MAPLEWOOD, NJ – When a team with potential gets off to a poor start, that can be discouraging for the coaches as well as the players. But for Nutley/Columbia, a new co-op high school ice hockey team in the tough New Jersey Interscholastic League, that’s far from the case. Despite dropping its first six games, […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – Nashiem Harte scored 21 points with six 3-pointers to lead the Columbia High School boys’ basketball team to an 80-40 win over Shabazz on Dec. 16 in Newark in the season opener. Breizh Askew had 13 points; Russell Ayala had nine points and 10 assists and Zayon Marsh had 10 rebounds for […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – Stellar defensive play highlighted last weekend’s CYO games for the St. Joseph’s basketball teams. The JV White 5th grade boys improved to 4-0 with a convincing 39-23 victory over St. Joseph’s-Roselle. All seven available Celtics scored in the contest, led by Kieran Dawkins and Steven Copeland with 14 and 10 points, respectively. […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The Columbia High School boys’ and girls’ varsity basketball teams will tip off the season this weekend. The girls will host Newark Academy on Dec. 15 at CHS. The boys will visit Newark Shabazz on Dec. 16. The boys went 16-11 last season, including advancing to the Essex County Tournament semifinals. Boys’ […]
Photo 1: Flynn Larson shooting foul shot in 5th grade game. Photo courtesy of Kevin Larsen. Photo 2: Josh Pieroni and the 4th Grade Boys Pee Wee team beat Holy Trinity at St. Joseph’s on Saturday, 20-4. Photo courtesy of Kathleen Wack. Photo 3: Eddie Peterson coaching his 2nd Grade Girls in a strong first game of […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – Under first-year head coach Mike Freedman, the Columbia High School varsity wrestling team has a nice mix of talented youth and veteran leadership. The Cougars, who open the season Dec. 15 at Chatham, will be led by their four captains: Blake McGowan, Devin Rocha, Hunter Dallison, and Galileo Hetherington. “The four captains […]
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 […]