WEST ORANGE – Seton Hall Prep track and field athletes gave good efforts at the state Meet of Champions at Central Regional HS in Bayville, June 8. Sophomore Nick Parisi took 22nd out of 29 runners in the 200-meter dash in 22.79. Parisi also took 19th out of 20 runners in the 400-meter dash in […]
WEST ORANGE – Freshman Tyler Galantini sparked the West Orange High School golf team to a 12-10 record, 6-6 in the Super Essex Conference this season. Galantini, playing in the first or second slot in the lineup, averaged 3.95 over par overall and a plus 3.25 in conference matches. He shot nine rounds under 40. […]
EAST ORANGE – The East Orange Football All Stars hosted the Atlantic Coast Youth Spring Football League Championships, Sunday, June 5. The often stormy day saw four very highly contested games in which three games were decided by a lone touchdown and in stunning fashion. The first game of the day was the 10U level […]
MAPLEWOOD – Columbia High School girls’ track and field athletes enjoyed fine performances at the state Meet of Champions at Central Regional HS in Bayville, June 8. The 4×100-meter relay team earned the fifth-place medal in a time of 48.48 out of 40 teams. The team consisted of freshman Ciara French, junior Dahria Lewis, senior […]
EAST ORANGE (updated Tuesday June 14, 12:08 p.m.) – When it comes to hurdling, Cory Poole can’t be beat. At least in New Jersey. The East Orange Campus High School junior won both the 110-meter high hurdles and 400-meter intermediate hurdles at the 48th annual state track and field Meet of Champions at Central Regional […]
WEST ORANGE – The second-seeded Seton Hall Prep defeated fourth-seeded St. Joseph of Montvale, 6-2, in the championship of the state North Jersey Non-Public A tournament at Ramapo College in Mahwah on June 7. The Pirates, under head coach Mike Sheppard Jr., won their 13th North Jersey Non-Public A tournament title. Jack Zyska went 3-for-4 […]
BLOOMFIELD – The Bloomfield U14 boys’ soccer team, of the Bloomfield Soccer Club, is headed to Tulsa, Okla. to compete in the US Youth Soccer National President’s Cup Tournament, July 14-18. The U14 team initially won the New Jersey Youth Soccer Presidents Cup last fall to advance to the Regional Tournament in Maryland over Memorial […]
FEMALE ATHLETE OF THE MONTH
NUTLEY, NJ — Emily Holden is one of the leaders on the Nutley High School softball team this season. She is a standout left-handed pitcher as well as a dependable hitter. As a pitcher, she has thrown 11 shutouts, including three no-hitters, struck out 241 batters and boasted a 0.948 earned run average, while at […]
Update: Nutley has dropped out of the league. The Essex County Senior American Legion Baseball League will begin the season Wednesday, June 8. The league consists of high school players. SCHEDULE Wednesday June 8 Bloomfield at Livingston, 5:45 p.m. Saturday June 11 Bloomfield at Belleville, 10 a.m. Sunday June 12 Cedar […]
MAPLEWOOD – From the days of the great Dick Savitt in the early 1940s to players like Dan Nahirny and Majorie Gantman, Columbia High School has always had top athletes and teams in the sport of tennis. This spring proved to be no exception. The CHS boys’ squad, coached by Bob Lieberman, finished with […]