NUTLEY – The Nutley High School girls’ varsity basketball team’s quest to defend its state North Jersey Section 2, Group 3 tournament championship came up short as the 11th-seeded Lady Raiders fell to third-seeded West Morris, 50-43, in the quarterfinals on Wednesday, March 2. The loss marked the end of Blair Watson’s magnificent career. Watson, […]
WEST ORANGE – The West Orange High School boys’ varsity basketball team enjoyed a terrific season. The Mountaineers, seeded third, lost to 14th-seeded Mount Olive, 66-61, in the first round of the state North Jersey Section 1, Group 4 tournament on March 1. WOHS, under head coach Greg Tynes, finished the season with a stellar […]
BELLEVILLE – The Belleville High School boys’ basketball team, seeded 16th, lost at top-seeded Union City, 79-53, in the first round of the state North Jersey Section 1, Group 4 tournament on March 1. With the loss, the Bucs finished the season with a 9-17 record. Alcides DosReis had 14 points; Mohammed Yousef had 10 […]
MAPLEWOOD – The 16th-seeded Columbia High School girls’ varsity basketball team stunned top-seeded Bayonne, 50-41, in overtime in the first round of the state North Jersey Section 2, Group 4 tournament on Tuesday, March 1, at Bayonne. The Cougars trailed 19-17 at halftime and 32-25 at the end of the third quarter, but outscored Bayonne, […]
WEST ORANGE – Senior guard Sidney Gordon scored 26 points and the 14th-seeded West Orange High School girls’ varsity basketball team upset third-seeded Bloomfield, 52-47, in overtime, in the first round of the state North Jersey Section 1, Group 4 tournament on Tuesday, March 1, at Bloomfield High. West Orange squandered a 20-point lead going […]
Lady Bengals' comeback falls short
BLOOMFIELD – Facing a 20-point deficit going into the fourth quarter, the Bloomfield High School girls’ varsity basketball team refused to quit. The Bengals frantically tried to keep their season alive, staging a remarkable rally. Unfortunately, they couldn’t complete the comeback. After miraculously forcing overtime on a buzzer-beating layup by senior center Aniyah Allen, the […]
GLEN RIDGE – The 11th-seeded Glen Ridge High School girls’ varsity basketball team lost at sixth-seeded Dayton, 47-32, in the first round of the state North Jersey Section 2, Group 1 tournament on Feb. 29 in Springfield. Juniors Leslie Jaiyesimi, Gabby Kinzler and Meghan Marhan each had six points; and junior Juliann Lisovicz and freshman […]
GLEN RIDGE – Sophomore Tyler Liddy scored 16 points; and junior Charlie DeLuca and sophomore George Kinzler each had eight points to lead the sixth-seeded Glen Ridge High School boys’ varsity basketball team to a 48-41 home win over 11th-seeded University in the first round of the state North Jersey Section 2, Group 1 tournament […]
MAPLEWOOD – The Columbia High School girls’ 4×400-meter relay team finished second at the state indoor track and field Meet of Champions on Feb. 27 at the Bennett Complex in Toms River. CHS clocked 3:59.49, behind Union Catholic, which ran 3:47.27.
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE – This season’s Columbia High School varsity wrestling team faced a very competitive schedule while being composed of mostly underclassman and inexperienced wrestlers. The final record of 9 wins and 16 losses is evidence of a team that was undermanned and inexperienced. However, with a few more individual match wins, the record could […]