MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School football team lost to Union City, 26-0, at West Orange High School’s Joe Suriano Stadium on Saturday afternoon, Oct. 15. The Cougars fell to 1-6 on the season, while Union City moved to 6-1. Columbia was coming off its first win of the season, having defeated Bloomfield, […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School football team will face Union City on Saturday, Oct. 15 at West Orange High School’s Joe Suriano Stadium, located at 51 Conforti Ave. in West Orange, on homecoming and senior day. At 1:30 p.m., there will be Senior Day student-athlete and family announcements. The CHS marching band […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School football team defeated Bloomfield, 13-3, on Friday, Oct. 7, at Foley Field in Bloomfield. It was the Cougars’ first win of the season. The Cougars improved to 1-5. Junior quarterback Charlie Morrison completed nine of 15 pass attempts for 154 yards, and junior Henry Aaron kicked two […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School football team will visit Passaic County Tech in Wayne on Friday night, Sept. 30, at 7 p.m. The Cougars fell to Hudson Catholic, 34-13, at Caven Point in Jersey City on Sept. 24 to move to 0-4 on the season. Passaic County Tech is 4-1 after losing […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School football team hopes to get its first win of the season. The CHS Cougars will visit Hudson Catholic on Saturday, Sept. 24, at Caven Point in Jersey City. Hudson Catholic is 3-0. The Cougars lost to neighbor Irvington High School, 40-0, on Saturday, Sept. 17, at Irvington. […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School football team will visit state-ranked Irvington High School this Saturday, Sept. 17, at 1 p.m. The CHS Cougars lost to Paterson Eastside, 3-0, on Saturday, Sept. 10, at Bauerle Field in Paterson to move to an 0-2 record. Columbia lost a tough 24-23 decision to Livingston in […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School football team seeks to regroup from a tough 24-23 loss to Livingston in the season opener on Thursday, Sept. 1, at Livingston. The Columbia Cougars will visit Paterson Eastside on Saturday, Sept. 10, at 1 p.m. at Bauerle Field in Paterson. Photo by Steve Ellmore.
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School football team is searching for its first state playoff victory. With experienced skill position players, the Cougars are confident that they can reach that goal. “I like our experience coming back with our skill positions on both sides of the ball,” said seventh-year head coach Gary Mobley. […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange High School football team hosted a tri-scrimmage on Wednesday morning, Aug. 17, at WOHS’ Joe Suriano Stadium. The other teams were Columbia High School in Maplewood, and Willingboro. West Orange will begin the season on Friday, Sept. 2, against Montclair at Montclair State University at 8 p.m. Columbia […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Former Columbia High School head football coach Dave Curtin, who died at age 58 in August 2016 after a courageous battle with cancer, was one of several inductees into this year’s Essex County Coaches Football Association hall of fame. The inductees were honored at halftime during the Paul Robeson All-Star Football […]