‘We need it here’: T-Mobile contest could bring $1 million to Columbia High School but only if they get enough votes

Columbia High School has advanced as a division finalist in T-Mobile’s Friday Night 5G Lights contest with $250,000 to $1 million on the line.For Columbia High School, the field is about more than Friday night football. It’s where students celebrate graduation, compete in track and field and where the community comes together for sporting events.But the stadium hasn’t been renovated in about 30 years, and it’s long overdue for upgrades.“If you win your region and make it to the Final Four, it’s a $1 million stadium upgrade. We need it here. I mean the original stadium is about 30 years old,” said Principal Trey Hosford.The drainage issues alone have already forced the school to move a game this year.“Our field needs to be ripped up and redone. The drainage is horrible. We had to move a game this year because of flooding. So, you know, these kinds of dollars that we’re talking about, having a chance to win, it will upgrade the entire stadium,” Hosford said.One of the field’s most pressi