BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Charles Lisa won the boys pole vault event to lead the Bloomfield High School track and field teams at the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s North Jersey, Section 1, Group 4 state championships at Livingston High School field on Friday and Saturday, May 31-June 1. Lisa, a senior, leaped 12 feet, […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The 12th annual Bloomfield Softball Camp will take place at Clarks Pond South, located at 111 Dewey St., for girls in grades 2-8 (ages 6-14). The camp will take place July 8-11 (rain date July 12) and July 15-18 (rain date July 19) from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day. The […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield High School softball team enjoyed a fine season. Under second-year head coach Rich Adams, the Bengals finished with a 17-10 overall record. Bloomfield, seeded seventh, lost at second-seeded Passaic County Tech, 11-0, in the quarterfinals of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s North Jersey, Section 1, Group 4 state […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Seton Hall Prep lacrosse team won two matches last week to raise its record to 15-6 on the season and six consecutive victories. On Wednesday, May 29, at Brendan P. Tevlin Memorial Field in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s Non-Public “A” quarterfinals, the Pirates defeated St. Augustine, 12-1. […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Nouseline Georges and Sharifa Trocard enjoyed stellar performances to lead the Irvington High School girls track and field team at the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s North Jersey, Section 2, Group 4 state championships at Ridge High School in Basking Ridge on Friday and Saturday, May 31-June 1. Georges, a senior, […]
Junior boys track standout sets records to win 100 meters, 400 meters; also takes 200m
EAST ORANGE, NJ — Jordaine Johnson is not only winning races, as expected, but he’s doing it in impressive fashion. The East Orange Campus High School junior put on another magnificent performance during the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s North Jersey, Section 1, Group 4 track and field state championships on Friday and Saturday, […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The top-seeded Glen Ridge High School girls lacrosse team defeated fourth-seeded Shore, 18-8, Monday, June 3, at Watsessing Park in Bloomfield to advance to the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s South Jersey, Group 1 state tournament championship game. The Ridgers have now advanced to a state sectional tournament championship game […]
Tornadoes finish 20-4, win co-championship of SEC–Liberty
ORANGE, NJ — The Orange High School boys volleyball team enjoyed a terrific season this spring. The Tornadoes, under head coach Emily Guydan, finished with a stellar 20-4 overall record, including going undefeated at home (15-0). Orange also clinched the co-championship of the Super Essex Conference–Liberty Division, alongside Montclair. Both teams went 11-1 in the […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Amateur boxing standout Jean Pierre Valencia will make his professional debut on Saturday, June 8, when he faces Patrick Bernard Harris in a four-round junior middleweight bout at Bally’s Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City. The 24-year-old Irvington resident won numerous championships in the 165-pound division as an amateur, including a bronze […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Kyrie Irving is headed back to the NBA Finals. The West Orange native, one of the best players in the league, will lead the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA Finals against the Boston Celtics. Game 1 is Thursday, June 6, and Game 2 is Sunday, June 9, in Boston. Irving previously […]