MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The New Jersey Fencing Alliance, located at 50 Burnett Ave. in Maplewood, will host the United States Fencing Junior Cadet Regional Circuit tournament this weekend, Aug. 24-25, from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. More than 600 fencers, including prominent nationally-ranked fencers, will be competing from numerous states on the U.S. east coast […]
IRVINGTON, NJ – From 1994 to 2010, the Irvington Cardinals adult baseball team was a force in the summertime. The Cardinals captured several league, state and international tournaments, compiling a staggering overall record of 422-138-4 To Troy Bowers, a 1987 Irvington High School graduate and standout baseball player who played in every summer for the […]
IRVINGTON, NJ – The Irvington Golden Knights football program is getting ready for the upcoming season this fall. The Golden Knights have been practicing at Orange Park this summer, Mondays through Fridays, from 6 to 8 p.m. The program has several levels for boys ages 5-13. Kyle Steele has been the president of the Golden […]
IRVINGTON, NJ – The Irvington High School boys basketball team has reason to feel excited. The Blue Knights, under head coach Elias Brantley, return all but one player from last winter’s 21-6 team that captured the Super Essex Conference-Colonial Division with an 11-0 divisional record. They started the season at 10-0, 13-1, and 15-2. The […]
IHS girls track & field coach enjoys long, distinguished career; induction to take place in October
IRVINGTON, NJ – Barnes Reid, the Irvington High School girls track and field head coach, will be inducted into the Newark Athletics Hall of Fame on Oct. 17. In May, Reid was inducted into the IHS Athletics Hall of Fame. Reid attended Barringer High School from 1966-69; Essex County College from 1969-71; and Seton Hall […]
IRVINGTON, NJ – The Irvington High School boys basketball team has some unfinished business. The Blue Knights, under head coach and IHS alum Elias Brantley, are the No. 2 seed in the North Jersey Section 2, Group 3 state tournament and will host No. 15 seed Roxbury in the first round Feb. 26. The winner […]
IRVINGTON, NJ – Irvington High School girls basketball star Tiara Mahorn scored her 1,000th career point to lead the Blue Knights to a 71-31 win at Weequahic, Friday, Feb. 22, in the team’s final regular-season game. Mahorn, a senior, needed 27 points and finished with 32 points, along with nine steals, eight assists and five […]
IRVINGTON, NJ – Desmond Marfo, Dwight Henry and Andrea Jackson gave good efforts at the NJSIAA indoor track and field State Meet of Champions at the Bennett Center in Toms River. The boys meet took place Saturday Feb. 23 and the girls meet took place Feb. 24. Marfo, a senior, took 15th in the boys […]
IRVINGTON, NJ – Irvington High School wrestler Nashawn Brooks finished fourth in the 220-pound weight class at the NJSIAA Region 3 tournament held at West Orange High School, Feb. 21-23. Brooks qualified for the NJSIAA state finals at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, Feb. 28, March 1-2. The top four finishers in each weight class […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ – The quarterfinals of the Region 3 wrestling tournament at West Orange HS took place Friday night, Feb. 22. The semifinals, wrestlebacks, third-place consolations and finals will be held Saturday, Feb. 23, all at WOHS. The top four finishers in each weight division will advance to the NJSIAA state finals at Boardwalk […]