BELLEVILLE, NJ – The Belleville High School girls’ varsity basketball team returns a solid group from last year’s squad that won the Super Essex Conference-Freedom Division championship and finished with a 17-8 overall record. The Bucs, who tip off the season Friday, Dec. 15, at home against Weequahic, will be guided by first-year head coach […]
BELLEVILLE, NJ (updated Thursday Nov. 23, 11:02 a.m.) – Max Correa and Marlon Rodriguez, both Belleville High School graduates, have helped lead the unbeaten Drew University men’s soccer team to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Division III Tournament. Correa and Rodriguez are juniors. Both played for former Belleville High head coach Lenny Marino. They […]
BELLEVILLE, NJ (updated Sunday Nov. 12, 2:49 p.m.) – The Belleville High School varsity boys’ soccer team enjoyed a memorable season. The Buccaneers, guided by first-year head coach Gary Polewka, won the Super Essex Conference-Colonial Division championship with a 7-1 division record. The Bucs finished with a 13-6-1 overall record. Polewka, indeed, was ecstatic for […]
And they’re off! In the first major meet of the 2017-2018 season, nearly 130 athletes from the YMCA of Montclair Dolphins swim team competed in the recent 2017 Ocean County YMCA Great Turkey Invitational in Toms River. The Dolphins were one of six YMCA teams from New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware to participate in the […]
BELLEVILLE, NJ – During the preseason, first-year head coach Bethann Garrett noticed the talent on the Belleville High School varsity girls’ soccer team. The Lady Buccaneers displayed their talent throughout the season, and were rewarded with a stellar 12-5-1 campaign. Belleville beat Bloomfield and Colonia for their first-ever wins in the Essex County and North […]
BELLEVILLE, NJ – The Belleville High School varsity boys’ soccer team, under first-year head coach Gary Polewka, clinched the Super Essex Conference-Colonial Division championship this season. The Bucs posted a 7-1 record in the division. They are currently 13-5-1 overall. Belleville hopes to make a strong run in the postseason. The Bucs, seeded seventh, will […]
Photos by Steve Ellmore. Irvington (blue uniforms) vs. Belleville, Oct. 21 IRVINGTON, NJ (updated Friday Oct. 28, 5:14 p.m.) – The Irvington High School varsity football team defeated Belleville HS by a lopsided score of 84-0 at home on Saturday, Oct. 21. While people have been in an uproar about what they perceived Irvington running […]
The NJSIAA released the state tournament pairings for boys’ and girls’ varsity soccer. The Worrall Community Newspapers schools in Essex County that have made the state tournament are: Boys Soccer: Irvington, Nutley, Belleville, Orange, West Orange, Columbia, Seton Hall Prep, Bloomfield and Glen Ridge Girls Soccer: Nutley, Belleville, Orange, West Orange, Columbia, Bloomfield and Glen […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ – In arguably its biggest win in program history, the 14th-seeded Belleville High School varsity girls’ soccer team upset 11th-seeded Bloomfield, 1-0, in the second preliminary round of the Essex County Tournament on Monday night, Oct. 16, at Foley Field in Bloomfield. The game with Bloomfield game was already on the schedule for […]
The Essex County Tournament for varsity boys’ soccer, girls’ soccer and girls’ volleyball have been unveiled. Here are the top 10 seeds in each sport: BOYS’ SOCCER (27-team field) No. 1. Seton Hall Prep advances to first round vs. No. 16 Science Park/No. 17 Central winner. No. 2. Montclair advances to first round vs. No. […]