EAST ORANGE, NJ — Two seasons removed from a perfect 13-0 state sectional championship season, the East Orange Campus High School football team features a young roster. But don’t be fooled by that relative youth. The Jaguars have a ton of promising talent that can help them on another state title run. “I’m excited about […]
EAST ORANGE/IRVINGTON, NJ — The Rutgers University football team this season features several players from East Orange and Irvington. Junior wide receiver Nasir Montgomery, junior running back Al-Shadee Salaam and sophomore quarterback Raeden Oliver are East Orange Campus High School graduates. The Irvington graduates are Famah Toure and Zaire Angoy. Montgomery, a 6-foot-1, 190-pounder who […]
EAST ORANGE/ORANGE/IRVINGTON, NJ — The East Orange Campus High School, Orange High School and Irvington High School football teams are preparing for their respective season openers. The OHS Tornadoes and IHS Blue Knights will both kick off on Friday, Aug. 25. The Tornadoes, under third-year head coach Khalfani Alleyne, will visit Wayne Hills at 6:30 […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — The title of this piece has yet to begin to describe the changes in popular male-dominated sports which traditionally left our fairer halves out of the club. Traditional female sports that are not relatively heavy on the contact, such as tennis, track and field, swimming/diving and gymnastics, are now taking a […]
Former Scotties head coach inducted into Essex County Football Coaches Hall of Fame
EAST ORANGE, NJ — In his nearly 30 years of coaching at defunct Clifford J. Scott High School in East Orange, Bill Norwood said he has had a lot of fond memories. Norwood, who retired about 13 years ago, was among the inductees of the Essex County Football Coaches Hall of Fame during the Paul […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — The East Orange Department of Recreation and Cultural Affairs is offering a free girls’ lacrosse clinic at Columbian Park on Saturdays from 10 to 11:30 a.m. during the month of July. The clinic’s first day was held on Saturday, July 8. It is coordinated by Livingston High School students, twins Layton […]
He wants to bring home a county title, impressed by players’ strong determination
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School boys basketball program has been highly regarded in Essex County for many years. With Deon Mingo at the helm, Cougar fans have reason to feel optimistic that the team will not only continue its tradition of success, but take things up a notch. Mingo recently was appointed […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — The second East Orange High School Basketball Hall of Fame Induction Gala was held on Friday, June 2, at the Galloping Hill Caterers in Union. There were approximately 25 inductees who were in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s categories. Tomika Brown accepts the induction award on behalf of her late father, […]
Boys 1,600-meter sprint medley relay team triumphs, leads way in Greensboro, N.C.
EAST ORANGE, NJ — Several East Orange Campus High School track and field athletes competed at the adidas Nationals held at the Marcus T. Johnson Track and Field, home of North Carolina A&T University, in Greensboro, N.C. Friday through Sunday, June 16-18. Here are the results of the boys: The 1,600-meter sprint medley relay team […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — The New York Jets have invited a group of players from the East Orange Recreation girls youth flag football team to participate in a girls flag football clinic on Wednesday, July 12. The clinic is for girls in grades 4-8. The EO Recreation Department debuted its girls flag football program this […]