BLOOMFIELD, NJ – Despite enduring an up-and-down season, the Bloomfield High School varsity baseball team experienced several positives. The strength of the team was the pitching staff, noted BHS head coach Mike Policastro. The Bengals had a stellar 2.68 ERA as a team. Unfortunately, that didn’t translate to many wins. “In high school baseball, when […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ – The Bloomfield High School boys’ varsity volleyball team concluded another stellar season. Under head coach Louis Stevens, the Bengals finished with a 23-4 overall record, including going undefeated in winning the Super Essex Conference-American Division championship for the third year in a row. In addition, for the second year in a row, […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ – Bloomfield High School football players Jeremy Witherspoon, Joe Pentz, and Marcus Wolf will represent the Bengals at the 25th annual Paul Robeson High School All-Star Football Classic on Thursday, June 14, at Paul Robeson Stadium in East Orange. Kickoff is at 6:30 p.m. Witherspoon is a running back; Pentz is an offensive […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ – Bloomfield High School boys’ and girls’ track and field athletes gave exceptional efforts at the NJSIAA Group 4 State Championships held at Franklin HS, June 1-2. On the boys’ side, La’Shan White placed seventh in the 400-meter dash in 49.15 and finished ninth in the preliminaries of the 110-meter hurdles in 14.79. […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ – The 25th annual Paul Robeson High School All-Star Football Classic will take place June 14 at Paul Robeson Stadium in East Orange at 7 p.m. The game pits graduating seniors from Essex and Hudson Counties (East team) against graduating seniors from Morris, Sussex and Passaic counties (West team). Representing Orange HS […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ – For the second straight season, the East Orange Campus High School boys’ track and field team finished second overall in the boys’ team standings at the NJSIAA Group 4 State Championships held at Franklin HS, June 1-2. The Jaguars had 76 team points, five points behind winner Princeton HS. Akeem Lindo, […]
ORANGE, NJ – Orange High School girls’ track and field stars Joanna Marcelin and Tatayanna Beckford gave fine efforts at the NJSIAA Group 3 State Championships held at Central Regional HS in Bayville, June 1-2. Beckford finished fifth in the javelin at 106-1, while Marcelin was 18th in the long jump at 16-1. The two […]
Photos by Chris Troyano. Glen Ridge HS athletes at Group 1 State Championships held at Franklin HS, June 1-2. Correction: The wrong race was mentioned in the photo of Zach Debelak. The correct race is the 200-meter dash. GLEN RIDGE, NJ (corrected June 5, 11:57 a.m.) – Glen Ridge High School High School track and […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – At Columbia High School, one of the sports with a great tradition is tennis. Heck, people still talk about the likes of Dick Savitt, Dan Nahirny and Marjorie Gantman. In 1951, eight years after he graduated from CHS, Savitt captured two Grand Slam titles, and was considered by many people as the […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The Columbia High School varsity softball team featured several players who earned All-Super Essex Conference-Liberty Division honors. Sophomore shortstop Hudson Hassler and senior pitcher Jordan Stephan made First Team; senior pitcher Catherine John and sophomore second baseman Alexa Stephan made Second Team; and sophomore third baseman Lucy Gagne and senior first baseman […]