Senior will attend FDU, shoots for a career in medicine
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 […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The fourth-seeded Columbia High School girls fencing team lost a heartbreaking 14-13 decision to No. 12 seed Livingston in the quarterfinals of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s state team tournament on Wednesday, Feb. 21. In foil, senior Mei Lee went 3-0 and both junior Sydney Anrig and junior Charlotte […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School boys basketball team nearly pulled off a stunning upset in the state tournament. The 15th-seeded Cougars gave second-seeded Watchung Hills all it could handle before losing in double overtime, 61-55, in the first round of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s North Jersey, Section 2, Group […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE— Columbia High School sophomore August Katz had a strong effort at the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s Region 3 wrestling tournament at West Orange High School on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 23-24. Katz finished in fifth place in the 138-pound weight class after winning by a 12-7 decision over Joey Tantawi of […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — With the regular season winding down, the St. Joseph’s CYO basketball team played hard during the holiday weekend. After playing both St. Aloysius teams over the weekend, the St. Joseph’s JV Celtics girls team endured back-to-back losses. But St. Joe’s had a lot to be proud of in its play, particularly in […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Columbia High School seniors Madison Stevens, Gianna Green and Mae Dowling enjoyed stellar performances at the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s Group 4 girls indoor track and field state championships at the John Bennett Athletic Sports Bubble in Toms River on Saturday, Feb. 17. Stevens took second place in the […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Jared Van Allen took first place and Reid Ordower and August Katz each took second place in the respective weight classes to lead the Columbia High School boys wrestling team at the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s District 11 tournament at Morristown High School on Saturday, Feb. 17. Van Allen, […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The fourth-seeded Columbia High School girls fencing team defeated 13th-seeded West Windsor-Plainsboro North High School, 16-11, in the round of 16 of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s state team tournament on Thursday, Feb. 15, at home. Senior Julia Wheeler went 2-1 in saber. Senior Mei Lee and junior Charlotte […]
Cougars beat West Caldwell Tech, Baptiste nets her 1,000th career point against Bernards
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Senior Talia Baptiste scored 21 points, freshman Mayla Defreitas had 11 points and senior Jaime Levi and junior Julia Hartley each had 10 points to lead the Columbia High School girls basketball team to a 63-24 win at West Caldwell Tech on Monday, Feb. 12, in a Super Essex Conference crossover […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Senior guard Julien Leveille scored 32 points to lead the Columbia High School boys basketball team past Wayne Hills High School, 79-64, Wednesday, Feb. 14. Leveille also had five rebounds and four assists for the Cougars, who won their fourth straight game. Senior center Jared Carlucci had 21 points, 11 rebounds […]