The Columbia Cougars (Maplewood, NJ) baseball got by the host Nutley Maroon Raiders (Nutley, NJ), 5-4 in Friday's league challenge.

The Cougars now own a 9-6 record. They take the field next when they travel to West Essex for a non-league challenge on Monday, May 5. Columbia will clash with a Knights team coming off a 10-0 non-league win over St. Benedict's Prep (Newark, NJ). The Knights record now stands at 9-4.

With the defeat, Nutley drops to 8-9 on the year. The Maroon raiders host Bayonne (Bayonne, NJ) to clash with the Bees in a non-league challenge on Saturday, May 3. The Bees go into the challenge with a record of 5-5. Bayonne lost 7-4 in their recent league challenge against Union City (Union City, NJ)