Seton Hall Prep swim team wins county title for 25th time

Seton Hall Prep swim team wins county title for 25th time

WEST ORANGE, NJ — The first Essex County Swimming Championship for boys took place in 1965. The girls meet was added in 1974. In 2010, the meet also became the championship meet of the newly formed Super Essex Conference.  For the 25th time, Seton Hall Prep was the boys team champion at the Super Essex […]

Seton Hall Prep track team captures county title

Seton Hall Prep track team captures county title

WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Seton Hall Prep indoor track-and-field team captured its third major title this winter when it won the Essex County Indoor Track & Field Individual Championship title at the Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex on Staten Island, N.Y. The Pirates scored 83 points. Here are SHP’s place winners and point scorers. 200-meter […]

East Orange Campus HS girls basketball team defeats Payne Tech

East Orange Campus HS girls basketball team defeats Payne Tech

EAST ORANGE, NJ — Junior Brianna English scored 18 points, and senior Triniti Haskins had 14 points, six rebounds and five steals to lead the East Orange Campus High School girls basketball team to a 69-33 win over Payne Tech on Saturday, Jan. 22. Junior Raniyah Green had 10 points, four rebounds and four steals; […]

Irvington HS boys basketball defeats Orange at Essex Fest

Irvington HS boys basketball defeats Orange at Essex Fest

IRVINGTON, NJ — The Irvington High School boys basketball team defeated Orange, 57-54, at the Essex Fest Basketball Showcase hosted by Newark West Side on Saturday, Jan. 22. The Blue Knights snapped a two-game losing streak and improved to a 6-5 overall record. In previous action, Irvington lost at Newark Central, 80-61, on Tuesday, Jan. […]

Columbia HS girls track is county co-champion

Peyton Hollis, Emma Friedrich, Madison Stevens lead Lady Cougars to share title with Montclair

Columbia HS girls track is county co-champion

MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School girls indoor track-and-field team tied Montclair for first place in the team standings at the Essex County Individual Championships held at the Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex in Staten Island, N.Y., on Wednesday, Jan. 19. Columbia and Montclair both had 38 points based on the top-six finishes in […]

WO BOE reorg sees new leaders and liaisons

WO BOE reorg sees new leaders and liaisons

WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Board of Education had its annual reorganization meeting on Thursday, Jan. 6, swearing in two new BOE members and determining positions and liaisons for all five members. Brian Rock and Eric Stevenson filled the seats vacated by former BOE members Terry Trigg-Scales and Cheryl Merklinger, both of whom […]

Bloomfield HS boys basketball team picks up more wins, improves to 10-2

Bloomfield HS boys basketball team picks up more wins, improves to 10-2

BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield High School boys basketball team defeated North Star Academy, 68-61, in overtime on Tuesday, Jan. 18, at home. Senior guard Julian Paulino scored 24 points, including five 3-pointers, and added five rebounds, and senior guard Ramuel Gotrasse had 14 points, three rebounds and three assists for the Bengals. Junior guard […]

Bloomfield HS girls hoops posts wins, improves to 9-4

Bloomfield HS girls hoops posts wins, improves to 9-4

BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield High School girls basketball team defeated Glen Ridge and Newark Tech in consecutive games to improve to a 9-4 overall record on the season. Junior Stella Schmidt had 6 points, senior Lucy Heyman had 5 points and 16 rebounds, senior Chiara Hilario had 5 points and four rebounds, Aliyah Sanchez […]