MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The Columbia High School boys’ and girls’ varsity basketball teams will tip off the season this weekend. The girls will host Newark Academy on Dec. 15 at CHS. The boys will visit Newark Shabazz on Dec. 16. The boys went 16-11 last season, including advancing to the Essex County Tournament semifinals. Boys’ […]
Photo 1: Flynn Larson shooting foul shot in 5th grade game. Photo courtesy of Kevin Larsen. Photo 2: Josh Pieroni and the 4th Grade Boys Pee Wee team beat Holy Trinity at St. Joseph’s on Saturday, 20-4. Photo courtesy of Kathleen Wack. Photo 3: Eddie Peterson coaching his 2nd Grade Girls in a strong first game of […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – Under first-year head coach Mike Freedman, the Columbia High School varsity wrestling team has a nice mix of talented youth and veteran leadership. The Cougars, who open the season Dec. 15 at Chatham, will be led by their four captains: Blake McGowan, Devin Rocha, Hunter Dallison, and Galileo Hetherington. “The four captains […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The St. Joseph’s CYO basketball league opened the season with many wins this past weekend. The 3rd grade Celtics had a victorious first game at St Agnes in Clark. Their scoring was turned in by many players, like Jake Wilkes, Eddy Zamara and Ben Cuomo. In addition, the defensive efforts by Gabe […]
NUTLEY, NJ – The Nutley High School varsity ice hockey team, under the guidance of head coach Andy Surowiec, will open the season Dec. 1. For the first time, the Raiders will be a co-op with Columbia High School in Maplewood. This is the first year that Columbia will be competing in hockey in the […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ – The Community First Sports Club U9 boys soccer teams, both consisting of players from Maplewood and South Orange, completed winning fall campaigns over the weekend. The Dragons compiled a 12-4-1 record this season, finishing in second place in the Mid-New Jersey Youth Soccer Association first division and winning the Parsippany Pride […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – Hal Garwin, who stepped down as head varsity wrestling coach at Columbia High School at the end last season, will be honored with a Retirement Party at the annual CHS Wrestling Hall of Fame Dinner on Saturday, Jan. 27. Garwin has been involved with wrestling in the Maplewood and South Orange communities […]
By Steve Tober MONTCLAIR, NJ – Pictured above, South Orange resident Conor Daly (center) holds the prep B tournament championship trophy alongside fellow senior tri-captains Nico Espionosa-Dice (left) and Ahmed Abukwaik after helping to lead Montclair Kimberley Academy’s boys soccer team to that title and also the sectional final of Non-Public, North B state tournament. […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The Columbia High School varsity girls’ soccer team featured five players who earned All-Super Essex Conference-American Division honors. They include: FIRST TEAM Hannah Williams, senior goalkeeper/forward Naomi Joseph, junior defender SECOND TEAM Michelle Aguero, senior midfielder/defender HONORABLE MENTION Cecelia Munoz, junior midfielder/forward Meredith Meyer, junior midfielder/forward Columbia finished with a 9-9-1 record. […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The Columbia High School varsity girls’ volleyball team featured five players on the All-Super Essex Conference-Colonial Division. They include: FIRST TEAM Senior Maya Goldner Junior Shayla Keegan SECOND TEAM Senior Sri Taylor HONORABLE MENTION Senior Maggie Davis Senior Georgia Longstreet Columbia upset Bloomfield in the preliminary round before losing to Southern in […]