Columbia HS freshman girls volleyball enjoys undefeated season

Columbia HS freshman girls volleyball enjoys undefeated season

MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School freshman girls volleyball team capped off its undefeated season with a straight-set victory over Clifton High School on Tuesday, Oct. 26, by scores of 25-16 and 25-12. In addition to their 21-0 record, Columbia’s freshmen, coached by John Trieu, won the inaugural Payne Tech JV tournament in […]

Columbia HS freshman girls volleyball team wins Payne Tech JV tournament

Columbia HS freshman girls volleyball team wins Payne Tech JV tournament

MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School freshman girls volleyball team, coached by John Trieu, stunned the competition by winning the inaugural Payne Tech Junior Varsity Volleyball Tournament on Saturday, Oct. 2. The Maplewood team defeated Passaic High School, 25-17, 25-21 in the final. Entered as a JV ‘B’ Team, the CHS freshman squad […]

Columbia HS girls volleyball team enjoys early success

Columbia HS girls volleyball team enjoys early success

MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School girls volleyball team has enjoyed a great start to the season. The CHS Lady Cougars, under head coach Juan Bas, had a 6-2 overall record, including 6-0 in the Super Essex Conference–Colonial Division, through Sept. 24. Columbia defeated Orange, Science Park, Payne Tech, Irvington, Cedar Grove and […]

Columbia HS girls’ volleyball team features seven All-SEC players

MAPLEWOOD, NJ – In what may be unprecedented, Columbia High School girls’ volleyball was rewarded at the end-of-season coaches’ meeting with seven spots in the Super Essex Conference All-Conference teams for the Colonial Division. With a 9-3 in-division record and finishing the season co-second with Belleville, Columbia earned two first-team spots, three second-team places and […]

SOMA Star Athlete: Grace Petroccia

MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Grace Petroccia, of Maplewood, is a senior at Columbia High School, where she is a senior captain on the school’s girls’ volleyball team. She began playing volleyball during her freshman year and became a setter. She used to play softball, basketball and soccer as well, but is now focused on just volleyball. […]

Columbia HS girls’ volleyball team moves to 8-3 record

MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The Columbia High School girls’ varsity volleyball team split two matches with Irvington on consecutive days before losing to West Essex to move to an 8-3 record, 6-2 in the Super Essex Conference-Colonial Division. Loss, Irvington, 25-27, 25-10, 26-28, Sept. 25, away CHS notable stats: Grace Petroccia, 13 assists, 4 digs. Abby […]