Senior quarterback George Crespo passed for 145 yards on four of five attempts and rushed for a team-high 129 yards on nine carries to propel to the Orange High School varsity football team to a dominant 47-6 win over Ferris of Jersey City in the season opener Saturday, Sept. 9, in Jersey City. Junior receiver […]
Update: The Raiders will play at Monsignor Owens Field against Bloomfield on Sept. 15 at 7 p.m. NUTLEY, NJ – It isn’t too often that you see a football game being decided on the final play. But that’s what happened at Tangorra Field in Nutley. VIDEOS It appeared the Nutley High School Raiders were on […]
IRVINGTON, NJ (updated Sunday Sept. 10, 8:40 a.m.) – Senior quarterback Brandon Robinson, a transfer from nearby Columbia HS, had a great debut for the Blue Knights. Robinson was 12 of 18 passing for 220 yards and two touchdowns and rushed for 34 yards on three carries. Senior receiver Jasiah Provillon had three catches for 45 […]
BLOOMFIELD – The Bloomfield High School varsity football team enjoyed a rousing start to the season. The Bengals defeated Columbia, 41-13, Friday night, Sept. 8, at Foley Field in the season opener. It was also Columbia’s season opener. The Bengals will visit Nutley on Friday night, Sept. 15, at 7 p.m. BLOOMFIELD 41, COLUMBIA […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The Irvington High School cross-country teams enjoyed good efforts to start the season Sept. 7 at Branch Brook Park in Newark. Boys’ results (1-2 record) Verona-20, Irvington-43 (loss) Livingston-19, Irvington-40 (loss) Irvington-15, Barringer-0 (win) Girls’ results (2-0) Irvington-19, University-38 (win) Irvington-24, Cedar Grove-31 (win) IHS head coach Marvin Hawkins’ notes: In the […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – After winning the Super Essex Conference-Liberty Division regular season title last fall, the Columbia High School girls’ varsity soccer team has moved up to the SEC-American Division, which is the top division of the conference this year. Despite losing 13 players to graduation, the Cougars have several returnees, hoping to be […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ (updated Monday Sept. 11, 5:11 p.m.) – The West Orange High School boys’ varsity soccer team has been considered among the best in the county and state in Doug Nevins’ storied tenure as head coach. Nevins, now entering his 18th year at the Mountaineers helm, again has a strong team that […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ – Each year, it seems that Glen Ridge faces the problem of not having a sufficient amount of players on the roster. And it gets worse and worse for the Group 1 school. Last year, the Ridgers had approximately 33 players. This year, that number is down to about 30. However, […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ – Sparked by a group of talented, hard-working seniors, Bloomfield enjoyed a strong start to the 2016 season, winning its first five games. The Bengals eventually took a 7-1 record into the NJSIAA North Jersey Section 1, Group 5 playoffs where they lost to Montclair, their annual Thanksgiving rival, in the first round. […]
ORANGE, NJ – In his two-plus decade stint at the head coaching helm, Randy Daniel has built a tremendous program at Orange. Under his guidance, the Tornadoes have been a perennial state section playoff contender, while producing myriad talented players who have gone on to play at major colleges and even in the NFL. For […]