MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The Columbia High School varsity football team looked across the field and saw its former head coach on the opponent’s sideline. John Power, who coached the Cougars for the past two years, is the head coach for Morristown HS, the team Columbia hosted on Friday night, Sept. 30 under soggy conditions. […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ – The Columbia High School girls’ varsity soccer team has enjoyed a stellar start to the season. The Cougars are unbeaten in their first six games. The Cougars defeated Belleville, 3-2, Sept. 19, at Belleville in a Super Essex Conference-Liberty Division game. Ceci Munoz scored two goals and fellow sophomore forward Lia […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ – Sage Savoia-DiGregorio scored both goals to lead the Columbia High School varsity field hockey team to its first win of the season with a 2-0 victory over Cranford, 2-0, Sept. 20, at Lynn V. Profeta Field/Underhill Sports Complex. Zoe Gonzalez and Gabby Thompson each had an assist and Sarah Wolf made […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ – The Columbia High School boys’ varsity soccer team hopes to get back on the winning track. The Cougars lost at Millburn, 3-1, Sept. 20. Joe Dente had the goal and Sam Maidenberg made six saves for CHS. The Cougars dropped a tough 1-0 decision to Caldwell on Sept. 22 at CHS’ […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ – The Columbia High School varsity football team will face its former head coach, John Power, when the Cougars host Morristown this Friday, Sept. 30, at 7 p.m. at Lynn V. Profeta Field/Underhill Field Complex. Power stepped down as the Cougars head coach to become the Morristown head coach this past spring. […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE – On Saturday, Sept. 24, the Columbia High School boys’ varsity cross-country team traveled to Wappingers Falls, N.Y. for the Bowdoin Cross-Country Classic. Taking place at picturesque Bowdoin Park overlooking the Hudson River, 40 of the top cross-country teams from New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Rhode Island competed on the most challenging […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ – The West Orange High School varsity football team refused to give up. The Mountaineers had a rough start to the season, getting only a field goal in their first two games as they fell to Union City, 20-0, in the season opener and Irvington, 22-3. Facing a Columbia team that was […]
Millburn, the top seed and three-time defending champion, Livington, Verona and Newark Academy advanced to the semifinals of the High School girls’ varsity tennis Essex County Tournament. Verona, the No. 6 seed, upset third-seeded Montclair Kimberley Academy in the quarterfinals. 2016 ECT GIRLS’ TENNIS Sept. 21 at the Althea Gibson Center in Branch Brook Park, […]
Free family festival will honor remarkable life and legacy of Yogi Berra, one year after his passing
UPPER MONTCLAIR, NJ – A free, family-friendly festival of art, baseball and other kids’ activities will be held at the Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center on Sunday, Sept. 25 to help celebrate the life and legacy of one of America’s most beloved and legendary sports figures. The “Celebration of Life” will include magicians, mascots, […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ (updated Tuesday Sept. 20, 11:59 a.m.) – Sophomore quarterback Luke Hayes passed for three touchdowns and ran for another score to spark the Columbia High School varsity football team to a 34-28 victory over East Orange Campus on Saturday, Sept. 17, at Paul Robeson Stadium in East Orange, giving Gary Mobley his […]