MAPLEWOOD – The Columbia High School boys’ and girls’ fencing teams swept the 2016 NJIFA Team Championships earlier this season, with the boys’ team winning the Cetrulo trophy for the fifth year in a row and the girls’ team winning the Santelli Cup for the third year in a row. The CHS boys’ saber squad, […]
MAPLEWOOD – The Columbia High School varsity wrestling team, entering nine wrestlers in the 14 weight classes, enjoyed a good showing at the Essex County Tournament, Jan. 21-22, at Richard J. Codey Arena in West Orange. Despite that disadvantage, the Cougars had four grapplers place in the very tough tournament as they finished 11th out […]
SOUTH ORANGE – WSOU 89.5 FM, the student-run radio station of Seton Hall University, will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the sports call-in program “Hall Line” with a special event at Newark’s Prudential Center on Saturday, Feb. 6. The event will reunite three of the program’s four founders during a reception before the Seton Hall […]
MAPLEWOOD – Columbia High School track and field/cross-country head coach Lisa Morgan recently was honored at the USATF New Jersey annual Awards Banquet at the Pines Manor in Edison on Jan. 16. Morgan will step down as head coach at the end of the current indoor season and will take over as head coach at […]
MAPLEWOOD – Pictured above, Columbia High School senior Dominique Rayam lays up a shot in the 54-23 loss at East Orange Campus on Jan. 5 in a girls’ varsity basketball game. Rayam finished with nine points. The Lady Cougars lost at Newark Tech, 36-31, Jan. 12, to move to a 2-7 record.
MAPLEWOOD – This past week, the Columbia High School varsity wrestling team visited two Super Essex Conference rivals, Millburn on Jan. 12 and Weequahic on Jan. 13. The grapplers split the meets. Millburn defeated Columbia, 49-30. Columbia defeated Weequahic, 48-18. At Millburn, the Cougar winners were 106-pound Joaquin Tianga and 220-pound Mansky Charles, each by […]
MAPLEWOOD – Senior Kevin Bostic scored a game-high 20 points with three 3-pointers to lead the Columbia High School boys’ varsity basketball team to a 75-67 overtime win over Newark Tech on Jan. 12 at home. Senior 6-foot-3 Davidson Racine had 18 points, eight rebounds and two blocks; junior John Reed had 17 points; senior […]
MAPLEWOOD – It was a week of celebrations for both the Columbia High School boys’ and girls’ fencing teams as they both defeated Newark Academy and Livingston High School. The Columbia boys’ fencing team knew it had to be in top form to fence against the strong and experienced team from Newark Academy. They trained […]
MAPLEWOOD – The Columbia High School girls’ indoor track and field team finished 15th overall in the team standings among the 27 scoring teams at the state Group 4 Relays at the Bennett Center in Toms River on Jan. 15. Sophomore Ciara French, junior Dahria Lewis, freshman Cloe Citron and sophomore Briana Reckling took fourth […]
UPPER MONTCLAIR – For over a half century, Marty Glickman was the pre-eminent voice of New York sports, and became arguably the most influential sports broadcaster of all time. He announced games of virtually every team, beginning as the radio announcer of the New York Knicks when they were formed in 1946. And he was […]