BELLEVILLE – Belleville High School will hold two upcoming events. Military Appreciation Night will be held Wednesday, Jan. 27, when the boys’ varsity basketball team hosts Golda Och Academy at 5:15 p.m. Military Appreciation Night is part of the Super Essex Conference’s Military Appreciation Month. The BHS annual Jim Silvestri Memorial Scholarship Fund wrestling match […]
UPPER MONTCLAIR – For over a half century, Marty Glickman was the pre-eminent voice of New York sports, and became arguably the most influential sports broadcaster of all time. He announced games of virtually every team, beginning as the radio announcer of the New York Knicks when they were formed in 1946. And he was […]
UPPER MONTCLAIR – The Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center will hold a Character Building Program and Screening of “The Sandlot” on President’s Day, Feb. 15, from 1-4 p.m. for children in grades 3-5. The first in a series of four classes, children will participate in a new inter-disciplinary way to build character and learn […]
EAST ORANGE – The East Orange Campus High School boys’ 4×400-meter relay indoor track team clocked 3:20.84, which is No. 2 in the nation this season, at the Millrose Games Trials at the New Balance Track and Field Center at the Armory in New York City on Jan. 13. The team won its heat of […]
WEST ORANGE – The West Orange High School wrestling team was forced to cancel their upcoming dual meets, including the Friday, Jan. 15 home match with Seton Hall Prep, after two of its wrestlers were found to have skin infections. The Mountaineers postponed their match with Nutley on Wednesday, Jan. 13. In addition to the […]
By Andrew Mees Director of Institutional Communications and Campaign Marketing – Bloomfield College BLOOMFIELD – The NCAA, Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) and the ESPN Family of Networks have announced that the Bloomfield College at Philadelphia University men’s and women’s basketball doubleheader on Saturday, Jan. 30 will be broadcast live and throughout the world online on ESPN3 […]
By W. L. Bill Allen, JR. Correspondent CALDWELL – In the type of interesting irony which pretty much only occurs in the world of sports, two girls’ basketball battalions which, just a few years ago, drew packed houses when they collided, will meet in much less ballyhooed fashion when 0-10 Mount Saint Dominic Academy plays […]
BLOOMFIELD – Francis Lorenzo scored a game-high 21 points and Najeem Wilson had 20 points, but the Bloomfield High School boys’ varsity basketball team fell to Newark Central, 59-53, at home on Jan. 12. Myles Toppin had seven points for the Bengals, who lost their third straight game to move to a 3-7 record. Central […]
ORANGE – Monte Irvin, a Major League Baseball Hall of Famer who grew up in Orange, died Jan. 11. He was 96. One of the greatest athletes to ever come out of New Jersey, Irvin was one of the first African-American players to play in the Major Leagues. In eight seasons, Irvin had a .293 […]
MAPLEWOOD – The Columbia High School girls’ varsity basketball team won back-to-back games for its first victories of the season. Dominique Rayam scored 15 points and Jasmine Keegan had six points in a 39-34 win over West Essex on Jan. 7 at South Orange Middle School. Courtney Miller and Ashley Phillip each had five points; […]
