GLEN RIDGE — The top-seeded Glen Ridge High School boys soccer team, under first-year head coach Austin Alvarado, captured the North Jersey Section 2, Group 1 state tournament championship. The Ridgers defeated third-seeded Technology, 2-1, in the final at Watsessing Park in Bloomfield on Friday, Nov. 8, to improve to an 11-7-1 record. Senior Matt […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Junior quarterback Mason Murdock passed for 208 yards and two touchdowns to lead the fourth-seeded West Orange High School football team to an emphatic 30-18 win over fifth-seeded and defending champion Piscataway in the first round of the North Jersey Section 2, Group 5 state playoffs on Friday night, Nov. 8, […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — All South Orange and Maplewood athletic fields will be closed for the season as of Nov. 11. Beginning on that date, contractors will be working throughout the community aerating, topdressing and seeding worn athletic field areas. In addition, turf blankets will be placed on Cameron Field, New Waterlands and Meadowland Park […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The South Orange Department of Recreation & Cultural Affairs accepts registration for various winter programs. Program details and registration information for all winter programs are available at the South Orange Dept. of Recreation and Cultural Affairs at 298 Walton Ave. or online at https://secure.rec1.com/NJ/south-orange-village-township-nj/catalog. The administrative offices of the South Orange […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The Glen Ridge High School football team lost at Manville, 20-7, Thursday, Nov. 7, to finish the season. Despite ending with a 3-7 record, the Ridgers gave good efforts during the season. Glen Ridge (3-7) Sept. 6, Loss, at Shabazz, 30-20 Sept. 14, Won, at Montclair Kimberley Academy, 30-12 Sept. 21, […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange High School girls soccer team made a great bid at winning the North Jersey Section 2, Group 1 state tournament title for the second year in a row. The Mountaineers, seeded sixth, lost at top-seeded Montclair, 2-1, in the championship game on Thursday, Nov. 7, in a matchup […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The Columbia High School football team finished the season with a respectable 5-5 record after falling to Elizabeth, 21-10, in the season finale in a state regional crossover game on Thursday night, Nov. 7. Columbia (5-5) Sept. 7, Won, at Newark Central, 28-12 Sept. 13, Won, Memorial, 41-0 Sept. 20, Won, at […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The Glen Ridge High School girls soccer team captured the North Jersey Section 2, Group 1 state tournament for the eighth consecutive season. Sydney Mansfield scored on an assist from fellow junior Ania Prussak in the second half to lift the fourth-seeded Ridgers to a 1-0 win at third-seeded New Providence […]
NUTLEY — The Nutley High School football team, seeded eighth, will visit top-seeded Sparta in the quarterfinals of the North Jersey Section 2, Group 3 playoffs this Friday, Nov. 8, at 7 p.m. The Raiders have won three straigtht games to improve to 5-4 on the season. Nutley is coming off a 40-3 win at […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — On Friday, Nov. 1, on the finest day of Seton Hall Prep cross-country running in years, The Prep harriers ran their way to victory in both the Varsity and JV races at the Essex County Championship at Brookdale Park in Bloomfield. Under head coach Chris Barnitt, the Varsity last won the […]