EAST ORANGE, NJ – The East Orange Recreation Summer Basketball Camp enjoyed another successful summer. The camp was held at Cicely Tyson School for boys and girls in grades 8-15, Monday through Fridays each week since late June. The camp concludes August 4. Participants in the camp got a chance to hone their basketball skills through […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The Maplewood Mantas, a summer seasonal competitive springboard diving team, for children ages 5-18, finished their season 3-2 in the Tri County Diving League. The Mantas finished fourth in the Championships. Ben Doubek finished second in 15-18 age group; and Melinda Lituchy finished second in the 13-14 age group. Matthew Morales finished […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ (corrected Monday July 31, 1:27 p.m.) – The Glen Ridge Fourth Grade Girls Basketball summer team enjoyed a successful showing in the West Orange Recreation Summer League. Glen Ridge had an impressive 5-3-2 record. Photo 1: Coaches: Doug Snyder and Jenn Cifelli. Players pictured, from left: Grace McGowan, Annabel Koss-Defrank, Audrey Miller, Allison […]
The South Orange-Maplewood 10U travel baseball team season ended with a tough loss in the playoffs to an undefeated Berkeley Heights squad. Even with their elimination from the playoffs, the Cougars had a strong campaign this summer, finishing third in the New Providence Green League with an 8-4 record. They were the second seeded Green […]
Tyler Galantini, a rising junior at West Orange High School, captured the 47th New Jersey Junior Golf Championship title at Watchung Valley Golf Club in Watchung on July 26. Galantini, the top seed, defeated fourth-seeded Dean Greyseman, 4-3, in the semifinals before beating third-seeded Charlie Cummings, 3-2, in the final. This past spring during the […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ – In his first year at the helm last winter, Demond Cowins guided the West Orange High School boys’ varsity basketball team to a respectable season as the Mountaineers finished just under .500 with a 12-13 record. In fact, the 16th-seeded Mountaineers gave No. 1 seed and eventual champion Bloomfield a competitive […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ – When he was a student at Glen Ridge High School, one of the greatest joys for Rob Rollo was competing in American Legion baseball during the hot summer months. That experience helped him to improve his overall performance on the diamond. And in addition, it helped to get him in […]
IRVINGTON, NJ (updated Wednesday August 2, 8:45 p.m.) – The Irvington High School varsity football team needed to find an opponent for Sept. 22, after its game against Barringer was cancelled. The Blue Knights not only found an opponent, it’s one of the best in the state of Delaware. The Blue Knights will travel […]
The Maplewood-South Orange Villagers 8U summer travel softball team ended its season on Sunday, July 22, reaching the semifinals of the Cranford Softball Tournament. The Villagers beat Mountainside, 6-4, to reach the semis before falling to the host team, 11-10, in a nailbiter that came down to Cranford’s last at bat. The Villager’s 14-13 overall […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ – The Bloomfield Dynamo travel soccer team recently competed in the EDP MAPS CAPS tournament and won the championship in its group. This tournament is played once a year and pitted teams from New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania. Bloomfield Dynamo was the only team in the entire tournament to shut out all four […]