MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Head coach Cliff Smith is excited about this year’s Columbia High School softball team. “The team this year is looking great defensively so far,” he said in an email to the News-Record. “This is the most athletic group I have had in my eight seasons here at Columbia.” The Lady Cougars […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — The Super Essex Conference recently named students to all-conference teams in baseball and softball. Baseball In the American Division, first team honors went to Millburn High School’s Daniel Cifu; Montclair High School’s Anthony Anzaldi, Brett Janifer and Jeremy Sacks; Nutley High School’s Lou Raffaelli; Bloomfield High School’s Nico Ong and Andre […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – Columbia High School varsity head softball coach Cliff Smith was proud of his team’s successful season. “I thought this year we had a very successful year,” wrote Smith in an email to The News-Record. “We finished with a 16-9 record overall and a 7-3 record in the (Super Essex Conference) SEC-Liberty (Division), […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The Columbia High School varsity softball team featured several players who earned All-Super Essex Conference-Liberty Division honors. Sophomore shortstop Hudson Hassler and senior pitcher Jordan Stephan made First Team; senior pitcher Catherine John and sophomore second baseman Alexa Stephan made Second Team; and sophomore third baseman Lucy Gagne and senior first baseman […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The fifth-seeded Columbia High School varsity softball team fell to fourth-seeded Verona, 4-1, in the quarterfinals of the Essex County Tournament on Saturday, May 12, at Verona. The Cougars, who moved to a 12-7 record, hope to make a strong run in the NJSIAA North Jersey Section 2, Group 4 state tournament. […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Columbia High School senior Jordan Stephan of South Orange is a pitcher for the CHS softball team and for the Jersey Outlaws Gold. She has been playing softball since she was 6-years-old and began playing club softball when she was in seventh-grade. Since then, she has played softball every spring, summer […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The fifth-seeded Columbia High School varsity softball team defeated No. 12 seed Montclair, 13-3, in the first round of the Essex County Tournament on May 5. The Cougars, who moved to a 9-5 record, will visit No. 4 seed Verona in the quarterfinals on Saturday, May 12, at 9 a.m. Hudson Hassler […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ (updated Tuesday May 1, 2:02 p.m.) – The Columbia High School varsity softball team received the No. 5 seed in the Essex County Tournament. The Cougars, who had a 7-4 record through April 30, will host a first round game on May 5 against the winner of No. 12 seed Montclair and No. […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The Columbia High School varsity softball team has enjoyed an impressive start to the season. The Cougars brought a 6-0 record into the Governor Livingston tournament on Saturday, April 21, in Mountainside where they split two games, beating Madison, 1-0, and falling to the host school for its first loss of the […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The Columbia High School varsity softball team has enjoyed a strong 3-0 start to the season. Alexa Stephan went 2-for-3 with an RBI and two RBI and fellow sophomore Hudson Hassler went 1-for-3 with two RBI and a run as the Columbia High School varsity softball team defeated Newark East Side, 10-0, […]