Mountaineers finish unbeaten in the division; gear up for postseason
WEST ORANGE – The West Orange High School boys’ varsity basketball team, under third-year head coach Greg Tynes, clinched the Super Essex Conference-Colonial Division title. The Mountaineers finished 12-0 in the division. Last season, the Mountaineers were co-SEC-Division champions with Barringer. Senior forward Jeremiah Moore scored 20 points and senior guard Patrick Jamison had 15 […]
EAST ORANGE – East Orange Campus High School senior Charon Jenkins tied for ninth place in the boys’ high jump at the state indoor track and field Meet of Champions at the Bennett Complex in Toms River on Saturday, Feb. 27. Jenkins leaped 6 feet, 2 inches. Four other athletes also tied for ninth place. […]
ORANGE – The eighth-seeded Orange High School girls’ varsity basketball team lost to ninth-seeded Warren Hills, 52-42, in the first round of the state North Jersey Section 2, Group 3 tournament on Monday, Feb. 29. Lorenzah Hammer scored nine points and fellow junior Imani May had eight points for OHS, which finished the season with […]
IRVINGTON – The Irvington High School girls’ varsity basketball team, seeded 14th, lost at third-seeded West Morris, 51-30, in the first round of the state North Jersey Section 2, Group 3 tournament on Monday, Feb. 29, in Long Valley. Jessica Washington had 15 points; Rhoda Agyemang had seven points; and Atonie Johnson and Jasmine Williams […]
IRVINGTON – The Irvington High School boys’ varsity basketball team, under head coach Elias Brantley, concluded its season with a tough 51-50 home loss to Union on Feb. 26 in the finale. Senior guard Othniel Nyameke scored 18 points; senior guard Ijah Jones had nine points; senior forward Jakylin Shuford had eight; senior guard Talik […]
NUTLEY – The Nutley High School girls’ varsity basketball team began its defense of the state North Jersey Section 2, Group 3 tournament title with a 73-67 first-round win over Cranford, the newly-crowned Union County Tournament champion, Monday, Feb. 29 at Cranford. Senior guard and McDonald’s All-American Blair Watson put on another incredible show, scoring […]
NUTLEY – The Nutley High School boys’ basketball team lost to Cliffside Park, 53-35, in the first round of the state North Jersey Section 2, Group 3 tournament on Monday, Feb. 29 at Cliffside Park. The Raiders, seeded 12th, ended the season with a 13-14 record. NHS led 13-10 at the end of the first […]
BLOOMFIELD – Bloomfield High School senior Lowell Kelly-Gamble finished in eighth place in the boys’ shot put event at the state indoor track and field Meet of Champions at the Bennett Complex in Toms River on Saturday, Feb. 27. He threw 54 feet, 8 inches.
BLOOMFIELD – Bloomfield High School sophomore Natalia Toby finished in second place in girls’ epee at the State Individual Fencing Championships at Livingston High School on Saturday, Feb. 27. Toby advanced through the two opening rounds of pool play with just a single loss in each round. In the Final Pool, she finished with a […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE – On Feb. 13 and 14, the St. Joseph’s Pee Wee Girls Celtics split their final two basketball games of the regular season, winning at home against St. Helen’s by a score of 20-8 and losing to a different St. Helen’s squad 12-8. In the two games, the Celtics played stifling interior defense […]
