Columbia HS girls volleyball team enjoys great run this season

Columbia HS girls volleyball team enjoys great run this season

MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The sixth-seeded Columbia High School girls volleyball team enjoyed a great run in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s North Jersey, Section 2, Group 4 state tournament. The Cougars, under longtime head coach Juan Bas, won two matches to advance to the semifinals, but lost at No. 2 seed Union […]

Columbia HS girls cross-country runner Keira Monagle advances to state Meet of Champions

Columbia HS girls cross-country runner Keira Monagle advances to state Meet of Champions

HOLMDEL, NJ — Columbia High School junior Keira Monagle took 22nd place out of 146 runners at the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s Group 4 state championships at famed Holmdel Park in Holmdel on Saturday, Nov. 9.  As a result, Monagle, who clocked 20 minutes, 09.00 seconds, earned a wild-card berth at the NJSIAA’s […]

Columbia HS boys soccer team ends memorable campaign

Columbia HS boys soccer team ends memorable campaign

MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School boys soccer team enjoyed a great season. The Cougars finished with a 9-9-3 record after going 1-1 in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s North Jersey, Section 2, Group 4 state tournament. In the first round, the fifth-seeded Cougars defeated No. 12 seed Bayonne, 3-0, on […]

Columbia HS field hockey team enjoys historic season

Cougars post first winning season in 24 years, among highlights

Columbia HS field hockey team enjoys historic season

MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School field hockey team enjoyed an historic season. The Cougars posted a 10-9 record for their first winning season since 2000, according to head coach Stephanie Rivera. In addition, it was also their first season since 2006 with less than 10 losses, the first time since 2012 with […]

Columbia HS boys cross-country team excels at sectional, reach group meet

Columbia HS boys cross-country team excels at sectional, reach group meet

MORRIS PLAINS, NJ — The Columbia High School boys and girls varsity cross-country teams enjoyed great efforts at the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s North Jersey, Section 2, Group 4 Championships on Saturday, Nov. 2, at Greystone–Central Park in Morris Plains. The boys team finished in third place among the 15 schools. Westfield finished […]

Millburn’s Alex Luo is ranked No. 1 fencer in US and Canada

Millburn’s Alex Luo is ranked No. 1 fencer in US and Canada

MAPLEWOOD/MILLBURN, NJ — New Jersey Fencing Alliance would like to congratulate another of its fencers on their accomplishment of achieving the No. 1 ranking in the United States and Canada in the Youth 12 Epee category. Since age 5, Alexander “Alex” Luo has been training in epee fencing at the New Jersey Fencing Alliance in […]

Columbia HS girls volleyball team advances to state sectional quarterfinals

Columbia HS girls volleyball team advances to state sectional quarterfinals

MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The sixth-seeded Columbia High School girls volleyball team defeated No. 11 seed Plainfield 25-11, 25-16 in the first round of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s North Jersey, Section 2, Group 4 state tournament on Monday, Nov. 4, at home. Senior Libby Kosik had 16 digs, senior Lucy Hummel had […]