GLEN RIDGE – The top-seeded Glen Ridge High School boys’ varsity tennis team lost to third-seeded New Providence, 3-2, in the championship of the North Jersey Section 2, Group 1 tournament on May 23 at Freeman Courts. William Cotrone won at first singles and Joseph Biancamano won at second singles for the Ridgers. Cotrone, a […]
GLEN RIDGE – The ninth-seeded Glen Ridge High School boys’ varsity lacrosse team gave a good effort, but lost at top-seeded Madison, 10-6, in the quarterfinals of the state South Jersey Group 1 tournament on May 21. Nathaniel Johns had a hat trick; Tyler Grady had two goals and one assist; Michael Faugno had one […]
GLEN RIDGE – The Glen Ridge High School boys’ and girls’ track and field teams posted good efforts at the Essex County Championships held at Woodman Field in Montclair, May 20-21. Elizabeth O’Connell finished in fourth place in the 1,600-meter run in 5:21.25 to lead the GRHS girls’ team. O’Connell also took sixth in the […]
GLEN RIDGE – The fourth-seeded Glen Ridge High School girls’ varsity lacrosse team defeated 13th-seeded Morristown-Beard, 17-6, in the first round of the state North Jersey Group 1 tournament on May 19 at Watsessing Park field. Galen Lew had six goals and three assists; Maggie Smith had four goals; Juliann Lisovicz had three goals and […]
GLEN RIDGE – The Glen Ridge High School varsity baseball team received the No. 2 seed in the state North Jersey Section 2, Group 1 tournament and will host 15th-seeded Weequahic in the first round on Monday, May 23. The winner will face the winner between seventh-seeded Weehawken and No. 10 seed Arts in the […]
GLEN RIDGE – The fourth-seeded Glen Ridge High School girls’ varsity lacrosse team will host 13th-seeded Morristown-Beard in the first round of the state North Jersey Group 1 tournament on May 19 at 4 p.m. at Watsessing Park field. The winner will face the winner between fifth-seeded Morris Catholic and 12th-seeded New Providence in the […]
GLEN RIDGE – Glen Ridge High School junior Dean Cerimido captured the individual title at the state/Metropolitan Golf Association North Jersey Section 1-2 Group 1 tournament at Rockleigh Golf Course in Rockleigh, N.Y. on May 16. Cerimido carded a 77, two shots better than Joe Burns of Kinnelon. GRHS, under head coach Steve Reitberger, finished […]
Baseball Experts Examine Which Baseball Team Had the Best Cluster of Championship Seasons
LITTLE FALLS — Baseball has always had supreme rulers. Even teams more known for their ineptitude – the St. Louis Browns and Chicago Cubs – once dominated America’s pastime. As Casey Stengel once said: You could look it up: The Browns won four straight pennants in the late 1880s and the pre-cursed Cubs won four […]
GLEN RIDGE – The top-seeded Glen Ridge High School boys’ tennis team will host 12th-seeded Johnson in the state North Jersey Section 2, Group 1 tournament semifinals on May 19 at Freeman Courts at 4 p.m. The winner will face either second-seeded Hasbrouck Heights or third-seeded New Providence in the final on May 23. The […]
GLEN RIDGE – The Glen Ridge High School varsity baseball team lost four straight games last week, falling at Nutley, 10-2, May 9; West Orange, 10-1, May 11, at Hurrell Field; at Livingston, 11-1, May 12; and at Columbia, 14-1, May 14, in Maplewood to move to an 8-10 record.