GLEN RIDGE – The Glen Ridge High School varsity baseball team, seeded 14th, will visit third-seeded Nutley in the first round of the Greater Newark Tournament on Friday, May 6, at 4 p.m. The Ridgers defeated North 13th Street Tech, 19-1, in a Super Essex Conference-Liberty Division game in Newark on April 27. Griffin Cancro […]
BLOOMFIELD – The Bloomfield High School varsity baseball team, seeded eighth, will host No. 9 seed Verona in the first round of the Greater Newark Tournament on May 7 at Bloomfield Middle School field at 7 p.m. Ed Abplanalp went 2-for-4 with a double, triple and four RBI and Luis Rullan went 2-for-3 with four […]
BLOOMFIELD – The Bloomfield High School varsity softball team, seeded seventh, will host No. 10 seed Verona in the first round of the Essex County Tournament on May 7 at Clarks Pond South at 5 p.m. Courtney Politz homered and Ayana Andrade-Zygmunt went 2-for-2 with two walks, but the Bengals lost to Cedar Grove, 6-3, […]
WEST ORANGE – The three-time reigning champion Seton Hall Prep varsity baseball team received the No. 1 seed in the 84th High School Varsity Baseball Greater Newark Tournament, which is considered the Essex County tournament. Millburn is the No. 2 seed. Nutley is the No. 3 seed and Montclair is the No. 4 seed in […]
WEST ORANGE – The three-time defending champion Seton Hall Prep varsity lacrosse team is the No. 1 seed in the Essex County Tournament. The Pirates were to host either No. 9 Columbia or No. 8 Livingston in the quarterfinals May 3. The Pirates lost to Summit, the No. 2-ranked team in the state, 5-3, April […]
WEST ORANGE – The West Orange High School boys’ varsity lacrosse team, seeded 10th, lost at seventh-seeded Millburn, 17-4, in the first round of the Essex County Tournament on April 30 to move to a 7-5 record. Andrew DiPalma had four goals and six assists and Marshall Lipsey had three goals and three assists to […]
MAPLEWOOD and SOUTH ORANGE – The Columbia High School softball team, seeded 12th, will visit fifth-seeded Newark Academy in Livingston in the first round of the Essex County Tournament on May 7 at 2:30 p.m. Jordan Stephan scattered seven hits and struck out seven in pitching a complete game to lead the Cougars to a […]
SOUTH ORANGE – The Our Lady of Sorrows of South Orange track and field team started its season at the Union Catholic meet. In a bit of a surprise, OLS slipped past perennial champion Good Shepherd of Irvington to win, 146-142. It was OLS’ first win at this meet and the first championship win in […]
WEST ORANGE – West Orange United Soccer Club teams enjoyed impressive wins for the week-ending May 1. The Swansea U10 girls won both of their matches last weekend, one in the NCSA Cup, and one in the league. On Saturday, Swansea traveled to Mahwah in the first round of the NCSA U10 Cup, and brought […]
GLEN RIDGE – The Glen Ridge High School boys’ and girls’ track and field teams competed at the 122nd Penn Relays at Franklin Field in Philadelphia, Pa. The girls’ squad raced on Thursday, April 28, while the boys ran on Friday and Saturday, April 29-30. The boys’ 4×100-meter ran 46.08 on Friday.