MAPLEWOOD (updated Monday August 8, 10:30 p.m.) – New Jersey Fencing Alliance and Maplewood Township will host an Olympic Viewing Party for Maplewood’s own Team USA Fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad, August 8-13. NJFA be streaming all events including all women’s individual and team Sabre events during which NJFA alum Ibtihaj will be fencing! Join the fun, […]
MAPLEWOOD – Coming off another banner season this spring, the Columbia High School summer varsity baseball team gained more invaluable experience this summer. The Cougars, under CHS head baseball coach Joe Fischetti, once again competed in the challenging High School Development League. The team had a good mix of youth and experience, finishing with a […]
MAPLEWOOD – Columbia High School alumnus Ibtihaj Muhammad is getting ready to compete in fencing for Team USA at the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Muhammad, 30, competes in sabre. The individual sabre competition will take place Aug. 8. The team sabre competition will be held Aug. 13. The Olympics run Aug. 5-21. […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – Maplewood native Matthew Becht has been named associate director of marketing of the Metropolitan YMCA of the Oranges, the largest association of YMCAs in New Jersey. Becht, who joined the Metro YMCA in 2012 as marketing specialist, “uses his creative talents to advance the Y’s six branches and promote the organization as […]
SOUTH ORANGE/MAPLEWOOD – South Orange/ Maplewood’s 9U Cougars baseball team won the New Providence Green League championship on Friday night, July 27. The Cougars clinched the title with a thrilling 12-11 victory over Florham Park in the championship game. The championship capped a great season for the 9-year-olds who went 11-1-1.
Lisa Morgan is a five-time National Coach for USA Track & Field. On Sunday, July 24, the final day of the IAAF World Under-20 Championships, a sweep of relay golds and a pair of individual bronze medals lifted Team USA, under Morgan’s guidance, to a tie for its highest-ever medal count at Zawisza Stadium in […]
UPPER MONTCLAIR – Great talent doesn’t always win. A great team culture almost always does. So how do teams (no matter what level) become strong and unified and the absolute best they can be? Three of New Jersey’s most accomplished sports figures – basketball Hall of Famer Bob Hurley Sr., two-time Super Bowl champion Chris […]
LIVINGSTON – The South Orange/Maplewood Cougars 9U travel baseball team defeated a good squad from Livingston to advance to championship game of the New Providence Green League (9U). The Cougars pounded out 18 hits in the game with multiple-hit games from Luke Bailey, Aaron Budd, Max Drechsler, Elijah Hall, Lincoln Kessler, Alex Mandell, Luca […]
MAPLEWOOD – St. Joseph’s CYO in Maplewood is hosting a Basketball Skills and Drills Mini Camp from Aug. 8-12, from 9 a.m. to noon, for girls and boys in grades 2 to 5. There is a registration fee. Campers can sign up to be a day camper as well for a daily fee. This Skills […]
SOUTH ORANGE/MAPLEWOOD – The New Providence Green and Gold League held its inaugural All-Star event on Saturday, July 16. Players representing teams from across northern New Jersey competed in games from 8U to 14U. Below is a list of the players from the South Orange/ Maplewood travel baseball program who were selected to the All-Star […]