NUTLEY – The Nutley High School varsity wrestling team, under first-year head coach Mike DiPiano, opened the season at the The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) Pride Classic at Brick Memorial on Saturday, Dec. 19. Only teams that had a coach who wrestled for Coach Dave Icenhower at Trenton State College/The College of New Jersey […]
WEST ORANGE – The Seton Hall Prep varsity basketball team opened the season with wins over Newark Tech, Columbia and Delbarton to improve to a 3-0 record. Senior guard T.J.Gibbs had 17 points, five rebounds and five assists and junior forward Treyvon Bennett had 12 points, nine rebounds and three steals in the 69-48 win […]
WEST ORANGE – The Seton Hall Prep varsity wrestling team opened its season on Saturday, Dec. 19, at the Morris Knolls Wrestling Tournament at Morris Knolls High School in Rockaway, finishing in fifth place with 105 points. The Pirates entered 10 wrestlers, seven of whom placed second, third, or fourth place. The following Pirates finished […]
IRVINGTON – Irvington native Dwayne Beckford proved to be a dominant defensive player in his first season playing for the Marian University football team in Indianapolis, Ind. In fact, Beckford is a big reason why Marian is the 2015 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) national champions. Beckford a 6-foot-1, 240-pound senior linebacker, posted six […]
BLOOMFIELD – The Bloomfield High School boys’ varsity basketball team, under head coach Pat Brunner, defeated Montclair Kimberley Academy and Essex Vocational on back-to-back days to start the season at 2-0. Kyle Barrow, a sophomore guard , scored 12 points on four 3-pointers; junior guard Najeem Wilson had 10 points; and senior guard Brandon Apblanalp […]
BLOOMFIELD – Samantha Corio had 11 points, and Grace Cannon and Aniyah Allen each had nine points to lead the Bloomfield High School girls’ varsity basketball team to a 39-20 win over Verona in the season opener on Friday, Dec 18, at BHS. Leading 19-11 at the half, the Bengals outscored Verona, 14-4, in the […]
IRVINGTON – The Irvington High School girls’ varsity basketball team returns five players from a team looking to surpass last year’s five-win total. Those returnees will be the starters for head coach Rashawnah French’s team. French highlighted the players’ strengths. Jakiyah Martin, a senior point guard, brings speed and good defense. Jasmine Williams, a senior […]
BELLEVILLE – The Belleville High School varsity football team endured a tough season. The Bucs lost players to injury even before the season started. The bad luck continued into the season as the team, which unfortunately was never at full strength, finished with a 1-9 record, with the lone win coming against Newark East Side. […]
EAST ORANGE – The East Orange Campus High School girls’ basketball team has what it takes to duplicate or even better last year’s success. That’s a lofty expectation. After all, the Jaguars were one of the best teams in the state a year ago, as they won the Super Essex Conference-American Division and Essex County […]
ORANGE – Entering his second stint as head coach of the Orange High School boys’ varsity basketball team, Jamaal Cooper has confidence that his Tornadoes will get better as the season progresses. Sure, the team competes in the American Division, which is the highest division of the Super Essex Conference. But with improved offensive familiarity […]