Cougars Fall short vs. Arts, look to regroup in states
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School boys basketball team dropped a tough 38-30 decision to second-seeded Arts High School of Newark in the semifinals of the 76th Essex County Tournament on Saturday, Feb. 11, at West Orange High School. The Cougars, under head coach Eugene “Bam” Robinson, lost their third straight game to […]
Cougars fall in the semifinals, prep for state tourney
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The fifth-seeded Columbia High School girls basketball team enjoyed a strong run in the Essex County Tournament. The Cougars, under head coach Chuck Keegan, fell to top-seeded Immaculate Conception High School 72-25 in the semifinals held at West Orange High School on Saturday, Feb. 11 in a matchup of Super Essex […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Big East Conference named University of Connectict’s Terrel Williams, a Columbia High School graduate, as the Men’s Track Athlete of the Week on Wednesday, Feb. 8. At the Harvard Crimson Elite & Multi meet, the junior hurdler set an all-time UConn program record in the indoor 60-meter hurdles finishing in […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School girls indoor track-and-field team took third place overall at the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s North Jersey, Section 2, Group 4 state Championships at the Bennett Center in Toms River on Saturday, Feb. 11. The Cougars had 36 points based on the top-six finishes in each […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School wrestling team seeks a strong showing at the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s District 10 state tournament on Saturday, Feb. 18, at Phillipsburg High School. The Cougars, under head coach Mike Freedman, completed the regular season on Saturday, Feb. 11 at Millburn High School. They won […]
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 […]