EAST ORANGE, NJ — The East Orange High School girls basketball team had a great run this season. The 11th-seeded Lady Jaguars, under longtime head coach Derrick Johnson, upset third-seeded Ridgewood, 56-49, in the quarterfinals of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s North Jersey, Section 1, Group 4, tournament on Wednesday, March 2, in […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — The East Orange Campus High School boys basketball team, under head coach Gabe Baltimore, finished a successful season. The Jaguars went 15-9 overall on the season. EOCHS, seeded eighth, lost at No. 1 seed Ridgewood, 86-64, in the quarterfinal of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s North Jersey, Section 1, […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ —With a senior-laden roster, the Glen Ridge High School boys basketball team has formed a special bond throughout the season. The Ridgers’ camaraderie and hard work paid off with the program’s first state sectional championship in 34 years. In front of a packed and raucous crowd, the top-seeded Ridgers defeated No. 2 […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The St. Joseph’s Celtics basketball teams began their postseason. St. Joseph’s third- and fourth-grade boys team pulled away from St. Thomas in the fourth quarter of their game on Sunday, March 6, to win 34-19 in the semifinals of the Essex County CYO playoffs. After being down at halftime, the Celtics […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Seton Hall Prep basketball team concluded a great season after losing a heartbreaker of a game to second-seeded Don Bosco Prep, 39-38, in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s Non-Public A North tournament semifinal game on Monday, March 7, at DBP in Ramsey. In the fourth quarter, with third-seeded […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Columbia High School senior Tyson Carroll had a great run at the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s state individual wrestling championships at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City on Thursday and Friday, March 3 and 4. Carroll, the lone CHS wrestler at the championships, was the No. 26 seed in the […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Columbia High School sophomore Madison Stevens has been crowned the state’s best girls shot put thrower. Stevens won the girls shot put event at the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s state indoor track-and-field Meet of Champions on Friday, March 4, at the John Bennett Indoor Athletic Complex in Toms River. […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield High School girls basketball team finished a stellar season. The Lady Bengals, under head coach Zac Dearwater, ended the season with a 16-10 overall record after losing to Paterson Eastside, 44-21, in the quarterfinal round of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s North Jersey, Section 1, Group 4, tournament […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The top-seeded Glen Ridge High School boys basketball team won three straight games to advance to the championship game of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s North Jersey, Section 2, Group 1, tournament. Senior Carter Koenig had 24 points, six rebounds and five assists, and senior Bryan Moussako had 16 […]
VERONA/GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The Verona–Glen Ridge high school ice hockey team finished one of its best seasons ever. Verona–Glen Ridge, seeded fourth, fell to top-seeded Morris Knolls–Hills, 3-2, in overtime in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s Public C state tournament on Thursday, March 3, at Richard J. Codey Arena in West Orange. […]