EAST ORANGE, NJ — The 2020 high school football season is slowly drawing to a close. While the COVID-19 pandemic is causing much hardship and a condensed season, it is also bringing some opportunities. This past weekend, the East Orange Campus Jaguars were scheduled to play the Paterson Eastside Ghosts, but the pandemic forced the […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — East Orange Campus High School Jaguars had a week to prepare and, as head coach Rae Oliver put it, “Get back on the horse.” A week after losing the War of the Oranges, 17-7, to West Orange, the Jaguars turned their sights on to the Bengals of Bloomfield High School. On […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — The War of the Oranges spilled over into East Orange’s Paul Robeson Stadium this past Saturday afternoon when the West Orange Mountaineers came down Route 280 for a highly anticipated game against the undefeated East Orange Campus Jaguars. West Orange was coming off a 35-6 win over Montclair the week before, […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — East Orange Campus made it known to all comers that they were on a mission to win. Fresh off their big, combined win of 56-0 on all three levels of their freshmen, junior varsity and varsity football team over Montclair last week, it was only fitting that they put the Knights […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — Both East Orange and Montclair had their Oct. 10 game against one another circled on their calendars. But what was supposed to be a fun week of practices turned into a dark cloud as both schools had to deal with setbacks that brought things in perspective. For Montclair, they had to […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — East Orange Campus Jaguars opened their shortened season against the Lancers of Livingston on Saturday, Oct. 3, at Paul Robeson Stadium in East Orange. East Orange is coming off a 9-2 campaign last season and hopes to keep the momentum going in the current season. With the season condensed due to […]
ROBBINSVILLE, NJ — New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, in coordination with officers of its Football Leagues and Conferences Committee, has announced plans for the 2020 football postseason. To be known as “Football Post-Season Groupings,” these playoff games will be played during weeks seven and eight of the season. Participation in Football Post-Season Groupings will […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — In partnership with ESPN, the NFL is highlighting one youth football player weekly as part of its “Next Generations” series this season. “Next Generations,” a spinoff of “NFL 100 Generations,” will celebrate the NFL’s present and future by pairing a youth football player with one of the league’s current stars. Together, […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association marked the initial step toward a fall season return to high school sports with the release of initial guidelines for summer workouts, formally known as the “summer recess period,” according to a June 19 press release from the NJSIAA. “The governor’s announcement today regarding youth […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — For the 2019-20 school year, the 27th annual Scholar-Athlete Awards initiative of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association has provided a certificate of recognition to 354 high school student-athletes. Under this ongoing program, each NJSIAA member school — nearly every high school in the state — has the opportunity to […]