By Jim Van Orden Correspondent “That’s as grand a bunch of kids as anybody could ever have to coach ” – Frank Hoffman It was such a big game…you might call it New Jersey’s first high school “Super Bowl.” Perhaps the largest crowd to ever pack Maplewood’s Underhill Field assembled to watch two unbeaten […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The Columbia High School varsity football team will visit Morristown on Friday afternoon, Sept. 29. Kickoff is at 2 p.m. The Cougars are searching for their first win after losing to West Orange, 43-13, Saturday, Sept. 23, at Lynn V. Profeta Field/Underhill Sports Complex to fall to 0-3. The Cougars will host […]
Photos by Steve Ellmore MAPLEWOOD, NJ (updated Monday Sept. 18, 11:01 a.m.) – The East Orange Campus High School varsity football team defeated Columbia HS, 20-18, Saturday, Sept. 16, at Underhill Field in Maplewood. The EOCHS Jaguars improved to 2-0 on the season under first-year head coach Rae Oliver, while the CHS Cougars dropped to […]
The Columbia High School varsity football team fell to Bloomfield, 41-13, in the season opener Friday, Sept. 8, at Foley Field in Bloomfield. The Cougars will host East Orange Campus on Saturday, Sept. 16, at 1 p.m. at Lynn V. Profeta Field/Underhill Sports Complex. East Orange Campus is 1-0 after beating Memorial of West New […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – Even though it had just one win, Columbia qualified for the NJSIAA North Jersey Section 2, Group 5 state playoffs last season. That’s correct: just one win. The victory came on the road in Week 2 against East Orange Campus, which also qualified for the Section 2, Group 5 playoffs. By […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The Columbia High School athletic teams are gearing up for the fall seasons. The following are varsity schedules: FOOTBALL Sept. 8, at Bloomfield, 7 p.m. Sept. 16, East Orange Campus, 1 p.m. Sept. 23, West Orange, 1 p.m. Sept. 30, at Morristown, 1 p.m. Oct. 6, Livingston, 7 p.m. Oct. 14, at […]
The Columbia High School football team participated in a scrimmage held at Memorial Field in Cranford on Friday, August 25. Besides the host school Cranford, the other teams in the scrimmage were Carteret and Plainfield. The Cougars will open the season Sept. 8 on the road against Bloomfield. Photos by Steve Ellmore: Cougars, in white […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – Former Columbia High School athlete Jimmy Martinez earned All-America honors in the 400 meters Saturday at the NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field National Championships in Naperville, Ill. Martinez, a sophomore at Middlebury College, Vt., crossed the line with a time of 49.41, good for sixth-place overall. Only the top 15 […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The eighth-seeded Columbia High School varsity football team lost at top-seeded Bridgewater-Raritan, 42-0, in the first round of the state North Jersey Section 2, Group 5 playoffs on Friday night, Nov. 11. Bridgewater-Raritan improved to a 10-0 record. Under first-year head coach Gary Mobley, the Cougars qualified for the playoffs with just […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ (updated Tuesday Nov. 1, 11:30 a.m.) – The Columbia High School varsity football team lost to Morris Knolls, 35-12, Saturday, Oct. 29, in Rockaway. The loss was the Cougars’ sixth straight and moved their record to 1-7. CHS, however, is looking to make the state North Jersey Section 2, Group 5 playoffs. The […]