Nutley HS lacrosse players receive SEC and Klank Division honors

Photos by Steve Ellmore: Nutley vs. Gil St. Bernard’s, May 8, at Glotzbach Field. Nutley won, 10-7. NUTLEY, NJ – The Nutley High School boys’ varsity lacrosse team featured several players who earned Super Essex Conference-Liberty Division and All-Klank Division honors this season. SEC-Liberty honors First team: John Matrona, sophomore goalie. Second team: Nick Angelo, […]

Liz O’Connell leads Glen Ridge HS track teams at Essex County meet

Photos by Chris Troyano: Glen Ridge track teams competing at Essex County Championships, at Woodman Field in Montclair, May 18-19. GLEN RIDGE, NJ – Liz O’Connell won 1,600-meter run in 5:11.30 and finished second in both the 800-meter run in 2:21.60 and the 3,200-meter run in 11:40.13 to lead the Glen Ridge High School girls’ […]

Bloomfield HS boys’ volleyball team is runner-up in ECT

Photos by Jerry Simon: Bloomfield vs. Livingston, Essex County Tournament final BLOOMFIELD, NJ – The top-seeded Bloomfield High School boys’ varsity volleyball team lost to second-seeded Livingston, 25-19, 25-21, in the Essex County Tournament championship match on Saturday, May 19, at West Essex in North Caldwell. BHS notable stats: Kyle Barrow: 9 kills, 9 digs, […]

Bloomfield HS track teams enjoy fine outing at County meet

BLOOMFIELD, NJ – The Bloomfield High School girls’ track and field team enjoyed an impressive showing at the Essex County Championships held at Montclair’s Woodman Field, May 18-19. Under rainy conditions, the Bengals finished fifth in the girls’ team standings with 27 points. Montclair won the girls’ team title for the second straight year. Kaela […]

Nahtali Simpson is WOHS softball all-time hits leader

  WEST ORANGE, NJ – The West Orange High School varsity softball team enjoyed several achievements recently. Nahtali Simpson, a senior, broke the all-time hit record held by Lindsay Flores (Class of 2012) on May 10, with a home run against Ferris, giving her 138 hits. WOHS, however, lost the contest, 7-5. Simpson was excited […]

Bloomfield HS boys’ volleyball team advances to ECT final

Photos by Jerry Simon: Bloomfield vs. Montclair, ECT semifinals, May 17 BLOOMFIELD, NJ – The top-seeded Bloomfield High School boys’ varsity volleyball team will face second-seeded Livingston in the Essex County Tournament championship match on Saturday, May 19, at 1 p.m. at West Essex in North Caldwell. It marks the third straight season that the […]

Men of Essex, Inc. honors Essex County scholar-athletes and Athletes of Year

The Men of Essex, Inc. has selected track phenom Reanda Richards of West Essex Regional High School to be the recipient of the 2018 “Essex Award.” The 60th Anniversary Essex Awards dinner banquet was held on Wednesday, May 16, at Cedar Hill Golf & Country Club in Livingston. Richards broke a 36-year-old meet record in […]