MAPLEWOOD, NJ – Columbia High School senior Jared Pangallozzi finished an impressive 27th overall out of 187 runners in the state high school cross-country Meet of Champions at Holmdel Park in Holmdel on Saturday, Nov. 19. Pangallozzi clocked 16:32. He was the third-highest Essex County finisher, behind Millburn runners Matt Grossman, who was fourth overall […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The eighth-seeded Columbia High School varsity football team lost at top-seeded Bridgewater-Raritan, 42-0, in the first round of the state North Jersey Section 2, Group 5 playoffs on Friday night, Nov. 11. Bridgewater-Raritan improved to a 10-0 record. Under first-year head coach Gary Mobley, the Cougars qualified for the playoffs with just […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ – The 17th Our Lady of Sorrows (OLS) Annual Fall Classic Cross-Country meet was held recently. There was plenty to cheer for the home team as Ajamo Carraby-Jones from OLS blew the field wide-open with a victory in the Varsity Seventh and Eighth Grades Boys race. It was the first OLS victory […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – On Oct. 29, the Villagers 10U softball team capped an undefeated fall league season. The girls played hard, and walked away with a 6-0 victory over South Plainfield. En route to the Long Hill Fall League championship, the Villagers outscored their opponents 78-13. In addition to winning the league championship, the Villagers […]
UPPER MONTCLAIR – Joe Buck, lead play-by-play broadcaster for the NFL’s biggest games and the World Series, will be appearing at the Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center on Nov. 17 at 7 p.m. for a discussion and signing of his new memoir Lucky Bastard: My Life, My Dad and the Things I’m Not Allowed […]
By Joe Ragozzino and JR Parachini MAPLEWOOD, NJ (updated Monday Nov. 7, 6:52 p.m.) – Despite losing its last seven games to fall to a 1-8 record, the Columbia High School varsity football team has managed to clinch a berth in the state North Jersey Section 2, Group 5 playoffs. The Cougars gained the eighth and […]
MORRIS PLAINS, NJ – The Columbia High School boys’ cross-country team finished fourth overall in the team standings at the state North Jersey Section 2, Group 4 Championships at Greystone Park in Morris Plains on Saturday, Nov. 5. For the second straight year, the Cougars qualified for the Group 4 state championship race. Jared Pangallozzi […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The 10th-seeded Columbia High School girls’ varsity soccer team defeated Newark East Side and lost to state-ranked Watchung Hills in the state North Jersey Section 2, Group 4 tournament to finish the season with a solid 9-7-3 record. Caroline Cerny and Ceci Munoz each had a goal in the 2-0 win at […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ – The U11 Fury won its girls’ soccer division at the Mount Olive Annual Halloween Classic Tournament with a 3-2 victory over the Long Valley United Rebels recently. Goaltending duties throughout the tournament were handled by Sophie Spitz, Megan Driscoll, Eden Karp-Foster and Catherine Holt. Offensively, Ava Davis, Peyton Hollis, Sam Stein, […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ – In a weekend doubleheader, the Our Lady of Sorrows cross-country team competed at Natirir Park on Friday at the Saint Elizabeth Meet and followed that less than 24 hours later with a trip to Greystone Park for the First Annual Saint Mary’s Prep Halloween Meet. The team was led by eighth-graders […]