run on Saturday: http://www.engleonline.com/AdDesk/Htmlfiles/Readers/article.epc?id=41932

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Meet the Millersburg Indians

Millersburg is the fourth seed and the Tide's likely first round opponent.

The Millersburg Indians enter the final week of the regular season with a 6-3 record and a game against Nativity BVM.
The Indians, coached by rookie coach Steve Boyer, are the defending District 3 Class A state champs and play in the Twin Valley League, which is in the northern part of Dauphin and Juniata counties. The only teams outside of the TVL, M-Burg has played are Big Spring, Pine Grove and this week's game against Nativity.
The team's losses this year were to Pine Grove (35-0), Line Mountain (14-12) and Tri-Valley (34-0).
Millersburg returns three starters on offense and five on defense from a team that went 10-4 in 2009 and played in the state playoffs.
There is no history between the Tide and Millersburg, although the Tide played Halifax in 2003 playoffs
M-Burg runs the Navy spread offense and its leader is quarterback Josh Howard, who rushed for three scores and 169 yards last week in a 20-12 win over Halifax. Howard leads the team in rushing with 609 yards on 128 carries and 11 scores. Passing, he has completed 35 of 74 passes for 591 yards and five scores. He's been picked off seven times.
Other backs are James Miller (77-630) and Laumount Mills (42-197).
When M-Burg throws, the top receivers are Logan Brosius (12-237) and Miller (12-203), along with Cole Boyer (5-126).
Up front, the leaders are Preston Minnich (5-11, 230), Hunter Green (5-11, 215) and Tyler Etzweiler (6-2, 220).
On defense, the lone returning line starter is Etzweiler, while Miller, Mills, Dawson Schlegel and Travis Lamereaux are linebackers. Howard, Brosius and Boyer made up the defensive backfield.
2010 results
M-Burg 25, Big Spring 12
M-Burg 53, Newport 20
Pine Grove 35, M-Burg 0
M-Burg 35, Williams Valley 22
Line Mountain 14, M-Burg 12
M-Burg 35, East Juniata 14
Tri-Valley 34, M-Burg 0
M-Burg 40, Upper Dauphin 0
M-Burg 20, Halifax 12
This week" Nativity BVM

Two charged in Marietta

Two people, including one from Columbia were chargded in a burglary at the Railroad House: http://articles.lancasteronline.com/local/4/307398

Monday, November 1, 2010

Meet the Steel-High Steamrollers

The Rollers are the likely third seed.

The Steel-High Steamrollers head into the final game of the season against District 11 power Schuylkill Haven with a 6-3 record.
The Rollers play in the Capital Division of the Mid-Penn Conference with the likes of Middletown, East Pennsboro, Trinity, Palmyra, Milton Hershey, Boiling Springs, Susquenita and Camp Hill.
The Capial Division, now including some Class AAA schools, is probably the toughest small school divisions in the state. The teams coming out of this division, who make the playoffs are battled tested.
The only common opponent is Boiling Springs. The Bub, Bub, Bubblers beat both the Tide and Rollers this season.
Rob Deibler is in his 12th season as Roller coach. He has back-to-back state titles to his credit and a bucket full of district titles. They didn't make the finals last year, losing in the first round to Millersburg.
Columbia has played the Rollers four times in the playoffs, the last being in 2008, which was a 39-6 Roller win. Other Roller wins over the Tide were (26-18, 1999), (35-7, 2000) and (33-7, 2005). Other teams on the Roller card that the Tide have lost to in the playoffs are Halifax, Trinity and Camp Hill.
There are two former Columbia players on the Roller coaching staff -- Tom Sherk and Tony Fillmore.
The best way to describe the Rollers in 2010 is young and athletic. As many as 14 freshmen are on the Roller roster, so their best football might just be next year and the year after. The Rollers can score and seem to be getting their defensive house in order, giving up 33 points in the last three weeks after giving up 209 the first six weeks of the season.
Talent-wise, there are a numberof great athletes.
QB Max Ward is 86-172-6, 1,439 yards and 10 scores. Clayton McNair is the leadaing rusher with 1,342 yards and 20 scores. JC Brandt is the top receiver with 41 catches for 725 yards and five scores and the list goes on.
A couple of freshman key the trenches with some juniors.
2010 Scores
SH 33, Halifax 22
SH 33, Middletown 7
East Pennsboro 56, SH 35
Trinity 53, SH 7
SH 36, Palmyra 26
SH 45, Milton Hershey 35
Boiling Springs17, SH 12
SH 47, Camp Hill 14
SH 28, Susquenita 2
This Week: Schuylkill Haven

Meet the York Catholic Fighting Irish

York Catholic is the probable second seed.

The Fighting Irish of York Catholic head into the final regular season game of the 2010 with a 6-3 record with its losses to Kennard-Dale by a 21-15 score; unbeaten Littlestown by a 41-6 score and in overtime to Delone Catholic, 20-19.
The Fighting Irish play in Division III of the York-Adams League with Farifield, Hanover, Littlestown, Biglerville, Delone, Eastern, York Tech and York Suburban.
Eastern is the only common opponent betwen the two. Columbia opened the season with a win over the Knights, while YC scored a 60-27 win over the Knights two weeks ago. Columbia did scrimmage Hanover and Suburban, while York Catholic scrimmaged Lancaster Catholic.
The Irish and Columbia have never played in football.
JD Martin is the Irish coach,
Key players are QB Adam Sentz, a two-year starter at the position.This season, Sentz has passed for 766 and is 46-84-4 with 190 scoring strikes. The top rusher is Matt Lehr, 116-784 and he is a sophomore. Fullback Nick Full is a load. Other players to watch are Christian Bohn, the team's leading receiver and Patrick Montgomery.
On defense, the Irish return eight starters.
2010 Scores
Kennard-Dale 21,York Catholic 15
York Catholic 33, Bermudian 6
York Catholic 50, Fairfield 7
York Catholic 24, Hanover 0
Littlestown 41, York Catholic 6
York Catholic 48, Biglerville 6
Delone Catholic 20, York Catholic 19 (OT)
York Catholic 60, Eastern 27
York Catholic 42, York Tech 7
This Week: York Suburban

Meet the Reading Holy Name Blue Jays

Holy Name is the probable top seed in the Class A playoffs.

Reading Holy Name heads into the final regular season game of the 2010 with a 7-2 record with its only loss to Shenadoah Valley, a District 11 Class A team in week two. The other loss was to Exeter in week three by a 48-12 score. Exeter is a Class 4-A team.
The Blue Jays play in Division II of the Berks Inter-County League, along with Wyomissing, Exeter, Schuylkill Valley, Hamburg, Fleetwood and Kutztown.
There are no common opponents between the Tide and Blue Jays, although Fleetwood and Hamburg played teams in Section 3. In 2001, Columbia crushed Holy Name, 48-7 in the opening round of the Class A playoffs.
Rick Keeley is in his 22nd year as Holy Name coach.
Key players are RB/KR Freddy Caruso, who is 15th in Berks County with
748 yards on the ground on 102 carries and he has scored 11 touchdowns. The QB is Brian Elfie, who is 67-128-2 for the season with 18 touchdown passes. The Holy Name backfield is completed by Danny Christian who is also the team's top receiver with 18 catches for 289 yards. Caruso is also the team's top receiver with 29 catches for 521 yards.
Up front, key players are Tim Laser and Caleb Miller.
On defense, the Blue Jays are a plus 25 in takeaways this season.
Key players are DE Cooper Kutz and Pietro Gaspari, both freshman, along tackle Jose Fernandez, LB Anthony Meridiande and DBs Tom Natola and Marcus Leaf.
2010 Scores
Holy Name 49, Pope John Paul 21
ShenadoahValley 19, Holy Name 8
Exeter 48, Holy Name 14
Holy Name 27, Schuylkill Valley 23
Holy Name 28, Hamburg 14
Holy Name 40, Fleetwood 2
Holy Name 34, Kutztown 20
Holy Name 36, Wyomissing 14
Holy Name 20, Blue Mountain 14 (OT)
This Week: Reading Central Catholic

Crime Stopper looking for local man

Lancaster City/County Crimestoppers needs help.