BELLEVILLE, NJ – The Belleville High School baseball program is gaining good experience while competing in the High School Developmental Essex County League. The 18-and-under team, under head coach Derek Lombardi, opened the season with a 10-2 loss to Bloomfield. Starting pitcher Danny Pinedo had a rough start. “He could not get his breaking pitches […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ – The West Orange Recreation Summer Basketball League tips off Tuesday, June 27. The local teams in the Worrall Media area are West Orange, Glen Ridge, Good Shepherd-Irvington, St. Joseph-Maplewood, Belleville, and St. Thomas of Bloomfield. West Orange has two teams in each boys division. 2017 West Orange Recreation Summer Basketball League […]
NEWARK – Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. announced that an international youth soccer tournament will be played in Essex County from June 23 to 25. The Ironbound Soccer Club is hosting the La Liga Promises 2017 International Under 12 Boys Soccer Tournament, which will take place in Essex County Riverfront Park and Essex […]
Belleville High School senior offensive lineman Nick Guardabasco, pictured wearing No. 76, participated in the 24th annual Robeson High School All-Star Football Game on June 15 at Paul Robeson High School in East Orange. The game featured graduating seniors. The West team (Morris, Sussex and Passaic counties) defeated the East team (Essex and Hudson) by […]
The Essex County High School Developmental Summer Baseball League will have its inaugural season. The Essex County teams formerly played in the Essex County American Legion League for many years. The ECALL has been disbanded. The following are schedules for the Senior teams (all times are at 5:45 p.m., unless otherwise noted): Monday, June 12 […]
Photo of tennis team: Pictured are members of the MKA tennis team surrounding coach Val Azzoli who holds the prep B championship trophy. From left are Max Goldfarb, Joey Smuckler, Bhavik Desai, Michaels, Rohan Israni and Milian Seeve. UPPER MONTCLAIR, NJ – Bennett Knowles, Nico Corbo, and Will Michels were key contributors on their respective […]
BELLEVILLE, NJ – Despite finishing with a 9-18 record, the young Belleville High School varsity baseball team gained valuable experience this season, much to head coach Joe Sorce’s delight. “We were a very young team with anywhere from five to seven sophomores in the lineup everyday,” said Sorce. “Seven sophomores earned a varsity letter. I […]
BELLEVILLE, NJ – Mahmoud Yousef finished fourth in the shot put with a throw of 46 feet-10 1/2 inches and fellow junior Gustavo Viana took fifth in the javelin at 164-6 to lead the Belleville High School boys’ track and field team at the NJSIAA North Jersey Section 1, Group 3 state Championships, May 26-27, […]
BELLEVILLE, NJ (updated with season stats, Tuesday June 20, 1:21 p.m.) – The Belleville High School varsity softball team enjoyed a banner season. The Bucs, under head coach Chris Cantarella, won the Super Essex Conference-Colonial Division championship this season, going 7-0 in the division. Overall, the Bucs finished with a 12-10 record. The Bucs were […]
Belleville High School senior Daniel Castano has earned the 2017 Investors Bank Best Teammate Award. Daniel, along with 29 student-athletes from schools in the Super Essex Conference, were recognized during recent ceremonies at the Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center. Daniel is a member of the BHS cross-country squad as well as winter and spring […]