MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The St. Joseph’s Celtics basketball teams began their postseason. St. Joseph’s third- and fourth-grade boys team pulled away from St. Thomas in the fourth quarter of their game on Sunday, March 6, to win 34-19 in the semifinals of the Essex County CYO playoffs. After being down at halftime, the Celtics […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Columbia High School senior Tyson Carroll had a great run at the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s state individual wrestling championships at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City on Thursday and Friday, March 3 and 4. Carroll, the lone CHS wrestler at the championships, was the No. 26 seed in the […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Columbia High School sophomore Madison Stevens has been crowned the state’s best girls shot put thrower. Stevens won the girls shot put event at the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s state indoor track-and-field Meet of Champions on Friday, March 4, at the John Bennett Indoor Athletic Complex in Toms River. […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Columbia High School senior Tyson Carroll took fourth place in the 215-pound weight class at the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s Region 3 tournament at West Orange High School on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 25 and 26. Carroll qualified for the NJSIAA’s state individual championships at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Columbia High School senior Tyson Carroll took fourth place in the 215-pound weight class at the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s Region 3 tournament at West Orange High School on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 25 and 26. Carroll qualified for the NJSIAA’s state individual championships at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The eighth-seeded Columbia High School girls basketball team defeated ninth-seeded Kearny, 58-53, in the first round of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s North Jersey, Section 1, Group 4, tournament on Monday, Feb. 28. Sophomore Talia Baptiste had 13 points, two rebounds, two assists and three steals; junior Bella Galatt […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The St. Joseph’s boys basketball varsity team, coached by Chris Wack and Will Nolan, had a busy and mostly successful weekend, Feb. 19-20. The seventh-eighth grade boys started the weekend with a 60-53 victory at St. Cassian’s. Player of the game Lawrence Hartman had 2 points, 10 rebounds, and three steals, […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School girls fencing team, under longtime co-head coaches Art “Doc” Paulina and Frank Mustilli, enjoyed another great season. The team finished as runner-up in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s state girls team tournament. The 10th-seeded Lady Cougars fell to top-seeded Montgomery, 19-8, in the state championship […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School girls basketball team defeated Nutley and West Orange last week to improve to 12-7 on the season. Sophomore Talia Baptiste had 15 points and junior Bella Galatt had 12 points to lead the Lady Cougars to a 49-35 win at Nutley on Monday, Feb. 14. Junior Leah […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School boys basketball team defeated Irvington and Immaculate Conception of Montclair last week to extend their winning streak to three games and improve to 8-10 on the season. Senior Andrew Rowley had 22 points, 14 rebounds and four steals; junior Jalen Robinson had 14 points, eight assists, five […]