GLEN RIDGE, NJ – The Glen Ridge High School track and field teams competed at a double-dual meet at Cedar Grove, with Immaculate Conception of Montclair, on April 17. Glen Ridge lost to Cedar Grove. The boys lost, 83-36, and the girls lost, 87-26. Conner Giersz, far right, took second place in the boys 100-meter […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The Glen Ridge High School girls lacrosse team defeated Madison and Immaculate Heart Academy to extend its winning streak to five games and improve to 5-2 on the season. The Ridgers defeated Madison, 19-11, April 16, in Madison. Junior Campbell Spillett had eight goals and five assists, junior Katie Powers had […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The Glen Ridge High School boys lacrosse team defeated Mendham, 11-9, April 19, at Watsessing Park field in Bloomfield to improve to 3-4 on the season. Sophomore JP Labadia had two goals and two assists, junior Ryan Mansfield, junior Chris Smith, sophomore John Leone and sophomore Jimmy Benson each had two […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Trailing 4-1, the Glen Ridge High School baseball team rallied for nine runs in the sixth inning and defeated Bloomfield High School, 10-4, April 15, at Hurrell Field for its first win of the season after starting off 0-5. Senior Zach Berner went 3-for-4 with a single, a double, a home […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The Glen Ridge High School boys and girls track and field teams competed at Schools Stadium in Newark on Wednesday, April 10, hosting Malcolm X. Shabazz High School and Technology. Natalie Shaw won both the girls javelin event (83 feet, 2 inches) and the discus event (68-2). Alex Law won the […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The Glen Ridge High School softball team defeated Millburn, 4-2, on Friday, April 12, at Glenfield Park field in Montclair for its third win in a row. Seniors Anna Buntrock and Harper Nix each had two singles and an RBI and senior Mary Doud had two singles to lead the Ridgers. […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield High School softball team hosted Glen Ridge HS on Monday, April 15, at Carla Ward Memorial Field at Clarks Pond South. Bloomfield won, 6-5, to improve to 3-4 on the season. Glen Ridge moved to 4-3. Photos Courtesy of Jerry Simon Bloomfield vs. Glen Ridge (April 15)
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Chris Strumolo, who was named the new Glen Ridge High School head football coach in February, is one of five members of the 2024 Essex County Football Coaches Hall of Fame induction class, which will be enshrined during the annual Paul Robeson High School All-Star Football Classic on Tuesday, June 11, […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The Glen Ridge High School baseball team hopes to bounce back from a tough start to the season. The Ridgers lost a heartbreaking 1-0 decision to Columbia in the season opener on Monday, April 1, in Maplewood. Columbia won it in the bottom of the seventh inning. Zach Berner, Wes Steele […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — It could have been while playing one of the endless pickup games with 1970s Hudson Catholic teammate Mike O’Koren at the old St. Joseph Courts behind St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church in their native Jersey City. Or, perhaps it was later inside Cameron Indoor Stadium at Duke University where he would […]