2016 HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS’ VARSITY BASKETBALL 42nd ESSEX COUNTY TOURNAMENT First preliminary round, on or by Feb. 6 Game 1: (29) Belleville at (16) Caldwell Game 2: (28) West Side at (17) West Essex Game 3: (24) Glen Ridge at (21) Verona Game 4: (32) North Star at (13) Orange Game 5: (25) North 13th Street […]
2016 HIGH SCHOOL BOYS’ VARSITY BASKETBALL 70th ESSEX COUNTY TOURNAMENT First preliminary round, on or by Feb. 4 (36) North Star Academy at (33) Montclair Kimberley Academy (35) Science Park at (34) Caldwell Second preliminary round, on or by Feb. 6 Game 1: (29) Golda Och Academy at (16) Millburn Game 2: (28) Belleville at […]
MAPLEWOOD – The Columbia High School boys’ varsity basketball team lost at St. Anthony of Jersey City, the No. 1-ranked team in the state, 63-31, Jan. 28. John Reed, a junior, scored six points for the Cougars, who trailed 17-6 at the end of the first quarter and 36-20 at halftime before St. Anthony blew […]
MAPLEWOOD – Dominique Rayam had 14 points and fellow senior Shadekay Haughon had eight points to lead the Columbia High School girls’ varsity basketball team to a 38-31 win over Caldwell on Jan. 26 at South Orange Middle School. Sophomore Kayla Anderson and junior Courtney Miller each had six points; and senior Melissa Etienne and […]
WEST ORANGE – Catherine Jordan won the girls’ high jump event to lead the Columbia High School girls’ indoor track and field team at the Essex County Individual Championships at the Jersey City Armory on Sunday, Jan. 31. Jordan, a sophomore, leaped 5 feet. Jordan also took fifth in the 800-meter run in 2:27.01 and […]
MAPLEWOOD – The Columbia High School boys’ and girls’ fencing teams swept the 2016 NJIFA Team Championships earlier this season, with the boys’ team winning the Cetrulo trophy for the fifth year in a row and the girls’ team winning the Santelli Cup for the third year in a row. The CHS boys’ saber squad, […]
MAPLEWOOD – The Columbia High School varsity wrestling team, entering nine wrestlers in the 14 weight classes, enjoyed a good showing at the Essex County Tournament, Jan. 21-22, at Richard J. Codey Arena in West Orange. Despite that disadvantage, the Cougars had four grapplers place in the very tough tournament as they finished 11th out […]
SOUTH ORANGE – WSOU 89.5 FM, the student-run radio station of Seton Hall University, will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the sports call-in program “Hall Line” with a special event at Newark’s Prudential Center on Saturday, Feb. 6. The event will reunite three of the program’s four founders during a reception before the Seton Hall […]
MAPLEWOOD – Columbia High School track and field/cross-country head coach Lisa Morgan recently was honored at the USATF New Jersey annual Awards Banquet at the Pines Manor in Edison on Jan. 16. Morgan will step down as head coach at the end of the current indoor season and will take over as head coach at […]
MAPLEWOOD – Pictured above, Columbia High School senior Dominique Rayam lays up a shot in the 54-23 loss at East Orange Campus on Jan. 5 in a girls’ varsity basketball game. Rayam finished with nine points. The Lady Cougars lost at Newark Tech, 36-31, Jan. 12, to move to a 2-7 record.