Special education and general education students are now competing together in varsity-level sports at Bloomfield High School in a recently inaugurated athletic program called Unified Sports. Play is with boys and girls on the same team against other schools with similar programs. BHS kicked off competition in the spring of 2023 with bocce ball. The […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield High School boys wrestling team enjoyed a good showing at the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s District 10 tournament at Nutley High School on Saturday, Feb. 17. Senior Will Cordero and junior Gabriel McCulloch each took second place and senior Damian Torres, senior Trevor Frantantoni and junior Alejandro Valencia […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield High School girls basketball team defeated Bard and Montclair High School in consecutive games. The Bengals defeated Bard, 55-21, Wednesday, Feb. 14, at home. Senior guard Aniya Brown had 15 points, junior guard Gabrielle Kot had 13, senior center Michelle Hernnadez had 8, senior forward Maya Mickens had 6 and […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield High School girls wrestling team captured the inaugural girls wrestling Essex County Tournament championship on Friday, Feb. 16, at Nutley High School. Bloomfield had 165 points, taking first place among the 11 scoring teams. Senior Ahlexa Montalvo (120-pound weight class), senior Madelyn McLaughlin (132), sophomore Leanna Noel (145) and sophomore […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield High School girls basketball team defeated Bard, 55-21, Wednesday, Feb. 14, at home to improve to 11-11 on the season. Aniya Brown had 15 points, Gabrielle Kot had 13, Michelle Hernandez had 8, Maya Mickens had 6 and Sophie Harvey had 4 for the Bengals. Photos Courtesy of Jerry Simon […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Ava Barker scored 19 points and fellow junior guard Mia Gonzalez scored 13 points to lead the Bloomfield High School girls basketball team to a 65-39 home win over East Orange Campus High School on Thursday, Feb. 8, in a Super Essex Conference–Liberty Division game. Senior guard Aniya Brown had 12 points, […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield High School boys basketball team won two straight games, defeating Payne Tech and Newark Academy to improve to 10-14 on the season. Senior guard Shariff Brown scored 18 points and grabbed five rebounds and junior forward Talan Bacote had 18 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Bengals to a […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield High School boys basketball team defeated West Essex, 62-50, Wednesday, Feb. 14, for its third win in a row to improve to 11-14. Junior forward Talan Bacote had 18 points, senior guard Shariff Brown had 13 points and junior guard Mekhi Field had 10 points for the Bengals, who won […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield High School boys wrestling team, under head coach Ryan Smircich, won five straight matches to finish the dual-meet season with an 18-14 record. The Bengals defeated both Pascack Hills, 45-31, and Pingry, 60-18, at Pascack Hills in Hillsdale in Bergen County on Friday, Feb. 9. Bloomfield hosted a quad meet […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield High School indoor track and field teams gave good efforts at the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s North Jersey, Section 1, Group 4 State Championships at the “Bubble” in Toms River on Saturday, Feb. 3. On the girls side, freshman Alana Dennis took fifth place in the 55-meter dash […]