BLOOMFIELD, NJ – The Bloomfield High School girls’ varsity basketball team hopes to have another successful season. The Bengals, under head coach Dana Morton, will open the season Friday, Dec. 15, at home against Millburn. Bloomfield, which finished 19-5 last season, lost several standout players to graduation, including Grace Cannon, who scored 1,520 points in […]
NUTLEY, NJ – The Nutley High School girls’ varsity basketball team, under head coach Larry Mitschow, hopes to have a successful season with a strong group of returning players. The Raiders will open the season at home on Dec. 15 against Orange in a Super Essex Conference-Liberty Division game. The returning players include: Courtney Wilde, […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ (updated Tuesday Dec. 12, 2:36 p.m.) – In two stints that totalled close to three decades, Duke Mendez has roamed the sideline as the Glen Ridge High School head football coach. Under his tutelage, the Ridgers have enjoyed many memorable seasons. Indeed, the program will miss Mendez, who recently announced his resignation. […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The Columbia High School boys’ and girls’ varsity basketball teams will tip off the season this weekend. The girls will host Newark Academy on Dec. 15 at CHS. The boys will visit Newark Shabazz on Dec. 16. The boys went 16-11 last season, including advancing to the Essex County Tournament semifinals. Boys’ […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ – The East Orange Campus High School boys’ and girls’ varsity basketball teams will gear up for their seasons. The girls’ team will host West Orange on Friday, Dec. 15, at 7 p.m. in the season opener. Last season EOCHS, seeded 11th, upset second-seeded West Orange, 43-41, in the semifinals of the […]
ORANGE, NJ – Moving up to a higher division in the conference, the Orange High School varsity boys’ basketball team is ready for the challenge. Sure, the Tornadoes lost their top scorer and rebounder to graduation in Zahier Childs and Rasheed Boyd, respectively. But head coach Jamaal Cooper’s squad returns five seniors from a team […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ – Grace Cannon, a freshman guard and 2017 Bloomfield High School graduate, scored a career-high 16 points in 15 minutes played to lead the Ithaca College women’s basketball team to 69-53 road win over Vassar on Dec. 1 in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. The game was Ithaca’s first-ever played in the Liberty League and improved […]
Photos by Steve Ellmore: Orange (gray unforms) vs. Hillside, scrimmage, Dec. 8, at Orange HS ORANGE, NJ – The Orange High School boys’ and girls’ varsity basketball teams will tip off their seasons Dec. 15. The boys’ team, under head coach Jamaal Cooper, will host Newark Central at 7 p.m. The girls’ team, under head […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ – The Bloomfield High School varsity football team featured several players who earned All-North Jersey Super Football Conference-Liberty Blue Division honors. FIRST TEAM OFFENSE • Jeremy Whitherspoon, senior running back • Chris Lazard, senior offensive lineman. FIRST TEAM DEFENSE • Joe Pentz, senior lineman • Michael Abraham, senior lineman SECOND TEAM OFFENSE • […]
NUTLEY, NJ – The Nutley High School varsity football team featured several players who earned All-North Jersey Super Football Conference honors. FIRST TEAM OFFENSE Nick Mainiero, senior running back Josh O’Neill, junior quarterback. FIRST TEAM DEFENSE Ryan O’Mara, senior lineman Matt Durham, junior defensive back SECOND TEAM OFFENSE Eli Acosta, junior wide receiver Anthony Alberti, […]