MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School boys and girls fencing teams competed at the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s District 3 tournament at North Hunterdon High School on Sunday, Feb. 5. The girls team finished second overall with 43 points among the eight teams. Livingston finished first with 56 points. Columbia took […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE — Columbia High School senior Jamie Fardin, a multi-sport varsity athlete for Lacrosse and Volleyball, as well as a CHS club leader, was selected by her coaches and supervisors to represent CHS on National Girls & Women in Sports Day on Wednesday, Feb. 1. Fardin will continue her lacrosse career at Div 1 Elon University, […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Big East conference has announced University of Connecticut indoor track-and-field team members Terrel Williams and Travis Snyder in the weekly Big East awards recently. From the Battle in Beantown, in Boston, Mass., both Williams, a 2020 Columbia High School graduate, and Snyder, of Saco, Maine, put up record-breaking results. Williams […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Talia Baptiste, a junior, had 14 points, seven rebounds, six steals, five assists and three blocked shots; and senior Bella Galatt had 9 points and five steals to lead the fifth-seeded Columbia High School girls basketball team to a 46-42 win over fourth-seeded Newark Academy in the quarterfinals of the Essex […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The sixth-seeded Columbia High School boys basketball team defeated third-seed Caldwell High School 52-49 in the quarterfinals of the Essex County Tournament on Saturday, Feb. 4, at Caldwell. The CHS Cougars, who improved to 16-4 overall on the season, avenged two losses to Caldwell this season. Four days earlier, Columbia lost […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — South Orange native Ronnie Hickman Jr., a fourth-year safety on the national power Ohio State State University football team, recently announced his decision to enter his name into the NFL draft that will be held this spring. He was eligible to return to college next year. Hickman, who played at DePaul […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — August Katz, Derek Mingmongkol, Reid Ordower and Jared Van Allen enjoyed solid performances to lead the Columbia High School wrestling team at the Essex County Tournament on Wednesday and Thursday, Jan. 25 and 26, at Richard J. Codey Arena in West Orange. Katz, a freshman, took fourth place in the 126-pound […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Jayden Myers had 19 points and Jalen Robinson had 13 points with three steals to lead the sixth-seeded Columbia High School boys basketball team to a 64-57 home win over No. 11 seed Newark Tech on Saturday, Jan. 28, in the first round of the Essex County Tournament. Shelton Colwell had […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School girls fencing team enjoyed a strong showing at the Santelli Championships on Sunday, Jan. 22, at Drew University in Madison. The Cougars finished in third place overall out of 50 high schools. Here are the Cougars performances. In foil, senior Bonney Donachie fenced on the B strip […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The fifth-seeded Columbia High School girls basketball team defeated No. 12 seed Verona High School 58-41 in the first round of the Essex County Tournament on Saturday, Jan. 28. Shana Desir had 17 points with six rebounds, three assists, three steals and three blocked shots; Talia Baptiste had 13 points with […]