Orange High School wrestler Merlin Senat had a great run this season. Senat, competing in the 113-pound weight class, lost both of his matches in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association tournament at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City on March 5. In the first round, Senat, seeded 29th, was pinned by fourth-seeded Cooper Stewart […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — The East Orange Campus High School boys basketball team enjoyed a terrific season. The Jaguars, under head coach Gabe Baltimore, finished with a 24-4 record, including winning the Super Essex Conference-Colonial Division championship with a 14-0 mark in the division. EOCHS, seeded No. 2, defeated Morristown before losing to Randolph in […]
University of Virginia women’s basketball senior guard Jocelyn Willoughby, an East Orange native, has been named the recipient of the 2019-20 Kay Yow Award as the Atlantic Coast Conference Women’s Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Willoughby is the first player in program history to win the honor, which has been bestowed annually since 2008. Willoughby […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The eighth-seeded Columbia High School girls basketball team lost to ninth-seeded North Hunterdon, 53-38, in the first round of the North Jersey Section 2, Group 4 state tournament on March 3 at CHS. The Cougars finished the season with a 12-12 record. Maia Little had 11 points, Shana Desire had 10, Kaijhe […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The 15th-seeded Columbia High School boys basketball team lost at second-seeded Elizabeth, 61-31, in the first round of the North Jersey Section 2, Group 4 state tournament on March 3 to finish with an 11-15 record this season. CHS led 15-12 in the first quarter before trailing 21-20 at the half. Elizabeth […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Kiley Capstraw had 18 points and six rebounds and Shyleea Ryan had eight points and eight rebounds, but the No. 16 seed West Orange High School girls basketball team lost at top-seeded Randolph, 46-33, in the first round of the North Jersey Section 1, Group 4 state tournament on March 3 […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Haleigh Pine scored 11 points and fellow Sarah Cullinan had 10 points, five rebounds, five assists and six steals to lead the third-seeded Glen Ridge High School girls basketball team to a 41-33 home win over 14th-seeded Dayton in the first round of the North Jersey Section 2, Group 1 state […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Glen Ridge High School indoor track and field athletes Nicholas Ruggiero and Matthew Gomez gave good efforts at the Group 1 state championships on Feb. 29 at the Bennett Center in Toms River. Gomez, a senior, took 17th in the finals of the 800-meter run in 2:11.70, while Ruggiero, a junior, […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The Glen Ridge High School boys basketball team had a good season. The fifth-seeded Ridgers fell to 12th-seeded Weequahic, 63-57, in the first round of the North Jersey Section 2, Group 1 state tournament at GRHS on March 2. Junior Sam Trunley scored 30 points to lead Glen Ridge, which had […]
VERONA/GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The Verona/Glen Ridge high school ice hockey team enjoyed a great season. Verona/Glen Ridge, seeded ninth, defeated eighth-seeded Northern Highlands in the second round before losing to top-seeded Summit in the quarterfinals of the Public C state tournament to finish with a stellar 16-10 record. GR senior Chandler Otterbein scored on […]