BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield High School baseball team finished with a 9-19 record this past spring, but the Bengals enjoyed one major highlight — they reached the Greater Newark Tournament championship game for the first time since 1997. The GNT is considered the Essex County tournament. Though they lost decisively to perennial powerhouse Seton […]
NUTLEY, NJ — For almost two decades, the Nutley High School baseball team program has been one of the best in Essex County under the guidance of Bob Harbison. A 1984 NHS graduate, Harbison has guided NHS teams on great runs in the county and state tournaments. After 18 seasons, not counting 2020 when COVID […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Jeff Bertoncin, the new Irvington High School head boys soccer coach, has high hopes for his team this fall. Bertoncin has raved about his players since taking over the helm. The Blue Knights have been working out at Irvington Park. The workouts will end August 5, and the official start of practice […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — East Orange Campus High School football standout Josh Richards, a 6-foot-3, 175-pound rising senior wide receiver, has given a verbal commitment to accept a football scholarship from the University of Maryland in College Park, Md. Richards helped the Jaguars to a 13-0 season last fall. In the New Jersey State Interscholastic […]
ORANGE, NJ — Orange High School alumnus Ny’Quee Hawkins is getting ready for his redshirt sophomore season for the Virginia Tech football team. Virginia Tech, located in Blacksburg, Va., is a major college football team that competes in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Virginia Tech Hokies will open the season on Friday, Sept. 2, at […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — The Irvington High School football team has three players who are ranked among the top 25 rising seniors in the state by 247sports.com. Adon Shuler, a 6-foot, 197-pound safety, is ranked No. 2 behind offensive tackle Chase Bisontis of Don Bosco Prep in Ramsey. Shuler committed to the University of Notre Dame […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Many kids in West Orange have dreams of becoming soccer stars. Most of those dreams began at the Doug Nevins Soccer Camp. Nevins, the venerable West Orange High School boys head soccer coach since 2000, has been directing his camp every summer since 2002 at Lincoln Field, located behind Joe Suriano […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Maplewood–South Orange Villagers 12U Red softball team recently took first place in the North Edison Giuliana Velona Firecracker Tournament. The team, under head coach Maria Groeneveld and assistant coach Keith Parker, also placed first at the Atalese Softball Tournament in Long Valley in May, and took second place in the […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — After Manj Singh was named the new Glen Ridge High School head football coach a few weeks ago, the Ridgers immediately hit the ground running. Singh started organized team activities on June 20. The Ridgers began working out at the softball field behind GRHS and at George Washington Field. Each day, […]
NUTLEY, NJ — The Nutley Board of Commissioners welcomed the Nutley High School varsity softball team and seventh and eighth grade softball team Tuesday evening, July 5, at the Nutley Town Hall, for a gathering to honor both teams’ outstanding achievements during their 2022 seasons. The New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s North 2, Group […]