Cougars post first winning season in 24 years, among highlights
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School field hockey team enjoyed an historic season. The Cougars posted a 10-9 record for their first winning season since 2000, according to head coach Stephanie Rivera. In addition, it was also their first season since 2006 with less than 10 losses, the first time since 2012 with […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School field hockey team finished a memorable season. After losing at Mount Olive 3-1 in the first round of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s North Jersey, Group 4 state tournament on Monday, Nov. 4, the Cougars, under head coach Stephanie Rivera, ended the season with a […]
CALDWELL, NJ — The Columbia High School field hockey team defeated Mount St. Dominic 3-0 on Wednesday, Oct. 9, in Caldwell, to extend its winning streak to six games and improve to 9-5 on the season. Junior Talia Gewirtz scored on an assist from sophomore Maddie Popowsky in the first quarter. Senior Campbell Connel scored […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The Columbia High School field hockey team has been on a hot streak. The Cougars defeated Newark Academy, 4-3, on Monday night, Oct. 7, at Underhill Sports Complex/Lynn V. Profeta Field on Senior Night for their fifth straight win to improve to 8-5 overall and 7-1 in the Essex/Union Conference–Blue Division. Columbia […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School field hockey team is excited about the season this fall. The Cougars are off to a 3-2 start to the season through Sept. 14. They defeated Caldwell, 3-1, in the season opener on Sept. 5; Newark Academy, 2-0, Sept. 10; and Mount St. Dominic, 4-0, Sept. 12. […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Super Essex Conference announced their fall all-conference honors, as voted by the conference coaches. The following are the Columbia High School honorees for boys soccer, girls soccer, girls tennis, girls volleyball, cross-country and field hockey: BOYS SOCCER American Division: Second team: freshman Yuta Goldberg and junior Alejandro Valenzuela. Honorable mention: […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School field hockey team featured eight players who earned all–Super Essex Conference–Liberty Division honors, as selected by the divisional coaches. Seniors Georgie Gassaro, Sarah Cerny and Sophia Vaccariello each made the first team; senior Alexa Kaplan, senior Lily Sharma and sophomore Ann Elise Van Varick made the second […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The 14th-seeded Columbia High School field hockey team was scheduled to visit No. 3 seed Hillsborough in the first round of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s North Jersey, Group 4 state tournament on Tuesday, Nov. 1. The winner will face the winner of No. 6 Princeton and No. 11 […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School field hockey team won four games to improve to 5-1 on the season through Sept. 19. CHS defeated Newark Academy, 6-3, on Sept. 13, at home. Senior Sarah Cerny had three goals, senior Georgie Gassaro had two goals and one assist, and senior Sophia Vaccariello had one […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School field hockey team has shown tremendous dedication, much to head coach Stephanie Rivera’s delight. Columbia began the season with a dominant 7-0 win over Union on Thursday, Sept. 8, in Union. “I’m really, really excited about this year’s team,” Rivera said. “We have a lot of young […]