WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Seton Hall Prep track–and–field team competed at the New Jersey Catholic Conference meet held at the Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex in Staten Island, N.Y., on Saturday, Feb. 5. The Pirates overall finished in second place. Ryan Matulonis was second in the 55-meter high hurdles and led off the 4-x-400 winning […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ —The 10th-seeded Bloomfield High School boys basketball team lost a heartbreaking 45-44 decision to No. 7 seed East Orange Campus in the first round of the Essex County Tournament on Saturday, Feb. 5, at EOC. The EOC Jaguars won it on a three-pointer from Nahum Lewis with less than a second left in […]
IRVINGTON, NJ —Veleria Brown-Garner is in the 2022 Irvington High School Athletic Hall of Fame induction class. She has been the head cheerleader coach at Irvington High School for more than 37 years. In this capacity, she has overseen the varsity cheerleaders in preparation and performances at numerous high school games, events and competitions. Her […]
IRVINGTON, NJ —Raheem Morris is going back to the Super Bowl. Morris, an Irvington High School alumnus, is the defensive coordinator for the Los Angeles Rams, who will play in the Super Bowl against the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday, Feb. 13, in their home stadium, SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif. Morris, a 1994 Irvington High […]
ORANGE, NJ — The 18th-seeded Orange High School boys basketball team upset No. 15 seed Newark Tech, 68-65, in overtime in the final preliminary round of the Essex County Tournament on Thursday, Feb. 3, in Newark. The Tornadoes avenged a 48-47 loss to Newark Tech in the annual OHS Martin Luther King Jr. Classic on […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The Glen Ridge High School wrestling team posted good efforts at the Essex County Tournament held at Richard J. Codey Arena in West Orange on Wednesday, Jan. 26. David Kelly, a sophomore, took fifth place in the 132-pound weight class. In the fifth- and sixth-place consolation bout, Kelly pinned Seton Hall […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The 14th-seeded Bloomfield High School girls varsity basketball team defeated No. 19 seed Newark Tech, 52-37, in the preliminary round of the Essex County Tournament on Thursday, Feb. 3, at BHS. Senior Chiara Hilario had 22 points, including three 3-pointers; Lucy Heyman had 13 points, Aliyah Sanchez had 9 points and freshman […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The 10th-seeded Bloomfield High School boys basketball team defeated No. 26 seed Barringer, 60-47, in the final preliminary round of the Essex County Tournament on Thursday, Feb. 3, at BHS. Senior forward Uma Kalu had 15 points, senior forward Seth Edwards had 12 points, junior guard Shayne Hinton had 11 points, senior […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School boys basketball team received the No. 6 seed in the 35-team Essex County Tournament. The Cougars will host a first-round game on Saturday, Feb. 5, against the second preliminary-round winner between No. 11 University and No. 22 Newark Academy. Seton Hall Prep is the No. 1 seed. […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Despite the snow canceling all their games on Saturday, Jan. 29, St. Joseph’s Celtics basketball teams still had a busy week as they headed into the final month of the regular season. The St. Joseph’s fifth grade JV girls continued their hot streak Sunday, Jan. 30, knocking off St. Aloysius 25-6. […]