MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The St. Joseph’s Celtics seventh-grade girls team won its league championship game to a packed and active crowd at Mount Saint Dominic Academy in Caldwell on Sunday, March 10. Also, two other St. Joseph teams made it to the finals — the eighth-grade girls and the sixth-grade boys. “I congratulate our championship-winning […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Call it a meeting of two women’s history makers. Just days after Columbia High School girls track runner Mae Dowling broke the school record for running the 1,600-meter race, she met the woman who set the previous record 26 years ago. Dowling didn’t have to travel very far – just a […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Ryan Downey, the new Columbia High School boys lacrosse head coach, is thrilled about leading the Cougars program this spring. In an email to the News-Record, Downey said he is “excited and honored to be a part of this new chapter for Columbia Lacrosse. As one of the more historic high […]
MAPLEWOOD/MONTCLAIR, NJ — Maplewood resident Maudie Grace Lomuscio was a reserve guard for the Montclair Kimberley Academy girls basketball team, which showed nice progress while winning five of its last six games to finish 14-11 overall and 8-6 in the Super Essex Conference–Colonial Division. The Cougars showed marked improvement this winter over last year’s 9-14 […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — South Orange residents Simon Maza and Lola D’Agosta-Serravallo were up-and-coming freshmen on Montclair Kimberley Academy’s improved boys and girls swimming teams this past winter season. The pair competed in a variety of events, while Maza helped the Cougar boys to a 3-6 record (3-2 in the Super Essex Conference–Liberty Division), and […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School boys and girls fencing teams featured several representatives who competed at the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s state individual fencing championships at Hunterdon Central High School on Saturday, March 2. The CHS girls team was represented by juniors Tia Goodson, Dillina Oraedu and Mei Lee. In […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School boys and girls indoor track and field program featured several athletes who qualified for and competed at the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s state indoor track and field Meet of Champions on Sunday, March 3, at the Ocean Breeze Track and Field Facility on Staten Island, […]
Several St. Joseph’s Celtics CYO basketball teams advanced to the league finals this weekend. It was do-or-die for the eighth-grade varsity girls team, as it went up against St. Aloysius, a formidable team it went 1-1 against during back-to-back games three weeks ago. Starting with Sofia Peterson’s smooth layup minutes into the game, St. Joseph’s […]
Senior will attend FDU, shoots for a career in medicine
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — When Talia Baptiste began her final season with Columbia High School’s girls basketball team, it was far from certain that she would achieve 1,000 high school career points. “I wasn’t really sure if I was going to get it,” said Baptiste, a senior. “I was only at 552 points.” A bone […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The fourth-seeded Columbia High School girls fencing team lost a heartbreaking 14-13 decision to No. 12 seed Livingston in the quarterfinals of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s state team tournament on Wednesday, Feb. 21. In foil, senior Mei Lee went 3-0 and both junior Sydney Anrig and junior Charlotte […]