The Seton Hall Prep varsity wrestling team won the Essex County Tournament championship for the second year in a row, led by 170-pound Aidan Monteverdi, who was named the ECT Most Outstanding Wrestler. The ECT was held at Richard J. Codey Arena in West Orange on Jan. 19 and Jan. 20. TEAM SCORES 1-Seton […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The St. Joseph’s boys’ Pee Wee basketball team bounced back from a tough loss on Saturday with a convincing 14-6 win against St. Aloysius on Sunday. Defense, rebounding and limiting turnovers proved to be the deciding factors for the Celtics. Harry Laskowski paced the Celtics with excellent defense and superb passing. Aidan […]
Boys capture Cetrulo championship; girls finish in third place at Santelli
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – Every year, the high school fencing communities in New Jersey continue to question whether Columbia High School has the capability of pulling any significant wins in the new season. Despite the change in names and levels of experience of their starters, both the Columbia High School boys’ and girls’ teams manage to […]
The West Orange High School and Seton Hall Prep indoor track and field teams enjoyed strong performances at the Essex County Relays held at the Jersey City Armory on Sunday, Jan. 8. In the boys’ team standings, SHP finished fifth with 16 points and WOHS finished sixth with 14 points, based on the top six […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The Columbia High School boys’ and girls’ indoor track and field teams had stellar showings at the Essex County Relays held at the Jersey City Armory on Sunday, Jan. 8. The girls’ team finished second overall in the team standings with 46 points, based on the top six finishes in each event. […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The St. Joseph’s Celtics basketball teams enjoyed fine play recently. The JV blue boys Meola won 35-15 Saturday at home against Koinonia. After a tight first quarter up only 6-4, they played strong and held Koinonia to 11 points for the rest of the game. John Pirone was the high scorer with […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – Maplewood’s foil fencing champion Jack Woods, who is 15 years old, won the Bronze medal when he competed in the Junior (20 years and under) Men’s foil event at the National American Cup in Columbus, Ohio, on the weekend. Two hundred-six top-ranked fencers, including national and international champions from America, as well […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The Columbia High School boys’ varsity basketball team defeated Bloomfield Tech and Barringer after losing to perennial power St. Anthony last week. Nashiem Harte led all scorers with 23 points with five 3-pointers and added eight rebounds and five assists to lead the Cougars to a 57-50 road win over Bloomfield Tech […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The Columbia High School boys’ varsity basketball team finished runner-up in the Soaring Eagle Tournament in Union City, falling to Orange, 55-41, in the final on Dec. 29 to move to a 3-2 record, In the semifinal, the Cougars defeated Randoph, 65-61, Dec. 27, led by Briezh Askew’s 19 points, Brandon’s Askew’s […]
MAPLEWOOD – The St. Joseph’s third grade boys basketball team lost a heartbreaker to Clark in the championship game of St Helen’s Christmas Tournament on Monday, Jan. 2. The Clark team made two free throws in the last minute to pull off a 17-16 win against the Celtics. Will Kostka and Ryan Leibensperger led the […]