MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School girls basketball team recovered from a tough start to the season. The fourth-seeded Cougars lost at No. 13 seed Scotch Plains–Fanwood, 55-47, in the first round of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s North Jersey, Section 2, Group 4 state tournament on Thursday, Feb. 27. Sophomore […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School girls basketball team hopes to make a strong run in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s North Jersey, Section 2, Group 4 state tournament. The Cougars, under head coach Aaron Breitman, received the No. 4 seed. They will host No. 13 seed Scotch Plains–Fanwood in the […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School girls basketball team won back-to-back games, beating Millburn and Newark Central. Sophomore JoJo Yarde had 18 points, 12 rebounds, seven steals and four blocked shots to lead the Cougars to a 53-41 win over Millburn on Monday, Feb. 3, in a Super Essex Conference crossover divisional game. […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The 10th-seeded Columbia High School girls basketball team went 1-1 in the Essex County Tournament. The Cougars defeated No. 23 seed Cedar Grove, 58-12, in the ECT preliminary round on Thursday, Jan. 30, at home. Sophomore JoJo Yarde had 21 points, 14 rebounds, five steals and three blocked shots to lead […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School girls basketball team won two of three games last week to improve to 7-9 overall on the season. The Cougars defeated Nutley, 52-44, Tuesday, Jan. 21, at home in a Super Essex Conference–Liberty Division game. Sophomore Gabriella Ervin had 18 points, nine rebounds, six assists and five […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Sophomore JoJo Yarde scored 18 points and pulled down 20 rebounds to power the Columbia High School girls basketball team to a 44-40 home win over Bloomfield on Friday, Jan. 17. Junior Sara Marey had nine points, and sophomore Gabriella Ervin had seven points and four rebounds for the Cougars, who […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE/BOUND BROOK, NJ — The Columbia High School girls basketball team notched its first win of the season with an emphatic 73-36 win over Timothy Christian on Saturday, Dec. 28, in the Bound Brook holiday tournament. Sophomore guard Gabriella Ervin scored 31 points and added eight assists, six rebounds and four blocked shots to […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — This season’s Columbia High School girls basketball team features athleticism and talented youth, much to second-year head coach Aaron Breitman’s delight. “We’re fast and athletic,” said Breitman after the team’s practice at CHS on Tuesday, Dec. 3. “We’re very good in transition. I think we are going to surprise a lot […]
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 […]
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 […]