IRVINGTON, NJ — Pictured, from left, Irvington High School seniors Nouseline Georges and Vanessa Jean, sophomores Sharifa Trocard and Rehanna Vergeon, and senior Vernande Philemon pose while wearing their medals from the East Brunswick Relays in track and field. They were members of the 3×400-meter intermediate hurdles relay, which took third place, and the 4×200-meter […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — It could have been while playing one of the endless pickup games with 1970s Hudson Catholic teammate Mike O’Koren at the old St. Joseph Courts behind St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church in their native Jersey City. Or, perhaps it was later inside Cameron Indoor Stadium at Duke University where he would […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — The Irvington High School softball team is looking to have another great season. The Blue Knights last season won the Super Essex Conference–Independence Division title with a 10-1 divisional record. The Blue Knights, under ninth-year head coach Jenna Weiss, enjoyed an impressive season opener, defeating St. Vincent Academy, 21-0, on Monday, April […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — For the past few seasons, Marco Soto said he served as sort of a “mentor” to Ashley “Smoke” Pierre, just like he did many years ago. Soto was Pierre’s coach when he was an assistant coach and Pierre was a varsity football player at now defunct Bayley-Ellard High School in Madison. A […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — The Irvington High School girls flag football team will host Dickinson High School, of JerseyCity, and East Orange Campus High School on Thursday, April 4, in the season opener at 5 p.m. Irvington, under head coach Kyle Steele, is one of the top girls flag football teams in the state. In 2021, […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — The Irvington High School football team will have a familiar person to lead the program. Marco Soto, who has been assistant coach for the Blue Knights for the past few years, was officially named the new IHS head coach. Soto was approved by the Board of Education during its monthly meeting on […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Irvington High School senior Tyler James has been selected to play in the 46th annual Phil Simms New Jersey North–South High School All-Star Football Classic on Sunday, June 9, at Kean University’s Alumni Stadium in Union. Kickoff is at 5 p.m. James is a 6-foot-3, 290-pound offensive lineman. The game features high […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — The Irvington High School boys basketball teams featured three players who earned all–Super Essex Conference honors, as voted by the divisional coaches. The following are the honorees: SEC-Liberty Division FIRST TEAM Jaden Pearson, senior guard. HONORABLE MENTION Jazmir Taylor, sophomore guard. Jayden Bermudez, sophomore guard. Pearson averaged 12.8 points and 5.9 rebounds […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Cashieve Blair, an 2022 Irvington High School graduate, is enjoying a fine career so far for the St. Peter’s University track and field team. Blair, a sophomore, broke his own school record in the men’s 200-meter dash to place third with a time of 21.58 seconds to lead St. Peter’s at the […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Troy Bowers, a former standout Irvington High School athlete and later a coach at the school, has been named the interim IHS athletic director. Bowers was a standout three-sport athlete at Irvington High School. The 1987 IHS graduate lettered in football, basketball and baseball. He later came back to Irvington and was […]