ORANGE – The Orange High School varsity football teams has been preparing for the upcoming season. The Tornadoes hosted Butler on Aug. 17 at Bell Stadium. Competing in the newly-formed North Jersey Super Football Conference, OHS will kick off the regular season Sept. 9 at home against Ferris. OHS schedule Sept. 9, Ferris, 7 p.m. […]
IRVINGTON – The Irvington High School varsity football team, under first-year head coach Ashley Pierre, is getting ready for the upcoming season. The Blue Knights competed in a scrimmage hosted by East Oragne Campus High School on Saturday, Aug. 20, at Paul Robeson Stadium in East Orange. The other teams in the scrimmage were Willingboro […]
IRVINGTON – Irvington High School alum Asnage Castelly gave a good effort at the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. Castelly, a 1998 IHS graduate, competed in wrestling for the country of Haiti in the 74 kg freestyle division. In the quarterfinals Friday, Aug. 19, Castelly lost to Iran’s Hassan Yazdan by a […]
High school fans were saddened to learn the passing of Bill Allen, a longtime sports photographer and sports writer. Allen, who died unexpectedly Sunday, Aug. 14, at the age of 58, always had a happy-go-lucky disposition while taking photos of countless scholastic events and writing feature stories and game stories for more than three decades. […]
WEST ORANGE – Kyrie Irving and the United States Olympic men’s basketball team, as expected, brought home the gold. Irving, a West Orange native who helped the Cleveland Cavaliers to the National Basketball Association title just a few moths ago, had four points, four assists and three rebounds as the starting point guard as the […]
WEST ORANGE – The West Orange High School fall varsity teams will begin their seasons next month. The football team will host Union City, Sept. 9, to kick off the season. The boys’ soccer team last season won the state North Jersey Section 1, Group 4 tournament championship and finished as state Group 4 runner-up […]
EAST ORANGE – With the summer coming to a close in a few weeks, East Orange-based Promoting Progress for Youth has announced its upcoming events that will lead into the start of football season. “We already have had a couple basketball tournaments with our sixth grade and eighth grade teams that had the opportunity to […]
IRVINGTON – In the mid 1990s, Asnage Castelly make his mark as a standout football player and wrestler at Irvington High School. Now, the 37-year-old is getting ready to compete on the biggest stage at the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. Castelly will compete in wrestling for the country of Haiti in […]
MONTCLAIR – Twenty-four Montclair YMCA Dolphins swimmers who met the qualifying standards for the 2016 NJ Long Course Junior Olympics Championships attended the meet held at Rutgers University, July 28-31, with 46 other teams from across the state. Among the age-group swimmers aged 12 and under, seven swimmers achieved a total of 16 top-20 finishes: […]
MAPLEWOOD – Ibtihaj Muhammad made history when she became the first Muslim-American to wear a hijab – a traditional Muslim head scarf – while competing for the United States Olympic Team. Five days later, the Columbia High School graduate again competed and helped the U.S. women’s fencing team to the bronze medal in the team […]