MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — This season’s Columbia High School girls basketball team features athleticism and talented youth, much to second-year head coach Aaron Breitman’s delight. “We’re fast and athletic,” said Breitman after the team’s practice at CHS on Tuesday, Dec. 3. “We’re very good in transition. I think we are going to surprise a lot […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Columbia High School football players Hans Archer and Charlie Knutsen earned All–Super Football Conference–Freedom White Division honors, as selected by the divisional coaches. Archer, a junior lineman, made the Second Team Offense. Knutsen, a junior tailback/defensive end, made the Honorable Mention. Photo Courtesy of Felicia Laguerre Owens
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — More than 25 student-athletes recently competed in the South Orange Elks Lodge Hoop Shoot Free-Throw Competition at St. Joseph’s in Maplewood. The winners were: 8-9 Boys – Sebastian Banker 10-11 Girls – Kendrick Conway 10-11 Boys – Greyson Gousse 12-13 Girls – Fiona Lowe 12-13 Boys – Aditya Singla These winners […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Even though one might call it bittersweet, the 2024 season for the Columbia High School girls volleyball program was more sweet than bitter. The freshman team, coached by David Crouch, completed a perfect season, going 16-0 in regular-season matches, and won the West Essex Freshman Tournament by beating the host team […]
SOUTH ORANGE/MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The South Orange Elks Lodge No. 1154 will be holding its Elks Hoop Shoot Free-Throw Competition on Saturday, Nov. 23, from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. at St. Joseph’s School gym, located at 240 Franklin St., in Maplewood. Registration and warmups are from 9 to 9:25 a.m. The contest will begin […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The eighth-seeded West Orange High School girls volleyball team defeated ninth-seeded North Bergen, 25-16, 21-25, 25-14, on Tuesday, Nov. 5, in the first round at home and lost at top-seeded Morristown, 25-12, 25-19, on Thursday, Nov. 7, in the quarterfinals of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s North Jersey, Section […]
BAYONNE, NJ — The seventh-seeded Columbia High School girls soccer team lost at second-seeded Bayonne, 2-0, in the quarterfinals of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s North Jersey, Section 2, Group 4 state tournament on Thursday, Nov. 7. The Cougars, under first-year head coach Mateo Green, finished with a 9-10-1 record. Columbia beat No. […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The sixth-seeded Columbia High School girls volleyball team enjoyed a great run in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s North Jersey, Section 2, Group 4 state tournament. The Cougars, under longtime head coach Juan Bas, won two matches to advance to the semifinals, but lost at No. 2 seed Union […]
HOLMDEL, NJ — Columbia High School junior Keira Monagle took 22nd place out of 146 runners at the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s Group 4 state championships at famed Holmdel Park in Holmdel on Saturday, Nov. 9. As a result, Monagle, who clocked 20 minutes, 09.00 seconds, earned a wild-card berth at the NJSIAA’s […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School boys soccer team enjoyed a great season. The Cougars finished with a 9-9-3 record after going 1-1 in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s North Jersey, Section 2, Group 4 state tournament. In the first round, the fifth-seeded Cougars defeated No. 12 seed Bayonne, 3-0, on […]