Columbia HS track athletes excel at state Meet of Champions

Columbia HS track athletes excel at state Meet of Champions

MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Columbia High School track and field athletes enjoyed good efforts at the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s state Meet of Champions at Pennsauken on Wednesday, June 4. The following are their results: The boys 4×800-meter relay team won the eighth-place medal in a season-best 8 minutes, 00.99 second. The runners […]

Columbia HS boys lacrosse team has good run in state tournament

Columbia HS boys lacrosse team has good run in state tournament

MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School boys lacrosse team went 1-1 in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s North Jersey, Group 4 state tournament. The seventh-seeded Cougars defeated No. 10 seed Hunterdon Central, 6-4, in the first round on Thursday, May 29, at Underhill Field Complex in Maplewood. Senior Cooper Westhelle had […]

Cougars baseball team has good run in state sectional tournament

Cougars baseball team has good run in state sectional tournament

MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School baseball team enjoyed a solid season. The Cougars had a good run in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s North Jersey, Section 2, Group 4 state tournament. In the first round, the seventh-seeded Cougars defeated Bayonne, 11-1, in five innings on Tuesday, May 27, at Underhill […]

Columbia HS track athletes enjoy solid efforts at Group 4 state meet

Columbia HS track athletes enjoy solid efforts at Group 4 state meet

MAPLEWODO/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Columbia High School track and field athletes enjoyed solid efforts at the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s Group 4 state championships at Franklin High School in Somerset on Friday and Saturday, May 30-31. The following are the girls’ results: Keira Monagle, a junior, took second place out of 21 runners […]

Columbia HS softball team reaches sectional semis

Columbia HS softball team reaches sectional semis

MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School softball team defeated Elizabeth and Phillipsburg to advance to the semifinals of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s North Jersey, Section 2, Group 4 state tournament. The second-seeded Cougars defeated No. 10 seed Elizabeth, 10-0, in five innings in the first round on Wednesday, May 28, […]

South Orange resident Debbie Giddins finishes great Montclair Kimberley Academy lacrosse career

South Orange resident Debbie Giddins finishes great Montclair Kimberley Academy lacrosse career

SOUTH ORANGE/MONTCLAIR, NJ — Howard University-bound Debbie Giddins, of South Orange, has completed her senior year at Montclair Kimberley Academy, where she was a co-captain and excelled in girls lacrosse this spring season for the 10-10 Cougars. Giddins also received a special honor recently when she was one of the representatives from each Super Essex […]

Columbia HS girls lacrosse team ends fine season

Columbia HS girls lacrosse team ends fine season

MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School girls lacrosse team enjoyed a fine season. The eighth-seeded Cougars defeated No. 9 seed Livngston, 13-9, in the first round of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s North Jersey, Group 4 state tournament on Thursday, May 29, at Underhill Field Complex in Maplewood. Senior Margaret McManus […]

UPDATED: 31st annual Paul Robeson HS All-Star Football Classic is June 10

UPDATED: 31st annual Paul Robeson HS All-Star Football Classic is June 10

EAST ORANGE, NJ (updated Friday, June 6, 9:35 a.m.) — The 31st annual Paul Robeson High School All-Star Football Classic will take place on Tuesday, June 10, at Paul Robeson Stadium in East Orange. Kickoff is at 7 p.m. The Robeson Classic is back at Robeson Stadium after a two-year hiatus, when the stadium was […]

Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center honors Best Teammate Award recipients

Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center honors Best Teammate Award recipients

LITTLE FALLS, NJ — For the 13th consecutive year, the Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center hosted high school student-athletes from member schools of the Super Essex Conference, along with their families and coaches for a celebration of the qualities that made Yogi Berra a national treasure. The 40 recipients of the 2025 Yogi Berra […]