WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange High School boys basketball team, seeded No. 21, defeated No. 28 seed Barringer High School of Newark 48-36 on Monday, Jan. 23, at home in the preliminary second round of the Essex County Tournament. Sophomore forward Terrell Wilfong had 12 points and five rebounds, senior guard Ronald Christophe […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — The East Orange Campus High School boys basketball team hopes to make a strong run in the Essex County Tournament. The Jaguars received the No. 5 seed and will host a first-round game on Saturday, Jan. 28, against an opponent and at a time to be determined. The Jaguars gave a […]
ORANGE, NJ — The Orange High School boys basketball team defeated Montclair High School 55-52 on Tuesday, Jan. 17, at Montclair. A’juwan Tiggs had 17 points and 11 rebounds; Gregory Burton had 13 points and five rebounds; Jasir Calloway had 7 points; Natche Auguste had 6 points and five rebounds; Rafee Simmons had 5 points; […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield High School girls indoor track-and-field team enjoyed an impressive performance at the Essex County Indoor Relay Championships at the Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex in Staten Island, N.Y., on Saturday, Jan. 21. The Bengals took fourth place overall. Senior Valerie Refuse, junior Rylie Sayers, sophomore Mercedes Cruz-Fletcher and junior Catherine Parelli […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield High School boys basketball team, seeded 20th, lost to No. 29 seed Eagle Academy of Newark 66-52 in the preliminary second round of the Essex County Tournament at home on Monday, Jan. 23. Senior guard Uche Anyanwu had 11 points, sophomore guard Davieon McClain had 9 points, senior guard Shayne […]
IRVINGTON/ORANGE, NJ — Junior point guard Janasia Wilson scored her 1,000th career point to lead the Irvington High School girls basketball team to a 44-23 win over Orange High School on Saturday, Jan. 21, at Mount Vernon Elementary School in Irvington. Wilson had 23 points with seven rebounds and steals in the win. She has […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — The Irvington High School boys basketball hopes to make a strong run in the Essex County Tournament. The Blue Knights received the No. 8 seed and will host a first round game on Saturday, Jan. 28, against an opponent and time to be determined. Irvington defeated Caldwell High School 57-53 on Saturday, […]
BLOOMFIED, NJ — The Bloomfield High School girls basketball team defeated Nutley High School 41-38 on Tuesday, Jan. 17, at Nutley. Stella Schmidt had 12 points and four rebounds; Aniyah Brown had 10 points, 10 rebounds and five assists; Maya Mickens had 7 points, eight rebounds and five blocked shots; Gabrielle Kot had 7 points; […]
BELLEVILLE, NJ — The Belleville High School girls basketball team is enjoying a fine season. The Buccaneers had a four-game winning streak through Wednesday, Jan. 18, to improve to an impressive 9-2 overall record, including 9-1 in the Super Essex Conference–Freedom Division. Belleville defeated Weequahic High School of Newark 39-11, Golda Och Academy of West […]
BELLEVILLE, NJ — The Belleville High School wrestling team, under head coach Joseph Pizzi, is enjoying a successful season. Belleville hosted and won its fourth annual wrestling tournament on Saturday, Jan. 7. The Bucs finished first out of 12 high schools. Belleville had four individual champions in the tournament: junior captain Jakob Ferrer at the […]