Photos by Steve Ellmore MAPLEWOOD, NJ (updated Monday Sept. 18, 11:01 a.m.) – The East Orange Campus High School varsity football team defeated Columbia HS, 20-18, Saturday, Sept. 16, at Underhill Field in Maplewood. The EOCHS Jaguars improved to 2-0 on the season under first-year head coach Rae Oliver, while the CHS Cougars dropped to […]
The West Orange and Columbia high school girls’ varsity soccer teams battled to a 1-1 tie on Thursday, Sept. 14, at DeHart Park in Maplewood. The goals were all scored in the first half. Vanessa Lettman scored on an assist from fellow junior Morgan Clark for West Orange (2-0-1), while freshman Ava de la Torre […]
Photo captions corrected MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ – Nineteen Cougar Soccer Club teams (boys and girls) participated in the Essex Fall Tune-Up Tournament hosted by West Orange and Livingston. Two of its teams placed first. The Gunners won the top flight in the U12 boys division and went undefeated in four games. The Cougar Liverpool U14 […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The Columbia High School boys’ varsity soccer team defeated Newark Academy and Verona to move to a 2-0 record on the season. Joe Dente had one goal and one assist and Julian Lyons and Stephen Kattouf each had one goal to lead the Cougars to a 3-0 win over Newark Academy in […]
The Columbia High School varsity football team fell to Bloomfield, 41-13, in the season opener Friday, Sept. 8, at Foley Field in Bloomfield. The Cougars will host East Orange Campus on Saturday, Sept. 16, at 1 p.m. at Lynn V. Profeta Field/Underhill Sports Complex. East Orange Campus is 1-0 after beating Memorial of West New […]
The Columbia High School boys’ varsity A cross-country team opened its 2017 season by winning the Roxbury Invitational for the second year in a row. Columbia finished first out of a field of 23 teams. The Cougars defeated their nearest competitor, perennial power Morris Hills, by a score of 60 to 70 (with four runners […]
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 […]