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’ 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 – After losing its first four games, the Columbia High School girls’ varsity basketball team posted its first win of the season. Senior Kayla Anderson scored 13 points, and senior Hernan Angerville and sophomore Maiai Little each had nine points to lead the Cougars to a 54-26 win over host Orange on Jan. […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The Columbia High School boys’ and girls’ varsity basketball teams will tip off the season this weekend. The girls will host Newark Academy on Dec. 15 at CHS. The boys will visit Newark Shabazz on Dec. 16. The boys went 16-11 last season, including advancing to the Essex County Tournament semifinals. Boys’ […]
Whether it was coaching the girls’ basketball team at Columbia High School, or serving on the South Orange-Maplewood Board of Education, Johanna Wright has always had a true passion for her job. On the evening of August 26 at the Grand Pavilion Ballroom in the Embassy Suites Hotel in Winston-Salem, N.C., Wright was one of […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – At Columbia High School, Gene Chyzowych in soccer and Len Klepack in track and field are generally regarded as the top coaches in school history. But another name that belongs on that list is Johanna Wright in girls’ basketball. During her long tenure at the Maplewood school, CHS was a perennial contender […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – Kayla Anderson, a junior, had 12 points and sophomore Shayla Keegan had seven points but the 14th-seeded Columbia High School girls’ varsity basketball team fell at third-seeded Westfield, 62-32, in the first round of the NJSIAA North Jersey Section 2, Group 4 tournament on Feb. 27. The Cougars finished the season with […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The Columbia High School girls’ varsity basketball team defeated Livingston and Mount Saint Dominic Academy to improve to a 10-13 record. Shayla Keegan had 11 points and three blocks and fellow junior Brialle Carthens had nine points to lead the Cougars to a 42-17 home win over Livingston on Feb. 14 in […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – Kayla Anderson scored 13 points and fellow junior Brialle Carthens had nine points, but the ninth-seeded Columbia High School girls’ varsity basketball team lost at eighth-seeded Orange, 48-32, in the first round of the Essex County Tournament on Saturday, Feb. 11. Sophomore Vida Poyner had four points; and junior Sage Cleghorn and […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The Columbia High School girls’ varsity basketball team defeated Golda Och and lost to Millburn and Montclair to move to a 7-11 record. Kayla Anderson had 13 points, seven rebounds and two steals Brialle Carthens had 13 points, five rebounds, three assists and two steals; and Sage Cleghorn had 13 points, four […]