MAPLEWOOD – The Columbia High School basketball, wrestling and fencing teams are gearing up for their seasons that begin this weekend. The girls’ fencing team won its second straight state title last season. The boys’ fencing team last season finished as state tournament runner-up after being the two-time defending state champion. The following are their […]
MAPLEWOOD – Columbia High School head varsity baseball coach Joe Fischetti has been selected to coach in the annual Essex/Union Underclassmen All-Star Game next year. The nine-inning game will be held June 20, with a rain date of June 22, at Kean University in Union. Last June, CHS had three players – catcher Quinn Krais, […]
MAPLEWOOD – The Columbia High School varsity football team demonstrated tremendous drive in achieving a successful season. The Cougars, under second-year head coach John Power, qualified for the state sectional playoffs for the first time since 2010. The seventh-seeded Cougars lost to second-seeded and eventual champion Westfield in the first round of the state North […]
MAPLEWOOD – The following Columbia High School cross-country runners earned All-Super Essex Conference-American Division honors: Boys First team: junior Jared Pangallozzi and sophomore David Ives. Second team: senior Gabe Benson. Honorable Mention: sophomore Tim Depue and senior Jacob Paul. Girls Honorable mention: junior Claudia Steiner and sophomore Catherine Jordan. The aforementioned CHS boys’ runners also […]
MAPLEWOOD – Columbia High School girls’ varsity volleyball players Jasmine Keegan, Gabby Salinardo, Dondre Taylor-Stewart and Ava Milanese have earned Worrall Media All-Area honors. On the All-Super Essex Conference-Colonial Division, Keegan and Taylor-Stewart made first team; Milanese made second team and Salinardo made honorable mention. The Cougars finished with a 17-7 record, sharing the SEC-Colonial […]
MAPLEWOOD – The Columbia High School boys’ varsity soccer team had several players who provided solid contributions during the season. The following CHS players have earned Worrall Media All-Area honors: senior forward Max Maidenberg (four goals, two assists this season); senior sweeper Nathaniel Etienne Damas (one goal); senior midfielder Bill Barron (one goal); senior forward […]
MAPLEWOOD – The South Mountain Hurricanes defeated the Scotch Plains Fanwood Avengers by the score of 2-0 to win the U12 InterCounty Youth Boys Soccer League championship on Saturday, Nov. 21. This win capped off an undefeated 10-0 season (7-0 in the regular season and 3-0 in the playoffs).
MAPLEWOOD – The Columbia High School girls’ varsity soccer team, under head coach Ashley Corino, finished with a respectable 9-9-1 record this season. The Cougars were led by several outstanding players. The following CHS players have earned All-Super Essex Conference-Liberty Division honors: First Team: senior defender Jevin Rosengart and senior midfielder Jadyn Herry. Second Team: […]
UPPER MONTCLAIR – Never have televised sports become so pervasive. In today’s ever-widening world of sports there are more games, more pre-game shows, more post-game analyses, more everything. And more and more former athletes dominate the airwaves. We take for granted the countless ex-players who transition from the playing field to the broadcast booth or […]
MAPLEWOOD – Capping a surprisingly successful season, Columbia High School fielded a young varsity boys’ cross-country team in the New Jersey State Group 4 Championship meet on Saturday, Nov. 14, at Holmdel Park in Holmdel. Group 4 includes 70 teams from the largest schools in New Jersey, which competed in various Group 4 sectional races […]