ORANGE, NJ – The Orange High School varsity football team lost to Mahwah, 15-12, in its home opener Friday, Sept. 15, at Bell Stadium. The Tornadoes moved to 1-1. OHS was riding a high coming off a huge road win in the season opener over Ferris HS in Jersey City, 47-6. But the Tornadoes had […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ – Marco Colasurdo scored two goals and fellow sophomore Anthony Rizzi had the other goal to lead the Bloomfield High School boys’ varsity soccer team to its first win of the season, 3-2, over Ferris on Sept. 15 at Foley Field. The Bengals moved to 1-3. BHS lost to Nutley, 1-0, in the […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ – The Irvington High School varsity football team continued its dominant start to the season. Senior quarterback Brandon Robinson and senior running back Nim Salaam each scored two touchdowns to power the Blue Knights to a 28-7 win over West Orange on Friday, Sept. 15, in West Orange to improve to 2-0. […]
NUTLEY, NJ (updated Saturday Sept. 16, 11:34 a.m.) – The Bloomfield High School varsity football team posted a dominating effort for the second straight week to start the season. The Bengals defeated Nutley, 49-21, Sept. 15 at Monsignor Owens Field in Nutley to improve to 2-0. It marked the second straight week the Bengals eclipsed […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ – Grace Twitchell scored two goals and added one assist to lead the Glen Ridge High School varsity field hockey team to a 4-0 win over Newark Academy on Sept. 14 at George Washington Field. Gretchen Gilmore and Julia Hegarty each had a goal, and Erin Chung and Sara Looney each had […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ – The Bloomfield High School girls’ varsity volleyball team has enjoyed a good start to the season. The Bengals, under head coach Louis Stevens, are off to a 2-1 start with all three matches going three sets. “We could easily be 3-0 or 0-3. The team has found a way to win tough […]
The West Orange and Columbia high school girls’ varsity soccer teams battled to a 1-1 tie on Thursday, Sept. 14, at DeHart Park in Maplewood. The goals were all scored in the first half. Vanessa Lettman scored on an assist from fellow junior Morgan Clark for West Orange (2-0-1), while freshman Ava de la Torre […]
BELLEVILLE, NJ – Chris Cantarella has been named the new Belleville High School girls’ varsity head basketball coach. Cantarella, who has been the BHS head varsity softball coach, succeeds Liz Ramirez, who stepped down after seven seasons. “I am excited to take on a new challenge,” said Cantarella in an email to EssexNewsDaily.com. “I coached […]
Bloomfield High School 2016 graduate Lowell Kelly-Gamble continues to have an outstanding career for the Division 1-AA Monmouth University football team. Kelly-Gamble, a 6-2, 235-pound defensive lineman, worked his way into the rotation as a freshman and is now a sophomore starter. A business adminstration major, Kelly-Gamble also has struck a nice balance between athletics […]
Photo captions corrected MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ – Nineteen Cougar Soccer Club teams (boys and girls) participated in the Essex Fall Tune-Up Tournament hosted by West Orange and Livingston. Two of its teams placed first. The Gunners won the top flight in the U12 boys division and went undefeated in four games. The Cougar Liverpool U14 […]