MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School boys and girls indoor track and field program featured several athletes who qualified for and competed at the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s state indoor track and field Meet of Champions on Sunday, March 3, at the Ocean Breeze Track and Field Facility on Staten Island, […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange High School girls basketball team, under head coach Caniece Montague Williams, finished a stellar 20-10 season after losing at second-seeded Morristown in the semifinals of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s North Jersey, Section 1, Group 4 state tournament on Wednesday, Feb. 28. For the third-seeded Mountaineers, […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Bloomfield High School sophomores Leanna Noel and Saharia Quamina enjoyed stellar finishes at the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s girls state individual wrestling championships at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. Noel and Quamina each won fifth-place medals in their weight classes. Competing in the 145-pound weight class in a field of […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Troy Bowers, a former standout Irvington High School athlete and later a coach at the school, has been named the interim IHS athletic director. Bowers was a standout three-sport athlete at Irvington High School. The 1987 IHS graduate lettered in football, basketball and baseball. He later came back to Irvington and was […]
NUTLEY, NJ — Nutley High School’s Carina Rivera and Isabella Bobadilla enjoyed great performances at the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s girls state individual wrestling championships at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. Rivera won the seventh-place medal and Bobadilla won the eighth-place medal in their respective weight classes. Rivera, a junior competing in the […]
BELLEVILLE, NJ —Belleville High School seniors Jakob Ferrer and Rocco Negron posted good efforts at the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s boys state individual wrestling championships at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. Ferrer, competing in the 113-pound weight class, was the No. 18 seed in the field of 32 wrestlers. In the preliminary round, […]
NUTLEY, NJ — The Nutley High School girls wrestling team finished in third place overall at the inaugural girls wrestling Essex County Tournament, hosted by NHS, on Friday, Feb. 16. The NHS Raiders had 90 points. Bloomfield was first with 165 points and West Orange was second with 127 points, among the 11 scoring teams. […]
BELLEVILLE, NJ — The Belleville High School girls basketball team enjoyed a banner season. The Buccaneers, under head coach Chris Cantarella, clinched the Super Essex Conference–Freedom Division championship. Belleville went a perfect 13-0 in the division this season. The Buccaneers finished the season with a 16-6 overall record after losing at Colonia in the first […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The fourth-seeded Columbia High School girls fencing team lost a heartbreaking 14-13 decision to No. 12 seed Livingston in the quarterfinals of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s state team tournament on Wednesday, Feb. 21. In foil, senior Mei Lee went 3-0 and both junior Sydney Anrig and junior Charlotte […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Glen Ridge High School senior Jesse Gibbs enjoyed a stellar wrestling season. Gibbs finished with a 30-6 record this season, including 26 pins, which tied for the second-most pins in a season in GRHS history. He was one pin shy of the school record. Gibbs’ season ended at the New Jersey […]