MAPLEWOOD – The South Mountain Hurricanes defeated the Scotch Plains-Fanwood Avengers by the score of 4-1 to win the U12 InterCounty Youth Boys Soccer League championship on Saturday, June 18. This win capped off a second consecutive undefeated season. Overall the Hurricanes went 11-0 (8-0 in the regular season and 3-0 in the playoffs). Dating […]
MAPLEWOOD – Maplewood’s international foil fencing champion Jack Woods continues to shine in major tournaments, despite competing in much older divisions. Most recently, Woods, 15, placed sixth in the senior men’s foil event at the New England Division of the USFA 2016 Pomme De Terre Individual tournament, held at the Brandeis University in Waltham, Mass. […]
MAPLEWOOD – The Columbia High School varsity baseball team enjoyed another successful season with a 17-10 overall, clinching a share of the Super Essex Conference-Liberty Division title with Verona. CHS and Verona each finished 13-3 in the division. It marked the second straight season that the Cougars won the SEC-Liberty Division championship. In 2015, the […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE – The full Jaguar Track Club came out to run, and run hard they did, at the Westfield Flyers Invitational on June 12 as the team concluded the regular outdoor season. However, many athletes will continue on to the NJ Junior Olympic Championship, the USATF Junior Olympic Region 2 Championship, and the AAU […]
SOUTH ORANGE/MAPLEWOOD – Beacon Jewelers of Maplewood won the South Orange/Maplewood Baseball Minor League championship this season.
SOUTH ORANGE/MAPLEWOOD – Wilber’s Painting captured the South Orange/Maplewood Majors 70 Baseball League championship.
MAPLEWOOD – The Columbia High School varsity softball team posted a successful 13-12 overall record this season, including a 7-5 record in the Super Essex Conference-Liberty Division. The Cougars, under head coach Cliff Smith, hope to build off this year’s success as they return seven of nine starters for next season,. Smith also said a […]
MAPLEWOOD (updated Sunday June 12, 9:50 a.m.) – Stanford University sophomore track and field star Olivia Baker finished second in the women’s 800-meter run at the NCAA Division 1 Championships held at Hayward Field on the campus of the University of Oregon in Eugene, Ore. on Saturday, June 11. In the 800, Baker shotgunned around […]
MAPLEWOOD – The Cougar Soccer Club hosted its annual Memorial Day Tournament. The Cougars had three flight winners: U10 Boys Cougars Gunners, U10 Boys Cougars Timbers, and U11 Girls Cougars Power. Photo captions U10 Boys Cougars Gunners: Bottom row, from left to right: James Bradstock, Diego Clark, Mikey Houghtaling, and Lucas Mittelberg. Middle row, […]
MAPLEWOOD – Columbia High School girls’ track and field athletes enjoyed fine performances at the state Meet of Champions at Central Regional HS in Bayville, June 8. The 4×100-meter relay team earned the fifth-place medal in a time of 48.48 out of 40 teams. The team consisted of freshman Ciara French, junior Dahria Lewis, senior […]