Nutley HS girls’ basketball team wins season opener behind Blair Watson’s 21 points

Nutley HS girls’ basketball team wins season opener behind Blair Watson’s 21 points

NUTLEY – The Nutley High School girls’ varsity basketball team began its season in emphatic fashion. University of Maryland-bound senior guard Blair Watson scored 21 points, including three 3-pointers, and freshman Alaina Feaster added 14 points as the Lady Raiders crushed Weequahic, 73-13, in the season opener on Friday, Dec. 18, at Weequahic in Newark. […]

Irvington HS boys’ hoop team defeats Orange in season opener

Irvington HS boys’ hoop team defeats Orange in season opener

IRVINGTON – Talik Lee had 14 points and four assists and Ahmere Nelson had 13 points, three rebounds and two assists to lead the Irvington High School boys’ varsity basketball team to a 55-44 home win over Orange in the season opener on Friday, Dec. 18. Ijah Jones had 12 points and Othniel Nyameke contributed […]

Irvington’s Kareem Walker chooses University of Michigan football

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 […]

UPDATE: East Orange Campus head boys’ basketball coach Billy Lovett suspended by Board of Education

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 HS wrestling team shines at TCNJ Pride Classic to open the season

Nutley HS wrestling team shines at TCNJ Pride Classic to open the season

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 […]

Seton Hall Prep basketball team enjoys 3-0 start to season

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 […]

Seton Hall Prep wrestling team has good effort at Morris Knolls Tournament to open the season

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’s Dwayne Beckford leads Marian University (Ind.) football team to NAIA national championship victory; named Defensive Player of the Game for third straight time in playoffs

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 […]

Youthful Columbia HS wrestling team hopes to surprise foes; Devin Rocha, Emmanuel Jackson, and Kevhan Bent lead way with medals at Irvington Tourney to start season

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 […]