GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The Glen Ridge High School girls basketball team, which enjoyed a sensational 24-5 season this past winter, featured six players who earned All–Super Essex Conference–Colonial Division honors. First team Riley O’Sullivan, sophomore Savannah Steele, junior. Second team Katie Powers, sophomore. Annabel Koss-DeFrank, freshman. Allison Snyder, freshman. Honorable mention Maeve O’Sullvan, junior. […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange High School softball team is very excited to begin the season this spring. “Our team has a great mix of talented freshmen, sophomores, juniors and seniors who all have come together to form a very competitive team,” said varsity head coach Michael Marini in an email to the […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The Glen Ridge High School softball returns a good core of juniors this season, all of whom are captains. They are: Anna Buntrock, shortstop, uniform No. 18. Mary Doud, center field, No. 28. Harper Nix, catcher and first base, No. 16. Ashley Johnson, pitcher, No. 33. Olivia Gist, third base, No. […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School girls lacrosse team reached the second round of the state tournament last season. Columbia defeated Governor Livingston 16-9 in the season opener on Monday, April 3, at GL in Mountainside. With a talented and experienced group, CHS head coach Steve Ramos said the goal this season is […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield High School boys tennis program has very lofty goals and hopes for the season. The Bengals, under head coach Mike DiMasi, are coming off an exceptional season last year, finishing 14-8 overall, which included winning a New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association state tournament match. Bloomfield finished in second place […]
BELLEVILLE, NJ — The Belleville High School baseball team hopes to have a successful season. The Bucs, under head coach Joe Sorce, have a strong group of juniors and sophomores. “We scrimmaged a few tough teams, Rutherford, Johnson, Governor Livingston, Scotch Plains, and North Arlington,” Sorce said. “We’ve made good improvements throughout the pre-season period. […]
BELLEVILLE, NJ — With a strong returning group, the Belleville High School boys tennis team has high hopes for a successful season. Head coach John Dubuque likes his team’s chances to contend for the Super Essex Conference–Independence Division championship. The other teams in the division are Irvington, Nutley, Newark East Side and Newark Central. “We […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — With continued hard work and improvement, the Columbia High School boys lacrosse team is looking to build off last year’s successful season. The Cougars, who won the New Jersey Interscholastic Lacrosse League–Kimber Division title with a 5-0 divisional record while finishing 14-5 overall last year, have been working on their schemes […]
Former Meet of Champs winner nominated to superior court judge position
IRVINGTON, NJ — As a track-and-field standout, Tosca Blandford-Bynoe unquestionably was one of the greatest athletes in Irvington High School history. In her senior year in 1982, she won the 100-meter hurdles in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s state outdoor Meet of Champions, becoming the school’s first Meet of Champions winner. Track-and-field […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Coming off last season’s Greater Newark Tournament championship run, the Bloomfield High School baseball team hopes to build off that success while improving on its record this spring. The Bengals, who went 9-19 overall and lost to powerhouse Seton Hall Prep in the GNT final last season, return 85 percent of their […]