ORANGE – Ela Urbina and Marlena Browne, of the Orange High School varsity softball team, made First Team and Honorable Mention, respectively, on the All-Super Essex Conference-Independence Division. Urbina also made Worrall Media All-Area Second Team.
EAST ORANGE – East Orange Campus High School senior defensive lineman Keneek Tomlinson recently committed to Monmouth University in accepting a full scholarship offer to continue his football career. Tomlinson, a 6-foot-2, 215-pounder, was named the East team Defensive Player of the Game at the 23rd annual Paul Robeson High School All-Star Classic on June […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE – The full Jaguar Track Club came out to run, and run hard they did, at the Westfield Flyers Invitational on June 12 as the team concluded the regular outdoor season. However, many athletes will continue on to the NJ Junior Olympic Championship, the USATF Junior Olympic Region 2 Championship, and the AAU […]
Swedish Relay team takes first place; Cory Poole impresses
EAST ORANGE (update Friday June 24, 4:35 p.m.) – The East Orange Campus High School boys’ Swedish Relay team won the national title at the New Balance National Track and Field Championships at North Carolina A&T in Greensboro, N.C. on the first day of the three-day meet on Friday, June 17. The Jaguars ran 1:54.88 […]
WEST ORANGE – As a youngster, Kyrie Irving honed his basketball skills while growing up in West Orange. Irving fulfilled his dream to reach the National Basketball Association. In fact, he was drafted No. 1 overall by the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2011 following his freshman year at Duke University. Irving quickly become one of the best […]
Photo caption: Irvington High School senior Ali Abbas, seated middle, signed with the University of Buffalo during a ceremony on Friday, June 17. Seated with Abbas are his mother, Mariama Yusifu, left, and sister, Amina Abbas. Standing from left are IHS head football coach Ashley Pierre, IHS athletic academic advisor Stephanie Kaplan, IHS athletic […]
NUTLEY – Helyna Bissell, of Nutley, finished her high school softball career this month with a state Non-Public B championship. Bissell, team co-captain, helped lead Lodi Immaculate Conception to a 3-0 victory over Benedictine Academy in the state Non-Public B championship game on June 10 at Kean University, going 2-for-3 with a single and RBI […]
SOUTH ORANGE/MAPLEWOOD – Beacon Jewelers of Maplewood won the South Orange/Maplewood Baseball Minor League championship this season.
SOUTH ORANGE/MAPLEWOOD – Wilber’s Painting captured the South Orange/Maplewood Majors 70 Baseball League championship.
BLOOMFIELD (updated Tuesday June 14, 3:39 p.m.) – Four Bloomfield High School graduating seniors helped the East All-Star team defeat the West All-Star team, 16-12, in the 23rd annual Paul Robeson High School Football All-Star Classic at Robeson Stadium in East Orange on Monday night, June 13. The four Bengals who played in the game […]