Columbia HS fall athletes earn Super Essex Conference honors

Columbia HS fall athletes earn Super Essex Conference honors

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: […]

Columbia HS field hockey players gain Super Essex Conference honors

Columbia HS field hockey players gain Super Essex Conference honors

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 […]

Columbia HS field hockey team begins state tournament

Columbia HS field hockey team begins state tournament

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 […]

Columbia HS field hockey team shows strong drive this season

Columbia HS field hockey team shows strong drive this season

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 […]

Columbia HS field hockey team ends competitive season

Columbia HS field hockey team ends competitive season

MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School field hockey team, seeded 15th, lost at second-seeded Middletown South, 8-0, in the first round of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association North Jersey, Group 4, tournament on Oct. 28. The Cougars then lost to Governor Livingston, 1-0, on Oct. 30 in Mountainside to end the […]

Columbia HS field hockey team is on the rise

Columbia HS field hockey team is on the rise

MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE — The Columbia High School field hockey program has been on the rise since Stephanie Rivera took over as head coach.  Columbia enjoyed a great start to this season. In the first game of the year, Columbia posted an amazing comeback win. They rallied from a 2-0 deficit to defeat Livingston, 3-2, Sept. […]

Columbia HS field hockey team goes 1-1 in ECT

MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The sixth-seeded Columbia High School varsity field hockey team defeated seventh-seeded Livingston in the first round before losing to third-seeded Montclair in the quarterfinals of the Essex County Tournament. Annie Pasternak scored three goals to lead the Cougars to a 4-0 win over Livingston on Oct. 3 at Lynn V. Profeta Field/Underhill […]