Colonial High School - Athletics

Athletics

The school's athletic teams are known as the Grenadiers. They have one of the state's best athletic traditions, having won 34 Metro Championships.

In November 2011, Head Coach Rene Plasencia and Assistant Coach Casey Calhoun led the boy’s cross country team to a sweep of team titles culminating with the first State title of any sport in Colonial High School history. The team was led by junior standout Andres Arroyo who also won the individual title of 4A state champion. He was joined by seniors Cody Decker and Jared Lopez; juniors Caleb Licht and Raul Ramirez; sophomores John Profitt and Kyle Decker. Moise Diodonet and Anthony Hurd were alternates.

In 2007 Coach Steven Breitbeil led the Colonial football team to a 4-0 start and finished the season 5-5, led by 30 seniors and standouts such as; Cedric Griffin, Alvis Graham, Kevin Elliott and Colson Marsh. This was the most athletic group of student athletes to come through Colonial in years. That year Colonial sent 3 athletes to the state championship in track.

Kevin Elliott won the triple jump (48'6") and the high jump (6'8")becoming the first athlete at Colonial to win two state championships in one year. Elliott also broke the schools triple jump (48'6") and high jump record (6'11"). Alex Wills also won the mile and place third in the two mile and also broke Colonial's record in both events. Colson Marsh, who played running back and place kicker for the Grenadiers, placed 3rd in the pole vault that year and was named Athlete of the year at Colonial. He also lifted for Colonial's Weight Lifting Team, who won back to back District and Regional Championships.

Each year, Colonial High School and its rival, University High School, vie for possession of a stylized leather boot, the eponymous symbol of the much-hyped annual football game known as "The Boot Game". The winning school gets to display the boot in a trophy case until the following year, when the next Boot Game is won. The Fall 2002 season was the first time in thirty three years that the Grenadiers won the boot from West Orange High School. As of the Fall 2011 season, University is in possession of the Boot.

The fall 2002 boys swim team meldey (400 Medley) made it to the state championship. Unfortunately, due to unforeseen circumstances, the boys couldn't attend and they were disqualified. Among them were Michael Rodriguez, Raúl E. Fernández, Kyle Gartley, and a fourth.