MAPLEWOOD – The relatively young Columbia High School varsity wrestling team finished its season at the District 10 Tournament at Millburn HS, Feb. 19-20. Freshman Blake McGowan had the Cougars’ best finish as he took fourth place at the 152-pound weight class. McGowan just missed qualifying for the Region 3 Tournament at Union HS. The […]
Qualifies for Meet of Champions; Chris Faraone is new girls' coach
Note: Updates includes comments by Chris Faraone, the new CHS girls’ track and field coach MAPLEWOOD – The Columbia High School girls’ 4×400-meter relay team finished in first place at the state indoor track and field Group 4 Championship meet at the Bennett Complex in Toms River on Feb. 19. Cheyenne Trigg, Sienna Farrell, Catherine […]
MAPLEWOOD – The Columbia High School girls’ varsity basketball team defeated a strong Newark Academy team, 50-45, Feb. 18 at South Orange Middle School. Dominique Rayam scored 17 points and Shadekay Haughton had 12 points for the Lady Cougars, who handed Newark Academy its second loss of the season. Newark Academy moved to a 20-2 […]
MAPLEWOOD – The sixth-seeded and two-time defending state team champion Columbia High School girls’ fencing team defeated second-seeded Bergen Tech, 15-12, in the semifinals of the state team tournament on Feb. 19 in Hackensack. The Cougars will vie for their third straight state team championship on Feb. 24 against top-seeded Montgomery on Feb. 24 at […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE – Registration for the Maplewood/South Orange Cougar Soccer Mini Kickers (U4 – U5), Kickers (U6 – U7) and Academy (U8) is now open for the Spring season. Mini Kickers meet once a week on Saturday mornings at 8:30 a.m. Kickers meet twice a week – one training session during the week, plus Saturday […]
MAPLEWOOD – For the sixth year in a row, the New Jersey Fencing Alliance is proud to announce it will host the Steve Sobel Super Youth Circuit (SYC) & Cadet International tournament from February 26 to 28 at the New Jersey Convention and Exposition Center. This is the largest fencing event ever to be held […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE – This past week saw the Columbia High School varsity wrestling team conclude its regular season with four dual meets. As the rest of the season has gone, the grapplers wrestled well. But with too many forfeits and some injured wrestlers, the Cougars split, as they won two meets and lost two. The […]
MAPLEWOOD – The Columbia High School girls’ indoor track and field team finished second overall in the girls’ team standings at the state North Jersey Section 2, Group 4 Championship meet at the Bennett Complex in Toms River on Feb. 12. The 4×400-meter relay team finished in first place for the Lady Cougars, who had […]
MAPLEWOOD – The 12th-seeded Columbia High School girls’ varsity basketball team defeated Verona before losing to Nutley in the Essex County Tournament. Senior Dominique Rayam scored 23 points and senior Shadekay Haughton had 10 points in the 43-35 win over 21st-seeded Verona in the second preliminary round on Feb. 11 at South Orange Middle School. […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE – Two high school basketball teams from Malahide Basketball Club in Dublin, Ireland will be in the South Orange-Maplewood area this weekend. The two teams, made up of boys and girls, will play a total of nine games over four days, four of which will be held locally. On Friday, February 12, Our Lady of […]