East Orange and Irvington players gear up for Rutgers football season

East Orange and Irvington players gear up for Rutgers football season

EAST ORANGE/IRVINGTON, NJ — The Rutgers University football team this season features several players from East Orange and Irvington. Junior wide receiver Nasir Montgomery, junior running back Al-Shadee Salaam and sophomore quarterback Raeden Oliver are East Orange Campus High School graduates. The Irvington graduates are Famah Toure and Zaire Angoy.  Montgomery, a 6-foot-1, 190-pounder who […]

East Orange Campus HS, Orange HS and Irvington HS football seasons to begin

East Orange Campus HS, Orange HS and Irvington HS football seasons to begin

EAST ORANGE/ORANGE/IRVINGTON, NJ — The East Orange Campus High School, Orange High School and Irvington High School football teams are preparing for their respective season openers. The OHS Tornadoes and IHS Blue Knights will both kick off on Friday, Aug. 25. The Tornadoes, under third-year head coach Khalfani Alleyne, will visit Wayne Hills at 6:30 […]

Girls flag football has seen tremendous growth locally

Girls flag football has seen tremendous growth locally

EAST ORANGE, NJ — The title of this piece has yet to begin to describe the changes in popular male-dominated sports which traditionally left our fairer halves out of the club. Traditional female sports that are not relatively heavy on the contact, such as tennis, track and field, swimming/diving and gymnastics, are now taking a […]

Irvington boxer Jean Pierre Valencia crowned N.Y. champion

Irvington boxer Jean Pierre Valencia crowned N.Y. champion

IRVINGTON, NJ — Jean Pierre Valencia is the new 165-pound king of New York. The rising amateur boxing prospect from Irvington completed a dominant sweep of the New York Tournament on Friday, July 28, with a devastating first-round knockout of Israel Bailey in the open class finals at the Classic Car Club Manhattan at Pier […]

New principal has a plan for IHS

New principal has a plan for IHS

Irvington High School’s new principal doesn’t drink or smoke. “Coaching is my vice,” Principal Darnel Mangan said. “Coaching is the vehicle that drove me here.” Mangan is almost certainly the first person ever kicked out of an Irvington public school as a student to return and become principal of a school in the district. He […]

Irvington HS boys soccer team gaining summer experience

Irvington HS boys soccer team gaining summer experience

IRVINGTON, NJ — The Irvington High School boys soccer team is enjoying a busy summer as it gets ready for the season this fall. The Blue Knights have been participating in a weekly 8-on-8 summer league at the Capelli Sports Complex in Tinton Falls in Monmouth County. Irvington won one game in emphatic fashion and […]

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