NUTLEY – Nutley High School senior Craig Merkle has signed a National Letter of Intent to continue his football career at Wagner College in Staten Island, N.Y. on an athletic scholarship. Merkle will play linebacker at Wagner. The 6-foot, 215-pound Merkle became the school’s all-time leader rusher with 3,278 yards on 394 attempts for an […]
BELLEVILLE – Jehann Dabon scored 12 points and Emani Hill had 10 to lead the Belleville High School girls’ varsity basketball team to a 35-31 win over Newark Central on Feb. 11 at home. Gianna Benacquista had eight points; Sydney Gomez had three and Yanyckza Flores added two for the Lady Buccaneers, who improved to […]
BELLEVILLE – The Belleville High School boys’ varsity basketball team qualified for the state North Jersey Section 1,Group 4 tournament. The Bucs received the 16th and final seed and will visit top-seeded Union City in the first round on March 1. It marks the first time the Bucs qualified for the postseason since the 2011-12 […]
BLOOMFIELD – The 14th-seeded Bloomfield High School varsity basketball team lost to 19th-seeded North 13th Street Tech in the third preliminary round of the Essex County Tournament on Feb. 11 at BHS. Myles Toppin, a junior, scored 16 points; junior Al-Samad Henderson and senior Brandon Abplanalp each had eight points; and junior Najeem Wilson had […]
NUTLEY – The top-seeded Nutley High School varsity wrestling team lost to fourth-seeded Governor Livingston, 45-25, in the semifinals of the state North Jersey Section 2, Group 3 tournament on Feb. 10. The Raiders moved to a 14-6 record. Results 182-pound weight class: Turner Haddad, Governor Livingston, pinned Saul Abreu, Nutey, 0:12. 195: Christopher Bottone, […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE – Two high school basketball teams from Malahide Basketball Club in Dublin, Ireland will be in the South Orange-Maplewood area this weekend. The two teams, made up of boys and girls, will play a total of nine games over four days, four of which will be held locally. On Friday, February 12, Our Lady of […]
NUTLEY – Matt Schettino, a sophomore, scored 17 points and senior Geoff Bevere had 11 points to lead the Nutley High School boys’ varsity basketball team to a 55-45 home win over Caldwell on Feb. 2. Freshman Marty Higgins, senior Will Montgomery and GianCarlo Padilla each had six points; senior Antonio Olivo had four; senior […]
NUTLEY – The Nutley High School varsity wrestling team received the No. 1 seed in the state North Jersey Section 2, Group 3 tournament. The Raiders, under first-year head coach Mike DiPiano, received a quarterfinal round bye and were scheduled to host fourth-seeded Governor Livingston in the semifinals on Feb. 10. Passaic Valley, seeded No. […]
NUTLEY – Senior All-American guard Blair Watson became the all-time leading scorer in Nutley High School history for both boys and girls, after scoring 24 points to lead the Lady Raiders to a 45-41 over Fair Lawn on Monday, Feb. 8, at Fair Lawn. Watson, who will play at the University of Maryland next […]
BLOOMFIELD – The Bloomfield High School girls’ varsity basketball team defeated Irvington, Orange and Mount Saint Dominic Academy to improve to a stellar 14-2 record. Junior guard Genesis Collins had 14 points; junior guard Grace Cannon had 11 points and senior forward Aniyah Allen had seven points and seven rebounds to lead the Bloomfield High […]