Bio:

Columbia softball went into the 2017 season seeking their first district championship since 2014 while sharing the district with defending state champions Gainesville, the seniors of this team were freshman the last year that Columbia had won a district championship and were determined to take the district back from rival Gainesville but the season didn't get off to a good start as they opened the month of February with a 1-3 record with losses to consistent playoff team West Nassau, defending champions Gainesville and a upset loss at home to Middleburg but things would change in March as Columbia would win 8 straight in the month including 2-0 over Aucilla Christian, 7-6 at Gainesville, 5-4 over undefeated Trenton and 13-0 over Middleburg. In the final game of the month Aucilla ended the winning streak but Columbia had established themselves as a threat heading into April and despite a rough stretch in the Kissimmee Klassic they would defeat West Nassau in the regular season finale at home to get momentum back heading into the district tournament where they beat Middleburg and Gainesville to capture the district Championship. In the first round of the playoffs they faced Creekside who 3 years earlier had knocked Columbia out of the of the playoffs in the 3rd round to prevent them from having a opportunity to defend their state championship however this time around at home Columbia got redemption against Creekside 5-2 which set up game #4 against rival Gainesville for all the marbles. Columbia would fall behind 6-0 in the 2nd inning against the defending state champions but Columbia would fight back at home and bring themselves within 1 run heading into the 7th inning but would give up a run in the top of the 7th and would trail 7-5 heading into the bottom of the 7th, with 2 outs Junior Sk Lewis hit a 2 RBI triple to tie the game and then stole home on a wild pitch for the walkoff run which led to Columbia knocking off the defending state champions at home and sent their rival Gainesville packing home. In the next game however Columbia faced Niceville and things turned bad in the game as Columbia fell behind and couldn't repeat the magic of the Gainesville game and fell to Niceville in what is currently the most recent home playoff game for the softball program. 

This team established that Columbia could still compete on a state level but Columbia is still looking for a win in the playoffs as they haven't done since the Gainesville win in round 2 which will go down as one of the best games in the rivalry history