GLEN RIDGE – The eighth-seeded Glen Ridge High School boys’ varsity soccer team enjoyed a great run in the state North Jersey Section 2, Group 1 tournament. The Ridgers fell at fifth-seeded Brearley, 2-1, in the semifinals on Nov. 10 in Kenilworth. Aaron Robertson scored for the Ridgers, who finished the season with a 7-13-2 […]
GLEN RIDGE – The Glen Ridge Red Dogs won the Bergen County Pee Wee football championship this year, finishing the season with a 9-0 record. They blasted Ho Ho Kus/Saddle River in the finals, 25-6, to keep their undefeated streak intact. Front row, from left to right, Brennan Lyons, Brady Manzo, David Manzo, Dylan O’Neil, […]
EAST ORANGE – Newark Academy senior Jocelyn Willoughby had cause to celebrate on National Letter of Intent Signing Day this month. Joined by family, friends and coaches, the East Orange resident signed her National Letter of Intent to play basketball for University of Virginia. Willoughby is looking forward to graduation and to playing hoops for the Virginia Cavaliers.
WEST ORANGE – The Mountain Top League Basketball Thanksgiving Weekend Clinic will be held Sunday, Nov. 29, at Roosevelt Middle School. Session 1: Grades 3-5, 10:30 a.m. to noon (check-in 10 a.m.). Session 2: Grades 6-8, 12:30 to 2 p.m. (check-in noon). Enrollment is limited. There is a maximum of 50 participants per session. The […]
UPPER MONTCLAIR – Never have televised sports become so pervasive. In today’s ever-widening world of sports there are more games, more pre-game shows, more post-game analyses, more everything. And more and more former athletes dominate the airwaves. We take for granted the countless ex-players who transition from the playing field to the broadcast booth or […]
WEST ORANGE – The West Orange High School boys’ varsity soccer team is one win from winning its second state Group 4 championship in three years. The Mountaineers, under 16th-year head coach Doug Nevins, will face defending champion Washington Township in the state Group 4 championship game at Kean University in Union on Sunday, Nov. […]
IRVINGTON – On Nov. 1, the Irvington-based Jersey Heat High School boy athletes became the USATF New Jersey Association state champions in a 5k division during the organization’s first round of the cross-country national series. Each athlete on the scoring team earned a patch to symbolize/mark their achievement. The team was led by Irvington High […]
NUTLEY – Helyna Bissell, of Nutley, signed her NCAA National Letter of Intent on Nov. 11. She has committed to play softball at Morehead State University in Morehead, Ky. Bissell verbally committed to MSU in November 2014. Morehead State University competes in the NCAA Division I, Ohio Valley Conference. “Helyna has a lot of experience playing […]
GLEN RIDGE – Senior forward Tomison Kennedy scored on a header off a corner kick from junior midfielder Colleen Grady in the 37th minute of the first half to lift the Glen Ridge High School girls’ varsity soccer team to a 1-0 win over Kinnelon in the state Group 1 semifinals at Millburn High School […]
IRVINGTON – The Irvington High School varsity football team lost to North Hunterdon, 35-21, in the season finale on Saturday, Nov. 14, at the IHS Sports Complex. The Blue Knights, under head coach Pete Pascarella, finished with a 3-7 record, but were young this season, which bodes well for next season. Leading the Blue Knights […]