MAPLEWOOD – The Columbia High School girls’ indoor track and field team finished second overall in the girls’ team standings at the state North Jersey Section 2, Group 4 Championship meet at the Bennett Complex in Toms River on Feb. 12. The 4×400-meter relay team finished in first place for the Lady Cougars, who had […]
MAPLEWOOD – The 12th-seeded Columbia High School girls’ varsity basketball team defeated Verona before losing to Nutley in the Essex County Tournament. Senior Dominique Rayam scored 23 points and senior Shadekay Haughton had 10 points in the 43-35 win over 21st-seeded Verona in the second preliminary round on Feb. 11 at South Orange Middle School. […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE – Two high school basketball teams from Malahide Basketball Club in Dublin, Ireland will be in the South Orange-Maplewood area this weekend. The two teams, made up of boys and girls, will play a total of nine games over four days, four of which will be held locally. On Friday, February 12, Our Lady of […]
MAPLEWOOD – The Maplewood/South Orange St. Joseph CYO basketball teams enjoyed fine play this past weekend. The St. Joe’s Pee Wee Red 4th Grade boys had a tough loss on Sunday afternoon, Feb. 7, against St. Helen’s/Edwards 20-10. A tough St. Helen’s defense limited the offense and the team went into the half down 8 to 4. […]
MAPLEWOOD – The Columbia High School girls’ swim team had a good run. The Lady Cougars remained unbeaten after defeating Phillipsburg, 88-82, in the first round of the state North Jersey Section 2, Public A tournament on Feb. 2 at Morristown High School. Elly Ragone, a freshman, won both the 200-yard freestyle in 2:17.77 and […]
MAPLEWOOD – The Columbia High School girls’ varsity basketball team, seeded 12th, will host 21st-seeded Verona in the second preliminary round of the Essex County Tournament on Feb. 11 at 5:30 p.m. at South Orange Middle School. The Cougars received a bye in the first preliminary round. Senior Dominique Rayam had 15 points; Shadekay Haughton […]
MAPLEWOOD – Sophomore Stephan Gabriel scored 16 points and senior Kevin Bostic had 13 points to lead the 11th-seeded Columbia High School boys’ varsity basketball team to an 89-29 home win over 35th-seeded Science Park in the Essex County Tournament second preliminary round on Feb. 6. Junior John Reed had 11 points and sophomore Brandon […]
MAPLEWOOD – The energy was palpable at the New Jersey Fencing Alliance in Maplewood when the Columbia High School boys’ fencing team was preparing for their state tournament meet against Montclair High School. As well prepared as they were, they knew that they were in for a tough night given the strength of Montclair’s saber […]
MAPLEWOOD – History was made in Paris, France, when Maplewood’s Jack Woods, age 14, won Gold and was the first fencer to win this prestigious international event for two years in a row, according to the organizers of the Challenge CEP Marathon Fleuret, 2016 – the world’s largest Youth Men’s (Y15) Foil Event. Three-hundred […]
MAPLEWOOD – Columbia High School wrestling team had a busy and tough week. The Cougars wrestled five meets and participated in a Freshman and JV tournament. During the week, the grapplers lost to a good Irvington team, 63-12. Columbia wrestled only seven of the 14 weight classes and won two. The winners were 120-pound Devin […]