MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The Columbia High School spring sports teams will begin their seasons. The baseball team will visit Verona in the season opener on April 3. The softball team will host Verona on April 3 in the season opener. The boys’ tennis team will visit Livingston on April 3 in the season opener. The […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The Columbia High School boys’ varsity basketball team featured seven players who earned All-Super Essex Conference-Liberty Division honors. Junior forward Stephan Gabriel and junior guard Breizh Askew made First Team; junior forward Darius Plummer, and junior guards Nashiem Harte and Brandon Askew made Second Team; and senior forward Malachi Smythe and sophomore […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The travel basketball program in Maplewood has been around for some 20-plus years. Historically, the Maplewood teams have always been competitive and produced strong records on both the boys’ and girls’ sides, but this season was one for the ages, not just in Maplewood, but Suburban League history. The program consists of […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – St. Joseph’s high school 12th grade boys basketball team won the Union County CYO High School Red Division Championship against St. Helen’s of Westfield on Sunday with a final score of 58-55. With the score tied at 55, St Joseph’s held the ball for the final 45 seconds with Jack Carey hitting […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – In the St. Joseph of Maplewood’s Union County CYO basketball championship game held this past weekend, the Fourth Grade Celtics lost 17-16 against Oak Knoll School in the Pee Wee Red Division Championship game at Jonathan Dayton High School in Springfield on Sunday, March 19. Kieran Dawkins led the Celtics with 7 […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – This year, the Columbia High School Cougar varsity wrestling team, coached by Hal Garwin and Joel Rosario, was composed of five freshmen, five sophomores, four juniors, and three seniors. The young squad did well in the two in-season tournaments, finishing third and fourth in the 10-team tournaments. The wrestlers continued to improve […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The Maplewood South Orange Cougars Youth Wrestling Club made a statement this year, increasing membership from 34 wrestlers to 62, and making a splash at the end-of-season tournaments. Three of the club wrestlers qualified for the State Tournament in Trenton – Tyson Carroll, Nate Rocha, and Sean Love. Sean placed fifth at […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – Former Columbia High School athlete Jimmy Martinez earned All-America honors in the 400 meters Saturday at the NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field National Championships in Naperville, Ill. Martinez, a sophomore at Middlebury College, Vt., crossed the line with a time of 49.41, good for sixth-place overall. Only the top 15 […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The St. Joseph’s CYO basketball teams enjoyed fine efforts in semifinal playoff action. The JV Sixth Grade Green team defeated St. Helen’s 40-20 in a semifinal playoff game at St. Joseph’s to clinch the team’s second straight championship game appearance. The Celtics wasted no time, scoring on a set play off the […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The State Individual Fencing Championships were held on Sunday, March 5, at the Montgomery High School and marked the final event on the State High School Fencing Calendar for the 2016-2017 season. Foil fencer Jack Woods, a freshman at Columbia High School, won the Silver medal in the Individual Men’s Foil event […]