MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE – This season’s Columbia High School varsity wrestling team faced a very competitive schedule while being composed of mostly underclassman and inexperienced wrestlers. The final record of 9 wins and 16 losses is evidence of a team that was undermanned and inexperienced. However, with a few more individual match wins, the record could […]
Senior Brian Velez, at 285-pound class, has enjoyed remarkable turnaround; junior Victor Lopez, at 113-pound class, is one win from 100
WEST ORANGE – The West Orange High School varsity wrestling team certainly enjoyed a great Region 4 tournament this past weekend at WOHS. Overall, WOHS head coach Stephan Zichella, who had six wrestlers make it to the tournament with four participating, said that when the dust settled, two of the WOHS wrestlers – Victor Lopez […]
Mountaineers finish unbeaten in the division; gear up for postseason
WEST ORANGE – The West Orange High School boys’ varsity basketball team, under third-year head coach Greg Tynes, clinched the Super Essex Conference-Colonial Division title. The Mountaineers finished 12-0 in the division. Last season, the Mountaineers were co-SEC-Division champions with Barringer. Senior forward Jeremiah Moore scored 20 points and senior guard Patrick Jamison had 15 […]
EAST ORANGE – East Orange Campus High School senior Charon Jenkins tied for ninth place in the boys’ high jump at the state indoor track and field Meet of Champions at the Bennett Complex in Toms River on Saturday, Feb. 27. Jenkins leaped 6 feet, 2 inches. Four other athletes also tied for ninth place. […]
ORANGE – The eighth-seeded Orange High School girls’ varsity basketball team lost to ninth-seeded Warren Hills, 52-42, in the first round of the state North Jersey Section 2, Group 3 tournament on Monday, Feb. 29. Lorenzah Hammer scored nine points and fellow junior Imani May had eight points for OHS, which finished the season with […]
IRVINGTON – The Irvington High School girls’ varsity basketball team, seeded 14th, lost at third-seeded West Morris, 51-30, in the first round of the state North Jersey Section 2, Group 3 tournament on Monday, Feb. 29, in Long Valley. Jessica Washington had 15 points; Rhoda Agyemang had seven points; and Atonie Johnson and Jasmine Williams […]
IRVINGTON – The Irvington High School boys’ varsity basketball team, under head coach Elias Brantley, concluded its season with a tough 51-50 home loss to Union on Feb. 26 in the finale. Senior guard Othniel Nyameke scored 18 points; senior guard Ijah Jones had nine points; senior forward Jakylin Shuford had eight; senior guard Talik […]
NUTLEY – The Nutley High School girls’ varsity basketball team began its defense of the state North Jersey Section 2, Group 3 tournament title with a 73-67 first-round win over Cranford, the newly-crowned Union County Tournament champion, Monday, Feb. 29 at Cranford. Senior guard and McDonald’s All-American Blair Watson put on another incredible show, scoring […]
NUTLEY – The Nutley High School boys’ basketball team lost to Cliffside Park, 53-35, in the first round of the state North Jersey Section 2, Group 3 tournament on Monday, Feb. 29 at Cliffside Park. The Raiders, seeded 12th, ended the season with a 13-14 record. NHS led 13-10 at the end of the first […]
BLOOMFIELD – Bloomfield High School senior Lowell Kelly-Gamble finished in eighth place in the boys’ shot put event at the state indoor track and field Meet of Champions at the Bennett Complex in Toms River on Saturday, Feb. 27. He threw 54 feet, 8 inches.