BLOOMFIELD – Bloomfield High School sophomore Natalia Toby finished in second place in girls’ epee at the State Individual Fencing Championships at Livingston High School on Saturday, Feb. 27. Toby advanced through the two opening rounds of pool play with just a single loss in each round. In the Final Pool, she finished with a […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE – On Feb. 13 and 14, the St. Joseph’s Pee Wee Girls Celtics split their final two basketball games of the regular season, winning at home against St. Helen’s by a score of 20-8 and losing to a different St. Helen’s squad 12-8. In the two games, the Celtics played stifling interior defense […]
Pirates down East Side in the final for 17th ECT crown
WEST ORANGE – The top-seeded Seton Hall Prep varsity basketball team showed much resolve in the second half in defeating second-seeded Newark East Side, 50-44, to win the 70th Essex County Tournament championship for the second consecutive season on Saturday, Feb. 27, at Essex County College in Newark. Senior guard and University of Notre Dame-bound […]
SETON HALL PREP –The Seton Hall Prep varsity ice hockey team completed the 2015-16 season with a 5-14-4 record in Mike Atkinson’s first year at the head coaching helm of the Pirates. On Monday, the 14th-seeded Pirates hosted 19th-seeded St. Rose/Donovan Catholic and defeated them 4-1 in the first round of the New Jersey State […]
WEST ORANGE – The West Orange High School boys’ and girls’ Junior Varsity basketball teams won their respective Essex County Tournament JV championships on Friday, Feb. 26, at East Orange Campus High School. In the championship games, the boys’ JV team defeated Bloomfield Tech, while the the girls’ JV team defeated East Orange Campus HS. […]
BELLEVILLE – Belleville High School’s Brad Murillo, Joseph Buonanno and Joseph Nguyen each lost in the preliminary round of the Region 4 Tournament on Feb. 24 at West Orange High School to end their seasons. Murillo, a junior, lost to Cedar Grove’s John Schultz by an 8-6 decision in the 132-pound class to finish with […]
ORANGE – Orange High School wrestler Ezechiel Conserve enjoyed a good showing at the Region 4 Tournament at West Orange High School. Conserve, a junior, finished in fifth/sixth place in the 285-pound weight class. After receiving a preliminary round bye on Feb. 24, Conserve lost to Paterson Kennedy’s Will Lyde, 6-4, in the quarterfinals on […]
Junior 182-pounder nearly qualified for state tournament in Atlantic City
IRVINGTON – Irvington High School wrestler Tyhmir Lassiter enjoyed a strong showing at the Region 3 Tournament at Union High School. Lassiter, a junior, finished in fifth/sixth place in the 182-pound weight class. After receiving a preliminary-round bye, Lassiter won in the quarterfinals on Feb. 24. Lassiter needed just one more win to guarantee a […]
WEST ORANGE – Seton Hall Prep’s T.J. Calas won the 160-pound weight class and SHP teammate Aidan Monteverdi finished second in the 152-pound class at the Region 3 Wrestling Tournament at Union High School, Feb. 24, 26-27. Calas and Monteverdi qualified for the state tournament at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, March 4-6. The top […]
BLOOMFIELD – Bloomfield High School wrestlers Barak Pipkins and Adam Lutick each finished in second place in their respective weight classes at the Region 4 Tournament at West Orange High School. Pipkins and Lutick, both juniors, qualified for the state tournament at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, March 4-6. The top three finishers in each […]