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 […]
MAPLEWOOD – The Columbia High School varsity football team, under second-year head coach John Power, finished a good season. The seventh-seeded Cougars lost at second-seeded Westfield, 49-14, in the first round of the state North Jersey Section 2, Group 5 playoffs on Saturday, Nov. 14. The Cougars finished with a respectable 5-5 record; their first […]