Photos by Steve Ellmore: Nutley vs. Columbia HS, Jan. 30, at Columbia HS, Maplewood. NUTLEY, NJ – The Nutley High School girls’ varsity basketball team won the Super Essex Conference-Liberty Division championship this season. The Raiders, under head coach Larry Mitschow, clinched the title with a 60-21 road win over Montclair Kimberley Academy on Feb. […]
Photos by Jerry Simon: Bloomfield vs. Wayne Hills, Feb. 21. BLOOMFIELD, NJ – Richie Guillaume scored on a tip-in with three seconds left to lift the Bloomfield High School boys’ varsity basketball team to a 70-68 home win over Wayne Hills on Feb. 21. Guillaume finished with 19 points. Michael Ramos had 24 points; Kyle […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ – The West Orange High School girls’ varsity basketball team was riding high. The third-seeded Mountaineers brought a 10-game winning streak into its Essex County Tournament semifinal matchup with second-seeded Newark Tech on Feb. 21 at Weequahic HS in Newark. One of the wins in the streak was against Newark Tech eight […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – For the second year in a row, the Columbia High School girls’ fencing team lost to Bergen County Tech in the NJSIAA state team tournament final held at Morris Hills HS on Feb. 21. Bergen Tech won 16-11 in a rematch of last year’s state tournament final. Zander Rhodes had three wins […]
Photos by Jerry Simon: Bloomfield vs. Passaic Valley BLOOMFIELD, NJ – Samantha Columna had 20 points and 10 rebounds and Sarah Edmond had nine points, 18 rebounds, four assists and six steals to lead the Bloomfield High School girls’ varsity basketball team to a 47-38 home win over Passaic Valley on Feb. 20. Raquel Plata […]
IRVINGTON, NJ – Irvington High School head varsity softball coach/Irvington Middle School physical education teacher Jenna Weis was named a “Teachers Who Rock” award recipient by the New Jersey Education Association. The award goes to teachers who “go beyond the call of duty” for their students outside the classroom. There are 24 teachers who earn […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ – Glen Ridge High School’s Liz O’Connell finished fourth in the girls’ 3,200-meter run in 11:47.03 and took fifth in the 1,600-meter run in 5:17.81 at the NJSIAA indoor track and field Group 1 State Championships at the Bennett Center in Toms River. O’Connell, a senior, was the lone female competitor for […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ – Nicholas Fiorillo and Joe Marchesano each finished in second place in their respective weight classes to lead the Glen Ridge High School varsity wrestling team at the NJSIAA District 9 tournament held at Phillipsburg HS on Feb. 17. Fiorillo reached the 126-pound weight class final where he lost to Mendham’s Alex […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ – The East Orange Campus High School girls’ varsity basketball team hopes to make another strong run in the postseason. The Jaguars, seeded 11th, will visit No. 6 seed and defending champion Franklin in the first round of the NJSIAA North Jersey Section 2, Group 4 state tournament on Feb. 27 at […]
VERONA, NJ – The 15th-seeded Verona/Glen Ridge high school varsity ice hockey team defeated 18th-seeded Mountain Lakes, 5-0, in the first round of the NJSIAA Pubic C state tournament on Feb. 19 at Codey Arena in West Orange. Verona senior Sean DeCandia had two goals; Verona senior Dylan Ruggiero had a goal and an assist; […]