MAPLEWOOD, NJ – Columbia High School varsity head softball coach Cliff Smith was proud of his team’s successful season. “I thought this year we had a very successful year,” wrote Smith in an email to The News-Record. “We finished with a 16-9 record overall and a 7-3 record in the (Super Essex Conference) SEC-Liberty (Division), […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ – Our Lady of Sorrows Track team finished the season with a pair of non-championship meets where many its athletes got a chance to compete in events in which they had not attempted during the season. The Kids 4 Kids meet is a relay meet and a charity meet benefiting the Scholarship […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The Columbia High School varsity baseball team, which finished with a 13-11 record, featured several players who earned All-Super Essex Conference-American Division honors. FIRST TEAM Eliot Dix, junior shortstop Christian Pierre, senior center fielder Luke Jackson, senior third baseman SECOND TEAM Phil Whitney, junior outfielder HONORABLE MENTION John DelGreco, senior Dan Lawall, […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – Olivia Baker, a 2014 Columbia High School graduate, finished fifth in the 800-meter finals to lead the Stanford University women’s track and field team at the NCAA Division 1 National Championships at Hayward Stadium in Eugene, Ore. Baker, a senior, clocked 2:06.18 on the final day of the four-day meet on Saturday, […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – Columbia High School senior Ayanna Henry earned the eighth-place medal in the girls’ triple jump event at the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association State Meet of Champions held at Northern Burlington County Regional HS in Columbus on Saturday, June 9. Henry leaped 37 feet-10 ¼ inches. She also competed in the […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The Columbia High School Class of 2018 boys’ long distance team closed out its strong four-year run on May 30 with an appearance at the 11th Annual Holmdel Twilight Series Season Ender. All seven of the senior team members ran well in the 1,600-meter (metric mile) races. Edward Martinez led the way […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – At Columbia High School, one of the sports with a great tradition is tennis. Heck, people still talk about the likes of Dick Savitt, Dan Nahirny and Marjorie Gantman. In 1951, eight years after he graduated from CHS, Savitt captured two Grand Slam titles, and was considered by many people as the […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The Columbia High School varsity softball team featured several players who earned All-Super Essex Conference-Liberty Division honors. Sophomore shortstop Hudson Hassler and senior pitcher Jordan Stephan made First Team; senior pitcher Catherine John and sophomore second baseman Alexa Stephan made Second Team; and sophomore third baseman Lucy Gagne and senior first baseman […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – Columbia High School track and field athletes gave good efforts at the NJSIAA Group 4 State Championships held at Franklin HS, June 1-2. On the girls’ side, Ayanna Henry placed third in the high jump at 36 feet-9 ½ inches and took seventh in the 100-meter hurdles in 14.96. Shayla Keegan finished […]
Soccer, football and, of course, track and field know all about bad weather, but they carry on. That theory was tested to the utmost at the 39th Annual Holy Trinity Track & Field Invitational recently held at Saint Joseph’s High in Metuchen. The small field of schools and competitors, intermittent monsoon-like downpours and a canceled […]