BLOOMFIELD – The Bloomfield High School varsity wrestling team lost to Seton Hall Prep, 41-40, Jan. 6 at home. The score was tied 40-40 at the end of the match. SHP won the tiebreaker on a criteria. Results: 152-pound weight class: Aidan Monteverdi (SHP) pinned Damon Farms, 2:13. 160: TJ Calas (SHP) major decisioned Elijah […]
NUTLEY – Nutley High School girls’ basketball standout Blair Watson scored 27 points, becoming the program’s all-time leading scorer, in a 59-43 home win over Newark Tech on Tuesday, Jan. 5. Watson, a senior guard, upped her career total to 1,613 points, surpassing the old record of 1,602 points held by 1999 graduate Kim DiVincenzo. […]
BLOOMFIELD – Junior guard Grace Cannon had 17 points and five rebounds and senior forward Aniyah Allen had four points, 14 rebounds, three assists and two steals to lead the Bengals to a 43-32 home win over Montclair Kimberley Academy. Junior guard Genesis Collins scored seven points; senior guard Samantha Corio had five points and […]
WEST ORANGE – The West Orange High School varsity ice hockey team lost all three of its games in the Essex County Holiday Tournament at Richard J. Codey Arena, falling to Tenafly, 4-0, Dec. 26; Pequannock, 5-1, Dec. 28, and Old Tappan, 10-4, Dec. 30. Charles Aborisade, Davey Campbell and Ryan Rosa each had a […]
WEST ORANGE – The West Orange High girls’ varsity basketball team lost to both Delaware Valley and Bayonne in the Cranford Cougar Holiday Tournament to move to a 2-2 record. Sidney Gordon had 16 points; Jewell Burnett had five points and Mya Bembry had five points in the 51-35 loss to Delaware Valley on Dec. […]
WEST ORANGE – Head coach Stephan Zichella knows this year’s West Orange High School varsity wrestling team will have their work cut out for them. “This is the most inexperienced team we’ve had in about 15 years,” admitted the coach, noting this season’s group will feature two seniors. “We’re very young this year.” Despite the […]
MAPLEWOOD – Both the Columbia High School boys’ and girls’ fencing teams won their first meet of the season against West Essex, which was held at the West Essex High School last month. Spirits were high despite the abundance of nervous energy, with an almost all new lineup of starters on the CHS boys’ fencing […]
MAPLEWOOD – Four registration dates have been scheduled for all South Orange and Maplewood children planning to play baseball or softball this spring: Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 23 and 24. Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 6 and 7. In-person registration can be completed at either the Baird in South Orange or Town Hall in Maplewood […]
GLEN RIDGE – Head coach Kendall Southerland knows this season won’t be an easy one for his Glen Ridge High School varsity wrestling team. Numbers and talent have always been an issue for Southerland since taking over at the helm for GRHS, and this year is no different. “We just came off Irvington tourney (Dec. […]
BLOOMFIELD – Pictured: Bloomfield High School alum Marcell Lazard, No. 77, provides solid blocking as a starting right offensive tackle for the University of West Virginia football team during a wild 43-42 win over Arizona State in the Cactus Bowl on Saturday, Jan. 2, at Chase Field in Phoenix, Ariz. The 6-foot-6, 310-pound Lazard, a […]