MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Grace Petroccia, of Maplewood, is a senior at Columbia High School, where she is a senior captain on the school’s girls’ volleyball team. She began playing volleyball during her freshman year and became a setter. She used to play softball, basketball and soccer as well, but is now focused on just volleyball. […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The Columbia High School boys’ and girls’ cross-country teams gave good efforts at the Essex County Championships held at Brookdale Park in Bloomfield on Oct. 26. The girls’ team finished fifth in the girls’ team standings among the 13 scoring teams. The boys’ team finished 11th in the boys’ team standings among […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – Inclement weather caused the Saint Mary’s Prep “Spooktacular” to be held a day later, causing a reduction in the number of competitors, but no reduction in excitement as the Our Lady of Sorrows’ cross-country team won five medals. With 34 medals and one more meet to go, the team has a good […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Ethan Pidgeon, of South Orange, is a senior at Columbia High School, where he plays center-back on the boys’ soccer team. A varsity team member since his freshman year at Columbia, he has also played for the soccer club Jersey United, a state-ranked team, for three years. This year, he is […]
The New Jersey State Interscholatic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) state tournaments for high school girls’ soccer were unveiled. The following are the Worrall Media teams in Essex County (in bold) in their respective sectional tournaments (first round games are Oct. 30, quarterfinals are Nov. 2: NORTH JERSEY SECTION 1, GROUP 4 No. 16 seed Bloomfield at […]
The New Jersey State Interscholatic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) state tournaments for high school boys’ soccer have been unveiled. The following are the Worrall Media teams in Essex County (in bold) in their respective sectional tournaments (first round games are Oct. 29, quarterfinals are No. 1): NORTH JERSEY SECTION 1, GROUP 4 No. 12 seed Bloomfield […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ – A reduced squad from Our Lady of Sorrows put on a show with seven top-10 finishes in the four races entered at the 12th Annual Saint Elizabeth Cross-Country Invitational. The boys squad from the 3rd & 4th grades opened with a wave of blue as Joe Schmidt placed fourth, Christopher Schmidt […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ – The East Orange Campus High School varsity football team defeated Columbia, 41-14, Saturday, Oct. 20, at Lynn V. Profeta Field/Underhill Field Complex in Maplewood for its third straight win to improve to a 5-2 record. To say that the Cougars of Columbia have given it all they got this season is […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The Columbia High School boys’ varsity soccer team defeated Newark Central, 4-2, Oct. 10 at CHS’ Ritzer Field. Columbia striker “CJ” Jones scored off a header on a set piece to take a 1-0 lead. Abraham Lomax answered for Central shortly before halftime. Columbia freshman Charlie Herley scored off a rebound in […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The sixth-seeded Columbia High School varsity field hockey team defeated seventh-seeded Livingston in the first round before losing to third-seeded Montclair in the quarterfinals of the Essex County Tournament. Annie Pasternak scored three goals to lead the Cougars to a 4-0 win over Livingston on Oct. 3 at Lynn V. Profeta Field/Underhill […]