IRVINGTON – The Irvington High School girls’ varsity basketball team, which finished with a 16-10 record under head coach Rashawnah French, featured players who have earned All-Super Essex Conference-Colonial Division honors. Junior guard Jessica Washington and senior forward Jasmine Williams made first team; senior forward Atonie Johnson made second team and junior guard Rhoda Agyemang […]
NUTLEY – A player such as Blair Watson comes once in a generation; maybe a lifetime. Watson, a senior 6-foot-1, unquestionably had a terrific girls’ basketball career at Nutley High School, becoming the school’s all-time leading scorer for both boys’ and girls’ basketball. Watson, a McDonald’s All-American, finished her career with 2,127 points. She averaged […]
BELLEVILLE – Despite finishing with a 5-18 record, the Belleville High girls’ varsity basketball team featured a few strong contributors. Gianna Benacquista, a junior forward, was voted to the All-Super Essex Conference-Independence second team. Jehan Dabon, a freshman, was selected honorable mention on the All-SEC-Independence. Benaquista also was named to the Worrall Media All-Area honorable […]
BELLEVILLE – The Belleville High School varsity baseball team last season moved up two divisions to the Super Essex Conference-American Division, which is the highest division of the conference. The Bucs had to face the likes of such perennial contenders as Seton Hall Prep, Millburn, Bloomfield and Nutley, just to name a few. But the […]
BLOOMFIELD – The Bloomfield High School boys’ varsity basketball team featured three players who made All-Super Essex Conference-Liberty Division. Myles Toppin, a junior guard, made second team All-SEC-Liberty after averaging 8.4 points per game. Junior forward Al-Samad Henderson and freshman guard Michael Ramos each made honorable mention. Ramos averaged 8.0 points and Henderson averaged 3.7 […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE A contingent of Columbia High School wrestlers enjoyed excellent showings at the the NJ Junior State Wrestling Championships on March 13 at the Sun Center in Trenton. Wrestlers had to qualify in the top three in one of several regional qualifiers. This event is part of USA Wrestling. Freshman Blake McGowan won the […]
High School Girls’ Basketball All-Super Essex Conference Colonial Division FIRST TEAM Grace Cannon, Bloomfield Aniyah Allen, Bloomfield Alyssa Deblasis, Caldwell Jessica Washington, Irvington Jasmine Williams, Irvington Lorenzah Hammer, Orange Imani May, Orange Sarosha Parsons, Livingston SECOND TEAM Genesis Collins, Bloomfield Desiree Mayer, Verona Nicolette Tufano, Caldwell Caroline Kirnan, Caldwell Neith Wideman, St. Vincent, Acdemy Alexis […]
High School Boys’ Basketball All-Super Essex Conference-American Division FIRST TEAM TJ Gibbs, Seton Hall Prep Mustafa Lawrence, Newark Tech Zamir Wright, University Zach Keller, Seton Hall Prep Othniel Nyameke, Irvington Rasheed Boyd, Orange Tariq McKenith, University Henry Voorhees, Columbia Elijah Olaniyi, East Side SECOND TEAM Hassan Ceesay, East Side Treyvon Bennett, Seton Hall Prep Stephen […]
Team also will utilize IHS Complex for first time this spring
IRVINGTON – Eleven members of Irvington-based Jersey Heat Track Club closed out its 2015-16 indoor season by competing in the 2016 USATF Hershey Youth Indoor National Championships contested at the Ocean Breeze Sports Complex in Staten Island, N.Y., March 11-13. Out of the 22 individual events and three relays that the team contested, 13 personal-best […]
Rutgers-bound Anthony Condito leads the way for Raiders
NUTLEY – The Nutley High School baseball program always has been one of the best in Essex County. Year in and year out, the Raiders are considered one of the title contenders in the Super Essex Conference-American Division, Greater Newark Tournament – which is the considered the Essex County tournament – and the state tournament. […]