MAPLEWOOD, NJ – After winning the Super Essex Conference-Liberty Division regular season title last fall, the Columbia High School girls’ varsity soccer team has moved up to the SEC-American Division, which is the top division of the conference this year. Despite losing 13 players to graduation, the Cougars have several returnees, hoping to be […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ – The South Orange Department of Recreation is presenting a 19th century baseball game on Saturday, September 16, starting at noon on Cameron Field in South Orange. Part game, part show, part history lesson and all fun, the Flemington, NJ Neshanock team will play against local volunteers in bare-handed baseball, wearing period […]
Fourteen junior tennis players from Essex County representing The Maplewood Club in Maplewood, Orange Lawn Tennis Club in South Orange, and West Orange Tennis Club in West Orange participated in a Net Generation Kids on Court demonstration sponsored by the United States Tennis Association (USTA) at the 2017 US Open. The demonstration took place at […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – Even though it had just one win, Columbia qualified for the NJSIAA North Jersey Section 2, Group 5 state playoffs last season. That’s correct: just one win. The victory came on the road in Week 2 against East Orange Campus, which also qualified for the Section 2, Group 5 playoffs. By […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – With a strong group of returning players, the Columbia High School boys’ varsity soccer team has high hopes of having a successful season. Head coach Josh Russotto’s team boasts six returning starters and five other players with at least one year of varsity experience. CHS will open the season Sept. 8 […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The Columbia High School athletic teams are gearing up for the fall seasons. The following are varsity schedules: FOOTBALL Sept. 8, at Bloomfield, 7 p.m. Sept. 16, East Orange Campus, 1 p.m. Sept. 23, West Orange, 1 p.m. Sept. 30, at Morristown, 1 p.m. Oct. 6, Livingston, 7 p.m. Oct. 14, at […]
The Columbia High School football team participated in a scrimmage held at Memorial Field in Cranford on Friday, August 25. Besides the host school Cranford, the other teams in the scrimmage were Carteret and Plainfield. The Cougars will open the season Sept. 8 on the road against Bloomfield. Photos by Steve Ellmore: Cougars, in white […]
Whether it was coaching the girls’ basketball team at Columbia High School, or serving on the South Orange-Maplewood Board of Education, Johanna Wright has always had a true passion for her job. On the evening of August 26 at the Grand Pavilion Ballroom in the Embassy Suites Hotel in Winston-Salem, N.C., Wright was one of […]
The Maplewood-South Orange Villagers 10U softball team won the Roselle Park Tournament held on July 28, 29 and 30. The Villagers went 2-1 in the opening round with their only loss coming against the Livingston Thunder. On Sunday, July 30, the Villagers opened the elimination round by beating the Brooklyn Knights 16-0 and the topping […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The 2017 Maplewood Makos Swim Team enjoyed a productive season this summer. The season started with recruitment of several new coaches and new Head Coach leadership with Jane Ehlers and Mike Goodman at the helm. Tryouts were held as returning and new swimmers were outfitted in new suits and caps and took […]