Johnny Luberto, NHS senior Football team When did you first start playing football? Any early recollections of playing football? I started playing football in elementary school and that’s when I fell in love with it. I enjoyed every aspect of the game from the high intensity, constant collisions, the competitive atmosphere, and especially the brotherhood you form […]
Natalia Bascunan, NHS senior Volleyball team What got you interested in playing volleyball? Throughout my life, I’ve been surrounded by sports players which led me to be a diverse and well-rounded athlete. I’ve played baseball, softball and volleyball. Although I had different passions in my youth, as I grew older, I soon found a new passion […]
ORANGE, NJ – Despite losing to Woodbridge in the season finale, the Orange High School football team enjoyed a successful season. OHS fell to Woodbridge, 54-19, Nov. 1 at Bell Stadium. Senior receiver Keyshawn McCurdy scored on an 80-yard run; junior reeiver Nyleek Mann had a 74-yard TD run and senior receiver Trevion Thomas caught […]
The Bloomfield High School varsity football team ended its season on a winning note. The Bengals defeated J.P. Stevens, 37-28, Thursday, Nov. 1, in Edison in a state consolation game. Bloomfield rallied from an early 21-7 deficit. The Bengals finished the season with a 4-6 record. Photos by Jerry Simon Bloomfield vs. J.P. Stevens, Nov. […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The Columbia High School varsity football team fell at Morristown, 33-0, Thursday, Nov. 1 in a state regional crossover game to finish the season at 1-9. Morristown, who moved to 2-7, is under head coach John Power, who was the head coach of CHS football team for two seasons in 2014 and […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The 11th-seeded Cougars dropped a tough 1-0 overtime decision to No. 6 seed Westfield in the first round of the NJSIAA North Jersey Section 2, Group 4 state tournament on Monday, Oct. 29 in Westfield. CHS moved to a 4-10-2 record.
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The Columbia High School girls’ varsity volleyball team, seeded 26th, was scheduled to visit No. 7 seed Williamstown in the first round of the NJSIAA Group 4 state tournament on Oct. 30. The winner will face the winner of No. 10 seed Monroe and No. 23 seed West Windsor-Plainsboro North in the […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The eighth-seeded Columbia High School field varsity team went 1-1 in the NJSIAA North Jersey Section 1, Group 4 state tournament. Peyton Kemp and Annie Pasternak each had a goal and an assist in the 3-1 win over ninth-seeded Scotch Plains-Fanwood in the first round Oct. 23 at Underhill Field. Cloey Strupp […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The Columbia High School girls’ varsity soccer team hoped to make a strong run in the NJSIAA North Jersey Section 2, Group 4 state tournament. The sixth-seeded Cougars were scheduled to host No. 11 seed Newark East Side in the first round on Oct. 30. The winner will face the winner of […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ – Glen Ridge High School junior Sofia Costa finished 15th overall among 99 runners at the Essex County Cross-Country Championships at Brookdale Park in Bloomfield on Friday, Oct. 26. Costa was timed in 20:29.1. On the boys’ side, junior Ren DeBartolomeis finished in 31st in 17:15.1 out of 136 runners to lead […]