MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School field hockey team, seeded 15th, lost at second-seeded Middletown South, 8-0, in the first round of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association North Jersey, Group 4, tournament on Oct. 28. The Cougars then lost to Governor Livingston, 1-0, on Oct. 30 in Mountainside to end the […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School football team ended a good season. The seventh-seeded Cougars fell at second-seeded Ridgewood, 34-0, in the quarterfinals of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association North Jersey, Section 1, Group 5, playoffs, on Friday night, Nov. 5, to finish with a 5-5 overall record. It was the […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The South Orange Elks Lodge No. 1154 will be holding their Elks Hoop Shoot Free Throw competition on Sunday, Nov. 14, at noon at St. Joseph’s School gym located at 240 Franklin St. in Maplewood. Registration is from 11:30 a.m. to noon. The contest begins right at noon. The program is […]
The Super Football Conference (SFC) has established an entirely new annual recognition, the Steve DiGregorio Young Man of the Year Award. Named for the legendary Paramus Catholic and Nutley High School football coach, who was also a stellar athlete at Nutley, the award will be presented on Jan. 10, 2022, banquet event held at MetLife […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Our Lady of Sorrows cross-country team rebounded at Holy Trinity in Oak Ridge Park in Clark. The previous weekend at the Elizabeth Invitational held at Natirar Park in Peapack was quickly forgotten, as each member of the OLS cross-country team surpassed his or her previous performance. Three third-graders began the […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Columbia High School junior Emma Friedrich captured the girls individual title at the Essex County Championships on Oct. 29 at Brookdale Park in Bloomfield. Friedrich ran a school-record 18:39.4 to finish first overall among the 111 finishers in the girls 5K race. She is the first CHS girls cross-country runner to […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School freshman girls volleyball team capped off its undefeated season with a straight-set victory over Clifton High School on Tuesday, Oct. 26, by scores of 25-16 and 25-12. In addition to their 21-0 record, Columbia’s freshmen, coached by John Trieu, won the inaugural Payne Tech JV tournament in […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School football team has earned a postseason berth. The Cougars, under head coach Gary Mobley, are seeded seventh in the NJSIAA North Jersey, Section 1, Group 5, state playoffs and will visit No. 2 seed Ridgewood in the quarterfinals on Friday, Nov. 5, at 6:30 p.m. It marks […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School girls soccer team, seeded 13th, lost a heartbreaking 4-3 decision in overtime against fourth-seeded North Bergen in the first round of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, North Jersey, Section 1, Group 4 tournament on Nov. 2. The Cougars moved to a 5-12-2 overall record, while […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School boys soccer team honored their late teammate, Moussa Fofana, on Friday night, Oct. 22, at Underhill Field on senior night. Fofana,18, was fatally shot at Underhill Field on June 6. He would have been a senior at CHS. “It was a very special night for all the […]