Bloomfield HS baseball team hosts Millburn
BLOOMFIED — The Bloomfield High School baseball team hosted Millburn in a Super Essex Conference–American Division game on Tuesday, May 10. The Bengals lost, 12-1. Photos Courtesy of Jerry Simon
Irvington HS boys volleyball team hosts Eagle Academy
IRVINGTON, NJ — The Irvington High School boys volleyball team hosted Eagle Academy on Monday, May 9. Irvington lost, 25-20, 25-22. Photos Courtesy of Felicia Laguerre Owens
Our Lady of Sorrows track team begins season
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Our Lady of Sorrows track-and-field team opened its season at the Saint Cassian Invitational. The small, inexperienced track team from OLS took to the field for the first time in two years, and, while the results may not have been all they had hoped, they were very promising. More than […]
Glen Ridge track teams compete at Cedar Grove
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The Glen Ridge track-and-field teams compete in the final regular season meet of the season on Monday, May 2, at Cedar Grove. Immaculate Conception of Montclair and Newark Academy were also at this competition. Photos Courtesy of Chris Troyano
Nutley HS boys lacrosse team wins its first SEC title in program history; Pergola nets 100th goal of the season
NUTLEY, NJ — Tuesday, May 10, was another historical day for the Nutley High School Raiders lacrosse program. For the first time in the program’s 20-year history, the Nutley lacrosse team won their Super Essex Conference–Colonial Division. Under third-year head coach Mike Salvatelli, the Raiders beat Newark East Side, 16-1, at Father Glotzbach Field to […]
Nutley HS baseball team advances to GNT semifinals
NUTLEY, NJ — The Nutley High School baseball team defeated West Orange and Caldwell to advance to the Greater Newark Tournament semifinals. The sixth-seeded Raiders defeated No. 11 seed West Orange, 12-1, in the first round on Tuesday, May 10, at the Park Oval. Joe Delanzo went 3-for-4 with a single, a double, a homer […]
Tyson School students perform musical tribute to the King of Pop
EAST ORANGE, NJ — The stage of Cicely L. Tyson Community School of Performing and Fine Arts’ 800-seat auditorium was recently graced by Michael Jackson, dubbed the “King of Pop” … well, sort of. “Every year we celebrate an African American artist for Black History Month (in February). In previous years we celebrated the likes […]
Trash tacklers help keep the reservation clean, beautiful
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — The South Mountain Reservation has recently benefited from several groups coming into the reservation to do trash-tackling events. Twelve members of the Millburn for Climate Action group visited the reservation on April 23, during Earth Day weekend, and picked up 10 bags of trash in the Locust Grove area. On May […]
West Orange HS alumnus is part of award-winning ‘SportsCenter’ team
WEST ORANGE, NJ — West Orange High School Class of 2017 alumnus Jonathan Banks received a Sports Emmy for “Outstanding Studio Show – Daily” on June 8, 2021, for his work as a production assistant on ESPN’s “SportsCenter.” The was nominated again on April 6 for the 43rd annual Sports Emmy Awards, with the ceremony […]
Seton Hall U. student partners with East Orange, creates sports leadership camp for disadvantaged youth
SOUTH ORANGE / EAST ORANGE, NJ — Madeline Field can barely remember her first swim meet, an intrasquad competition during her first week of kindergarten at the local YMCA in suburban Chicago. “I know I was disqualified in everything I swam except for one event,” she said, laughing, “but beyond that, I don’t recall any […]