State tournament brackets for girls’ basketball released

The New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association released the seedings for the girls’ basketball state tournaments. West Orange, with a record of 18-1 through Feb. 8, is the No. 2 seed in North 1, Group 4. Bloomfield is the No. 3 seed and East Orange Campus is the No. 12 seed in the same section. […]

State tournament brackets for boys’ basketball released

The New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association released the seedings for the state tournaments for boys’ basketball. Glen Ridge received the No. 1 seed in North 2, Group 1. North 1, Group 4, which includes Bloomfield and West Orange, is being withheld due to the suspension of Paterson Eastside head coach Juan Griles. The following […]

ECT Basketball games are set for Feb. 9, but forecasted snowstorm could alter schedule

(updated Wednesday Feb. 8, 11:52 a.m.) The following is an annoucement from the Super Essex Conference regarding the Essex County Tournaments for Boys and Girls Varsity Basketball: The third, and final, Preliminary Round of the Essex County Boys, and Girls, Basketball Tournaments are scheduled to be played on Thursday, February 9th. However, weather may become […]

St. Joseph’s CYO basketball teams give tough efforts in recent play

St. Joseph’s CYO basketball teams give tough efforts in recent play

    MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The St. Joseph of Maplewood CYO basketball teams gave tough efforts recently. The Sixth Grade boys Celtic white team lost, 37-29, to Holy Trinity Saturday evening in Maplewood. The team defense was missing three key players, Derek Mingmongkol and Declan O’Connell, both sidelined with injuries, while Charlie Giannone was out […]

Columbia HS boys’ basketball team’s win streak ends

MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The Columbia High School boys’ varsity basketball team had its five-game winning streak snapped with a tough 60-53 loss at Bridgewater-Raritan on Feb. 4 in a non-conference. Briezh Askew had 16 points and Nashiem Harte had 10 points for the Cougars, who moved to an 11-8 record. Stephan Gabriel scored nine points; […]

Columbia HS girls’ basketball team posts mixed results

MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The Columbia High School girls’ varsity basketball team defeated Golda Och and lost to Millburn and Montclair to move to a 7-11 record. Kayla Anderson had 13 points, seven rebounds and two steals Brialle Carthens had 13 points, five rebounds, three assists and two steals; and Sage Cleghorn had 13 points, four […]

Columbia HS boys’ and girls’ fencing teams prevail in Sweet 16

Columbia HS boys’ and girls’ fencing teams prevail in Sweet 16

MAPLEWOOD, NJ – Very few things can match the heady mix of nervous energy and excitement that is experienced when watching the Columbia High School boys’ fencing team win, despite various obstacles put in its way. These boys really stand apart in their strength and determination to support each other regardless of whether their teammate […]