BLOOMFIELD, NJ (updated Tuesday May 16, 12:28 a.m.) – The Bloomfield High School varsity softball team hopes to make a strong run in the state tournament. The sixth-seeded Bengals will host No. 11 seed Memorial of West New York in the first round of the NJSIAA North Jersey Section 1, Group 4 state tournament May […]
The Men of Essex, Inc. will hold its 59th Annual Essex Awards Dinner on Wednesday, May 17, at 7 p.m. at Cedar Hill Golf & Country Club, located at 100 Walnut St. in Livingston. The Men of Essex, Inc. has selected track phenom Cory Poole of East Orange Campus High School to be the recipient […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ – The second-seeded Glen Ridge High School boys’ varsity lacrosse team fell to seventh-seeded Livingston, 8-4, in the quarterfinals of the Essex County Tournament on May 2 at Watsessing Park in Bloomfield. The Ridgers then fell to Madison, 7-6, in double overtime on May 8 to move to a 3-9 record. Tyler […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ – The Bloomfield High School boys’ varsity volleyball team dropped its first match of the season, falling to Southern, 25-20, 25-17, May 4, at home. Jose Bruno-Maldonado had 17 assists and six digs; Dan Chavez and Menkare Gawthney-Fleming each had five kills and three digs; and Al-Samad Henderson had five kills and two […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ – The Bloomfield High School varsity softball team continued its winning ways last week. The Bengals defeated Caldwell and Livingston to improve to an 11-7 record. Senior Jalia Santos had two hits and three RBI and senior Kasey Coury, junior Rachel Jones and junior Kim Zapata each had an RBI to lead the […]
ORANGE, NJ – The Orange High School varsity softball team’s undefeated start to the season ended with a tough 12-8 loss to Plainfield in a non-conference game on May 3 at home. Stefany Aguilar had two RBI; Amanda Anderson had two hits and Orezia Logus and Ashley Moscoso each had one RBI for the Tornadoes, […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ – The Glen Ridge High School boys’ and girls’ track and field teams gave good efforts at the Essex County Relays on Friday, May 5, at Livingston High School under soggy conditions. The girls’ team finished 15th in the girls’ team standings. Photos by Chris Troyano. Photo 1: Julian Umana had a […]
ORANGE, NJ – The Orange High School baseball team rallied for three runs in the bottom of the seventh to beat visiting Shabazz HS, 7-6, Wednesday, May 3, at Monte Irvin Field. Richie De La Rosa capped Orange’s comeback with a walk-off sacrifice fly, scoring Demetrius Maxwell with the winning run. Trailing 6-4 lead entering […]
BELLEVILLE, NJ – The Belleville High School boys’ and girls’ track and field teams won first place in the boys’ and girls’ discus events at the Essex County Relays on Friday, May 6, at Livingston High school. Mahmoud Youssef, a junior, threw 124 feet, 1 inches for the fourth-best throw in the meet. Senior Nick […]
NUTLEY, NJ – Josh O’Neill was masterful on the mound for the Nutley High School varsity baseball team. The sophomore fired a two-hit shutout with eight strikeouts and one walk to lead the fifth-seeded Raiders to a 1-0 win over 12th-seeded West Essex in the first round of the Greater Newark Tournament on Saturday, May […]