MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The Columbia High School girls tennis team is enjoying a fine season so far. The Cougars, under head coach Steve Reichenstein, had an 8-5 record through Friday, Sept. 27. The third-seeded Cougars will host No. 6 seed Woodbridge in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s North Jersey, Section 2, Group 4 […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Two Columbia High School scholar-athletes were honored by the Essex County Athletic Directors Association with the Karen Fuccello Scholar-Athlete Award. CHS football and boys lacrosse player Ethan Parlin was honored as the high school’s top male scholar-athlete. Parlin has committed to the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he intends to major in […]
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 fourth-seeded Columbia High School girls tennis team defeated No. 12 seed Piscataway, 5-0, in the quarterfinals at the South Orange Baird Center tennis courts and lost at top-seeded Ridge, 4-1, in the semifinals on Thursday, Oct. 12, in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s North Jersey, Section 2, Group […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – At Columbia High School, one of the sports with a great tradition is tennis. Cougar net fans still talk about the achievements of such talented players as Dick Savitt and Dan Nahirny on the boys’ side, and Marjorie Gantman on the girls’ side. This fall, the girls’ team, coached by Dave Erdos, […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – As a student at Columbia High School in the latter part of the 1970s, Dave Erdos, the new head girls’ and boys’ tennis coach at the Maplewood school, admits he wasn’t all that interested in the sport. For Erdos, his interest at that time was in sports like track and field and […]
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 […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The Columbia High School varsity girls’ tennis team featured eight players on the All-Super Essex Conference-Liberty Division. The First Team honorees are first doubles players Lexie Fox and Marissa Bowles and second doubles players Becca Brown and Janine Bacchus-Joseph. On the Second Team are first singles player Hannah Gross and second singles […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE (updated Tuesday Oct. 11, 9:53 a.m. ) – As the head tennis coach at Columbia High School, Bob Lieberman’s most satisfying season came after this past spring when the Cougar boys’ squad went 19-5 and captured a division title. This fall, Lieberman has also been pleased with the play of the CHS girls’ […]