WEST ORANGE, NJ – The West Orange High School varsity baseball team will begin its season April 1 at Newark East Side. The Mountaineers had a strong season last spring with an 18-7 record. The Mountaineers compete in the Super Essex Conference-Liberty Division, the second highest division in the conference, which also includes Montclair Kimberley […]
IRVINGTON, NJ – The Irvington High School boys’ and girls’ outdoor track and field teams will begin the season March 31 against North 13th Street Tech at home. The Blue Knights also will host their invitational on April 6. The boys’ team is led by head coach Marvin Hawkins. The girls’ team is under the […]
IRVINGTON, NJ – The Irvington High School baseball and softball varsity teams are gearing up for their seasons. The softball team will host Technology on April 1 in the season opener. The baseball team will visit Orange on April 3 to begin the season. The baseball team will be led by first-year head coach Troy […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ – The Glen Ridge High School lacrosse seasons begin March 29. The boys’ team will visit Ramapo while the girls’ team will visit Montclair. The boys’ team is seeking to improve on last year’s 5-12 record. The girls’ team won the Essex County Tournament title and finished as NJSIAA North Jersey Group 1 […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The Maplewood South Orange Cougars Youth Wrestling Club made a statement this year, increasing membership from 34 wrestlers to 62, and making a splash at the end-of-season tournaments. Three of the club wrestlers qualified for the State Tournament in Trenton – Tyson Carroll, Nate Rocha, and Sean Love. Sean placed fifth at […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – Former Columbia High School athlete Jimmy Martinez earned All-America honors in the 400 meters Saturday at the NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field National Championships in Naperville, Ill. Martinez, a sophomore at Middlebury College, Vt., crossed the line with a time of 49.41, good for sixth-place overall. Only the top 15 […]
Shuttle hurdles breaks national record; 4x400 relay victorious; Poole sets state mark in hurdles
EAST ORANGE, NJ (updated Monday March 13, 5:10 p.m.) – The East Orange Campus High School boys’ shuttle hurdles relay team broke the national record at the New Balance Indoor Track and Field Nationals at The New York City Armory Center on Saturday, March 11. The next day at the Nationals, the EOCHS boys’ […]
MONTCLAIR – Twenty-one Montclair YMCA Dolphins ages 12 and under competed against swimmers from 25 other YMCA teams in the NJ YMCA State Championships, February 25-26, at the Ocean County YMCA in Toms River. Top-16 finishers earned points. With about 65 swimmers competing in each event, 10 of the young Dolphins earned points for the […]
Correction: Lindent went on a 7-0 run early in the third quarter for a 39-26 lead. BLOOMFIELD, NJ (corrected Friday March 10, 12:38 p.m.; updated Monday March 13, 5:37 p.m.) – The Bloomfield High School boys’ varsity basketball team’s sensational season came to end, but not before giving the No. 2-ranked team in the state […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ – The 40-year drought is finally over. The top-seeded Bloomfield High School boys’ varsity basketball team defeated sixth-seeded Ridgewood, 39-34, in the NJSIAA North Jersey Section 1, Group 4 state tournament championship game on Tuesday night, March 7, at BHS. It marked the program’s first sectional championship since 1977, back when Kelly Tripucka […]