No decision yet, final choice to be made in February
SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — South Orange-Maplewood residents are concerned about the positions of Columbia High School varsity baseball coaches Joseph Fischetti and Matthew Becht, following an email sent by the team’s booster club president to parents of returning players, in which he mentions that Superintendent of Schools John Ramos Sr. may not recommend […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – Maplewood native Matthew Becht has been named associate director of marketing of the Metropolitan YMCA of the Oranges, the largest association of YMCAs in New Jersey. Becht, who joined the Metro YMCA in 2012 as marketing specialist, “uses his creative talents to advance the Y’s six branches and promote the organization as […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The independent investigator hired by the South Orange-Maplewood School District to look into allegations of bullying against the Columbia High School baseball coaching staff submitted his final report during an executive session of the Board of Education at its special meeting July 7. District spokeswoman Suzanne Turner confirmed to the News-Record that […]
Former CHS baseball player claims that he was bullied by his coaches
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The father of a former Columbia High School baseball player, who has long said his son was repeatedly bullied by his coaches, is now demanding to know why the results of the special Harassment, Intimidation and Bullying investigation into the coaching staff have still not been reported roughly four months after they […]
MAPLEWOOD – The Columbia High School varsity baseball team enjoyed another successful season with a 17-10 overall, clinching a share of the Super Essex Conference-Liberty Division title with Verona. CHS and Verona each finished 13-3 in the division. It marked the second straight season that the Cougars won the SEC-Liberty Division championship. In 2015, the […]
MAPLEWOOD – The Columbia High School varsity baseball team worked hard during the course of the season. Indeed, the Cougars’ diligence paid off as they won the Super Essex Conference-Liberty Division title for the second year in a row. The Cougars shared this year’s title with Verona. CHS ended its season on a winning note, […]
Correction: The Cougars did not finish the season after the loss in the state tournament. MAPLEWOOD – The Columbia High School varsity baseball team finished a successful season. The ninth-seeded Cougars lost at top-seeded Watchung Hills, 9-1, in the quarterfinals of the state North Jersey Section 2, Group 4 tournament to move to a 16-10 […]
MAPLEWOOD – Luke Jackson had an RBI double, Ryan Davis had a run-scoring single and Reid Evans knocked in a run to lead the ninth-seeded Columbia High School varsity baseball team to a 3-1 win at eighth-seeded Bridgewater-Raritan in the first round of the state North Jersey Section 2, Group 4 tournament on May 23. […]
MAPLEWOOD – The Columbia High School varsity baseball team received the No. 9 seed in the state North Jersey Section 2,Group 4 tournament and will visit No. 8 seed Bridgewater-Raritan in the first round on May 23. The winner will face the winner between No. 1 seed Watchung Hills and No. 16 seed Plainfield in […]
MAPLEWOOD – Quinn Krais had three hits and three RBI and Eliot Dix had two hits and three RBI to lead the Columbia High School varsity baseball team to a 14-1 home win over Glen Ridge on May 14. Christian Pierre had two hits and two RBI and winning pitcher Danny Boehmer struck out five […]