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 […]
EAST ORANGE – The East Orange Campus High School boys’ varsity basketball team’s bid to reach the Essex County Tournament championship game for the second straight year fell short. The sixth-seeded Jaguars lost to second-seeded Newark East Side, 64-42, in the nightcap of the ECT semifinals doubleheader on Feb. 23 at West Orange High School. […]
BLOOMFIELD – Junior Francis Lorenzo scored a game-high 11 points and senior Nassir Coppedge had nine points to lead the Bloomfield High School boys’ varsity basketball team to a 50-37 home win over Glen Ridge on Feb. 20. Freshman Michael Ramos, senior Brandon Abplanalp and junior Myles Toppin each had seven points; sophomore Kyle Barrow […]
GLEN RIDGE – Glen Ridge senior assistant captain Owen Gleeson had two goals and five assists, getting a hand in all the goals, to lead the 13th-seeded Verona/Glen Ridge high school varsity ice hockey team to a 7-4 win over 20th-seeded Woodbridge in the first round of the state Public B tournament on Feb. 22 […]
GLEN RIDGE – Gabby Kinzler scored 11 points and Claire McMahon had eight points to lead the Glen Ridge High School girls’ varsity basketball team to a 41-29 win at Roselle Park on Feb. 23 to improve to a 10-12 record. Meghan Marhan had seven points and Julia Lawson had four for the Ridgers, who […]