NUTLEY – The Nutley High School varsity ice hockey team enjoyed a successful season under first-year head coach Anthony Yelovich. The 14th-seeded Raiders lost to third-seeded Lakeland, 8-1, in the second round of the state Public B tournament on Feb. 26 at the Ice Vault in Wayne to end the season. Cullen McCormack scored the […]
NUTLEY – Sophomore Anthony Fabiano and freshman Marty Higgins each had 12 points, but the Nutley High School boys’ varsity basketball team lost at Metuchen, 50-43, Feb. 25, in the final regular-season game. Senior Antonio Olivo had six points and sophomore Matt Schettino had five for the Raiders, who moved to a 13-13 record. The […]
NUTLEY – Senior guard and McDonald’s All-American Blair Watson scored 27 points and added 12 rebounds, eight blocks and five assists to lead the Nutley High School girls’ varsity basketball team to a 57-43 win at Metuchen on Feb. 25 in the final regular-season game. Freshman Courtney Wilde had 19 points, sophomore forward Sydney Kunz […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE – The Columbia High School girls’ fencing team came up short in its bid for a three-peat state team tournament championship. The sixth-seeded Lady Cougars lost to top-seeded Montgomery, 16-11, in the state team tournament championship on Feb. 24 at Morris Hills High School in Rockaway. Camille Pham led CHS with a 3-0 […]
BLOOMFIELD – The Bloomfield High School boys’ basketball team finished its season on a winning note. Senior Brandon Abplanalp scored 16 points and junior Najeem Wilson had 10 points to lead the Bengals to a 69-51 home win over Scotch Plains-Fanwood in the season finale on Feb. 24. The Bengals trailed 12-9 at the end […]
EAST ORANGE – The East Orange Campus High School girls’ varsity basketball team will seek its second straight Essex County Tournament championship. The top-seeded Lady Jaguars will face seventh-seeded Newark Tech in the ECT final on Saturday, Feb. 27, at 3 p.m. at Essex County College in Newark. The Jaguars, under head coach Derrick Johnson, […]
NUTLEY – Senior guard and McDonald’s All-American Blair Watson had 20 points, 16 rebounds, eight blocks and four assists to lead the Nutley High School girls’ varsity basketball team to a 39-36 home win over Westwood on Feb. 23. Courtney Wilde had 10 points ; Sydney Kunz had four points; Rebecca Granata had three points […]
NUTLEY – Freshman Marty Higgins scored 22 points and senior Geoff Bevere and sophomore Matt Schettino each had 11 points to lead the Nutley High School boys’ varsity basketball team to a 60-51 win at rival Belleville on Feb. 23. Senior Antonio Olivo had six points and senior Will Montgomery had four points for the […]
BLOOMFIELD – Junior guard Grace Cannon scored 22 points, including the 1,000th point of her career, to lead the Bloomfield High School girls’ varsity basketball team to a 52-50 home win over Millburn on Feb. 23. Cannon needed just two points to reach the milestone. She also had four assists and three rebounds. Senior Aniyah […]
WEST ORANGE – Senior forward Zach Keller had 16 points and 13 rebounds and senior forward Ryan Toohers had 12 points and five rebounds to lead the top-seeded and defending champion Seton Hall Prep varsity basketball team to a 61-46 win over fifth-seeded West Side in the first game of the Essex County Tournament semifinals […]