SOUTH ORANGE/MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The South Orange Elks Lodge No. 1154 will be holding its Elks Hoop Shoot Free-Throw Competition on Saturday, Nov. 23, from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. at St. Joseph’s School gym, located at 240 Franklin St., in Maplewood. Registration and warmups are from 9 to 9:25 a.m. The contest will begin […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — The Irvington High School boys soccer team, under head coach Jeff Bertoncin, enjoyed a successful season, finishing with an 11-8-1 record. The sixth-seeded Blue Knights went 1-1 in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s North Jersey, Section 2, Group 4 state tournament. In the first round, Irvington defeated No. 6 seed […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — The Irvington High School girls volleyball team, under head coach Myles Hart, enjoyed a successful 12-10 season. The 15th-seeded Blue Knights lost at No. 2 seed Union City, 25-9, 25-8, in the first round of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s North Jersey, Section 2, Group 4 state tournament on Monday, […]
BRIDGEWATER, NJ — The Irvington High School football team needed to successfully make the extra-point kick to keep the game and its season alive. Unfortunately, it didn’t happen. After Bridgewater-Raritan scored a touchdown on the first drive of overtime and kicked the point-after, the Blue Knights answered with a touchdown. But Irvington’s tying point-after kick […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ — Irvington High School graduate Adon Shuler enjoyed a great homecoming. The sophomore safety for the University of Notre Dame football team returned a fumble early in the game, helping Notre Dame to a 51-14 win over previously-undefeated Navy at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford on Saturday afternoon, Oct. 26. In the […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — The Irvington High School football team hopes to make a strong state playoff run. The fifth-seeded Blue Knights, under first-year head coach Marco Soto, will visit No. 4 seed Bridgewater-Raritan in the quarterfinals of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s North Jersey, Section 2, Group 5 state playoffs on Friday, Nov. […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — The Irvington High School girls volleyball team hosts North Star Academy during a match on Friday, Oct. 25. The Blue Knights won 25-14, 25-15. Irvington then defeated Orange High School 25-27, 25-16, 25-21 on Monday, Oct. 28, at Orange to improve to 12-9 on the season. Orange moved to 10-10. Photos Courtesy of […]
PICK 6️⃣#GoIrish☘️ | @adon_shuler pic.twitter.com/EPc1jgn3UA — Notre Dame Football (@NDFootball) October 19, 2024 Every defensive player dreams of making a pick 6, especially at the end of a football game. Adon Shuler did just that. The Irvington High School alum returned an interception 36 yards for a touchdown with 2:37 left in the game to […]
SOUTH BEND, IND. — For the second week in a row, Irvington High School football fans got to witness former Blue Knights play against each other collegiately. Adon Shuler is a sophomore safety for the University of Notre Dame and Cam Richardson is a freshman defensive back for Stanford University. Notre Dame hosted Stanford on […]
NEWARK, NJ — Irvington’s own Jean Pierre Valencia scored a knock out in the first round of his fight in New Jersey’s biggest venue on Saturday, Oct. 12. The 24-year-old boxer had dreamed of fighting at the Prudential Center after watching world champions like Shakur Stevenson compete at the venue. Valencia finally made that dream […]