EAST ORANGE – Newark Academy senior Jocelyn Willoughby had cause to celebrate on National Letter of Intent Signing Day this month. Joined by family, friends and coaches, the East Orange resident signed her National Letter of Intent to play basketball for University of Virginia. Willoughby is looking forward to graduation and to playing hoops for the Virginia Cavaliers.
WEST ORANGE – The West Orange High School boys’ varsity soccer team is one win from winning its second state Group 4 championship in three years. The Mountaineers, under 16th-year head coach Doug Nevins, will face defending champion Washington Township in the state Group 4 championship game at Kean University in Union on Sunday, Nov. […]
GLEN RIDGE – Senior forward Tomison Kennedy scored on a header off a corner kick from junior midfielder Colleen Grady in the 37th minute of the first half to lift the Glen Ridge High School girls’ varsity soccer team to a 1-0 win over Kinnelon in the state Group 1 semifinals at Millburn High School […]
IRVINGTON – The Irvington High School varsity football team lost to North Hunterdon, 35-21, in the season finale on Saturday, Nov. 14, at the IHS Sports Complex. The Blue Knights, under head coach Pete Pascarella, finished with a 3-7 record, but were young this season, which bodes well for next season. Leading the Blue Knights […]
GLEN RIDGE The Glen Ridge High School boys’ cross-country team finished 12th overall among the 20 teams at the state Group 1 Championship meet at Holmdel Park on Saturday, Nov. 14. Pelle Nogueira, a junior, finished 13th overall among the 143 individual finishers. He was timed in 17:08.58. Other GRHS runners were senior Cameron Dignan, […]
MAPLEWOOD – The Columbia High School varsity football team, under second-year head coach John Power, finished a good season. The seventh-seeded Cougars lost at second-seeded Westfield, 49-14, in the first round of the state North Jersey Section 2, Group 5 playoffs on Saturday, Nov. 14. The Cougars finished with a respectable 5-5 record; their first […]
WEST ORANGE – The Seton Hall Prep varsity soccer team ended a great season. The fourth-seeded Pirates lost to top-seeded Delbarton in a 3-2 heartbreaker in the semifinals of the state North Jersey Non-Public A tournament on Nov. 10 at The Ryan Family Field at Delbarton in Morris Township. The Pirates finished the season with […]
WEST ORANGE – Senior quarterback Marshall Lipsey threw two touchdown passes and junior slotback Michael Osuji rushed for 135 yards and a touchdown on 27 carries to lead the West Orange High School varsity football team to a 27-17 win over Morristown on Saturday, Nov. 14, at WOHS’ Joe Suriano in the season finale. The […]
WEST ORANGE – The Seton Hall Prep varsity football team, seeded third, lost to sixth-seeded Bergen Catholic, 49-20, in the quarterfinal round of the state Non-Public Group 4 playoffs on Friday, Nov. 13, at West Orange High School’s Joe Suriano Stadium on a cold and windy night. The Pirates finished the season with a 6-3 […]
BLOOMFIELD – The sixth-seeded Bloomfield High School varsity football team lost at third-seeded Hackenack, 21-0, in the first round of the state North Jersey Section 1, Group 5 playoffs on Friday, Nov. 13. Seniors Matthew Gaime and Jeff Siceron each had eight tackles, and junior Danny Carter, junior Barak Pipkins and senior Lowell Kelly-Gamble each […]