MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Even though one might call it bittersweet, the 2024 season for the Columbia High School girls volleyball program was more sweet than bitter. The freshman team, coached by David Crouch, completed a perfect season, going 16-0 in regular-season matches, and won the West Essex Freshman Tournament by beating the host team […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The sixth-seeded Columbia High School girls volleyball team enjoyed a great run in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s North Jersey, Section 2, Group 4 state tournament. The Cougars, under longtime head coach Juan Bas, won two matches to advance to the semifinals, but lost at No. 2 seed Union […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The sixth-seeded Columbia High School girls volleyball team defeated No. 11 seed Plainfield 25-11, 25-16 in the first round of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s North Jersey, Section 2, Group 4 state tournament on Monday, Nov. 4, at home. Senior Libby Kosik had 16 digs, senior Lucy Hummel had […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The sixth-seeded Columbia High School girls volleyball team defeated No. 11 seed Newark Academy 25-18, 25-21, on Saturday, Oct. 19, at home to advance to the quarterfinals of the Essex County Tournament. Senior outside hitter Sinnika Reynolds-Vickberg had seven kills and three digs, senior setter Lucy Hummel had seven assists, senior […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School girls volleyball team received the No. 6 seed in the Essex County Tournament. The Cougars will host a first-round match on Thursday, Oct. 17, against either No. 11 seed Newark Academy, No. 22 seed Arts or No. 27 seed North Star. If the Cougars win, they will […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School girls volleyball team has enjoyed a terrific season so far. The Cougars had a six-match winning streak that was snapped with a home loss to West Essex on Monday, Oct. 7, to move to a 9-2 overall record on the season. Despite losing two key players to […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The Columbia High School girls volleyball team won five straight matches to improve to 8-1 through Monday, Sept. 30. The Cougars won at Caldwell, 25-17, 25-16, on Monday, Sept. 23. Senior Sinikka Reynolds-Vickberg had 11 kills. Senior Lucy Hummel had 12 assists. Senior Corynna Manjos had two blocks and two digs. CHS […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School girls volleyball team enjoyed a 3-0 start to the season, before losing to West Essex. The Cougars defeated Dayton on Monday, Sept. 9 in the season opener in Springfield and defeated Nutley three days later at home, both by two games. CHS defeated Montclair Kimberley in three […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Super Essex Conference announced their fall all-conference honors, as voted by the conference coaches. The following are the Columbia High School honorees for boys soccer, girls soccer, girls tennis, girls volleyball, cross-country and field hockey: BOYS SOCCER American Division: Second team: freshman Yuta Goldberg and junior Alejandro Valenzuela. Honorable mention: […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School girls volleyball team, seeded seventh, lost at No. 2 seed Watchung Hills, 25-15, 25-22, in the quarterfinals of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s North Jersey, Section 2, Group 4 state tournament on Tuesday, Oct. 31. The Cougars finished the season with a 12-13 overall record. […]