By Gladstone Harris, Bloomfield College sports information director. BLOOMFIELD, N.J. – The Bloomfield College Bears baseball team uniforms will include a patch for the 2016 season honoring late pioneer of the athletic department Alfred R. Restaino Sr., the team announced on Thursday. Mr. Restaino Sr., who helped form the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC), passed away […]
BLOOMFIELD – The Bloomfield High School boys’ basketball team finished its season on a winning note. Senior Brandon Abplanalp scored 16 points and junior Najeem Wilson had 10 points to lead the Bengals to a 69-51 home win over Scotch Plains-Fanwood in the season finale on Feb. 24. The Bengals trailed 12-9 at the end […]
NUTLEY –National keynote speaker Jack Renkens of Recruiting Realities will bring his unique, no-nonsense presentation on college athletic recruiting to Nutley High School on Tuesday, March 15, at 7 p.m. in the auditorium. “It’s a Game… Know the Rules” is guaranteed to serve as a reality check for families of student-athletes looking to get their […]
BLOOMFIELD – Junior guard Grace Cannon scored 22 points, including the 1,000th point of her career, to lead the Bloomfield High School girls’ varsity basketball team to a 52-50 home win over Millburn on Feb. 23. Cannon needed just two points to reach the milestone. She also had four assists and three rebounds. Senior Aniyah […]
BLOOMFIELD – Junior Francis Lorenzo scored a game-high 11 points and senior Nassir Coppedge had nine points to lead the Bloomfield High School boys’ varsity basketball team to a 50-37 home win over Glen Ridge on Feb. 20. Freshman Michael Ramos, senior Brandon Abplanalp and junior Myles Toppin each had seven points; sophomore Kyle Barrow […]
BLOOMFIELD – Bloomfield High School senior Lowell Kelly-Gamble finished seventh at the state indoor track and field Group 4 Championship meet at the Bennett Complex in Toms River on Feb. 19. Kelly-Gamble, who threw 52 feet, 7 ¾ inches, qualified for the state Meet of Champions at the Bennett Complex on Feb. 27, making it […]
Unbeaten in division as state tournament looms
BLOOMFIELD – The Bloomfield High School girls’ varsity basketball team defeated St. Vincent Academy and Livingston to remain unbeaten in the Super Essex Conference-Colonial Division and improve to a stellar 16-4 overall record. Senior Aniyah Allen had 12 points and nine rebounds; freshman Kaitlyn Martinez had 11 points and five rebounds; and junior Genesis Collins […]
BLOOMFIELD – The Bloomfield High School varsity wrestling team had a good showing at the District 14 Tournament at Livingston High School on Feb. 20. The Bengals finished fourth among the nine teams. Nutley won the district team title for the fifth straight year. West Orange was second and Livingston took third. The Bengals boasted […]
MAPLEWOOD – For the sixth year in a row, the New Jersey Fencing Alliance is proud to announce it will host the Steve Sobel Super Youth Circuit (SYC) & Cadet International tournament from February 26 to 28 at the New Jersey Convention and Exposition Center. This is the largest fencing event ever to be held […]
BLOOMFIELD – The ninth-seeded Bloomfield High School girls’ varsity basketball team lost at eighth-seeded West Orange, 49-46, in double overtime in the first round of the Essex County Tournament on Feb. 13. The Lady Bengals trailed 38-30 before outscoring West Orange, 15-7, in the fourth quarter to tie it 45-45 and force overtime. Each team […]