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 […]
MAPLEWOOD – From the days of the great Dick Savitt in the early 1940s to players like Dan Nahirny and Majorie Gantman, Columbia High School has always had top athletes and teams in the sport of tennis. This spring proved to be no exception. The CHS boys’ squad, coached by Bob Lieberman, finished with […]
MAPLEWOOD – The Columbia High School girls’ track and field team nearly won the state Group 4 girls team title. The Cougars finished second overall with 39 team points, just one point shy of winner Southern Regional, based on the top six finishes in each event during the meet held at Egg Harbor, June 3-4. […]
MAPLEWOOD and SOUTH ORANGE – The 11U Red South Orange-Maplewood Cougars Travel baseball team kicked off their summer season by winning their third straight Memorial Day tournament championship. This year the team participated in the Mount Olive Memorial Day tournament, and in a span of four days, finished with a record of 4-1-1, including two […]
MAPLEWOOD – The Columbia High School varsity baseball team worked hard during the course of the season. Indeed, the Cougars’ diligence paid off as they won the Super Essex Conference-Liberty Division title for the second year in a row. The Cougars shared this year’s title with Verona. CHS ended its season on a winning note, […]
(Updated Tuesday June 7, 9:30 a.m.) – The 23rd annual Paul Robeson High School Football All-Star Classic will be held Monday, June 13, at 7 p.m. at Paul Robeson Stadium in East Orange. The game pits seniors from Essex County and eastern Passaic County (East team) against seniors from Morris, Sussex, Warren and eastern Passaic […]
SOUTH ORANGE – The Our Lady of Sorrows track and field team gave competitive efforts at the 37th Annual Holy Trinity Track & Field Meet recently. It was typical Holy Trinity weather – warm and sunny, cold and raining, and very, very windy, all in the same day! At one point hail was pelting the […]
MAPLEWOOD – After joining the Columbia High School football coaching staff last season following a successful stint at Rahway High School, Gary Mobley has been promoted to head coach of the Cougars. Mobley served as the defensive coordinator for John Power, who last month stepped down as head coach after two seasons to become the […]
MAPLEWOOD – The Columbia High School girls’ track and field team rallied to win the team title at the state North Jersey Section 2, Group 4 Championships at Ridge HS in Basking Ridge, May 27-28. The Cougars had trailed Ridge, 60-43. Senior Jordan Fields won first place (18 feet-1 inch), senior Sienna Farrell took […]