IRVINGTON, NJ — The Irvington High School boys basketball team won four straight games to improve to a 7-3 record through Saturday, Jan. 11. Jayden Bermudez scored 17 ponits and fellow junior guard Jazmir Taylor scored 15 to lead the Blue Knights to a 60-52 win over Newark East Side on Saturday, Jan. 4, at […]
Irvington High School alumnus Adon Shuler will be playing for the national championship next week. Shuler, a 6-foot, 200-pound sophomore safety, will take the field with the University of Notre Dame football team in the College Football Playoff championship on Monday, Jan. 20, at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Ga. The seventh-seeded Fighting Irish (14-1 record) […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — The Irvington High School girls basketball team is shown competing against Newark Arts at home on Tuesday, Jan. 7. The Blue Knights lost the game. They entered the week with a 2-7 record. Irvington will host Cedar Grove on Saturday, Jan. 18, at 1 p.m. Photos Courtesy of Felicia Laguerre Owens
West Orange native Cody Simon will lead the eighth-seeded Ohio State University Buckeyes (13-2 record) in the College Football Playoff national championship game on Monday, Jan. 20, against seventh-seeded University of Notre Dame (14-1) at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia at 7:30 p.m. on ESPN. A 6-foot-2, 235-pound senior linebacker, Simon has been a force […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — The Irvington High School girls’ shuttle hurdle relay team took sixth place at the Marine Corps Holiday Classic at the 168th Street Armory in New York City on Saturday, Dec. 28. They competed against teams from Connecticut, New York, Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, New Jersey, Washington, D.C., and Pennsylvania. The IHS runners on […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — When the University of Notre Dame and Penn State University meet in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision’s College Football Playoff semifinal, Irvington High School will be represented. Adon Shuler, a 2023 IHS graduate, and Vaboue Toure, a 2024 IHS graduate, are members of Notre Dame (13-1 record) and Penn State (13-2), respectively. […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — The Irvington High School girls basketball team regrouped from its season-opening loss by defeating St. Benedict’s Prep, 53-9, at IHS on Tuesday, Dec. 17, in a Super Essex Conference crossover divisional game. London Richardson, a junior, had 18 points, three rebounds and two assists; junior Brianna Phillips had eight points and 13 […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — The Irvington High School boys basketball team has enjoyed a good start to the season. The IHS Blue Knights had a 3-3 record through Saturday, Dec. 28. In the season-opener, Irvington defeated Bloomfield, 50-49, at home on Tuesday, Dec. 17, in a Super Essex Conference–Colonial Division game. Junior guard Jayden Bermudez had […]
CARTERET, NJ — Jean Pierre Valencia closed his first year as a professional boxer on a strong note, defeating DePriest Johnson by unanimous decision on Saturday, Dec. 21, at the Carteret Performing Arts Center in Carteret. The 25-year-old from Irvington earned the victory in their four-round junior middleweight fight on all three judges’ cards by […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Irvington High School junior Sharifa Trocard set the school indoor track and field record in the girls’ 400-meters, when she clocked 58.34 seconds at the Jambar Coaches Hall of Fame Invitational at The Armory Track and Field Center in New York City on Saturday, Dec. 21. Trocard finished in fourth place in […]