MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The Columbia High School boys basketball team, under head coach Eugene “Bam” Robinson, featured six players who earned All–Super Essex Conference–Liberty Division honors, this season, as selected by the coaches. First team Jayden Myers, sophomore. Jalen Robinson, senior. Second team Shelton Colwell, sophomore. Jalen James, junior. Honorable mention Chris Berry, senior. Jake […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Maplewood resident Rafi Aronson was a senior reserve for the Montclair Kimberley Academy basketball team which finished a fine 19-6 season that was capped by capturing the state prep B-Division Tournament title with a 65-61 win over Doane Academy on Feb. 20 at MKA. The Cougars also earned a share of the […]
He will be posthumously inducted into the NJSIAA’s Hall of Fame
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Columbia High School legendary lacrosse player Bob Bianchi will be posthumously inducted into the latest New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s Hall of Fame class. Bianchi is among the seven former student-athletes and administrators who comprise the induction class. The inductees will be honored at a luncheon on Sunday, March 19, […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — When the season was over, head coach Eugene “Bam” Robinson and his Columbia High School boys basketball team were able to look back with great satisfaction. The Cougars, competing against tough opponents all season, finished with a stellar 19-8 overall record, including going 9-3 in the Super Essex Conference–Liberty Division, which […]
CHS track star makes strong bid at repeat title in shot put; Dowling, Green also impressive
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Columbia High School junior Madison Stevens made an excellent bid at defending her shot-put title at the state indoor track-and-field Meet of Champions. Stevens took second place out of 26 competitors in the girls shot put at the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Assocaiton’s state Meet of Champions at the Ocean […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Columbia High School senior fencer Lindsey Minor finished in second place in epee at the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s state individual championships at Bernards High School in Bernardsville on Sunday, Feb. 26. The CHS girls fencing team competed in the NJSIAA team state tournament. The Cougars, seeded seventh, defeated […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The 12th-seeded Columbia High School girls basketball team lost a heartbreaking 48-44 overtime decision at fourth-seeded Kearny High School in the quarterfinals of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s North Jersey, Section 1, Group 4 state tournament on Thursday, Feb. 23. Junior Talia Baptiste had 11 points, senior Bella Galatt […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Columbia High School senior Dakota Dallison competed at the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s girls wrestling state tournament at Phillipsburg High School on Sunday, Feb. 26. Dallison, a senior competing in the 120-pound class, lost both her matches. She was pinned in 3 minutes, 42 seconds in the first round […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Columbia High School wrestlers Reid Ordower, Jared Van Allen, August Katz and Derek Mingmongkol gave exemplary efforts at the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s Region 3 state tournament at West Orange High School on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 24-25. Ordower, a sophomore seeded 10th in the 106-pound weight class, posted […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School boys basketball team finished a stellar season. The sixth-seeded CHS Cougars defeated No. 11 seed Phillipsburg High School 65-54 in the first round of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s North Jersey, Section 2, Group 4 state tournament at home on Tuesday, Feb. 21. Sophomore Shelton […]