MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School girls volleyball team enjoyed a great season. The Lady Cougars, under head coach Juan Bas, finished with an 18-8 record, including finishing tied for second place in the Super Essex Conference–Liberty Division. Columbia and West Orange (14-10) were both 9-3 in the division. Montclair (13-6) won the […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The third-seeded Columbia High School girls volleyball team defeated No. 14 seed Newark East Side, 25-11, 25-13, in the first round of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s North Jersey, Section 2, Group 4 state tournament on Saturday, Oct. 29, at CHS. Columbia improved to 18-7 on the season and […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The 10th-seeded Columbia High School girls volleyball team upset No. 7 seed Caldwell, 25-19, 22-25, 26-24, in the first round of the Essex County Tournament on Saturday, Oct. 15, at Caldwell. Columbia, which improved to 15-5 on the season, was scheduled to visit No. 2 seed Verona in the quarterfinals on […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School girls volleyball program enjoyed success at tournaments on Saturday, Oct. 8. The JV team won the second annual Payne Tech JV tournament title. Columbia defeated Payne Tech in the final by scores of 25-22, 25-12. Junior outside hitter Caroline Schmidt was named the tournament Most Valuable Player. […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School girls volleyball team defeated Nutley and West Essex to extend its winning streak to four matches. Sinikka Reynolds-Vickberg had seven kills, Allie Harris had six kills, and Julia Roses had 20 assists and four digs in the 25-15, 25-20 home win over Nutley on Sept. 28. Zoe […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School girls volleyball team continued its winning ways last week. CHS won three of four matches to improve to 6-2 through Sept. 24. Columbia defeated Cedar Grove, 25-13, 25-21, on Sept. 20 at CHS. Senior Allie Harris had seven kills, junior Anne Sullivan had eight digs, and senior […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School girls volleyball team defeated Caldwell in three sets on Friday, Sept. 16, at home. Columbia won the first set, 25-21. After Caldwell won the second set, 25-19, Columbia won the third and decisive set, 25-17. Zoe Hall had seven kills and six digs, Sinikka Reynolds-Vickberg had five […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School girls volleyball team, under head coach Juan Bas, is looking forward to the season. Columbia defeated Nutley in the season opener on Saturday, Sept. 10. The key returning players are Zoe Hall, junior, captain, outside hitter; Allie Harris, senior, captain, middle blocker; Julia Roses, senior, captain, setter; […]
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 third-seeded Columbia High School girls volleyball team lost to sixth-seeded Watchung Hills, 25-17, 25-6, in the quarterfinals of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association North Jersey, Section 2, Group 4, tournament on Nov. 3 at Columbia High School. The Cougars, under head coach Juan Bas, finished the season with […]