SOUTH ORANGE – The Village of South Orange is once again leading the charge for a healthier year ahead with sponsorship of SOFit16, the second annual South Orange Health and Fitness Challenge. SOFit16 invites community residents to participate in a four-month event that promotes and supports healthy living. There are no sporting competitions involved. Participants […]
BLOOMFIELD – The Bloomfield Babe Ruth Baseball League will be conducting registrations on the following dates at the Bloomfield Civic Center located at 84 Broad St.: Friday, Jan. 8, 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 9, 9 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Friday, Jan. 22, 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 23, 9 a.m. to noon. […]
WEST ORANGE – The West Orange High School boys’ varsity basketball team defeated Mount Olive and Cranford to win the Cranford Holiday Tournament title. Jeremiah Moore had 29 points, 10 rebounds and two blocks and Patrick Jamison had 27 points, five rebounds, three assists and two steals in the 82-68 win over Mount Olive on […]
IRVINGTON – Senior Johnathan Carlton took sixth place in the 55-meter dash in 6.94 seconds and sophomore Michael Veltz, junior Jhamir Applewhite, senior Brandon Moreno and junior James Ely took sixth place in the 4×400-meter relay team in 3 minutes, 48.88 seconds to lead the Irvington High School boys’ indoor track and field team at […]
EAST ORANGE – The East Orange Campus High School boys’ indoor track and field team dominated the Super Essex Conference-American Division Championship meet at the Jersey City Armory on Dec. 27. The Jaguars amassed 91 team points. Seton Hall Prep was a distant second with 35 points among the 12 scoring teams. Here are the […]
MAPLEWOOD – The Columbia High School girls’ indoor track and field team won the girls’ team title at the Super Essex Conference-American Division Championship meet at the Jersey City Armory on Sunday, Dec. 27. Since the SEC’s inception in 2009, the CHS girls’ team has won the meet title in each season, making it six […]
MAPLEWOOD – The St. Joseph’s basketball teams enjoyed good efforts in the Christmas tournament hosted by St. Helen’s of Westfield. 3rd Grade boys The St. Joseph’s Celtics 3rd grade boys team challenged themselves over the holiday break by participating in the annual Christmas basketball tournament hosted by St. Helen’s of Westfield. Perhaps because of […]
IRVINGTON – On Saturday January 16, 2016, Irvington’s Jamir Brown will be honored by the USA Track and Field New Jersey Association at the 24th Annual USATF New Jersey Awards Banquet. He is being recognized with the 9-10-year-old boys Mid-Distance Youth Chair Award. For Jamir, this is the second consecutive year he will be acknowledged […]
The young Columbia High School Cougar varsity wrestling team traveled to face two Super Essex Conference squads, Belleville and Livingston. The Cougars came away with a split, defeating Belleville, 51-27, and losing to Livingston, 49-21. At Belleville, the Cougar upper weights won six of the seven bouts: Blake McGowan (152 pounds), Hunter Dallison (160), Tristan […]
by W. L. BILL ALLEN, JR. Contributing Writer CALDWELL– It was not all that long ago that the swim squad from Mount Saint Dominic Academy went 12-1 and won an Essex County Championship meet and Super Essex Conference regular season and championship meet titles, as well. Since 2012, however, the Lady Sea Lions have posted […]