Following first year at helm, Jim Whalen pleased with Cougars’ efforts; optimistic for 2018
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The glory days for the baseball program at Columbia High School came in 1978 and 1979 when the Maplewood school captured consecutive titles in the Greater Newark Tournament. For Cougar coach Jim Whalen, who recently completed his initial season at the helm, that’s his long-range goal. He wants his team to be […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ – The West Orange Recreation Summer Basketball League tips off Tuesday, June 27. The local teams in the Worrall Media area are West Orange, Glen Ridge, Good Shepherd-Irvington, St. Joseph-Maplewood, Belleville, and St. Thomas of Bloomfield. West Orange has two teams in each boys division. 2017 West Orange Recreation Summer Basketball League […]
SOUTH ORANGE/MAPLEWOOD – South Orange/Maplewood Baseball held the league championship games for all divisions on Friday night, June 16, in Meadowland Park in South Orange. Despite the threat of rain, all games were completed and it was an exciting night for players, families and coaches. Championship game results follow: Minor League (Ages 8-9) adMarketplace 6, […]
SOUTH ORANGE/MAPLEWOOD – The 4th annual Two Towns Triathlon for Kids was held in South Orange on Saturday, June 17. South Orange and Maplewood children between the ages of 7 and 14 swam laps in the South Orange Pool, biked through Meadowland Park and the West Montrose Neighborhood, and finished the race running around the […]
NEWARK – Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. announced that an international youth soccer tournament will be played in Essex County from June 23 to 25. The Ironbound Soccer Club is hosting the La Liga Promises 2017 International Under 12 Boys Soccer Tournament, which will take place in Essex County Riverfront Park and Essex […]
Columbia High School’s Chloe Holt Reiss has earned the 2017 Investors Bank Best Teammate Award. Chloe, along with student- athletes from high schools in the Super Essex Conference, were recently honored during ceremonies at the Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center. A senior, she was the captain of the Cougars’ varsity swimming team. Chloe was […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ (updated Wednesday June 14, 2:25 p.m.) – Columbia High School alum Jimmy Murphy was selected by the Baltimore Orioles in the eighth round of the Major League Baseball Draft on June 13. Murphy, a right-handed pitcher from Fordham University, was the No. 248 player selected overall on the second day of the draft. […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – Stanford University junior Olivia Baker, a 2014 Columbia High School graduate, finished eighth in the women’s 800-meter finals in 2:04.21 at the NCAA Division 1 Track and Field National Championships on Saturday, June 10, at Hayward Stadium in Eugene, Ore. Baker was as high as fourth with 150 meters to go.
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The Columbia High School varsity softball team featured five players who have earned All-Super Essex Conference-Liberty Division honors this season. Maya Goldner, a junior, made the First Team; juniors Jordan Stephan and Ally Krause each made Second Team; and junior Clementine Sherman and freshman Hudson Hassler each made Honorable Mention. The young […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – Columbia High School track and field athletes gave good efforts at the NJSIAA state Meet of Champions at Northern Burlington County Regional High School in Columbus on Saturday, June 10. Celine Egeonu, a junior, was 14th in the high jump at 5 feet-2 inches. Dahria Lewis, a senior, also took 14th in […]