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 […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ – Mimi Joseph, a junior, scored two goals and senior Michelle Aguero and junior Cecelia Munoz each had a goal to lead the Columbia High School varsity girls’ soccer team to a 4-3 win over Millburn on Sept. 19 in a Super Essex Conference non-division game at Meadowland Park in South Orange. […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The Columbia High School varsity football team will visit Morristown on Friday afternoon, Sept. 29. Kickoff is at 2 p.m. The Cougars are searching for their first win after losing to West Orange, 43-13, Saturday, Sept. 23, at Lynn V. Profeta Field/Underhill Sports Complex to fall to 0-3. The Cougars will host […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – Joe Dente, a senior forward, scored the game-winning goal late in the second overtime to lift the Columbia High School varsity boys’ soccer team to a 2-1 win over Newark East Side on Monday, Sept. 25, at CHS Ritzer Field in a Super Essex Conference non-division game. Senior midfielder Avery Coreschi scored […]
By JR Parachini and Joe Ragozzino NUTLEY and CRANFORD – The Columbia High School boys’ varsity soccer team defeated Nutley, 3-2, Monday, Sept. 18, at Nut.ley in a Super Essex Conference-Liberty Division game to improve to a 3-2 record. Avery Coreschi had two goals and fellow senior midfielder Cameron Donald had the other goal for […]