Bloomfield HS boys basketball team improves to 6-0 on season

Bloomfield HS boys basketball team improves to 6-0 on season

BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield High School boys basketball team continued its undefeated start to the season.  The Bengals defeated Verona, Livingston and Barringer to improve to 6-0. Julian Paulino had 14 points, three rebounds, one assist and one steal and Ramuel Gotrasse had 14 points, four rebounds, three assists and three steals to lead […]

Sixth-grade Cicely Tyson students engineer model cells

  EAST ORANGE, NJ — asked with engineering a model of a cell, sixth-graders at Cicely Tyson Middle School in East Orange pulled out all their creative skills and went to work. Science teacher Nabila Mack said, “This cycle, students were exploring living things and how they’re made of cells. They also learned how to […]

Verona—Glen Ridge high school ice hockey team skates to success

Verona—Glen Ridge high school ice hockey team skates to success

VERONA/GLEN RIDGE — The Verona–Glen Ridge high school ice hockey team is enjoying a good season so far. The team had a three-game winning streak that was snapped with a 7-3 loss to Mendham on Dec. 26 in the Essex Holiday Tournament at Richard J. Codey Arena to move to an 8-3-1 overall record this […]

Columbia HS alum Yosh Nijman leads Packers to No. 1 seed in NFC

Columbia HS alum Yosh Nijman leads Packers to No. 1 seed in NFC

MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE — Yosh Nijman, a 2014 Columbia High School graduate, is a starting left tackle for the Green Bay Packers in the NFL this season. Nijman, shown during a preseason practice for the Cougars in 2013, played at Virginia Tech and signed with the Packers as an undrafted free agent in 2019. The Packers, […]

Olivia Prescott leads West Orange HS girls track team

Olivia Prescott leads West Orange HS girls track team

WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange High School boys and girls indoor track and field teams enjoyed stellar performances at the Essex County Indoor Relay Championships on Dec. 30 at the Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex in Staten Island, N.Y. On the girls’ side, Olivia Prescott won the shot put at 42 feet, and Jessica […]

Bloomfield HS girls basketball team defeats Verona for third straight win

Bloomfield HS girls basketball team defeats Verona for third straight win

BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield High School girls basketball team won its third straight game with a 37-31 home victory over Verona on Jan. 4. Chiara Hilario had 13 points; Lucy Heyman had six points; Stella Schmidt and Nyra Brown each had five points; Ashley Martinez had four points and Gabrielle Kot and Aliyah Sanchez […]

Bloomfield HS boys basketball team moves to 3-0

Bloomfield HS boys basketball team moves to 3-0

BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield High School boys basketball team improved to 3-0 on the season with a 57-46 win over Clifton on Dec. 23 in Clifton. Senior Ramuel Gotrasse scored 23 points, including four 3-pointers, with seven rebounds, two assists and one steal, and junior Shayne Hinton had 18 points, three steals and two […]