BELLEVILLE, NJ — Head coach Christopher Balz’s main goal for his Belleville High School coed golf team is to improve by the end of the spring season. He also wants his players to have fun. “We play in a real competitive league,” said Balz in an interview with the Belleville Post as his team was […]
First-year head baseball coach Puzio looks to bring energy, wants his players to have fun
NUTLEY, NJ — Eric Puzio understands that baseball is a game that should be fun to play. That’s the main message that he wants to impart to his Nutley High School baseball team this spring. Puzio, the first-year head coach for the Raiders, is excited about this year’s squad as they get ready for the […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Columbia High School junior indoor track-and-field standout Madison Stevens took sixth place with a throw of 42 feet in the championship finals of the girls shot put at the Nike Indoor Nationals at the Armory Track Center in New York, N.Y., on Sunday, March 12. Stevens also took second place in […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The Glen Ridge High School wrestling team enjoyed a solid season this past winter. The Ridgers, under longtime head coach Kendall Southerland, finished with a 12-7 overall record, including finishing in second place in the Super Essex Conference–Liberty Division behind Nutley High School. Glen Ridge went 4-1 in the division with […]
ORANGE, NJ — Orange High School head football coach Khalfani Alleyne has been named the head coach of the East team in the 29th annual Paul Robeson High School All-Star Football Classic at Paul Robeson Stadium in East Orange on Tuesday, June 13. The game, which has been held at Robeson Stadium since its inception, […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Ralph Steele simply loved Irvington sports. Whether it was the Irvington Golden Knights Pop Warner football and cheerleading program or Irvington High School teams, especially football, basketball and wrestling, Steele was a staunch supporter. The Irvington community was stunned to learn that Steele died on Saturday, March 18. Tributes poured in on […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange High School girls track-and-field team sent a group of athletes to Boston, Mass., to compete at the New Balance Nationals at The Track at New Balance on Friday and Saturday, March 10-11. The 4×200-meter relay team took seventh place in the finals in a time of 1 minute, […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — East Orange native Ronly London recently has been named the new head football coach at Newark West Side High School. London, a 2001 graduate of Clifford Scott High School, returns to West Side where he was an assistant coach for several years under former East Orange Campus High School head coach […]
Cougars post fine showings in county and state tourneys, four players earn SEC honors
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Despite finishing with an 11-14 overall record, the Columbia High School girls basketball team always gave a strong effort each game. The Cougars, in fact, had strong showings in both the Essex County Tournament and the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s North Jersey, Section 1, Group 4 state tournament. In […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Irvington High School boys basketball players Sean Agard, Famah Toure, Renaldo Cambronne and Sheik Sheriff earned All–Super Essex Conference–Liberty Division honors this season, as selected by the divisional coaches. Agard, a senior guard, made the first team; Toure, a senior forward, made the second team; and Cambronne, a senior forward, and Sheriff, […]