EAST ORANGE, NJ — The third-seed East Orange Campus High School boys basketball team used a balanced attack to defeat No. 14 seed Newark East Side, 53-36, Saturday, Jan. 27, at home, advancing to the quarterfinals of the Essex County Tournament. Amir Rosendary had 13 points and four rebounds, Carlyle Adams had 12 points and […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The Columbia High School girls basketball team went 1-1 in the Essex County Tournament. The Cougars, seeded 14th, defeated No. 19 seed Newark Lab, 63-33, Thursday, Jan. 25, at home. Senior Talia Baptiste produced a strong game with 30 points, 10 rebounds and 10 steals to lead the Cougars. Freshman Mya Defreitas […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The Columbia High School boys basketball team went 1-1 in the Essex County Tournament The 11th-seeded Cougars defeated No. 22 seed Science Park High School, 61-42, Thursday, Jan. 25, in the preliminary third round. The Cougars lost at sixth-seeded Seton Hall Prep, 68-59, in the round of 16 on Saturday, Jan. 27, […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The eighth-seeded Glen Ridge High School girls basketball team advanced to the quarterfinals of the Essex County Tournament after defeating No. 9 seed West Essex, 42-40, Saturday, Jan. 27, at home. Riley O’Sullivan had 21 points and 12 rebounds and fellow junior Marjorie Boyle had 8 points and three steals to […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The third-seeded West Orange High School girls basketball team defeated No. 14 seed Columbia High School of Maplewood, 72-24, Saturday, Jan. 27, to advance to the quarterfinals of the Essex County Tournament. Zoe Francis-Bunkley had 14 points, four steals and three rebounds; Kyley Gary-Grayson had 12 points and five rebounds; Rhyan […]
ORANGE, NJ — The 15th-seeded Orange High School boys basketball team lost to 18th-seeded Montclair High School, 60-49, Thursday, Jan. 25, in the preliminary third round of the Essex County Tournament at OHS. The Tornadoes, who received byes in the first and second preliminary rounds, lost their fifth game in a row to move to […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield High School boys wrestling team gave a good effort at the Essex County Tournament on Wednesday and Thursday, Jan. 24-25, at Richard J. Codey Arena in West Orange. Seniors Michael Hamberlin (144-pound weight class) and Trevor Frantantoni (175) each took sixth place in their weight classes to lead the Bengals. […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — To Asante’ Ward, reading is very important. That’s why Ward, who is the head coach of the East Orange Recreation seventh-eighth grade boys basketball team, makes sure that his players read a book as a pre-game ritual. Ward frequently assigns a book to read for each of his 16 players on […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — In his six-plus years as the athletic director at Irvington High School, Dr. John Taylor’s main focus was about giving opportunities to the students. To accomplish his goals, all he needed was support from the school board and Superintendent April Vauss. Thanks to that support, not to mention the commitment from his […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The Glen Ridge High School girls basketball team is looking to make a strong run in the Essex County Tournament. The Ridgers, seeded No. 8, will host a first-round game on Saturday, Jan. 27, at 11 a.m. against the winner between No. 9 seed West Essex Regional High School, of North […]