MAPLEWOOD – The South Mountain Hurricanes defeated the Scotch Plains Fanwood Avengers by the score of 2-0 to win the U12 InterCounty Youth Boys Soccer League championship on Saturday, Nov. 21. This win capped off an undefeated 10-0 season (7-0 in the regular season and 3-0 in the playoffs).
MAPLEWOOD – The Columbia High School girls’ varsity soccer team, under head coach Ashley Corino, finished with a respectable 9-9-1 record this season. The Cougars were led by several outstanding players. The following CHS players have earned All-Super Essex Conference-Liberty Division honors: First Team: senior defender Jevin Rosengart and senior midfielder Jadyn Herry. Second Team: […]
UPPER MONTCLAIR – Never have televised sports become so pervasive. In today’s ever-widening world of sports there are more games, more pre-game shows, more post-game analyses, more everything. And more and more former athletes dominate the airwaves. We take for granted the countless ex-players who transition from the playing field to the broadcast booth or […]
MAPLEWOOD – Capping a surprisingly successful season, Columbia High School fielded a young varsity boys’ cross-country team in the New Jersey State Group 4 Championship meet on Saturday, Nov. 14, at Holmdel Park in Holmdel. Group 4 includes 70 teams from the largest schools in New Jersey, which competed in various Group 4 sectional races […]
MAPLEWOOD – The Columbia High School varsity football team, under second-year head coach John Power, finished a good season. The seventh-seeded Cougars lost at second-seeded Westfield, 49-14, in the first round of the state North Jersey Section 2, Group 5 playoffs on Saturday, Nov. 14. The Cougars finished with a respectable 5-5 record; their first […]
MAPLEWOOD – Columbia High School seniors Jordan Fields and Samantha Viqueira signed their National Letter of Intent to continue their athletic careers on the Division 1 collegiate level. Fields will continue her track and field career at the University of Pittsburgh. Viqueira will continue her fencing career at the University of Notre Dame. Both student-athletes […]