MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Columbia High School junior pitcher Claire Shupe has committed to play softball for Boston University. Shupe is the first CHS softball player to commit to a Division 1 program since 2012. In 2024, Shupe was named First Team All–Super Essex Conference, First Team All–Essex County and Second Team All–State Group 4. […]
The Columbia High School girls fencing team finished second overall out of 50 schools at the 44th Santelli Championships at Drew University in Madison on Sunday, Jan. 12. Chatham won the team title for the third year in a row. CHS took third place in epee. Seniors Tia Goodson, Dilinna Oraedu and Sarla Iyengar comprised […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School wrestling team enjoyed a good outing at the sixth annual Belleville High School Buccaneer Classic on Saturday, Jan. 4. Columbia finished in second place behind Nutley. The Cougars had three champions – senior Jared Van Allen at 120 pounds, senior Reid Ordower at 126 pounds and junior […]
SOUTH ORANGE/MONTCLAIR, NJ — South Orange resident Van Girton Marshall is a senior leader and leading scorer for a very young and rebuilding Montclair Kimberley Academy boys basketball team, which entered recent action with a 1-5 record, while having three freshmen and two sophomores in its rotation for veteran coach Tony Jones, a former standout […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Senior forward Jude Brantley scored 17 points, and junior guard Jayvon Rogers and senior forward Earl Hart each scored 14 points to lead the Columbia High School boys basketball team to a 65-56 win over North Bergen on Friday, Jan. 3, at North Bergen in an independent game. Brantley also had […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — All boys and girls ages 9 to 14 are invited to participate in the local level of competition of the annual Knights of Columbus Free Throw Championship. The local competition is being run by Regina Pacis Council No. 4066 and will take place Friday, Jan. 10, in the Our Lady of […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE/BOUND BROOK, NJ — The Columbia High School girls basketball team notched its first win of the season with an emphatic 73-36 win over Timothy Christian on Saturday, Dec. 28, in the Bound Brook holiday tournament. Sophomore guard Gabriella Ervin scored 31 points and added eight assists, six rebounds and four blocked shots to […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE/PATERON — Senior forward Earl Hart scored 16 points with five rebounds and two assists; junior guard Jayvon Rogers scored 14 points and added five rebounds, five assists and two steals; and senior forward Jude Brantley scored 12 points with eight rebounds and two assists to lead Columbia High School boys basketball team to […]
NUTLEY, NJ — The Nutley/Columbia/Bloomfield high school ice hockey team has witnessed three of its players achieve personal milestones in the early going of the season. Junior forward Angelo Albanese achieved his 100th career point in the fourth game of the season on Monday, Dec. 9, when he had an assist in the 5-2 loss against […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School boys and girls fencing teams have enjoyed good starts to the season. The boys and girls teams both defeated St. Benedict’s Prep on Thursday, Dec. 19. The boys won, 29-7, and the girls won, 25-2. On Saturday, Dec. 21, the teams took part in a quad meet […]