BELLEVILLE – Nichole Henry finished third in the discus and fellow junior Kiara Collazo finished third in the javelin to lead the Belleville High School girls’ track and field team at the state North Jersey Section 2, Group 3 Championships at Ridge HS in Basking Ridge, May 27-28. Henry tossed 106 feet-11 inches in the […]
BELLEVILLE – Despite finishing a tough season with a 3-21 record, the Belleville High School varsity baseball team had several highlights. The Bucs, under head coach Joe Sorce, swept rival Bloomfield in the two Super Essex Conference-American Division meetings, winning 3-0 in Bloomfield and 6-3 at home. Junior Brayan Villar earned both wins. Senior captain/catcher […]
BELLEVILLE – The sixth-seeded Belleville High School varsity softball team lost to 11th-seeded Morristown, 7-0, in the first round of the state North Jersey Section 1, Group 4 tournament at Corino Softball Complex at Clearman Field. Though the Bucs lost their five games of the season, they finished with a decent 14-10 record.
BELLEVILLE – Belleville High School junior Kiara Collazo won the girls’ javelin event with a school-record throw of 120 feet-3 inches at the Essex County Track and Field Championships at Woodman Field in Montclair, May 20-21. Collazo became the second BHS female to win a county title. The other was Cecilia Graham in the high jump […]
The Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center, located on the campus of Montclair State University, hosted the annual Super Essex Conference Best Teammate Award ceremony on Thursday, May 19. The Best Teammate Award is given annually to SEC student-athletes for promoting team unity, selflessness and positively impacting their team’s culture. The following are this […]
BELLEVILLE – Belleville High School varsity softball team received the No. 6 seed in the state North Jersey Section 1, Group 4 tournament and will host No. 11 seed Morristown in the first round on May 23. The winner will face the winner between No. 3 seed North Bergen and No. 14 seed Randolph in […]
Baseball Experts Examine Which Baseball Team Had the Best Cluster of Championship Seasons
LITTLE FALLS — Baseball has always had supreme rulers. Even teams more known for their ineptitude – the St. Louis Browns and Chicago Cubs – once dominated America’s pastime. As Casey Stengel once said: You could look it up: The Browns won four straight pennants in the late 1880s and the pre-cursed Cubs won four […]
BELLEVILLE – The Belleville High School varsity baseball team will host Bloomfield on Monday, May 16, at 7 p.m. on the Bucs’ Senior Night. “Our seniors are a great bunch of men,” lauded Belleville High head coach Joe Sorce. “I hope we can send them out on a good note.” The 11th-seeded Bucs gave a good […]
BELLEVILLE – Kaila Freid struck out 11 and allowed four hits in five innings and hit a two-run homer to spark the Belleville High School varsity softball team to a 12-1 home win over Newark Arts on Monday, May 9. Victoria Bruno had a triple, two RBI and a run; and Keila Garcia and Gabby […]
BELLEVILLE – In a quiet week due to the weather, the Belleville High School varsity baseball team lost both its games, but head coach Joe Sorce saw a few good things from his team. On Monday, May 2, the Bucs lost at perennial powerhouse Seton Hall Prep, 5-0, in West Orange. The game was scoreless […]