MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School boys basketball team hopes to get back on track. The Cougars lost two straight games, falling at Newark Tech, 78-51, on Thursday, Jan. 18, and Montclair, 61-38, on Saturday, Jan. 18, at home, to move to 4-11 on the season. Sophomore guard Nate Kirby had 22 points […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Seton Hall Prep swimming team won two meets last week to raise its record to 8-0 on the season. The Pirates defeated Columbia, 110-60, on Tuesday, Jan. 13, as they won nine of 11 races. The following were the SHP winners: 200-yard freestyle: junior Alexander Buftea, 1 minute, 45.75 seconds. […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — In its only dual meet last week, the Seton Hall Prep wrestling team defeated West Orange High School, 56-12, on Friday, Jan. 17, at WOHS to improve its record to 4-5 on the season. The winning SHP Pirates were sophomore Vincent DeSomma, 132 pounds; senior Anthony Pellegrino, 120; junior Andre Morero, […]
ORANGE/EAST ORANGE, NJ — Junior guard Arianna McKinnon had a dominant game with 32 points, 20 rebounds, 14 steals and four assists to power the East Orange Campus High School girls basketball team past Orange High School, 80-38, in the annual OHS MLK Classic on Monday afternoon, Jan. 20. Junior center Kerla Mathurin had 11 […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — The Irvington High School boys basketball team has been on a roll. The Blue Knights won three games last week to extend their winning streak to seven games and improve to 10-3 on the season. Junior guard Jazmir Taylor scored 28 points and Jayden Bermudez had 20 points, six assists and five […]
West Orange native Cody Simon was a big part of the Ohio State University football team’s amazing season. Simon, a 6-foot-2, 235-pound graduated senior linebacker, posted a team-high eight tackles to help the eighth-seeded OSU Buckeyes to a 34-23 win over No. 7 University of Notre Dame in the College Football Playoff Championship game on […]
Columbia High School wrestlers Jared Van Allen and Reid Ordower won their 100th career matches last week. The two seniors entered the Wednesday, Jan. 15, home match against St. Benedict’s Prep with 99 victories apiece. Van Allen, competing at 120 pounds, defeated Buyanjargal Batmunkh to achieve his milestone. Ordower, unfortunately, lost to Merlin Dilone by […]
ORANGE, NJ — Senior guard Ryan English scored 22 points and sophomore guard James Roberts scored 19 points to lead the East Orange Campus High School boys basketball team to a 66-38 win over Orange High School in the annual OHS MLK Classic on Monday night, Jan. 20, in a Super Essex Conference divisional crossover […]
NUTLEY/MONTCLAIR, NJ — Senior goalie Daniel Canizares and his brother, sophomore forward Adrian Canizares, both from Nutley, have been a big part of the success for the Montclair Kimberley Academy ice hockey team, which has shown marked improvement this season behind a stellar defensive unit. MKA, which finished just 1-15-2 overall and 1-11 in the […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Columbia High School junior pitcher Claire Shupe has committed to play softball for Boston University. Shupe is the first CHS softball player to commit to a Division 1 program since 2012. In 2024, Shupe was named First Team All–Super Essex Conference, First Team All–Essex County and Second Team All–State Group 4. […]