CHS returns its top eight players, looks to have another successful campaign
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE — The Columbia High School girls basketball team has reason to feel excited this season. The Lady Cougars, under fifth-year head coach Chuck Keegan, return their top eight players from last year’s squad, which finished with a 14-8 overall record. The players are seniors Samiya Hill, Leah Connell, Shana Desir, Bella Galatt and […]
CHS 2001 graduate credits her family and former CHS head coach Johanna Wright for her success
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The 2000-01 Columbia High School girls basketball team, under legendary head coach Johanna Wright, was one of the best in school history. The team finished with a stellar 28-4 record, winning county, sectional and state championships before finishing as runner-up in the state Tournament of Champions. One of the top players […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Over the past half-century, there have been great teams and athletes when it comes to female sports, whether it’s on the high school, college or professional level. All that was made possible in part thanks to the congressional passage of Title IX on June 23, 1972. In the words of the […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School girls basketball team finished a solid season. The Lady Cougars, seeded eighth, defeated No. 9 seed Kearny in the first round before losing at top-seeded Union City in the quarterfinal round of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s North Jersey, Section 1, Group 4, tournament. Columbia, […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The eighth-seeded Columbia High School girls basketball team defeated ninth-seeded Kearny, 58-53, in the first round of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s North Jersey, Section 1, Group 4, tournament on Monday, Feb. 28. Sophomore Talia Baptiste had 13 points, two rebounds, two assists and three steals; junior Bella Galatt […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School girls basketball team defeated Nutley and West Orange last week to improve to 12-7 on the season. Sophomore Talia Baptiste had 15 points and junior Bella Galatt had 12 points to lead the Lady Cougars to a 49-35 win at Nutley on Monday, Feb. 14. Junior Leah […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Bella Galatt, a junior, had 13 points and junior Shana Desir had 11 points, 11 rebounds and four assists to lead the Columbia High School girls basketball team to a 55-38 home win over West Essex on Tuesday, Feb. 8, in a Super Essex Conference–American Division game. Sophomore Talia Baptiste had […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Bella Galatt, a junior, scored 11 points, and junior Shana Desir had 10 points, eight rebounds and three steals to lead the second-seeded Columbia High School girls basketball team to a 45-29 home win over No. 18 seed Verona in the first round of the Essex County Tournament on Saturday, Feb. […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School girls basketball team received the No. 2 seed in the 31-team Essex County Tournament. The top seed is Immaculate Conception of Montclair. Columbia received a bye in the preliminary round and will host a first-round game on Saturday, Feb. 5. Glen Ridge, seeded 15th, will host a […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School girls basketball team defeated West Orange, East Orange and Delaware Valley last week to extend its winning streak to five games and improve to a 6-3 overall record. Sophomore Talia Baptiste had 17 points and junior Leah Connell had 11 points and five rebounds to lead CHS […]