MAPLEWOOD and SOUTH ORANGE – The 11U Red South Orange-Maplewood Cougars Travel baseball team kicked off their summer season by winning their third straight Memorial Day tournament championship. This year the team participated in the Mount Olive Memorial Day tournament, and in a span of four days, finished with a record of 4-1-1, including two […]
MAPLEWOOD – The Columbia High School varsity baseball team worked hard during the course of the season. Indeed, the Cougars’ diligence paid off as they won the Super Essex Conference-Liberty Division title for the second year in a row. The Cougars shared this year’s title with Verona. CHS ended its season on a winning note, […]
(Updated Tuesday June 7, 9:30 a.m.) – The 23rd annual Paul Robeson High School Football All-Star Classic will be held Monday, June 13, at 7 p.m. at Paul Robeson Stadium in East Orange. The game pits seniors from Essex County and eastern Passaic County (East team) against seniors from Morris, Sussex, Warren and eastern Passaic […]
SOUTH ORANGE – The Our Lady of Sorrows track and field team gave competitive efforts at the 37th Annual Holy Trinity Track & Field Meet recently. It was typical Holy Trinity weather – warm and sunny, cold and raining, and very, very windy, all in the same day! At one point hail was pelting the […]
MAPLEWOOD – After joining the Columbia High School football coaching staff last season following a successful stint at Rahway High School, Gary Mobley has been promoted to head coach of the Cougars. Mobley served as the defensive coordinator for John Power, who last month stepped down as head coach after two seasons to become the […]
MAPLEWOOD – The Columbia High School girls’ track and field team rallied to win the team title at the state North Jersey Section 2, Group 4 Championships at Ridge HS in Basking Ridge, May 27-28. The Cougars had trailed Ridge, 60-43. Senior Jordan Fields won first place (18 feet-1 inch), senior Sienna Farrell took […]
Correction: The Cougars did not finish the season after the loss in the state tournament. MAPLEWOOD – The Columbia High School varsity baseball team finished a successful season. The ninth-seeded Cougars lost at top-seeded Watchung Hills, 9-1, in the quarterfinals of the state North Jersey Section 2, Group 4 tournament to move to a 16-10 […]
Updated, Wed. May 25, 1:57 p.m. The Men of Essex, Inc. selected basketball phenom Jocelyn Willoughby of Newark Academy and swimming phenom Charlotte O’Leary of Montclair High School to be the co- recipients of the 2016 “Essex Award.” The 58th Annual Essex Awards Dinner was held May 20 at Appian Way Caterers located in Orange. […]
The Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center, located on the campus of Montclair State University, hosted the annual Super Essex Conference Best Teammate Award ceremony on Thursday, May 19. The Best Teammate Award is given annually to SEC student-athletes for promoting team unity, selflessness and positively impacting their team’s culture. The following are this […]
MAPLEWOOD – Jordan Stephan fired a three-hitter with five strikeouts and no walks and went 3-for-3 with a run as the 11th-seeded Columbia High School defeated sixth-seeded Bayonne, 2-1, in the first round of the state North Jersey Section 2, Group 4 tournament on May 23 in Bayonne. Sophie Goldman went 2-for-4 with a run […]