East Orange and Irvington players gear up for Rutgers football season

East Orange and Irvington players gear up for Rutgers football season

EAST ORANGE/IRVINGTON, NJ — The Rutgers University football team this season features several players from East Orange and Irvington. Junior wide receiver Nasir Montgomery, junior running back Al-Shadee Salaam and sophomore quarterback Raeden Oliver are East Orange Campus High School graduates. The Irvington graduates are Famah Toure and Zaire Angoy.  Montgomery, a 6-foot-1, 190-pounder who […]

Orange HS football team cruises past Wayne Hills

ORANGE, NJ — For Orange High School head football coach Khalfani Alleyne and his Tornadoe, it was nothing more than a slight delay of game play when their game against the Patriots of Wayne Hills High School was pushed back from this past Friday evening (Aug. 25) due to weather concerns to Saturday afternoon (Aug. […]

Columbia HS football team gets ready for the season

Columbia HS football team gets ready for the season

By Paul Brubaker MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The goal this season for the Columbia High School Cougars football team comes down to a single word: redemption. “I want you to call yourselves ‘the redemption team,’ ” said head coach Gary Mobley, projecting from the middle of the refurbished Lynn V. Profeta Field/Underhill Sports Complex to […]

St. Joseph’s girls volleyball accepts sign-ups

MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — St. Joseph’s CYO Athletics in Maplewood is currently accepting registration for the 2023 girls volleyball program this fall for girls in grades 5-8.  Teams are open to student-athletes who are registered parishioners in the Catholic CCD program at either St. Joseph’s in Maplewood, Our Lady of Sorrows in South Orange or […]

PHOTOS: West Orange HS football team hosts quad scrimmage with Columbia, Willingboro and Carteret

PHOTOS: West Orange HS football team hosts quad scrimmage with Columbia, Willingboro and Carteret

WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange High School football team hosted a quad scrimmage on Wednesday morning, Aug. 16. The other three participating schools were Columbia of Maplewood, Willingboro and Carteret. West Orange, the reigning North 2, Group 5 state sectional champion under fifth-year head coach Darnell Grant, will kick off the season against […]

Bloomfield HS football team to host Nutley in season opener on Aug. 31

Bloomfield HS football team to host Nutley in season opener on Aug. 31

BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield High School football team will kick off the season against Nutley on Thursday, Aug. 31, at Foley Field at 7 p.m. Photos Courtesy of Jerry Simon Captains, from left, are No. 4 Elijah Valentin, No. 2 Jonathan Nichol,  No. 18 Trevor Frantantoni, No. 6 Wayne Oliphant, No. 77  William Cordero […]

East Orange Campus HS, Orange HS and Irvington HS football seasons to begin

East Orange Campus HS, Orange HS and Irvington HS football seasons to begin

EAST ORANGE/ORANGE/IRVINGTON, NJ — The East Orange Campus High School, Orange High School and Irvington High School football teams are preparing for their respective season openers. The OHS Tornadoes and IHS Blue Knights will both kick off on Friday, Aug. 25. The Tornadoes, under third-year head coach Khalfani Alleyne, will visit Wayne Hills at 6:30 […]