MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School girls volleyball team, which had a great season with an 18-8 overall record this fall, featured seven players who earned all–Super Essex Conference–Liberty Division honors. First team: Zoe Hall, junior captain and outside hitter. This was her third year on varsity. She posted 119 kills, 101 digs […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Five Columbia High School boys soccer team players earned all–Super Essex Conference–American Division honors, as voted by the divisional coaches. Garrett Dyson made the first team, Malachy Meyer and Jaiden Wright made the second team, and Anderson Jimenez and James Van Varick received honorable mention. The SEC–American is the top division […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School girls soccer team, under first-year head coach Sarah Cortes, featured four players who earned all–Super Essex Conference–Liberty Division honors, as voted by the divisional coaches. Ava Davis made the first team, Lily Westhelle made the second team, and Anya Terry and Cephia Reid received honorable mention. Columbia […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — All boys and girls ages 9 to 14 are invited to participate in the local level of competition of the annual Knights of Columbus Free Throw Championship. The local competition is being run by Regina Pacis Council No. 4066 and will be held on Saturday, Dec. 3, in the Our Lady […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — When the Columbia High School football team played in the state playoffs for the first time ever, nobody gave them a chance. The Cougars had struggled for many years, but here they were in the playoffs, against a Montclair High School team that was steeped in tradition and playoff success. Though […]
By Mike Connolly Correspondent MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Northern Counties Conference titles are coming back to Maplewood and South Orange. The Boys U10 Elite and U11 Premier teams each brought home flight championships this fall for Cougar Soccer Club. They led the way on the boys side as six boys teams finished in first, second […]
By Mike Connolly Correspondent MAPLEWOOD, NJ — For the first time in six years, the Cougar Soccer Club girls are back on top. The Girls U10 Elite team finished the season 9-0-1 to win its Northern Counties Conference flight. It is the first Cougar girls team to win its flight since the fall of 2016. […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — South Orange resident Jordan Fishback, a senior at Montclair Kimberley Academy, recently committed to Oberlin College (Ohio) to play lacrosse next year. A superb defenseman on the lacrosse field, Fishback also recently completed an outstanding senior football season for the 5-4 Cougar gridders. He rushed for 513 yards and 6 TD, […]
MAPLEWOOD — Maplewood resident Luca Sieger, a sophomore at Montclair Kimberley Academy, has made a verbal commitment to the University of Maine to eventually play Division I college baseball. The standout catcher earned first-team all-prep B Division honors his freshman season while helping to lead MKA to the prep B tournament championship with an upset […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The season finale saw the cross-country team from Our Lady of Sorrows compete at the varsity (sixth, seventh and eighth grades) and junior varsity (third, fourth and fifth grades) divisions at the fifth annual St. John the Apostle Championships. Each division required five members to score; because of this, OLS was […]