MAPLEWOOD, NJ – At Columbia High School, one of the sports with a great tradition is tennis. Cougar net fans still talk about the achievements of such talented players as Dick Savitt and Dan Nahirny on the boys’ side, and Marjorie Gantman on the girls’ side. This fall, the girls’ team, coached by Dave Erdos, […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The Columbia High School girls’ varsity volleyball team enjoyed a successful season. The Cougars, seeded 26th, lost at seventh-seeded Williamstown, 25-9, 25-16, in the first round of the NJSIAA Group 4 state tournament on Oct. 30 to finish with a 15-7 record.
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ – In its final meet of the season, the Our Lady of Sorrows cross-country team set a single-season school record for medals. Once every year, Saint John the Apostle hosts a traditional cross-country meet with boys’ and girls’ championships at the Varsity and Junior Varsity levels. The Varsity includes sixth-graders, along with […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The Columbia High School varsity football team fell at Morristown, 33-0, Thursday, Nov. 1 in a state regional crossover game to finish the season at 1-9. Morristown, who moved to 2-7, is under head coach John Power, who was the head coach of CHS football team for two seasons in 2014 and […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The 11th-seeded Cougars dropped a tough 1-0 overtime decision to No. 6 seed Westfield in the first round of the NJSIAA North Jersey Section 2, Group 4 state tournament on Monday, Oct. 29 in Westfield. CHS moved to a 4-10-2 record.
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The Columbia High School girls’ varsity volleyball team, seeded 26th, was scheduled to visit No. 7 seed Williamstown in the first round of the NJSIAA Group 4 state tournament on Oct. 30. The winner will face the winner of No. 10 seed Monroe and No. 23 seed West Windsor-Plainsboro North in the […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The eighth-seeded Columbia High School field varsity team went 1-1 in the NJSIAA North Jersey Section 1, Group 4 state tournament. Peyton Kemp and Annie Pasternak each had a goal and an assist in the 3-1 win over ninth-seeded Scotch Plains-Fanwood in the first round Oct. 23 at Underhill Field. Cloey Strupp […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The Columbia High School girls’ varsity soccer team hoped to make a strong run in the NJSIAA North Jersey Section 2, Group 4 state tournament. The sixth-seeded Cougars were scheduled to host No. 11 seed Newark East Side in the first round on Oct. 30. The winner will face the winner of […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Grace Petroccia, of Maplewood, is a senior at Columbia High School, where she is a senior captain on the school’s girls’ volleyball team. She began playing volleyball during her freshman year and became a setter. She used to play softball, basketball and soccer as well, but is now focused on just volleyball. […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The Columbia High School boys’ and girls’ cross-country teams gave good efforts at the Essex County Championships held at Brookdale Park in Bloomfield on Oct. 26. The girls’ team finished fifth in the girls’ team standings among the 13 scoring teams. The boys’ team finished 11th in the boys’ team standings among […]