Columbia HS girls tennis team having fine season, preps for state sectional tourney

Columbia HS girls tennis team having fine season, preps for state sectional tourney

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 […]

Columbia High’s Ethan Parlin, Mei Lee honored as Essex County scholar-athletes

Columbia High’s Ethan Parlin, Mei Lee honored as Essex County scholar-athletes

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 […]

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 girls tennis team has good run in the state tournament

Columbia HS girls tennis team has good run in the state tournament

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 […]

Columbia HS girls’ tennis team nets successful season

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, […]

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 […]

Columbia HS girls’ tennis players gain accolades

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 […]

Columbia HS girls’ tennis team enjoying special year

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’ […]