BLOOMFIELD, NJ – Bloomfield Babe Ruth Baseball will be sponsoring a recreational level baseball league this fall. Players between the ages of 13 and 16 may register. Players who graduated from Little League are eligible to register. Play is expected to begin approximately Sept. 23. Assessments will take place on Sept. 16 at Wrights Field. […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The Township of Maplewood is having a celebration on Saturday, Sept. 10, for Olympian Bronze Medal Winner Ibtihaj Muhammad. It will include a motorcade along Springfield Avenue and a parade through Maplewood Village. The parade will end at the Burgdorff Center for the Performing Arts where Ibtihaj will sign autographs. Ibtihaj, a […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ – The South Orange Department of Recreation is presenting a 19th century baseball game on Saturday, Sept. 17, starting at noon on Cameron Field in South Orange. Part game, part show, part history lesson and all fun, the Flemington, NJ Neshanock team will play against local volunteers in bare-handed baseball, wearing period […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The Columbia High School varsity fall teams will begin their seasons next week. The football team has a new head coach in Gary Mobley, who previously was the head coach at Rahway HS where he led the team to a 77-44 mark in 11 seasons with nine state sectional playoff appearances. The […]
High school fans were saddened to learn the passing of Bill Allen, a longtime sports photographer and sports writer. Allen, who died unexpectedly Sunday, Aug. 14, at the age of 58, always had a happy-go-lucky disposition while taking photos of countless scholastic events and writing feature stories and game stories for more than three decades. […]
MAPLEWOOD – Ibtihaj Muhammad made history when she became the first Muslim-American to wear a hijab – a traditional Muslim head scarf – while competing for the United States Olympic Team. Five days later, the Columbia High School graduate again competed and helped the U.S. women’s fencing team to the bronze medal in the team […]
In an effort to even the number of the teams and achieve parity, a proposal has been made to realign high school wrestling teams in the 32 districts and eight regions for state postseason individual competition. The proposal was presented to the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association League and Conferences committee Aug. 11. Once […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE (updated Tuesday August 16, 4:12 p.m.) – Dave Curtin, the former Columbia High School athletic director who helped revived the Cougars football program as head coach, died Wednesday afternoon, August 10, after a courageous battle with cancer. He recently turned 58. Curtin came to CHS in 2003 as the athletic director, succeeding longtime […]
SOUTH ORANGE/MAPLEWOOD – The South Orange-Maplewood Cougars 11U Red baseball team finished its summer travel season with a record of 19-5-1. After kicking off the season with a Memorial Day Tournament win, the Cougars entered league and district play with high expectations. The Cougars, in their second year of play in the New Providence Gold […]
Columbia HS fencer goes 1-1 to finish in the top 16 in the women's individual sabre
Maplewood’s Ibtihaj Muhammad of the United States Olympic Fencing Team made a good run in the women’s individual sabre competition on Monday, August 8, at the Rio Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. Muhammad, a Muslim-American, became the first member of the U.S. Olympic Team to wear a hijab at the Olympics. She won […]