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 […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School girls basketball team defeated University and Ridge in consecutive games to improve to a 3-3 overall record on the season. Sophomore Talia Baptiste had 17 points, five assists, four steals and two rebounds, and sophomore Summer Lonning had 10 points, three rebounds and three assists to lead […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School girls basketball team defeated Roselle Catholic, 56-50, on Jan. 8 on the road for its first victory of the season. Sophomore Talia Baptiste led the Cougars with 16 points, four assists and four steals. Junior Shana Desir had 15 points with four assists, three rebounds and two […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The Columbia High School girls basketball team, which is coming off a 13-0 abbreviated season last winter, fell to East Orange Campus High School, 58-48, in the season opener on Dec. 17 at home. Talia Baptiste had 17 points, 12 rebounds, four assists, two blocks and two steals, and Bella Galatt had […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School basketball, wrestling and fencing teams will begin their seasons. The girls basketball team finished 13-0 last winter and was one of the few teams in the state to finish with an undefeated record. Here are the CHS schedules. Boys basketball Dec. 17: Central, away, 7 p.m. Dec. […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The Cougars varsity girls basketball team was named the Essex County Team of the Year and third-year head coach Chuck Keegan was named Coach of the Year by Sideline Chatter, an online sports page covering Essex County high school sports. While the team played a modified schedule, playing half the number of […]
MAPLEWOOD / SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School girls basketball team got to play only half as many games this season as they would in a normal year because of COVD-19, hitting the court 13 times as opposed to last year’s 24. But they didn’t let that stop them from having a good […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Columbia High School girls basketball team defeated the Bloomfield Bengals 58-33 at the BHS gym on March 2. For the Cougars, Corteney Provilon-Louis and Zahra Alexander led the team with 11 points each, following by Shana Desir with 10, Bella Galatt with 9, Kaijhe Hall will 8, Talia Baptiste with 7, […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – Ashley Phillip scored 18 points and Gia Gillens had 10 points to lead the Columbia High School girls varsity basketball team to a 47-42 victory at Newark Academy, Feb. 14 in Livingston. Kaijhe Hall had six points; Courtney Provilon-Louis had five points; and Kyla Benson had four points for the Cougars, who […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – Gia Gillens scored 13 points and Ashley Phillip had 11 points to lead the Columbia High School girls varsity basketball team to a 54-32 win at Montclair, Feb. 5 in a Super Essex Conference-Liberty Division game. Kaijhe Hall and Courtney Provilon-Louis each had eight points; and Vida Poyner had seven points as […]