IRVINGTON – The Michigan-Ohio State football rivalry just got a bit more intense. That’s because Irvington resident Kareem Walker, a senior running back at DePaul Catholic High School in Wayne, has decided to sign a National Letter of Intent with the University of Michigan, a month after he reneged on his months-long commitment to Ohio […]
EAST ORANGE – East Orange Campus High School boys’ varsity basketball head coach Billy Lovett has been suspended by the East Orange Board of Education. Lovett was suspended a week before the season began. The suspension is until Jan. 2. The New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association is investigating a complaint about the boys’ basketball […]
NUTLEY – The Nutley High School varsity wrestling team, under first-year head coach Mike DiPiano, opened the season at the The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) Pride Classic at Brick Memorial on Saturday, Dec. 19. Only teams that had a coach who wrestled for Coach Dave Icenhower at Trenton State College/The College of New Jersey […]
WEST ORANGE – The Seton Hall Prep varsity basketball team opened the season with wins over Newark Tech, Columbia and Delbarton to improve to a 3-0 record. Senior guard T.J.Gibbs had 17 points, five rebounds and five assists and junior forward Treyvon Bennett had 12 points, nine rebounds and three steals in the 69-48 win […]
WEST ORANGE – The Seton Hall Prep varsity wrestling team opened its season on Saturday, Dec. 19, at the Morris Knolls Wrestling Tournament at Morris Knolls High School in Rockaway, finishing in fifth place with 105 points. The Pirates entered 10 wrestlers, seven of whom placed second, third, or fourth place. The following Pirates finished […]
IRVINGTON – Irvington native Dwayne Beckford proved to be a dominant defensive player in his first season playing for the Marian University football team in Indianapolis, Ind. In fact, Beckford is a big reason why Marian is the 2015 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) national champions. Beckford a 6-foot-1, 240-pound senior linebacker, posted six […]
MAPLEWOOD – The Columbia High School wrestling team for the 2015-16 season is a very young and inexperienced group of wrestlers. The Cougars’ small team of about 21 wrestlers has 10 freshmen and only three seniors. Additionally there are only five returning varsity wrestlers. However, with a few wrestlers moving up from the youth team […]
BLOOMFIELD – The Bloomfield High School boys’ varsity basketball team, under head coach Pat Brunner, defeated Montclair Kimberley Academy and Essex Vocational on back-to-back days to start the season at 2-0. Kyle Barrow, a sophomore guard , scored 12 points on four 3-pointers; junior guard Najeem Wilson had 10 points; and senior guard Brandon Apblanalp […]
BLOOMFIELD – Samantha Corio had 11 points, and Grace Cannon and Aniyah Allen each had nine points to lead the Bloomfield High School girls’ varsity basketball team to a 39-20 win over Verona in the season opener on Friday, Dec 18, at BHS. Leading 19-11 at the half, the Bengals outscored Verona, 14-4, in the […]
IRVINGTON – The Irvington High School girls’ varsity basketball team returns five players from a team looking to surpass last year’s five-win total. Those returnees will be the starters for head coach Rashawnah French’s team. French highlighted the players’ strengths. Jakiyah Martin, a senior point guard, brings speed and good defense. Jasmine Williams, a senior […]