MAPLEWOOD – The fifth-seeded Columbia High School varsity baseball team lost to 12th-seeded Montclair Kimberley Academy, 7-5, in the first round of the Greater Newark Tournament on Monday, May 9, at Underhill Field. The Cougars led 4-1, but MKA scored two runs in the top of the sixth inning and four runs in the seventh […]
MAPLEWOOD and SOUTH ORANGE – The Columbia High School varsity baseball team, seeded fifth, will host 12th-seeded Montclair Kimberley Academy in the first round of the Greater Newark Tournament on Saturday, May 7, at 2:30 p.m. The Cougars lost to Bergen Catholic, 9-0, in a non-conference game at Breslin Stadium in Lyndhurst on Saturday, April […]
With initial ‘two- to four-week’ inquiry time passed, Seitz has yet to speak to main players
SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — A parent of one of the former Columbia High School baseball players who was allegedly bullied by the coaching staff said he has not yet been interviewed by the independent investigator employed by the South Orange-Maplewood School District to look into the matter, although the investigator was hired Feb. […]
MAPLEWOOD and SOUTH ORANGE – The Columbia High School varsity baseball team is having a strong season. The Cougars defeated East Side, Verona and Cedar Grove. The Cougars then lost to Glen Ridge in a heartbreaker for their first loss in the Super Essex Conference-Liberty Division. CHS moved to an 8-3 overall record, 8-1 […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE – The Columbia High School varsity baseball team posted back-to-back shutout wins. Danny Boehmer hurled six scoreless innings with 12 strikeouts and Christian Pierre went 3-for-3 with a double, two stolen bases and a run to lead the Cougars to a 9-0 win over West Essex on April 13 in North Caldwell. Daniel […]
MAPLEWOOD / SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Some feathers were recently ruffled when it became known that the results of the Harassment, Intimidation and Bullying investigation, conducted by Parsippany-Troy Hills interim Superintendent LeRoy Seitz into the Columbia High School baseball program will not be made public. Seitz has been hired as an independent professional to conduct […]
SOMSD hires former, interim Parsippany-Troy Hills superintendent, detractors remain dissatisfied
SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The South Orange-Maplewood School District has hired an independent professional to conduct the investigation into the Columbia High School baseball coaching staff that was announced at the Feb. 22 Board of Education meeting, after a former player alleged in a recent lawsuit that he was repeatedly bullied by the […]
With lawsuit filed against CHS coaches, many express their support of, anger at baseball teachers
SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — All four of Columbia High School’s baseball coaches were rehired by the South Orange-Maplewood Board of Education for the upcoming 2016 season during the Feb. 22 board meeting, days after a former player filed a lawsuit in Essex County Civil Court alleging that he was repeatedly bullied by the […]