MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE – On Saturday, Sept. 24, the Columbia High School boys’ varsity cross-country team traveled to Wappingers Falls, N.Y. for the Bowdoin Cross-Country Classic. Taking place at picturesque Bowdoin Park overlooking the Hudson River, 40 of the top cross-country teams from New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Rhode Island competed on the most challenging […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ – The West Orange High School varsity football team refused to give up. The Mountaineers had a rough start to the season, getting only a field goal in their first two games as they fell to Union City, 20-0, in the season opener and Irvington, 22-3. Facing a Columbia team that was […]
Millburn, the top seed and three-time defending champion, Livington, Verona and Newark Academy advanced to the semifinals of the High School girls’ varsity tennis Essex County Tournament. Verona, the No. 6 seed, upset third-seeded Montclair Kimberley Academy in the quarterfinals. 2016 ECT GIRLS’ TENNIS Sept. 21 at the Althea Gibson Center in Branch Brook Park, […]
Free family festival will honor remarkable life and legacy of Yogi Berra, one year after his passing
UPPER MONTCLAIR, NJ – A free, family-friendly festival of art, baseball and other kids’ activities will be held at the Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center on Sunday, Sept. 25 to help celebrate the life and legacy of one of America’s most beloved and legendary sports figures. The “Celebration of Life” will include magicians, mascots, […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ (updated Tuesday Sept. 20, 11:59 a.m.) – Sophomore quarterback Luke Hayes passed for three touchdowns and ran for another score to spark the Columbia High School varsity football team to a 34-28 victory over East Orange Campus on Saturday, Sept. 17, at Paul Robeson Stadium in East Orange, giving Gary Mobley his […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ – The Columbia High School girls’ varsity soccer team played to a 1-1 tie against a highly-regarded Montclair High School team on Sept. 14 at DeHart Park. Isadora Egypt scored on an assist by Naomi Joseph for the Cougars in the second half. Montclair scored on an own goal to tie it. […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ – South Orange Middle School foil fencer Zander Rhodes won the gold medal at the American Challenge Regional Circuit (ROC) Region 3, held in Metuchen. Thirty-six regional fencers competed in this C2 Senior Women’s Foil event. Rhodes, 13, also placed 24th in the Division 1A Senior Women’s Foil event with an A2 […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ – Saturday, Sept. 10 kicked off the 51st season of Cougar Soccer with solid results. The Girls U14 Strikers went 4-0 to win the Essex Fall Tune Up Tournament. The Boys U9 Bolts, U12 Barcelona, and U13 Liverpool were triumphant in their opening games. Saturday also kicked off the Cougar Mini Kickers, […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ – Five hundred miles of summer running certainly paid off when the Columbia High School varsity boys’ cross country team won the Roxbury Invitational, their first competition of the season, on Saturday, Sept. 10. Under the direction of Coach Chris Faraone, Columbia’s new head coach, the team ran his intense program of […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ – Gary Mobley knows what it takes to achieve success. At Rahway High School, he led the program to the state sectional playoffs nine times in 11 seasons, including eight semifinal appearances and one championship game in 2008. Mobley, in all, had a sparkling 77-44 record for the Union County school. It’s […]