Columbia HS track standout Mae Dowling eclipses 1,600m school mark set by current Maplewood Middle School principal and CHS alum Dara Crocker Gronau

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Columbia HS track standout Mae Dowling eclipses 1,600m school mark set by current Maplewood Middle School principal and CHS alum Dara Crocker Gronau

MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Call it a meeting of two women’s history makers. Just days after Columbia High School girls track runner Mae Dowling broke the school record for running the 1,600-meter race, she met the woman who set the previous record 26 years ago. Dowling didn’t have to travel very far – just a […]

Columbia HS girls basketball standout Talia Baptiste reflects on scoring 1,000th career point

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Senior will attend FDU, shoots for a career in medicine

Columbia HS girls basketball standout Talia Baptiste reflects on scoring 1,000th career point

MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — When Talia Baptiste began her final season with Columbia High School’s girls basketball team, it was far from certain that she would achieve 1,000 high school career points. “I wasn’t really sure if I was going to get it,” said Baptiste, a senior. “I was only at 552 points.” A bone […]