BELLEVILLE, NJ — After the 2020 season was canceled due to the pandemic, the Belleville High School baseball team, under longtime head coach Joe Sorce, returned last spring with very little experience. The Bucs mostly featured a strong group of relatively inexperienced juniors who could have used time on the junior varsity level to gain […]
NUTLEY, NJ — The Saint Peter’s University men’s basketball team captivated the nation when it stunned second-seeded Kentucky in the East Regional first round of the NCAA Division 1 Tournament this month. The Jersey City school was just the 10th No. 15 seed in the history of the tournament to knock off a No. 2 […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The Glen Ridge High School indoor track-and-field athletes and coaches gather during the end-of-season celebration on March 16 at the GRHS cafeteria. Photo Courtesy of Chris Troyano
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Participants gather in front of Glen Ridge High School for the recent kickoff to both the Glen Ridge youth and high school lacrosse seasons. Everyone ran from the high school to Carteret field. Photo Courtesy of Bob Salvatelli
NUTLEY, NJ — The Nutley Junior Raider Recreation Cheer program enjoyed a great season. They finished undefeated in competitions, including becoming four-time eighth-grade-and-under division champions! Jaime Ardizzone is the director of the Nutley Junior Raider Recreation Cheer program and the head coach of the Nutley Junior Raider Competition Cheerleading squad. “My girls had a stellar […]
Raiders also cruise to end-of-season tourney crown
NUTLEY, NJ — Not since 2008 has the Nutley youth wrestling team been able to capture the Suburban Junior Wrestling League title. After a year away from the sport due to the pandemic, the young Raiders were able to dominate their league and win all 10 dual meets. They then proceeded to win their end-of-the-season […]
Other Celtics teams post fine runs
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The St. Joseph’s JV sixth-grade girls basketball team won the Essex County CYO fifth- and sixth-grade Girls American Division championship by beating St. Thomas of Bloomfield, 25-15, in the championship game played at Mount St. Dominic Academy. Jumping out to a 10-7 lead after one quarter of play, the girls never […]
Epeeists Lindsey Minor and Phoebe Hill lead girls team to success
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Columbia High School girls fencers Lindsey Minor and Phoebe Hill have been selected to the Star-Ledger/NJ.com all–state team in epee. Minor made the first team, while Hill made the second team. Minor, a junior, finished with a 29-2 record in dual meets and 46-8 overall for the season. Hill, a senior, […]
ORANGE/EAST ORANGE, NJ — The East Orange Campus High School and Orange High School boys basketball teams featured several players who earned All–Super Essex Conference–Liberty Division honors. For EOCHS, senior forward Nahum Lewis made the first team, senior guard Kaleb Harmon and sophomore guard Eugene Byass each made the second team, and junior forward Ebrahim […]
ORANGE, NJ — Orange High School alumnus Jamar Summers was recently drafted by the Houston Gamblers of the United States Football League, which has been resurrected after 37 years and will begin its season this spring. Summers, a 2013 OHS graduate who continued his career at the University of Connecticut, was the first cornerback selected […]