MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Maplewood resident Luca Siegar recently completed a fine freshman season as the starting catcher for the Montclair Kimberley Academy baseball team, helping the Cougars to a fine 17-7 season, including a state prep B-Division Tournament championship and a superb 9-1 mark in the Super Essex Conference–Colonial Division to tie Barringer with just […]
She earned a nursing degree at Morehead State
NUTLEY, NJ — Helyna Bissell, of Nutley, recently completed her softball career at Division 1 Morehead State University on a full athletic scholarship. Bissell reflected on her time playing the sport she loved and the opportunities afforded her over her career. “Looking back at my early years in youth ball at Nichols Park, I realize […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Glen Ridge High School senior Amayah Melbourne gave good efforts at the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s Group 1 state track-and-field championships at Pennsauken High School on Friday and Saturday, June 10 and 11. Melbourne finished in 13th place in both the girls shot put (30 feet, 9 inches) and […]
ORANGE, NJ — Orange High School juniors Tajayia Crumbley and Khyron Hill gave good efforts at the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s Group 3 state track-and-field championships at Pennsauken High School on Friday and Saturday, June 10 and 11. After finishing in eighth place in the preliminaries of the girls 100-meter dash in 12.51 […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School softball team boasted four players who earned all–Super Essex Conference–American Division honors, as selected by the division coaches. Second team: Mady Rowell, junior. Tess Schram, junior. Honorable mention: Maisie Pietruski, sophomore. Liza Erickson, senior. Columbia finished with an 11-13 overall record, including 4-7 in the American Division, […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Irvington High School senior Justin Evans-Jenkins was among the honorees at the Men of Essex Inc.’s 64th Essex Awards ceremony on Wednesday, June 15. Evans-Jenkins, a lineman on the IHS state championship football team last fall, was named one of the defensive players of the year for football by the Men of […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Seton Hall Prep baseball team concluded another outstanding season with a 21-7 record. On Friday, June 10, the Pirates traveled to Ramsey to take on Don Bosco Prep in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s Non-Public A North tournament final and dropped a 4-2 decision to the Ironmen. In […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School baseball team, under head coach Ryan Muirhead, enjoyed a strong season this spring. The sixth-seeded Cougars reached the semifinals of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s North Jersey, Section 1, Group 4 tournament, losing at second-seeded Passaic County Tech, 6-0, on Wednesday, June 8, in Wayne. […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The Glen Ridge High School baseball team enjoyed a good run this season. The sixth-seeded Ridgers lost at second-seeded New Providence, 6-0, in the semifinals of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s North Jersey, Section 2, Group 1 tournament on Tuesday, June 7. The Ridgers, under head coach Michael DelloRusso, […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The following Bloomfield High School boys tennis players earned all–Super Essex Conference–Colonial Division honors, as selected by the division coaches. First team: Arian Abalos, junior. James Orosz, sophomore. Second team: Dave Persaud, senior. Giancarlo Serrano, junior. Honorable mention: Charlie Eshelman, junior. The Bengals, under head coach Mike DiMasi, finished with a 14-8 […]