MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The Columbia High School varsity baseball team defeated Newark East Side, 11-1, for its first win of the season April 7 at Underhill Field. Luke Jackson went 2-for-3 with a walk, stolen base, a run, and an RBI; Jake Lefferts was 2-for-2 with two runs, two walks, and two RBI; Rowan Marbury […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The Columbia High School baseball team prepared for the season through a series of preseason scrimmages, including against North Bergen on March 28 at Underhill Field. The Cougars were scheduled to begin the season April 2 at Caldwell, but the game was snowed. Columbia was scheduled to Seton Hall Prep on April 4, […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – In Jim Whalen first season as head coach of the Columbia High School varsity baseball team last season, the Cougars proved quite competitive, despite finishing with a 12-14 record. The Cougars, who begin the 2018 season April 2 at Caldwell, have a strong returning nucleus looking to make some noise. Returning players […]
SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The saga of alleged incidents of bullying on the baseball team at Columbia High School continues. Former CHS baseball coach Joe Fischetti and former assistant coach Matt Becht have filed a lawsuit against the school district for violating their civil rights, defamation, malicious prosecution and more, all stemming from […]
Following first year at helm, Jim Whalen pleased with Cougars’ efforts; optimistic for 2018
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The glory days for the baseball program at Columbia High School came in 1978 and 1979 when the Maplewood school captured consecutive titles in the Greater Newark Tournament. For Cougar coach Jim Whalen, who recently completed his initial season at the helm, that’s his long-range goal. He wants his team to be […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ (updated Wednesday June 14, 2:25 p.m.) – Columbia High School alum Jimmy Murphy was selected by the Baltimore Orioles in the eighth round of the Major League Baseball Draft on June 13. Murphy, a right-handed pitcher from Fordham University, was the No. 248 player selected overall on the second day of the draft. […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Christian Pierre, a junior at Columbia High School, started playing baseball at a young age. CHS’ varsity centerfielder, also a player on the North Jersey Cardinals club baseball team, has been the varsity centerfielder since sophomore year. In his freshman year, Pierre won the Freshman MVP Award, and in his sophomore year […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ (updated Tuesday May 30, 12:29 p.m.) – The 16th-seeded Columbia High School varsity baseball team lost at top-seeded Millburn, 2-1, in the first round of the NJSIAA North Jersey Section 2, Group 4 state tournament May 23 in Millburn. The Cougars took a 1-0 lead on Luke Jackson’s two-out RBI double in the […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The 16th-seeded Cougars will visit top-seeded Millburn in the first round of the NJSIAA North Jersey Section 2, Group 4 state tournament on May 23. The game was postponed from May 22 due to rain. The winner will face the winner between No. 9 seed Scotch Plains-Fanwood and No. 8 seed Union […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The fourth-seeded Columbia High School varsity baseball team dropped a heartbreaking 5-4 decision to top-seeded Millburn in the Greater Newark Tournament semifinals doubleheader at Belleville High School on Monday night, May 15. Millburn scored single runs in the second, third and fourth innings and two runs in the fifth for a 5-0 […]