BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield Junior Bengals football and cheerleading program is getting ready for the 2023 season. Approximately 70 tackle football players have been attending summer conditioning workouts on a regular basis, on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, beginning July 6 until Aug. 14, when official practice starts, according to Junior Bengals president James McDaniel. […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Pictured, the rising seventh-grade Glen Ridge boys basketball team recently won the 2023 Summer League at Hoop Heaven in Whippany. Standing from left are coaches Brandon Haynes and Brian Slackman; players Parker Slackman, Luke Cabrera, Langston Rogers, Thaddeus Chang-D’Arcy and Jack Trevenan; coach Kevin Amahit; player Brenan Amahit; and coach Rob […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Baseball is definitely on the rise, especially in the South Orange and Maplewood community. That’s been evident this summer with the South Orange Recreation baseball camp. Directed by Tim Reynolds, the camp is held at Meadowland Park field in South Orange for children ages 6-13. The first week of the camp […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Former West Orange High School boys varsity head basketball coach Demond Cowins expressed his gratitude for having the opportunity to lead the program for the past seven seasons. Cowins recently was not reappointed by the West Orange Board of Education. The WOHS Mountaineers enjoyed a successful 15-11 campaign this past winter […]
ORANGE, NJ — The Orange High School and Orange Bengals Pop Warner football programs visited the New York Giants training camp in East Rutherford on Sunday, July 30, and left with a very generous gift. The Giants Foundation contributed $10,000 to the OHS football program. In a text message to the Record-Transcript Transcript, third-year OHS […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — As the fall season approaches, the West Orange High School boys varsity soccer team is gearing up for another exciting and promising journey. Last season, the Mountaineers captured the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s North Jersey, Section 1, Group 4 state tournament championship. They then advanced to the ultimate game, […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Chuck Keegan has been named the new West Orange High School head boys varsity basketball coach. Keegan served as the head girls varsity basketball coach for the past five seasons at Columbia High School in Maplewood. This is his first time coaching a boys team. In a phone interview with the […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — The title of this piece has yet to begin to describe the changes in popular male-dominated sports which traditionally left our fairer halves out of the club. Traditional female sports that are not relatively heavy on the contact, such as tennis, track and field, swimming/diving and gymnastics, are now taking a […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — In his first year at the helm, Bloomfield High School softball head coach Rich Adams said he was proud of his players for their hard work since day one this past spring. Though they finished with a 12-13 mark, the Bengals made strong strides. The Bengals are showing that same dedication this […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Columbia High School rising senior Jared Carlucci recently gave a verbal commitment to continue his baseball career at Division 1 Rutgers University on an athletic scholarship. Carlucci, a right-handed pitcher, enjoyed a strong season this past spring for the CHS Cougars. In 39 innings pitched, he recorded four wins, allowing 29 […]