EAST ORANGE, NJ — East Orange Campus High School senior quarterback Raeden Oliver, who led the Jaguars football team to a 13-0 championship record last fall, will attend Rutgers University in the fall. Oliver, the son of Jaguars head football coach Rae Oliver, passed for 1,728 yards and 21 touchdowns and rushed for 252 yards […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Olivia Gist had went 2-for-4 with two singles and two RBIs and Elettra Giantomenico went 2-for-3 with a single, a homer and two RBI to lead Glen Ridge High School softball team to a 10-4 home win over Bloomfield on Monday, April 11. Ashley Johnson allowed three hits and struck out […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School baseball team won four straight games, defeating Belleville, West Essex, West Orange, and Glen Ridge, to improve to 4-1 overall on the season. Brandon Doubek went 3-for-3 with two doubles, a single, a walk, and three RBIs; Luke Nomura went 2-for-3 with a single and a double; […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — The Irvington High School boys volleyball team has begun its third-ever season. The program started in 2019. The 2020 season was canceled due to the pandemic. The Blue Knights, under second-year head coach Paul Tortorella, had a 3-2 record through Monday, April 11. The team, which is in the Super Essex Conference–Colonial […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The award-winning West Orange High School wind ensemble performed at the Metropolitan Wind Band Invitational on April 2 at Roxbury High School and had the opportunity to work with nationally renowned conductor Craig Kirchhoff. The wind ensemble will also perform as an invited guest with the Rutgers University Symphonic Winds on […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Ines Angeli Murzaku, professor of religion and director of the Catholic Studies program at Seton Hall University, has been selected by the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board for a Fulbright award to Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, North Macedonia. This will be Murzaku’s fourth Fulbright award; she has […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The Special Dance Company, Columbia High School’s resident dance company for 51 years, is giving young dancers in the South Orange–Maplewood community the chance to learn and dance with members of the company with the return of the Special Dance master class on Saturday, April 30. “There is so much young talent […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Griffin Seibel went 3-for-3 with two singles, a double, two RBIs and two runs scored to lead the Glen Ridge High School baseball team to an 11-1 win over Belleville on Friday, April 8, at Hurrell Field. Michael Cifelli went 2-for-3 with two singles and two RBIs, and Zach Gold went […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Seton Hall Prep lacrosse team went 1-1 last week to improve their record to 3-1 on the season. On Tuesday, April 5, the Pirates traveled to Chatham and defeated the Cougars 20-3. In the third quarter, the Pirates outscored Chatham 10-0. Senior Matt Wrede led the scoring with three goals […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield High School baseball team defeated Nutley and Lyndhurst. The Bengals scored seven runs in the first inning against Nutley and went on to win, 9-6, at the Bloomfield Middle School field on Tuesday, April 12, in the home opener. Junior Tyler Bell had a single, a double, a walk, and […]