BLOOMFIELD, NJ —The Bloomfield High School boys basketball team defeated Passaic County Tech, 54-50, at home on Thursday, Feb. 24, in a nonconference game. Shayne Hinton, a junior guard, had 19 points; and senior forward Seth Edwards had 10 points for the Bengals, who improved to a 19-6 overall record on the season. Senior guard […]
Despite not having a home gym, Bucs posting fine success
BELLEVILLE, NJ — The Belleville High School boys basketball team has overcome the odds. The Buccaneers feature five strong seniors, but not much depth. In addition, the team has had to play all its games on the road, due to the damage caused by Tropical Storm Ida to the high school gym in early September. […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School girls basketball team defeated Nutley and West Orange last week to improve to 12-7 on the season. Sophomore Talia Baptiste had 15 points and junior Bella Galatt had 12 points to lead the Lady Cougars to a 49-35 win at Nutley on Monday, Feb. 14. Junior Leah […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield High School boys basketball team defeated Nutley, 58-38, on Tuesday, Feb. 22, at home. The Bengals improved to an 18-6 overall record on the season. Nutley moved to 14-13. The Bengals, seeded fourth, will host No. 13 seed North Bergen in the first round of the New Jersey State Interscholastic […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School boys basketball team defeated Irvington and Immaculate Conception of Montclair last week to extend their winning streak to three games and improve to 8-10 on the season. Senior Andrew Rowley had 22 points, 14 rebounds and four steals; junior Jalen Robinson had 14 points, eight assists, five […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — The East Orange Campus High School boys basketball team defeated Payne Tech and Montclair in consecutive games last week to improve to 13-7 overall on the season. Senior 6-foot-4-inch forward Nahum Lewis had 23 points and nine rebounds, and senior 5-foot-11-inch guard Michael Baguidy had 10 points, four rebounds and three […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The 10th-seeded Columbia High School girls fencing team defeated sixth-seeded and host McNair Academic of Jersey City, 15-12, in the semifinal round of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s girls state team tournament on Monday, Feb. 21. The Lady Cougars, who improved to a 16-1 record on the season, will […]
NUTLEY, NJ — The Nutley High School wrestling hosted the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s District 9, tournament on Saturday, Feb. 19. France Graffeo and William Jennings, both juniors, finished in third place in the 126-pound and 190-pound weight classes, respectively, to lead the NHS Raiders. In the third-place consolation, Graffeo pinned Adam Michaels, […]
ORANGE, NJ — The Orange High School boys basketball team defeated Payne Tech and Newark Tech last week. Senior Paul Metellus had 13 points, 21 rebounds and three blocks to lead the Tornadoes to a 56-50 home win over Payne Tech on Tuesday, Feb. 15. Sophomore Jayden Livingston had 10 points, sophomore Da’maree Dyer had […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — Brianna English, a junior, had 18 points and two assists, and senior Triniti Haskins had 12 points, five rebounds, five assists, two blocks and three steals, to lead the East Orange Campus High School girls basketball team past Nutley, 54-27, at EOCHS on Saturday, Feb. 19. Rakaya Cooper had 9 points, […]