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 […]
BLOOMFIELD – Bloomfield High School’s Eli Simmons, Lowell Kelly-Gamble, Olivier Georges, and Quaran Mason have been selected to play in the 23rd annual Paul Robeson High School Football All-Star Classic on Monday, June 13, at Paul Robeson Stadium in East Orange at 7 p.m. Simmons is a quarterback/wide receiver; Kelly-Gamble is a defensive end; Georges […]
Seniors will be missed, but there’s hope for 2017
GLEN RIDGE – The Glen Ridge High School softball team certainly went through its share of struggles this season as head coach Rachael Hogan’s Ridgers finished with a 2-17 record. Looking back at the year, the GRHS coach said she hoped her team used this season to learn from. “We had a young team this […]
IRVINGTON – The Sixth Annual Kareem Huggins Football Camp was held Saturday, June 4, at the Irvington High School Sports Complex. The camp was offered to players from K to 12. Huggins, who grew up in Irvington, was a standout running back at Hofstra University. Huggins, now 30, signed with three National Football League teams: the […]
WEST ORANGE – On May 26, Rachel Ruffino completed her West Orange High School golf career by shooting a 73 in the Super Essex County Divisional Championship. The score landed her in a tie for second place with Nutley’s John Sabadics and a first-place finish among the girls. In April, she scored an 83 in […]
GLEN RIDGE – Glen Ridge High School track and field athletes gave good efforts at the state Group 1 Championships at Egg Harbor Township, June 3-4. Owen Tuck, a senior, took third in the boys’ 200-meter dash in 22.08. Junior Judah Raab, senior Justin Dignan, senior Teandre Russell-Rose and senior Connor Lewis finished fifth in […]
WEST ORANGE – The second-seeded Seton Hall Prep varsity baseball team won two state tournament games to raise its record to 26-3 going into the state North Jersey Non-Public A final on Tuesday, June 8, against fourth-seeded St. Joseph of Montvale at Ramapo College, Mahwah. This is the 13th meeting between the non-public powers […]
MALE ATHLETE OF THE MONTH
Anthony Condito, a senior right fielder on the Nutley High School baseball team, is considered one of the top baseball players in the state. Condito, also the starting quarterback for the NHS football team, last fall signed a National Letter of Intent to continue his baseball career at Rutgers University on an athletic scholarship. This spring, […]