Columbia HS girls’ basketball team wins three in a row to improve to 6-6

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 […]

Columbia HS girls’ basketball team enjoys victories

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 […]

Columbia HS basketball teams get ready for seasons

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’ […]

Former Columbia HS girls’ basketball legendary coach Johanna Wright honored at the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Living Legends Scholarship Gala in North Carolina

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 […]

Columbia HS girls’ basketball team falls to Orange in ECT

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 […]

Columbia HS girls’ basketball team posts mixed results

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 […]