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 […]
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 […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The Columbia High School girls’ varsity volleyball team enjoyed a successful season. The Cougars, seeded 26th, lost at seventh-seeded Williamstown, 25-9, 25-16, in the first round of the NJSIAA Group 4 state tournament on Oct. 30 to finish with a 15-7 record.
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The Columbia High School girls’ varsity volleyball team, seeded 26th, was scheduled to visit No. 7 seed Williamstown in the first round of the NJSIAA Group 4 state tournament on Oct. 30. The winner will face the winner of No. 10 seed Monroe and No. 23 seed West Windsor-Plainsboro North in the […]
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. […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – It was an all-around good day for Columbia High School Girls’ Volleyball on Thursday, Oct. 11. After suffering a loss to Belleville two days earlier in an exciting three-set away match, CHS needed to bounce back. And bounce back it did. With only one home loss so far this season – to […]
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 […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ – After a heart-wrenching, but exciting and evenly-matched three-set loss to Union the previous night, Columbia High School JV Volleyball started slowly, but regrouped to get to the Silver Bracket Final of the annual Bloomfield Invitational on Saturday, Sept. 15. Composed largely of freshmen with club experience and sophomore and junior returners, CHS, […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – After the cancellation of the Sept. 6 match at Irvington (reschedule is still to be determined), Columbia High School girls’ volleyball finally got on court Saturday, Sept. 8 against West Essex. Columbia varsity fought a tough three-setter to win 25-17, 24-26, 25-20 and the Junior Varsity beat its counterpart in straight sets […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The Columbia High School varsity girls’ volleyball team featured five players on the All-Super Essex Conference-Colonial Division. They include: FIRST TEAM Senior Maya Goldner Junior Shayla Keegan SECOND TEAM Senior Sri Taylor HONORABLE MENTION Senior Maggie Davis Senior Georgia Longstreet Columbia upset Bloomfield in the preliminary round before losing to Southern in […]