MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The St. Joseph’s CYO basketball league opened the season with many wins this past weekend. The 3rd grade Celtics had a victorious first game at St Agnes in Clark. Their scoring was turned in by many players, like Jake Wilkes, Eddy Zamara and Ben Cuomo. In addition, the defensive efforts by Gabe […]
NUTLEY, NJ – The Nutley High School varsity ice hockey team, under the guidance of head coach Andy Surowiec, will open the season Dec. 1. For the first time, the Raiders will be a co-op with Columbia High School in Maplewood. This is the first year that Columbia will be competing in hockey in the […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ – The Community First Sports Club U9 boys soccer teams, both consisting of players from Maplewood and South Orange, completed winning fall campaigns over the weekend. The Dragons compiled a 12-4-1 record this season, finishing in second place in the Mid-New Jersey Youth Soccer Association first division and winning the Parsippany Pride […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – Hal Garwin, who stepped down as head varsity wrestling coach at Columbia High School at the end last season, will be honored with a Retirement Party at the annual CHS Wrestling Hall of Fame Dinner on Saturday, Jan. 27. Garwin has been involved with wrestling in the Maplewood and South Orange communities […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The Columbia High School varsity girls’ soccer team featured five players who earned All-Super Essex Conference-American Division honors. They include: FIRST TEAM Hannah Williams, senior goalkeeper/forward Naomi Joseph, junior defender SECOND TEAM Michelle Aguero, senior midfielder/defender HONORABLE MENTION Cecelia Munoz, junior midfielder/forward Meredith Meyer, junior midfielder/forward Columbia finished with a 9-9-1 record. […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The Columbia High School varsity girls’ volleyball team featured five players on the All-Super Essex Conference-Colonial Division. They include: FIRST TEAM Senior Maya Goldner Junior Shayla Keegan SECOND TEAM Senior Sri Taylor HONORABLE MENTION Senior Maggie Davis Senior Georgia Longstreet Columbia upset Bloomfield in the preliminary round before losing to Southern in […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ – On Saturday, November 18, the U12 Cougar Gunners won the division championship in the “A” flight of the Northern Counties soccer league. The Gunners finished the Fall season with a 7-2-1 league record and a 10-2-2 overall record, as they also won the Essex County Fall Tune Up tournament that was […]
Photos captions: St. Joseph’s 7th Grade White Team: First row from left: Owen Holt, Max Larson, Mike Pirone, Danny Guarnieri, Nicholas Alexander, Nicholas Franklin, Brendan Dawkins and Liam Laskowski Not Pictured is William Walsman. Second row: Coaches Kevin Larson, Mike Pirone, Greg Dawkins and Mike Laskowski. St. Joseph’s 5th Grade White Team: First row from […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – Pictured, The Community First Sports Club 12U team captured their Mid-New Jersey Youth Soccer Association flight championship with a 3-2 win over Cranford on Sunday. The Fire, consisting of Maplewood and South Orange players, finished with a 7-2-1 league record and also took second place in the Mount Olive Halloween Classic. Kneeling from […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – When people talk about the top schools for sports in Essex County, institutions like Montclair High and Seton Hall Prep always seem to top the list. Another school in the county with a rich tradition in athletics is Columbia High School. The school dates back to 1885, but the “new” CHS […]