Columbia HS girls wrestlers excel at regions, advance to state tourney

Columbia HS girls wrestlers excel at regions, advance to state tourney

MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ – Columbia High School’s Dakota Dallison and Blair Rodriguez enjoyed fine showings at the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s North 2 Region girls state wrestling tournament at Union High School on Sunday, Feb. 19. Dallison, a senior, took second place in the 120-pound class and Rodriguez, a junior, took third place […]

Columbia HS wrestlers excel at district tourney and advance to the region

Columbia HS wrestlers excel at district tourney and advance to the region

MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School wrestling team had a good showing at the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s District 10 state tournament at Phillipsburg High School on Saturday, Feb. 18. The Cougars finished in fifth place out of nine schools. Sophomore Jared Van Allen, at 113 pounds, and freshman August Katz, […]

Irvington HS girls basketball team pays homage to ‘Campers’ nickname

Irvington HS girls basketball team pays homage to ‘Campers’ nickname

IRVINGTON, NJ — The Irvington High School girls basketball team, wearing “throwback” uniforms, defeated Union High School 42-40 on Saturday, Feb. 18, for its fifth straight win and 11th win in the past 12 games to improve to 20-3 overall on the season. Junior guard Janasia Wilson had 22 points, seven rebounds, four steals and […]

Bloomfield HS girls wrestling team captures region tournament title

Bloomfield HS girls wrestling team captures region tournament title

BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield High School girls wrestling team captured the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s North 2 Region girls state tournament championship at Union High School on Sunday, Feb. 19. Bloomfield had 123 points. Somerville was second with 114 points. Senior Kira Pipkins, a three-time state girls champion, won the 126-pound title. […]

Bloomfield HS wrestling team enjoys district tournament success

Bloomfield HS wrestling team enjoys district tournament success

BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield High School wrestling team enjoyed a stellar showing at the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s District 9 state tournament at Nutley High School on Saturday, Feb. 18. The Bengals finished in third place out of 10 schools. Delbarton finished first with 351.5 points, Nutley was second with 140 points […]

Bloomfield HS girls tracksters compete at Group 4 state meet

Bloomfield HS girls tracksters compete at Group 4 state meet

BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Bloomfield High School’s Albina Frangu and Mercedes Cruz-Fletcher competed at the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s girls indoor track-and-field Group 4 state championships at the Bennett Athletic Complex in Toms River on Saturday, Feb. 18. Frangu, a senior, took fifth place out of 21 competitors in the finals of the shot […]

East Orange Campus HS boys hoops tops Montclair, North Bergen

East Orange Campus HS boys hoops tops Montclair, North Bergen

EAST ORANGE, NJ — The East Orange Campus High School boys basketball team defeated Montclair High School and North Bergen High School last week. The Jaguars defeated Montclair 58-48 on Tuesday, Feb. 14, at home in a Super Essex Conference game. Junior guard Kaiyri Barkley had 26 points and four rebounds; senior forward Joshua Richards […]

Belleville HS wrestling team enjoys good showing at District 9 state tournament

Belleville HS wrestling team enjoys good showing at District 9 state tournament

BELLEVILLE, NJ — The Belleville High School wrestling team enjoyed a good showing at the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s District 9 state tournament at Nutley High School on Saturday, Feb. 18. The Buccaneers finished in fifth place overall out of 10 schools. Delbarton was first, followed by Nutley, Bloomfield and Cedar Grove. The […]

Bloomfield HS boys basketball team defeats Technology in season finale

Bloomfield HS boys basketball team defeats Technology in season finale

BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield High School boys basketball team defeated Technology High School of Newark 59-30 on Thursday, Feb. 16, at home to end the season. Senior guard Uche Anyanwu had 17 points, senior forward Tyler Forman had 11 points, senior guard Amare Battice had 10 points, junior forward Shariff Brown had 8, senior […]