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 […]
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 […]
