MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE — The Cougar Soccer Club sent 20 teams comprising more than 260 players to the Essex Fall Tune-Up Tournament this weekend in West Orange and Livingston. Two of the teams brought home championship wins, while five others made it to the finals. All of the teams gained valuable experience as they prepare for […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — The East Orange Campus High School football team defeated Columbia, 52-0, on Sept. 17, to improve to a 3-0 record on the season. With two teams tied for the top spot in the Super Football Conference–Freedom Red Division, there was bound to be one sole winner. On one hand you have […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE — The Columbia High School field hockey program has been on the rise since Stephanie Rivera took over as head coach. Columbia enjoyed a great start to this season. In the first game of the year, Columbia posted an amazing comeback win. They rallied from a 2-0 deficit to defeat Livingston, 3-2, Sept. […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE — The Columbia High School football team improved to 2-0 with a 29-24 victory over Livingston on Sept. 10 at Underhill Field. Stephen Henry ran for 221 yards and a touchdown on 21 carries and Tarik Huff completed 17 of 24 passes for 197 yards and three touchdowns to lead the CHS Cougars. […]
The high school football season kicked off for most teams last weekend in Essex County, but not without some disruption. The remnants of Hurricane Ida forced teams to change the logistics of their games. The most severe damage was seen at Foley Field in Bloomfield. As a result, Bloomfield’s home game against Nutley on Friday, […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — With a strong returning nucleus, the Columbia High School boys soccer team hopes to build off a successful 2020 season in which the Cougars finished with a 9-4 record that included winning the Super Essex Conference Colonial Division title and reaching the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association North East G, […]
MAPLEWOOD / SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School football program has improved since Gary Mobley became the head coach in 2016. Mobley, who was a highly successful head coach at Rahway prior to coming to Columbia, guided the Cougars to a 5-5 record in 2019 and a 4-3 record in 2020, after the […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — The Super Essex Conference recently named students to all-conference teams in track and field. Girls track and field – American Division: Columbia High School – First team: Sabrina McCrear for intermediate hurdles. Second team: Kamali Hoff for the high hurdles. Irvington High School – Second team: Raphae Guthrie for the shot […]
MAPLEWOOD / SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Cougar Soccer Club Boys Premier U13 team held a slim 1-point lead in the standings over the Viking Futbol Club soccer team as they entered June 6’s final game vs. Americans Soccer Club in Allendale. An early 8 a.m. start time found the boys a little sluggish to […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — The Super Essex Conference recently named students to all-conference teams in boys and girls lacrosse. Boys lacrosse In the American Division, first team honors went to Seton Hall Prep’s Quinn Moore, Max Merklinger, Matt Wrede, David Whelan and Ryan DellaRocco; West Essex Regional High School’s Jack Massotto and Michael Drago; Caldwell […]