GLEN RIDGE, NJ – The Glen Ridge High School boys basketball team has been on a roll. The Ridgers had a four-game winning streak through Monday, Feb. 5. Jacob Javier had 21 points and eight rebounds to lead the Ridgers to a 47-28 win at Bergen Charter on Tuesday, Jan. 30. Freshman Ryan Law had […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Senior forward Jalen James scored 17 points and added three rebounds, four steals and two assists to lead the Columbia High School boys basketball team to a 60-49 home win over Caldwell on Thursday, Feb. 1, in a Super Essex Conference–Liberty Division game. Senior guard Julien Leveille had 14 points, seven […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Senior Mae Dowling won the 1,600-meter run, senior Madison Stevens won the shot put and senior Gianna Green won the high jump to lead the Columbia High School girls indoor track and field team at the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s North Jersey, Section 2, Group 4 State Championships at […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Seton Hall Prep ice hockey team went 2-1 last week to raise its record to 10-7 on the season. On Monday, Jan. 29, the Pirates hosted Malvern Prep and defeated them, 4-2, at Richard J. Codey Arena in West Orange. After Malvern Prep opened the scoring, senior Christopher McIntyre scored […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — West Orange High School’s soccer scene is buzzing with excitement as sophomore standout Marcus Jackson cemented his status as one of the rising stars in the sport. Jackson, known for his exceptional skills on the field, has recently secured a coveted spot on the 2024 Olympic Development Program Boys 2007 U.S. […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Bloomfield Middle School eighth-graders Ava Hill and Derek Kittner and Bloomfield Junior Bengals football coach James McDaniel were honored at the New Jersey Suburban Youth Football League awards ceremony on Sunday, Feb. 4. Hill and Kittner were awarded scholarships from the league. They had to write essays on what the NJSYFL meant […]
VERONA/GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The Verona–Glen Ridge high school ice hockey team defeated Scotch Plains–Fanwood and Montclair to extend its winning streak to five games. GR senior Pyotr Sysak scored both goals in the 2-1 win over Scotch Plains–Fanwood on Tuesday, Jan. 30, at Warinanco Ice Skating Center in Roselle. Verona senior Jack MacEvoy and […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ —Senior Zoe Francis-Bunkley scored 18 points, with four 3-pointers, and junior Anaya Karriem had 16 points, 10 rebounds and four blocks to lead the third-seeded West Orange High School girls basketball team to a 62-35 win over No. 6 seed Newark Central in the Essex County Tournament quarterfinals on Saturday, Feb. 3, […]
NEWARK, NJ — As part of his Armstrong Leaves His Mark campaign, South Orange native Mark Armstrong of the Villanova University men’s basketball team recently donated new team shoes to the boys basketball team at Newark West Side High School. Pictured above are some members of the team holding the shoe boxes. Despite being in […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The sixth-seeded Seton Hall Prep basketball team defeated No. 3 seed East Orange Campus High School, 67-61, in the quarterfinal round of the 77th Essex County Tournament at George “Slatts” Ballard Gymnasium at East Orange Campus HS in East Orange. After both teams were tied 28-28 at halftime, the Pirates broke […]