MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School football team was looking to avenge a blowout loss to Montclair High School in the final regular season game, when the teams met again in the state sectional playoffs. The Cougars made it respectable, but came up short. Columbia, seeded No. 6, lost to No. 3 […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The seventh-seeded Columbia High School girls volleyball team defeated No. 10 seed Bayonne in the first round of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s North Jersey, Section 2, Group 4 state tournament on Thursday, Oct. 26. The Cougars won the first set, 25-22. Bayonne took the third second set, 25-22, […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School football team is seeking revenge. The Cougars lost to Montclair High School, 42-7, in the regular season finale on Saturday, Oct. 21, at Underhill Sports Complex’s Lynn V. Profeta Field. The two teams will meet again in the quarterfinals of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s […]
BLOMMFIELD, NJ — The Columbia High School boys cross-country team won the Essex County Championships team title on Monday, Oct. 23, at Brookdale Park course in Bloomfield. The Columbia boys team, under head coach Alex Simon, finished first among the 23 schools that scored. Columbia had 45 points. Millburn was second with 69 points and […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Montclair Kimberley Academy baseball standout Luca Sieger has been invited to play with the German U-18 national baseball team in Tenerife, Spain, in December. Sieger, a Maplewood resident, has German citizenship through his mother’s side.
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The fourth-seeded Columbia High School girls tennis team defeated No. 12 seed Piscataway, 5-0, in the quarterfinals at the South Orange Baird Center tennis courts and lost at top-seeded Ridge, 4-1, in the semifinals on Thursday, Oct. 12, in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s North Jersey, Section 2, Group […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The ninth-seeded Columbia High School girls volleyball team defeated No. 24 West Caldwell Tech, 25-19, 25-10, in the third preliminary round on Thursday, Oct. 12, and lost to eighth-seeded West Orange, 19-25, 25-21, 25-21, in the first round of the Essex County Tournament on Friday, Oct. 13, to move to a […]
NEWARK, NJ — The Columbia High School boys cross-country team took first place at the Super Essex Conference–American Division championships on Tuesday, Oct. 10, at Branch Brook Park in Newark. Asa Glassman, a junior, took third place in 17 minutes, 16.41 seconds to lead the Cougars. Junior Earl Hart III took seventh place in 17:35.37 […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The 13th-seeded Columbia High School girls soccer team defeated No. 20 seed Orange, 10-0, in the preliminary round on Tuesday, Oct. 10, at Underhill Sports Complex and lost at fourth-seeded Millburn, 3-0, in the first round on Thursday, Oct. 12, to move to a 6-6 overall record this season.
NEWARK, NJ — The 14th-seeded Columbia High School boys soccer team lost at third-seeded Newark East Side, 3-0, in the first round of the Essex County Tournament on Wednesday, Oct. 11. Columbia moved to a 5-7-2 overall record this season. The Cougars defeated 19th-seeded East Orange Campus, 7-4, on Monday, Oct. 9, at Underhill Field […]