PHOTOS: Columbia HS vs. Bloomfield, season opener

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 […]

Columbia HS athletic schedules

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 […]

PHOTOS: Columbia HS football scrimmage at Cranford

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 […]

Martinez earns NCAA Division III All-American track honors

Martinez earns NCAA Division III All-American track honors

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 […]

Columbia HS football team loses to top-seeded Bridgewater-Raritan in the playoffs

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 […]