BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The third-seeded Bloomfield High School boys volleyball team defeated No. 14 seed Montclair 19-25, 25-20, 25-20 in the first round of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s North Jersey, Group 4 state tournament on Thursday, May 25, at home. Ellis Gomez-McPherson had 12 kills and seven blocks; Esaias Edwards had 11 […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Seton Hall Prep graduates Brian Tevlin and Griffin Westlin are graduate student members of the University of Notre Dame men’s lacrosse team that captured the program’s first-ever NCAA Division I men’s lacrosse national tournament championship in Philadelphia. Tevlin, a 2017 SHP graduate, scored the dramatic game-winning goal in overtime to lift […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The third-seeded Glen Ridge High School girls lacrosse team defeated No. 14 seed Sterling 17-5 in the first round of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s South Jersey, Group 1 state tournament on Thursday, May 25, at Watsessing Park. Campbell Spillett had five goals; Katie Powers had three goals, seven […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — The Irvington High School girls flag football team hosted the first round and the quarterfinals of the Super Football Conference playoffs on Tuesday, May 23. The Blue Knights defeated Newark Laby 27-0 in the first round and Ramapo 43-13 to improve to 8-0. The semifinals were scheduled for Wednesday, May 31, at […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The second-seeded Bloomfield High School baseball team defeated No. 10 seed West Orange 12-2 in the quarterfinals of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s North Jersey, Section 1, Group 4 state tournament at Bloomfield Middle School field. Brandon Piacenza pitched a five-inning complete game, allowing two earned runs on three hits […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School softball team, seeded fourth, defeated Montclair and Union City to advance to the semifinals of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s North Jersey, Section 1, Group 4 state tournament. Ellie Martin went 2-for-4 with a single, a double and two RBIs; Charlotte Klepesch went 2-for-3 with […]
ORANGE, NJ — Khy’ron Hill won the 200-meter dash in 22.54 seconds to lead the Orange High School boys track and field team at the Essex County Championships, Thursday and Friday, May 18-19, at Schools Stadium in Newark. Hill also took fifth place in the 100-meter dash in 11.33. Kevin Jones took second place in […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — The East Orange High School boys and girls track and field teams gave good efforts at the Essex County Championships, Thursday and Friday, May 18-19, at Schools Stadium in Newark. The boys team finished in fifth place overall with 38 points. Seton Hall Prep took first place with 129 points, followed […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The Glen Ridge High School softball team defeated Kent Place 8-3 on Friday, May 19, to improve to 10-10 on the season. Anna Buntrock went 3-for-3 with a single, two doubles, a hit by pitch, three RBIs and two runs scored; and Inari Krabbe went 1-for-3 with a single and two […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — Kaleena Koon wanted to give her daughter a chance to play football. But she figured something safer would be better, namely flag football. Indeed, girls flag football has grown in popularity, especially in New Jersey. Koon helped start the East Orange Recreation girls flag football program this spring. It’s the first […]