MAPLEWOOD, NJ (updated Monday Jan. 22, 11:11 a.m.) – Devin Rocha finished in second place in the 138-pound weight class to lead the Columbia High School varsity wrestling team at the Essex County Tournament, Jan. 18-19, at Richard J. Codey Arena in West Orange. Rocha, a junior who was seeded No. 2 in the tournament, […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ – Sebastian Rawls finished runner-up in the 182-pound weight class to lead the West Orange High School varsity wrestling team at the Essex County Tournament, Jan. 18-19, at Richard J. Codey Arena in West Orange. In the final, second-seeded Rawls lost a 10-5 decision to top-seeded Joseph McCarthy of Cedar Grove. Rawls […]
IRVINGTON, NJ – Carl Napoleon finished second in the 285-pound weight class to lead the Irvington High School varsity wrestling team at the Essex County Tournament, Jan. 18-19, at Richard J. Codey Arena in West Orange. In the final, Napoleon, who was seeded No. 3, lost by a 3-2 decision in overtime to top-seeded Niko […]
NUTLEY, NJ – The Nutley High School varsity wrestling team, under head coach Mike DiPiano, finished sixth in the team standings at the Essex County Tournament, Jan. 18-19, at Richard J. Codey Arena in West Orange. Frank DeMaio, Frank Gabriele and Joey D’Alessio each finished second in their respective weight classes to lead the Raiders. […]
ORANGE/EAST ORANGE – The Orange High School varsity wrestling team enjoyed a good showing at the Essex County Tournament, Jan. 18-19, at Richard J. Codey Arena in West Orange. The Tornadoes finished in 11th place in the team standings. Pierre Senat, competing in the 113-pound weight class, Ebenson Macenat, at 126, and Divad Drakeford, at […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ – South Orange native Mason Toye, a freshman striker from Indiana University, was selected by the Minnesota United with the seventh overall pick in the Major League Soccer SuperDraft for college players on Friday, Jan. 19. Toye is a 2017 Seton Hall Prep graduate who was the New Jersey State Player of […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ – Mya Bembry had 20 points, 17 rebounds, five assists, four blocked shots and four steals, all team-highs, to lead the West Orange High School girls’ varsity basketball team to a 52-28 home win over East Orange Campus on Jan. 18 in a Super Essex Conference-American Division game. Nahtali Simpson had 12 […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ – The West Orange High School boys’ and girls’ indoor track and field teams gave great efforts at the NJSIAA State Group 4 Relays on Jan. 18-19 at the Bennett Center in Toms River. On the girls’ side, senior Daniella Hull finished fourth overall with a personal record of 38 feet-5 inches […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ – Sophomore Samantha Columna scored 21 points and grabbed 13 rebounds to lead the Bloomfield High School girls’ varsity basketball team to a 60-30 home win over Montclair on Jan. 16. The Bengals snapped a four-game losing streak and improved to a 3-6 record. Junior Camrynn Referente had 12 points; junior Sarah Edmond […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The Columbia High School girls’ swim team captured the girls’ team title at the Super Essex Conference/Essex County Championships held at the Raritan Bay Area YMCA on Monday, Jan. 15. It marks the girls’ team first County title since 1983 when it tied Montclair. Columbia, which entered the meet with an undefeated […]