GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The Glen Ridge High School girls basketball team has enjoyed a great start to the season. The Ridgers, under head coach Michael DelloRusso, won six games in a row to improve to a 6-1 overall record through Jan. 15. “We have been playing very good defense so far this year,” Dello […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Bloomfield High School freshman Alex Benkert is enjoying a strong season for the Nutley–Columbia–Bloomfield high school ice hockey team. Through Jan. 17, Benkert had 15 goals and 13 assists for 28 points. He is second on the team in goals and points behind Nutley’s Rocco Albanese, who had 16 goals and 44 […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The Verona–Glen Ridge high school ice hockey team defeated Montclair and Cranford to improve to an 11-3-2 overall record on the season. Glen Ridge junior Rowan Brennan had two goals and one assist, GR senior Zach Gold had one goal and two assists, and GR junior Evan Twitchell and GR sophomore […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield High School boys basketball team defeated North Star Academy, 68-61, in overtime on Jan. 18 at home to improve to a 9-1 overall record on the season. Senior guard Julian Paulino scored 24 points, including five three-pointers, and added five rebounds and senior guard Ramuel Gotrasse had 14 points, three […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Chiara Hilario, a senior, scored 18 points and added two rebounds and one assist; senior Lucy Heyman had two points, 15 rebounds, one assist and two blocks; and senior Aliyah Sanchez had 4 points and 14 rebounds to lead the Bloomfield High School girls basketball team to a 34-31 road win over […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The Glen Ridge High School boys basketball team defeated Newark Collegiate, West Caldwell Tech and Weequahic to improve to an 8-1 overall record on the season. Senior Carter Koenig had 21 points, and seniors Ryan O’Neil and Bryan Moussako each had 13 points to lead the Ridgers to a 75-53 home […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — West Orange High School girls basketball senior captain Kiley Capstraw has been named one of the 2022 McDonald’s All-American Games nominees, giving her a chance to play in the 45th anniversary McDonald’s All-American Game at Wintrust Arena in Chicago this March. Kiley joins a legendary group of athletes — including LeBron […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — The Irvington High School wrestling team, under head coach Kyle Steele, captured the 2022 Rumble in the Pines tournament championship at Lakewood High School on Sunday, Jan. 16. The Blue Knights, who refer to themselves as “Pin City.” were led by gold medalists Jayson Turner, Justin Evans-Jenkins, Zaahmir Anderson, Demo Clenord and […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The following are highlights of Bloomfield High School swimming, track and field, and wrestling. Aly Breikaa had a memorable day at the Essex County Swim Championship Meet held at the natatorium on the campus of NJIT on Monday, Jan. 17. A sophomore, Aly placed second in both the 50-yard and 100-yard freestyle […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Senior guard Julian Paulino had 15 points, six rebounds, four assists and two steals and senior forward Uma Kalu had 13 points, eight rebounds and two blocks to lead the Bloomfield High School boys basketball team to a 53-32 home win over Orange Jan. 15. With the win, the Bengals improved to […]