MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ – Youth wrestling in Maplewood and South Orange is experiencing an historic resurgence. The MSO Cougar Wrestling Club, sponsored by the Maplewood Recreation Department, had its largest enrollment this season since the mid-1990s. Its middle school wrestlers had the winningest team record since then also, along with the most Essex County place-winners […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The New Jersey Interscholastic Fencing Association All State Banquet took place March 18 at the Zeris Inn in Mountain Lakes. The Columbia High School boys fencing team had three honorees: Jack Woods (First Team Foil), Nicholas Goguen-Compagnoni (Third Team Foil) and Jeremy Giles (Third Team Sabre). Woods won the State Individual Championship […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ – Meredith Egan Finkelstein, a 1997 Columbia High School graduate, was inducted into the New Jersey Lacrosse Hall of Fame. The 22nd annual NJ Lacrosse Hall of Fame induction ceremony took place Feb. 24 at Mercer Oaks Country Club in Princeton Junction. Egan Finkelstein was a four-year starter at Columbia in lacrosse, […]
After long absence due to medical condition, junior earns medal in Denver; wins State gold
MAPLEWOOD – For many years, Maplewood’s Jack Woods has accomplished many extraordinary accomplishments in the sport of fencing as a foilist. After an absence from fencing for over one-and-a-half years, the Columbia High School junior has made an amazing comeback this season, winning a medal at the 2019 Junior Olympics in February in Denver, against […]
BOSTON – Former Columbia High School athlete Jimmy Martinez is now an NCAA national champion. Martinez, a senior at Middlebury College in Vermont, was part of a distance medley relay team that ran to the title at the NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field National Championships in Boston recently. Martinez, who ran the 800-meter […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – Columbia High School wrestlers Blake McGowan and Naquan Tory, both seniors, gave strong efforts at the NJSIAA state finals at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, Feb. 28, March 1-2. McGowan was seeded 30th in the 170-pound division. In the preliminary round, McGowan was pinned by No. 3 seed Garret Bilgrav of Robbinsville […]
Jac MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The Columbia High School fencing teams concluded their seasons with great results. The girls fencing team won the bronze medal in the State Team Championship on Tuesday, Feb. 26, winning its meet against Northern Highlands High School. The girls fenced extremely well and clinched the win at 14-5. Previously, at the […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – Columbia High School wrestlers Naquan Tory and Blake McGowan finished in the top four of their respective weight divisions at the NJSIAA Region 3 tournament held at West Orange HS, Feb. 21-23. As a result, Tory and McGowan, both seniors, qualified for the NJSIAA state finals at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, Feb. […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – Four Maplewood Recreation basketball teams have advanced to the championship games in their respective leagues. Here is the schedule: Wednesday Feb. 27 8th Grade Boys vs. West Orange – 7:30 p.m. – Doors to Maplewood Middle School open 7 p.m. Thursday Feb. 28 8th Grade Girls vs. West Essex – 6 p.m. […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The sixth-seeded Cougars then lost at second-seeded Montclair, 14-13, in the semifinals of the NJSIAA state team tournament Feb. 21. CHS was scheduled to fence Northern Highlands for third-place Feb. 26. In addition, five CHS fencers are competing this Sunday, March 3, in the States Individuals: Jack Woods and Nicholas Goguen-Compagnoni in […]