EAST ORANGE, NJ – The East Orange Campus High School boys’ varsity soccer team won its season opener with an emphatic 7-1 victory over Belleville on Friday, Sept. 8, at home. Shaun Gordon had two goals and two assists; Roshard Jervis posted one goal and two assists; Morrison Milfort contributed one goal and one assist; […]
NUTLEY, NJ – The Nutley High School fall varsity teams will begin their seasons starting Sept. 8. Boys’ soccer, girls’ tennis, girls’ volleyball and cross-country will begin Sept. 8. Football and girls’ soccer will begin Sept. 9. The following are schedules (dates and times are subject to change). FOOTBALL Sept. 9, at West Essex, 7 […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ – In 2013 in his initial season as the head football coach at West Orange, Jim Matsakis saw his team play fairly well on defense, and the end result was a nice 7-3 record. Last fall, things were a bit different. The Mountaineers did not play well on the defensive side […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ – Entering his second year as head coach at Seton Hall Prep, Vito Campanile is quick to point out his team’s daunting schedule. Competing in the newly-formed North Jersey Super Football Conference, the Pirates are in the non-public-only United White Division. Of the nine regular-season games on the schedule, SHP has […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ – The East Orange Campus Jaguars boast talented, dynamic, and experienced players to contend for conference and state sectional titles this season. But the key is to “finish games,” which the Jaguars failed to do in a few games that second-year head coach Al-Majid Hutchins said cost them the No. 2 […]
ORANGE, NJ (updated Thursday, Sept. 8, 3:19 p.m.) – When it comes to this season, Orange head coach Randy Daniel has one word. “Finish.” That’s the rallying cry for the Tornadoes, who are determined to end the season with a state North Jersey Section 2, Group 3 playoff championship. The Tornadoes have become a perennial […]
IRVINGTON, NJ – The Irvington Blue Knights want to put behind last year’s 3-7 season. Led by new head coach Ashley Pierre and an impressive coaching staff, along with a good mix of youth and experience on the roster, the Blue Knights indeed are putting in the pieces of a strong program, determined to […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ – With a solid group of upperclassmen demonstrating outstanding leadership, Bloomfield head coach Mike Carter has reason to feel confident that his team will get the job done this season. Indeed, the Bengals want to build off last year’s 6-4 playoff season. “We got a lot of upperclassmen who are capable of […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ – “Hold the rope.” That’s the motto that Glen Ridge head coach Duke Mendez and his coaching staff have been preaching to their team during preseason. It relates to players on a team staying together, while always showing support for each other. “As a team, you need everybody to hang on. If somebody […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ – Gary Mobley knows what it takes to achieve success. At Rahway High School, he led the program to the state sectional playoffs nine times in 11 seasons, including eight semifinal appearances and one championship game in 2008. Mobley, in all, had a sparkling 77-44 record for the Union County school. It’s […]