GLEN RIDGE – The Verona/Glen Ridge varsity ice hockey team posted two straight ties to move to an 11-7-3 record. Glen Ridge senior assistant captain Owen Gleeson and Glen Ridge junior Steven Topping each had a goal and Verona senior goalie/assistant captain Liam Blaney made 29 saves in a 2-2 tie with Mendham on Jan. […]
GLEN RIDGE – The Glen Ridge High School girls’ varsity basketball team defeated Golda Och Academy, 50-30, at Golda Och in West Orange on Feb. 2. GRHS then defeated Belleville, 54-27, at home on Feb. 4. Leslie Jaiyesimi had 12 points; Julia Lawson had 10 points and Meghan Marhan had nine points and seven assists […]
GLEN RIDGE – Charlie DeLuca scored 12 points and Max Thompson had 10 points to lead the Glen Ridge High School boys’ varsity basketball team to a 50-40 home win over Kinnelon on Feb. 5. George Kinzler had eight points, David Weissenberger had seven points and Tyler Liddy had six points for the Ridgers, who […]
BLOOMFIELD – The Bloomfield High School varsity wrestling team captured the annual Gray Cup by sweeping Montclair, 51-18, Princeton, 58-21, and Verona, 40-36, Feb. 6 at BHS. Former Bengals Mike Freedman, Rashone Johnson and Pete Foster serve as head coaches at Montclair, Princeton, and Verona, respectively. In addition, former Bengals Chris Lantz and Liam Penberthy […]
BLOOMFIELD – The Bloomfield High School boys’ bowling team needed a single win over Nutley to outright win the American Division of the Super Essex Conference during Position Day on Feb. 2 at Brunswick Zone in Belleville. The BHS Bengals took care of business immediately by winning the first game as they won their first […]
BLOOMFIELD – Najeem Wilson scored 21 points to lead the Bloomfield High School boys’ varsity basketball team to a convincing 56-33 home win over Newark Collegiate in the Essex County Tournament second preliminary round on Feb. 6. Francis Lorenzo scored nine points and Mike Ramos had eight points for the 14th-seeded Bengals, who snapped a […]
MAPLEWOOD – The Columbia High School girls’ swim team had a good run. The Lady Cougars remained unbeaten after defeating Phillipsburg, 88-82, in the first round of the state North Jersey Section 2, Public A tournament on Feb. 2 at Morristown High School. Elly Ragone, a freshman, won both the 200-yard freestyle in 2:17.77 and […]
MAPLEWOOD – The Columbia High School girls’ varsity basketball team, seeded 12th, will host 21st-seeded Verona in the second preliminary round of the Essex County Tournament on Feb. 11 at 5:30 p.m. at South Orange Middle School. The Cougars received a bye in the first preliminary round. Senior Dominique Rayam had 15 points; Shadekay Haughton […]
MAPLEWOOD – Sophomore Stephan Gabriel scored 16 points and senior Kevin Bostic had 13 points to lead the 11th-seeded Columbia High School boys’ varsity basketball team to an 89-29 home win over 35th-seeded Science Park in the Essex County Tournament second preliminary round on Feb. 6. Junior John Reed had 11 points and sophomore Brandon […]
WEST ORANGE – The 12th-seeded West Orange High School boys’ varsity basketball team defeated No. 33 seed Montclair Kimberley Academy, 62-40, in the Essex County Tournament second preliminary round on Feb. 6 at home. The Mountaineers, who won their fourth straight game and 10th in the past 11 games to improve to a stellar 14-2 […]