MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ —The Columbia High School boys and girls track and field teams enjoyed stellar performances at the Essex County Championships on Thursday and Friday, May 16-17, at Schools Stadium in Newark. The boys finished second overall in the team standings with 58 points. Seton Hall Prep won the team title with 79.5 points. […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School softball team is looking to defend its New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s North Jersey, Section 1, Group 4 state tournament championship. The Cougars, under head coach Cliff Smith, received the No. 3 seed and were scheduled to host No. 14 seed Kearny in the first round […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Two Columbia High School scholar-athletes were honored by the Essex County Athletic Directors Association with the Karen Fuccello Scholar-Athlete Award. CHS football and boys lacrosse player Ethan Parlin was honored as the high school’s top male scholar-athlete. Parlin has committed to the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he intends to major in […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Villanova University guard and South Orange native Mark Armstrong, who announced in April his intention to enter his name into the National Basketball Association Draft process, will forgo his final two seasons of college eligibility and remain in the 2024 NBA Draft. “After careful consideration and counsel with my parents and […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School boys and girls track and field teams posted good efforts at the Super Essex Conference–American Division Championships on Saturday, May 11, at Schools Stadium in Newark. Both teams finished in third place in their respective team standings. The boys had 88 team points. Seton Hall Prep was […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The fifth-seeded Columbia High School softball team upset No. 4 seed Caldwell, 3-0, Monday, May 13, in Caldwell to advance to the semifinals of the Essex County Tournament. Sophomore Claire Shupe tossed a four-hit shutout with 12 strikeouts and no walks; at the plate, she went 3-for-4 with a single, a […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The fifth-seeded Columbia High School girls lacrosse team had a good run in the Essex County Tournament. The Cougars defeated No. 12 seed West Orange, 17-12, Saturday, May 4, in the first round of the Essex County Tournament at Underhill Field. Junior Margaret McManus had six goals, sophomore Anabel MacGuire had […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The fifth-seeded Columbia High School softball team defeated 12th-seeded Millburn, 14-7, in the first round of the Essex County Tournament at Meadowland Park on Friday, May 3. Sophomore Claire Shupe went 2-for-2 with two singles, a walk and one RBI. Shupe also pitched two innings of two-hit ball with six strikeouts […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Senior Zhamir Rowan and freshman Jalele Williams combined to break the long jump relay meet record and lead the Columbia High School track and field teams at the Essex County Relay Championships at Livingston High School on Friday, May 3. Rowan and Williams combined to jump 43 feet, 11 inches, which […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The No. 9 seed Columbia High School boys lacrosse team defeated No. 8 seed Millburn, 5-4, in the first round of the Essex County Tournament on Saturday, May 4, at Millburn. The Cougars extended their winning streak to four games and improved to 6-5 on the season. Senior Max Gigante had […]