IRVINGTON – The Irvington High School varsity football team more than just aced its biggest test of the season. The Blue Knights delivered a powerful statement that they are legitimate contenders for conference and state sectional championships. And if they can achieve the latter goal, it will be the first time in their history. In […]
BLOOMFIELD – The Bloomfield High School varsity football team keeps on winning. Not only are they winning, but they are doing it in impressive fashion. Behind a powerful ground game sparked by senior Brandon Fernandes and and a pair of defensive touchdowns from senior defensive back Myles Toppin, the undefeated Bengals crushed Livingston, 41-20, at […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ (updated Saturday Oct. 15, 9:43 a.m.) – Junior slotback C.J. Wilson rushed for a whopping 207 yards and four touchdowns on 16 carries and senior slotback Michael Osuji had a pair of touchdown runs to lead the West Orange High School varsity football team to an emphatic 47-14 win over Barringer […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ (update Sunday Oct. 16, 10:52 a.m.) – Senior Galen Lew scored two goals to lead the Ridgers to a 4-1 win at Verona on Oct. 13. Junior Liz Hauschild had a goal and an assist; senior Leslie Jaiyesimi had a goal; senior Colleen Grady collected two assists and senior Merritt Davie added […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ – Sophomore Brianna Trigueros-Pericone scored on an assist from senior Anna Perrotta in the second half, but the 13th-seeded Bloomfield High School girls’ varsity soccer team lost to 12th-seeded Mount St. Dominic Academy, 2-1, in the second preliminary round of the Essex County Tournament on Oct. 13 at Essex Valley School in West […]
BELLEVILLE, NJ – Brandon Basantes scored both goals, including the game-winner in double overtime, to lift the 22nd-seeded Belleville High School boys’ varsity soccer team to a 2-1 win over No. 23 Cedar Grove in the first preliminary round of the Essex County Tournament at Clearman Field on Oct. 13. Josh Sanchez had both assists […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ – The Bloomfield High School boys’ varsity soccer team lost to a strong East Side team, 6-1, Oct. 11, at Watsessing Park. Ogechi Chikezie scored for the Bengals, who are 1-12-1. East Side moved to 8-1-1.
HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS’ VARSITY VOLLEYBALL ESSEX COUNTY TOURNAMENT Top four seeds (1) Verona (2) Livingston (3) Caldwell (4) Nutley First play-in round (18) Columbia defeated (31) Newark Collegiate (26) Orange defeated (23) University (19) East Orange Campus defeated (30) Arts (22) Science Park defeated (27) North Star (25) East Side defeated (24) West Caldwell Tech […]
IRVINGTON, NJ – Irvington native Josh Evans has found a new NFL team. The 6-foot, 198-pound safety was signed by the Washington Redskins on Oct. 5. Evans, who wears No. 45, made his debut with the Redskins in the win over the Ravens on Oct. 9 in Baltimore. Evans spent his first three seasons with […]
Correction: Semifinals are at Millburn HS, not Belleville. HIGH SCHOOL BOYS VARSITY SOCCER ESSEX COUNTY TOURNAMENT Top four seeds (1) Seton Hall Prep (2) Newark East Side (3) West Orange (4) Montclair Preliminary round No. 1 (on or by Oct. 13) (21) Science defeated (24) North Star, 8-0 (20) Orange defeated (25) West Caldwell Tech, […]