Cougars boast four individual champions at Clifton tournament; also defeat Barringer
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School wrestling team, under head coach Mike Freedman, has enjoyed a good start to the season. The Cougars competed at the Clifton tournament on Saturday, Dec. 17. Four CHS wrestlers were crowned champions at the tournament: captain Reid Ordower, at the 106-pound weight class; captain Jared Van Allen, […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School boys and girls indoor track-and-field teams gave good efforts at the Super Essex Conference championships held at the Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex in Staten Island, N.Y., on Friday, Dec. 23. The girls team took first place and the boys team took third place in the American Division. […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Jayden Myers had 26 points and seven steals, and Jalen James had 25 points and four steals to lead the Columbia High School boys basketball team to an 80-64 win at Payne Tech on Thursday, Dec. 22, in Newark. Jared Carlucci had 8 points and three rebounds, Jalen Robinson had 7 […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — South Orange native Ronnie Hickman Jr., a fourth-year starting safety, will lead the Ohio State University Buckeyes football team in the College Football Playoff semifinals. The Buckeyes will face the University of Georgia, which is the defending national champion, on Saturday, Dec. 31, in the Peach Bowl at 8 p.m. at […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Shana Desir had 11 points and six rebounds, and Bella Galatt had 8 points and six rebounds to lead the Columbia High School girls basketball team to a 35-22 win at Mount St. Dominic on Tuesday, Dec. 20, in Caldwell. Summer Lonning had 7 points and five rebounds, Leah Connell had […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Talia Baptiste had 11 points and three rebounds, Bella Galatt had 10 points and four assists, and Allie Harris had 9 points and five rebounds to lead the Columbia High School girls basketball team to a 47-25 win over East Orange Campus High School on Thursday, Dec. 15, at home. Leah […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE — Columbia High School football players Zhamir Rowan, Steve Memo, Henry Aaron and Max Gigante, all juniors, earned all–Essex County groups 4 and 5 and Non-Public A honors, as selected by the county coaches. Rowan, a defensive back, and Memo made the second team defense. Memo, a defensive back, was chosen as an […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Bloomfield High School sophomore Alex Benkert scored a program-record seven goals to lead the Nutley-Columbia-Bloomfield high school ice hockey team to a 12-3 win over Kearny–North Arlington–Secaucus on Monday, Dec. 12, at Richard J. Codey Arena in West Orange. Nutley-Columbia-Bloomfield improved to a 1-1 record on the season. Benkert had the lone […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School boys basketball team defeated Bloomfield High School 70-55 in the season opener on Thursday, Dec. 15, at Bloomfield. Shelton Colwell had a game-high 17 points, and Jalen Robinson had 14 points to lead the Cougars. Jaden Myers and Jalen James each had 11 points, Chris Berry had […]
The Columbia High School wrestling team will begin the season on Friday, Dec. 16, with the Garfield girls tournament at 5 p.m. and on Saturday, Dec. 17, at the Clifton tournament at 9 a.m. Columbia also will participate in the Bloomfield girls tournament on Sunday, Dec. 18, at 9 a.m. Here are other upcoming matches. […]