As millions of people watch Super Bowl LIX, they will hear and watch Bloomfield native Kevin Burkhardt perform the play-by-play for the broadcast on FOX. Super Bowl 59 between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles will be played on Sunday, Feb. 9, at the Superdome in New Orleans. Burkhardt, 50, has been the main […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Bloomfield High School senior Izzy Bille captured the girls bowling title at the Essex County Individual Championships on Thursday, Jan. 23, at Belleville Bowlero. On the boys’ side, BHS junior Jayden Padilla finished in second place. Both bowlers qualified for the Individual Championships based on their performances at the Essex County Team […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield High School boys basketball team won two straight games last week to improve to 9-7 overall on the season. Senior Davieon McClain scored a game-high 20 points and senior Talan Bacote had 11 points to lead the Bengals to a 53-44 win over Irvington at home on Thursday, Jan. 23, […]
BLOOMFIELD/NEWARK, NJ — The Bloomfield High School girls wrestling team had six individual champions and captured the team title for the second consecutive year at the Essex County Tournament on Thursday, Jan. 23, at Essex County College in Newark. The following were the BHS champions: junior Natalie Lopez at 107 pounds; senior Madelyn McLaughlin at […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Sean Perrotta scored 18 points and fellow sophomore guard AJ Cruz scored 17 points to lead the Bloomfield High School boys basketball team to a 64-54 win over Newark West Side on Thursday, Jan. 16, at West Side. Senior 6-foot-5 forward Ryan Brodbeck had 12 points and senior guard Davieon McClain had […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield High School boys wrestling team enjoyed a great week. The Bengals won five of six matches to improve to 12-7 on the season. They defeated Union City, 49-24, on Tuesday, Jan. 14, at home; and defeated Irvington, 57-24, on Wednesday, Jan. 15, in Irvington. After falling to Clifton, 35-32, on […]
Bloomfield resident Alex Benkert, a senior captain on the Nutley/Columbia/Bloomfield high school ice hockey team, added yet another milestone to his storied career as he topped 200 career points in a 5-0 win over Oratory Prep on Friday, Jan. 10. He scored his 100th career goal this season. Benkert has 18 goals and 13 assists this […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Pictured is the Bloomfield High School wrestling team in action last week. The Bengals lost to Caldwell on Wednesday, Jan. 8; lost to Cedar Grove on Friday, Jan. 10; and won all three matches on Satutrday, Jan. 11, beating Hackensack, Morristown and North Bergen, to move to 7-6 on the season. The […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Senior guard Ava Baker scored 19 points and collected 10 steals to lead the Bloomfield High School girls basketball team to a 48-31 home win over Millburn on Saturday, Jan. 11. Senior guard Mia Gonzalez had 12 points, three rebounds and two steals; senior forward Angie Sanchez had seven points and six […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — After splitting back-to-back overtime games, the Bloomfield High School boys basketball team defeated Belleville, 57-42, Saturday, Jan. 11, at home. Senior guard Talan Bacote scored 23 points, and sophomore guard Sean Perrotta and senior forward Ryan Brodbeck each had 10 points to lead Bengals, who improved to 6-4 on the season. Sophomore […]