EAST ORANGE, NJ – On a balmy, Saturday afternoon, March 18, in East Orange, a bunch of former players of the East Orange-based Promoting Progress for Youth, Inc. decided to get together and have a lunch. But it wasn’t just any lunch. Spearheaded by Ron Harris, Clarence Turner, and Clyde Davis, they brought almost […]
Correction: Supreme Cook made Second Team on the All-SEC-American. EAST ORANGE, NJ (corrected Wednesday March 22, 11:07 a.m.)– East Orange Campus High School boys’ varsity basketball players Supreme Cook, Daveon Davis and Obi Madaubuchi earned All-Super Essex Conference-American Division honors this season. Cook, a sophomore, made Second Team; and Davis, a freshman guard, and Madaubuchi, […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ – Both the boys and girls youth travel basketball squads in East Orange played an excellent season this year which brought them to the Garden State Basketball League’s Super Sunday Basketball Tournament and Championships on March 5. The playoffs were held in several locations around the state, including East Orange’s Hart Middle […]
Shuttle hurdles breaks national record; 4x400 relay victorious; Poole sets state mark in hurdles
EAST ORANGE, NJ (updated Monday March 13, 5:10 p.m.) – The East Orange Campus High School boys’ shuttle hurdles relay team broke the national record at the New Balance Indoor Track and Field Nationals at The New York City Armory Center on Saturday, March 11. The next day at the Nationals, the EOCHS boys’ […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ (corrected Tuesday March 7, 9:16 a.m.) – The East Orange Campus High School girls’ varsity basketball team’s bid for a section title for the third consecutive season was denied with a tough 45-35 loss to top-seeded Morristown in the NJSIAA North Jersey Section 1, Group 4 state tournament championship game on Monday […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ – For the fifth straight season, the East Orange Campus High School girls’ varsity basketball team has reached a state tournament section championship game. The Jaguars did it in stunning fashion. Sophomore point guard Brianna Mills hit a layup with four seconds remaining to lift the 11th-seeded Jaguars to a 43-41 thrilling […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ – In one of the most intriguing matchups in the state tournament, the second-seeded West Orange High School girls’ varsity basketball team will host 11th-seeded and highly-regarded East Orange Campus in the semifinals of the NJSIAA North Jersey Section 1, Group 4 state tournament on Friday, March 3, at 7 p.m. Both […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ – Freshman guard Brianna Turner scored 13 points, including 11 in the second half, and sophomore point guard Brianna Mills had 10 points to lead the 11th-seeded East Orange Campus High School girls’ varsity basketball team to a 40-34 win at sixth-seeded Morris Knolls in the first round of the NJSIAA North […]
Correction: The 4×400-meter relay consisted of Cory Poole, Willesley Lindo, Willesley’s brother, Akeem Lindo; and Immyouri Etienne. EAST ORANGE, NJ – Cory Poole refused to be denied in the 55-meter hurdles. The senior and his teammates in the 4×400-meter relay also wanted to set the meet record. Mission accomplished. The East Orange Campus High School […]
The following is an updated bracket for the North Jersey Section 1, Group 4 state tournament for high school girls’ varsity basketball, after Paterson Eastside was forced out of the tournament by the Paterson Public School District, which imposed penalties against the Eastside athletic department in the wake of an alleged system of allowing foreign […]