The Essex County Tournament for varsity boys’ soccer, girls’ soccer and girls’ volleyball have been unveiled. Here are the top 10 seeds in each sport: BOYS’ SOCCER (27-team field) No. 1. Seton Hall Prep advances to first round vs. No. 16 Science Park/No. 17 Central winner. No. 2. Montclair advances to first round vs. No. […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – Each July for the last 42 years, soccer teams from all over the world convene in Sweden for The Gothia Cup, considered by many in the sports world to be the Youth World Cup. This year, the tournament hosted approximately 1,700 teams (ages 11-17) from 80 nations. The goal of each team […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The Columbia High School varsity boys’ soccer team has the makings of being a sleeper team as the Essex County Tournament looms. “Keep an eye on this team,” said CHS head coach Josh Russotto of his squad, which had a 7-5 overall record entering the week. “They can play with any team. I […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ – On a day far more suitable for the beach, 16 teams gathered at Flood’s Hill in South Orange to contest the 18th annual Fall Classic sponsored by Our Lady of Sorrows school on Saturday, Oct. 6. When it was over, Assumption of Morristown claimed the victory, followed by Saint Elizabeth and […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – As a student at Columbia High School in the latter part of the 1970s, Dave Erdos, the new head girls’ and boys’ tennis coach at the Maplewood school, admits he wasn’t all that interested in the sport. For Erdos, his interest at that time was in sports like track and field and […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – Hudson Hassler had one goal and two assists and Annie Pasternak had one goal and one assist to lead the Columbia High School varsity field hockey team to its first win of the season, 4-0, over Union on Sept. 27 at Lynn V. Profeta Field/Underhill Sports Complex. Abigail Botcska and Peyton Kemp […]
The Columbia High School varsity boys’ soccer team gave a good effort in losing to SetonHall Prep, 1-0, at Brendan P. Tevlin Memorial Field in West Orange on Monday, Oct. 2, in a Super Essex Conference non-division game. CHS moved to a 5-5 record. SHP was ranked No. 2 in the state by The Star-Ledger/NJ.com as […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ – The small team from Our Lady of Sorrows opened the cross-country season at the 21st Assumption Meet by scoring impressively in three of the six races held that day. OLS had three top-five finishers and one top 10 finisher in a field of 16 schools. OLS finished sixth, a little off […]
Photos by Jerry Simon: Columbia (white uniforms) vs. Bloomfield (dark uniforms), Sept. 27. BLOOMFIELD, NJ – Senior forward Joe Dente notched a hat trick in the first half and senior midfielder Sammy Freedson had a second-half goal to lead the Columbia High School varsity boys soccer team to a 4-1 win over Bloomfield High School […]
Photos by Steve Ellmore: Cougars (white uniforms) vs. Glen Ridge, Sept. 25, at Lynn V. Profeta Field/Underhill Sports Complex MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The Columbia High School varsity field hockey team hopes to bounce back from a slow start to the season. The Cougars lost to Glen Ridge, 6-1, Monday, Sept. 25, at Lynn V. Profeta […]