MAPLEWOOD – The fifth-seeded Columbia High School varsity baseball team lost to 12th-seeded Montclair Kimberley Academy, 7-5, in the first round of the Greater Newark Tournament on Monday, May 9, at Underhill Field. The Cougars led 4-1, but MKA scored two runs in the top of the sixth inning and four runs in the seventh […]
MAPLEWOOD – The 12th-seeded Columbia High School varsity softball team lost at fifth-seeded Newark Academy, 4-0, in the first round of the Essex County Tournament on May 9 in Livingston. The loss ended the Cougars’ five-game winning streak and moved their record to 8-9. In earlier action, Jordan Stephan fired a five-inning no-hitter with 13 […]
MAPLEWOOD – For the eighth consecutive season, the Columbia High School girls’ track and field team captured the girls’ team title at the Essex County Relay Championships on Friday, May 6, at Livingston High School. The Cougars had 80 team points based on the top six finishes in each event. Montclair was second with 60 […]
MAPLEWOOD – Stanford University sophomore Olivia Baker, who enjoyed an illustrious track and field career at Columbia High School, has qualified for the Olympic Trials. Baker qualified for the Trials after clocking a personal-best 2:01.02 in placing fourth in the 800-meters at the Payton Jordan Invitational at Stanford. The standard for the Olympic Trials is […]
MAPLEWOOD and SOUTH ORANGE – Nile Garcia scored three goals, but the ninth-seeded Columbia High School boys’ lacrosse team lost at top-seeded Seton Hall Prep, 12-8, in the quarterfinals of the Essex County Tournament on May 4. Beau Reed and Thaddeus Sabin each had one goal and one assist; Dion Bryan, Cameron Herbert, and Ben […]
MAPLEWOOD and SOUTH ORANGE – Stanford University sophomore Olivia Baker, who enjoyed an illustrious track and field career at Columbia High School, has qualified for the Olympic Trials in track and field. Baker qualified for the Trials after clocking a personal-best 2:01.02 in placing fourth in the 800-meters at the Payton Jordan Invitational at Stanford. […]
MAPLEWOOD and SOUTH ORANGE – Will O’Mara had two goals and one assist and Cameron Herbert and Brian Young each had one goal and one assist to lead the ninth-seeded Columbia High School boys’ varsity lacrosse team to a 5-3 win over eighth-seeded Livingston in the first round of the Essex County Tournament on April […]
MAPLEWOOD and SOUTH ORANGE – The Columbia High School varsity baseball team, seeded fifth, will host 12th-seeded Montclair Kimberley Academy in the first round of the Greater Newark Tournament on Saturday, May 7, at 2:30 p.m. The Cougars lost to Bergen Catholic, 9-0, in a non-conference game at Breslin Stadium in Lyndhurst on Saturday, April […]
UPPER MONTCLAIR – Michael Strahan, the amiable and popular New York Giants Hall of Famer and morning talk show host, will sign copies of his book “Wake Up Happy” at the Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center on May 3 from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Strahan, the NFL’s all-time single-season sack leader, has seen […]
MAPLEWOOD and SOUTH ORANGE – The Columbia High School softball team, seeded 12th, will visit fifth-seeded Newark Academy in Livingston in the first round of the Essex County Tournament on May 7 at 2:30 p.m. Jordan Stephan scattered seven hits and struck out seven in pitching a complete game to lead the Cougars to a […]