BLOOMFIELD – The Bloomfield Recreation Summer Sports Camps offered a variety of sports throughout the past several weeks for youngsters. Last week, wrestling and volleyball camps took place at Bloomfield High School, as the campers learned the fundamentals through drills.
IRVINGTON (updated Tuesday August 9, 9:56 a.m.) – Jacksonville Jaguars safety Josh Evans will make another homecoming when his team plays the New York Jets in teams’ preseason scrimmage opener on August 11 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford. Kickoff is at 7:30 p.m. Evans, entering his fourth season, has played his entire career for […]
IRVINGTON (updated Tuesday August 9, 10:03 a.m.) – Kareem Walker is getting ready to begin his football career at the University of Michigan this fall. Walker, who turned 18 in May, was ranked as one of the nation’s top high school running backs last year. The 6-foot-1, 210-pound Irvington native led DePaul Catholic in Wayne […]
BLOOMFIELD – Jon Aliaga has reason to feel optimistic. The new Bloomfield High School girls’ varsity soccer head coach has been impressed by his team’s work ethic and dedication during player meetings and workouts this summer. After serving as head coach at Lacordaire Academy in Montclair for the past few years, Aliaga, indeed, is thrilled […]
ORANGE – Monte Irvin Giants Baseball accomplished many feats during the 2016 summer season – from winning the Monte Irvin Giants Wood Bat Classic at Monte Irvin field to being runner-up in the Suburban High School League to opening eyes at the July 4th Wood Bat Showcase in Washington, DC. A huge congratulations to the […]
WEST ORANGE (updated Friday August 5, 8:50 a.m.) – The inaugural “Over the Hill” Soccer Tournament/Fundraiser, hosted by the Mountain Top League, will take place Sunday, Aug. 28, at O’Connor Park. The games will involve 4-on-4, with four to six players per team and no goalies. There will be two, 12-minute halves for each game. […]
MAPLEWOOD (updated Monday August 8, 10:30 p.m.) – New Jersey Fencing Alliance and Maplewood Township will host an Olympic Viewing Party for Maplewood’s own Team USA Fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad, August 8-13. NJFA be streaming all events including all women’s individual and team Sabre events during which NJFA alum Ibtihaj will be fencing! Join the fun, […]
WEST ORANGE – The West Orange Seventh-Eighth Grade Boys Basketball team defeated Maplewood, 80-44, to win the West Orange Recreation Seventh-Eighth Grade Boys Basketball Summer League championship, July 28, at Liberty Middle School. West Orange finished undefeated. Leading 33-30 at halftime, West Orange broke open the game in the third quarter. “The team started out […]
CALDWELL – Longtime – but now former – Mount Saint Dominic Academy head tennis coach Bob Reich remembers it as if it were just yesterday. “It was her freshman year, 2006, and she was playing second singles,” Reich recounts of the first-ever varsity match played by his replacement, new MSDA tennis mentor Brianna Turano, a […]
The Glen Ridge High School boys’ basketball team gained invaluable experience while participating in the highly-competitive Bloomfield High School Summer League. The league concluded play July 28. Photos: Ridgers defeated West Caldwell Tech, July 20.