PREP FOOTBALL: Umstead, Paulk in QB battle this spring after 2 phone calls from Allen kept them at CHS

  • Columbia quarterback Evan Umstead drop backs to pass during Monday’s practice. (JORDAN KROEGER/Lake City Reporter)
    Columbia quarterback Evan Umstead drop backs to pass during Monday’s practice. (JORDAN KROEGER/Lake City Reporter)
  • Columbia quarterbacks Zack Paulk drops back to pass during Monday’s practice. (JORDAN KROEGER/Lake City Reporter)
    Columbia quarterbacks Zack Paulk drops back to pass during Monday’s practice. (JORDAN KROEGER/Lake City Reporter)

    Brian Allen had two phone calls to make when he was hired for his second go-around at Columbia.

    Both were to quarterbacks. One to Evan Umstead and another to Zack Paulk.

    Neither quarterback was a part o…