WEST ORANGE – The West Orange High School girls’ varsity basketball team hopes to return to its winning ways. The Lady Mountaineers lost to University, 51-40, Jan. 19, at home. WOHS fell at Newark Tech, 44-36, Jan. 22, to move to a 5-6 record. Sidney Gordon had nine points, Dawn Flood had six, Mya Bembry […]
ORANGE – In his rookie season, Jason Alford played a big part in helping the New York Giants beat the then-undefeated New England Patriots to win Super Bowl 42 in Glendale, Ariz., eight years ago. As part of its celebration of Super Bowl 50 this year, the National Football League has given a “Golden Football” […]
IRVINGTON – Irvington High School varsity wrestler Tyhmir Lassister took second in the 182-pound class at the Essex County Tournament, Jan. 21-22, at Richard J. Codey Arena in West Orange. Terrell Ashman (106-pound class) and Donchard Jean-Paul (195) each finished third; Carl Napoleon (285) took fourth; Jerwin Martilus (170) and Franklin Fervil (120) each took […]
EAST ORANGE – The East Orange Campus High School boys’ varsity basketball lost to Montclair before defeating Newark Central to move to an 8-5 record. Marquise Kindel scored 15 points and fellow senior guard Jordan Taylor had 13 in the 52-48 loss to Montclair on Jan. 19 at home. Junior point guard Anton Lawrence added […]
ORANGE – The Orange High School boys’ varsity basketball team rallied to defeat Irvington, 62-57, at home on Jan. 21, snapping a three-game losing streak and improving to a 5-10 record. The Tornadoes trailed 28-25 at halftime and 45-42 at the end of the third quarter but outscored Irvington, 20-12, in the fourth quarter. OHS […]
EAST ORANGE – The East Orange Campus High School girls’ varsity basketball team defeated Shabazz and Bloomfield Tech to improve to a 10-0 record. Marvellous Osagie-Erese had 22 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists and seven steals to lead the Lady Jaguars to a 75-59 win at Shabazz on Jan. 19 in Newark. Moriyah Jordan had […]
ORANGE – The Orange High School girls’ varsity basketball team defeated Caldwell and St. Vincent Academy to improve to 9-4. Imani May had 19 points, five rebounds, six assists and six steals to lead the Lady Tornadoes to a 45-40 come-from-behind victory over Caldwell at home on Jan. 19. Lorenzia Hammer had 12 points, 15 […]
WEST ORANGE – The Seton Hall Prep varsity hockey team team had one game last week and played Gloucester Catholic to a 3-3 tie on Monday, Jan. 18, at Hollydell Arena in Sewell to move to a 2-8-3 record. SHP trailed 1-0 in the first period when junior forward Matthew Robinson scored on an assist […]
WEST ORANGE – The Seton Hall Prep varsity basketball team had two games scheduled this past week, but because of the blizzard, the game against Teaneck was postponed and no makeup date has been set yet. On Thursday, Jan. 21, the Pirates hosted Newark Tech and defeated them, 79-49, to raise their record to 13-1 […]
BLOOMFIELD – Bloomfield High School senior football standout Lowell Kelly-Gamble has accepted a full scholarship offer from Monmouth University. Kelly-Gamble, a 6-foot-4, 240-pound defensive end, was a three-year starter for the Bengals. He led the team in sacks with 11.5 this season and was named first team All-Super Essex Conference. Kelly-Gamble also is a standout […]