BLOOMFIED — Over the past half-century, there have been great teams and athletes when it comes to female sports, whether it’s on the high school, college or professional level. All that was made possible in part thanks to the congressional passage of Title IX on June 23, 1972. In the words of the U.S. Department […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Despite finishing with a 9-19 record, the Bloomfield High School baseball team managed to become county tournament runner-up this season. The seventh-seeded Bengals defeated sixth-seeded Nutley in the semifinals before losing to fourth-seeded Seton Hall Prep in the final of the Greater Newark Tournament, which is considered to be the county tournament. […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The following Bloomfield High School boys tennis players earned all–Super Essex Conference–Colonial Division honors, as selected by the division coaches. First team: Arian Abalos, junior. James Orosz, sophomore. Second team: Dave Persaud, senior. Giancarlo Serrano, junior. Honorable mention: Charlie Eshelman, junior. The Bengals, under head coach Mike DiMasi, finished with a 14-8 […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The following Bloomfield High School boys volleyball players earned all–Super Essex Conference–American Division honors, as selected by the division coaches. First team: Jahleel Murphy, senior. Second team: Esaias Edwards, junior. Honorable mention: Luis Luque, junior. Jacob Moreno, junior. The Bengals, under head coach Louis Stevens, finished with a 15-9 record this season. […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield High School baseball team, which finished with a 9-19 record this spring, featured five players who earned all-Super Essex Conference–American Division honors, as selected by the division coaches. First team: Nico Ong, senior catcher/outfielder. Second team: Tyler Bell, junior second baseman/pitcher. Brandon Piacenza, junior third baseman/pitcher. Honorable mention: Daniel Murawinski, […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Three Bloomfield High School softball players earned all–Super Essex Conference–Liberty Division honors this season, as selected by the division coaches. First team: Hope Kornstein, senior first baseman. Honorable mention: Isabella Olaya, senior third baseman. Emily Tice, senior catcher/outfielder. Bloomfield, under longtime head coach Bob Mayer, finished with an 11-14 record this season. […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield High School track-and-field contingent gave good efforts at the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s Group 4 state championships at Franklin High School in Somerset on Friday and Saturday, June 10 and 11. On the girls side, senior Alyssa Valentin took 11th place with a throw of 102 feet, 3 […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — The Men of Essex, Inc., has selected Newark Academy tennis phenom Nicolas Kotzen as the recipient of the 64th annual Essex Award. Kotzen was a standout tennis player and was selected first team all-state and All-American. He will attend Columbia University on a full tennis scholarship in the fall. The 64th […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield High School boys and girls track-and-field teams gave good efforts at the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s North Jersey, Section 1, Group 4, championships at Clifton on Friday and Saturday, June 3 and 4. The girls team took 12th overall based on the top-six finishers in each event. In […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The 11th-seeded Bloomfield High School baseball team dropped a heartbreaking 4-3 decision to sixth-seeded Columbia in the first round of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s North Jersey, Section 1, Group 4, tournament on Wednesday, June 1, at Underhill Field in Maplewood. After Columbia scored a run in the bottom of […]