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 […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School indoor boys and girls track-and-field teams featured five athletes who competed at the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s Group 4 state championships at the Bennett Center in Toms River on Saturday, Feb. 18. Madison Stevens took second place in the girls shot put with a throw […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Columbia High School senior guard Jalen Robinson scored his 1,000th career point to lead the boys basketball team to a 51-46 win over Ridgewood High School on Thursday, Feb. 16, in a non conference game at Ridgewood. Robinson, the son of CHS head boys basketball coach Eugene “Bam” Robinson, scored 17 […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School girls basketball team defeated Tenafly High School 60-48 on Tuesday, Feb. 14, at home in the regular-season finale. Talia Baptiste, a junior, had 21 points, seven rebounds and three steals; and senior Shana Desir had 20 points, 12 rebounds, three blocks and three steals to lead the […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ – Columbia High School’s Dakota Dallison and Blair Rodriguez enjoyed fine showings at the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s North 2 Region girls state wrestling tournament at Union High School on Sunday, Feb. 19. Dallison, a senior, took second place in the 120-pound class and Rodriguez, a junior, took third place […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School wrestling team had a good showing at the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s District 10 state tournament at Phillipsburg High School on Saturday, Feb. 18. The Cougars finished in fifth place out of nine schools. Sophomore Jared Van Allen, at 113 pounds, and freshman August Katz, […]