MAPLEWOOD, NJ – At Columbia High School, one of the sports with a rich tradition is swimming. Cougar fans still talk about the great CHS swim teams of the mid 1950s. And swimmers like Dan Goble, David Pearl, Maggie Keenan and Rebecca Shore rank among the top athletes in the history of the Maplewood school. […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – Tran Soles-Torres won the individual foil title to lead the Columbia High School boys’ fencing team to a second-place finish at the District 5 state tournament on Sunday, Jan. 28, at Montclair High School. Adam Dubowy took second in the individual epee competition, while Jeremy Giles placed fourth in sabre for the […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The Columbia High School girls’ varsity basketball team continued its remarkable turnaround. The Cougars won three straight games, defeating Newark Collegiate Academy, Montclair Kimberley Academy, and Montclair improve to a 6-6 overall record. Columbia started off 0-4 and 1-5 this season. Senior Kayla Anderson scored 18 points and had four rebounds to lead […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The Columbia High School girls’ indoor track and field team captured the girls’ team title at the Essex County Championships on Monday, Jan. 22, at the Ocean Breeze Complex in Staten Island. CHS, under head coach Chris Faraone, had 87.5 points. Montclair finished second with 64 points. On the boys’ side, Columbia […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The Columbia High School girls’ indoor track and field team finished in fourth place in the team standings at the NJSIAA Group 4 State Relays held at the Bennett Center in Toms River on Jan. 18. Ciara French, Briana Reckling, Lillian Williams and Ruth Pastuer combined to win the 4×200-meter relay. Reckling, […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – Nasheim Harte had 21 points, five rebounds and three assists and Avery Chavis-Lingham had 12 points, 12 rebounds and three blocked shots to lead the Columbia High School boys’ varsity basketball team to a 61-57 win over host Snyder on Jan. 20 in Jersey City. Breizh Askew had 14 points and four […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The Columbia High School girls’ varsity basketball team won back-to-back games last week, beating Shabazz and Newark Academy. Senior Kayla Anderson scored 27 points to lead CHS to a 67-30 win at Shabazz on Jan. 16 in Newark. Sophomore Maia Little had 10 points; junior Sage Cleghorn had nine points; and senior […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ (updated Monday Jan. 22, 11:11 a.m.) – Devin Rocha finished in second place in the 138-pound weight class to lead the Columbia High School varsity wrestling team at the Essex County Tournament, Jan. 18-19, at Richard J. Codey Arena in West Orange. Rocha, a junior who was seeded No. 2 in the tournament, […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ – South Orange native Mason Toye, a freshman striker from Indiana University, was selected by the Minnesota United with the seventh overall pick in the Major League Soccer SuperDraft for college players on Friday, Jan. 19. Toye is a 2017 Seton Hall Prep graduate who was the New Jersey State Player of […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The Columbia High School girls’ swim team captured the girls’ team title at the Super Essex Conference/Essex County Championships held at the Raritan Bay Area YMCA on Monday, Jan. 15. It marks the girls’ team first County title since 1983 when it tied Montclair. Columbia, which entered the meet with an undefeated […]