MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Bella Galatt, a junior, had 13 points and junior Shana Desir had 11 points, 11 rebounds and four assists to lead the Columbia High School girls basketball team to a 55-38 home win over West Essex on Tuesday, Feb. 8, in a Super Essex Conference–American Division game. Sophomore Talia Baptiste had […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The St. Joseph’s Celtics basketball teams enjoyed fine action. St. Joseph’s JV boys in the CYO Liberty Division went into the weekend facing a doubleheader: first against the Our Lady of Sorrows Crusaders, then a rematch versus Our Lady of the Lake, Verona. The Celtics were on their home court for […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Bella Galatt, a junior, scored 11 points, and junior Shana Desir had 10 points, eight rebounds and three steals to lead the second-seeded Columbia High School girls basketball team to a 45-29 home win over No. 18 seed Verona in the first round of the Essex County Tournament on Saturday, Feb. […]
NJFCA also honors several area players, coaches
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The following senior football players at Seton Hall Prep have made commitments for football for the fall of 2022. Kevin Agnew: Amherst College. Jackson Collins: Bates College. Nick Conforti: Yale University. Jaden Craig: Harvard University. Jackson Dowd: Lehigh University. Byron Maddox: Hobart College. Matthew Monteleone: Amherst College. Nick Olivola: Union College. […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School boys basketball team received the No. 6 seed in the 35-team Essex County Tournament. The Cougars will host a first-round game on Saturday, Feb. 5, against the second preliminary-round winner between No. 11 University and No. 22 Newark Academy. Seton Hall Prep is the No. 1 seed. […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Despite the snow canceling all their games on Saturday, Jan. 29, St. Joseph’s Celtics basketball teams still had a busy week as they headed into the final month of the regular season. The St. Joseph’s fifth grade JV girls continued their hot streak Sunday, Jan. 30, knocking off St. Aloysius 25-6. […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Tyson Carroll, a senior, took second place in the 215-pound weight class to lead the Columbia High School wrestling team at the Essex County Tournament held at Richard J. Codey Arena in West Orange on Wednesday, Jan. 26. In the first round, Carroll pinned Bloomfield’s Leandro Brito in 21 seconds. After winning […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School girls basketball team received the No. 2 seed in the 31-team Essex County Tournament. The top seed is Immaculate Conception of Montclair. Columbia received a bye in the preliminary round and will host a first-round game on Saturday, Feb. 5. Glen Ridge, seeded 15th, will host a […]
By Steve Tober Correspondent MAPLEWOOD — Maplewood resident Taylor Powell is a key starting junior forward for the Montclair Kimberley Academy girls basketball team, which is competing for a Super Essex Conference–Independence Division title this winter season. “We’ve been looking for big things in the paint from Taylor who is improving her post moves and […]
NUTLEY, NJ — The Nutley–Columbia–Bloomfield high school ice hockey team, which returned an experienced group this winter, has given good efforts this season, despite having a 5-10 overall record and 2-6 in the New Jersey Interscholastic Hockey League’s Kelly Division through Jan. 18. For second-year head coach Dave Macri, this season is all about being […]