IRVINGTON, NJ – It was another great week for the Irvington Golden Knights football program as all of the competing teams won. The GK Flag (ages 5-6) ended their season with a win over the Jackie Robinson Bears in the Pumpkin Bowl. The Tiny Mites, a.k.a. “The Money Team” (ages 6-7), remained undefeated with a […]
Photos by Jerry Simon: Bloomfield vs. Nutley, Oct. 18, at Yanticaw Park. NEWARK, NJ – What a day for the Bloomfield High School cross-country teams! The program won three plaques for their performances at the Essex County Class Invitational this past Saturday, Oct. 21, at Branch Brook Park in Newark. The varsity Lady Bengals won […]
By Jim Van Orden Correspondent “That’s as grand a bunch of kids as anybody could ever have to coach ” – Frank Hoffman It was such a big game…you might call it New Jersey’s first high school “Super Bowl.” Perhaps the largest crowd to ever pack Maplewood’s Underhill Field assembled to watch two unbeaten […]
The 2017-18 high school hockey season is still a ways off, but some special things are in the works for the 60th year of league competition in the Garden State. For starters, a number of teams around the state hope to recognize the 100th anniversary of the NHL, which is December 19. On Dec. 19, […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ – The Glen Ridge High School varsity fielc hockey team, undere head coach Shauna Caulfield, hopes to make a strong run in the NJSIAA North Jersey Section 2, Group 1 state tournament. The seventh-seeded Ridgers will host 10th-seeded Florence at George Washington field in the first round on Tuesday, Oct. 24, at […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ (updated Tuesday Oct. 24, 1:25 p.m.) – The 10th-seeded Glen Ridge High School varsity boys’ soccer team went 1-1 in the Essex County Tournament. Matt Whitney scored on an assist from Arran Robertson to lead the Ridgers to a 1-0 upset win over seventh-seeded Caldwell in the first round on Oct. 19. […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ – The eighth-seeded West Orange High School varsity girls’ volleyball team defeated ninth-seeded Newark Academy, 25-20, 10-25, 25-22, Saturday, Oct. 21, in the first round of the Essex County Tournament at home. The Lady Mountaineers, who improved to a 12-7 record, will visit top-seeded Verona in the quarterfinals on Tuesday, Oct. 24, […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ – The top-seeded Seton Hall Prep and No. 4 seed West Orange High School varsity boys’ soccer teams will meet in the semifinals of the 44th Essex County Tournament. They will meet in the ECT semifinals doubleheader at Belleville HS on Wednesday, Oct. 25, at 5 p.m. The second ECT semifinal will […]
WAYNE, NJ – The Seton Hall Prep varsity football team dropped a 48-14 decision to DePaul Catholic High School at Alumni Field at DePaul in Wayne on Friday night, Oct 20. The loss snapped the Pirates’ two-game winning streak and moved their record to 2-5. SHP took the opening kickoff and went 71 yards in […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ – The East Orange Campus High School varsity football team lost to Bloomfield HS, 31-20, Friday night, Oct. 20, at Foley Field in Bloomfield. It was the Jaguars’ third straight loss and moved their record to 3-3. The Jaguars were in a particularly unique situation. They were coming off a bye week, […]