The 30th Robeson All-Star Football Classic will take place on Tuesday, June 11, at Belleville High School’s Municipal Stadium/Doc Ellis Field. Kickoff is 7 p.m. The game features high school graduating seniors. The East All-Star team consists of players from Essex, Union and Hudson counties, and the West All-Star team consists of players from Passaic, […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Nouseline Georges and Sharifa Trocard enjoyed stellar performances to lead the Irvington High School girls track and field team at the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s North Jersey, Section 2, Group 4 state championships at Ridge High School in Basking Ridge on Friday and Saturday, May 31-June 1. Georges, a senior, […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Amateur boxing standout Jean Pierre Valencia will make his professional debut on Saturday, June 8, when he faces Patrick Bernard Harris in a four-round junior middleweight bout at Bally’s Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City. The 24-year-old Irvington resident won numerous championships in the 165-pound division as an amateur, including a bronze […]
LITTLE FALLS — Continuing a beloved tradition in local high school sports, for the 12th consecutive year, the Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center honored student-athletes from member schools of the Super Essex Conference in a celebration of the qualities that made Yogi Berra a national treasure. Recipients of the museum’s 2024 Best Teammate Award, […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — The Irvington High School softball team competes against Science Park on Monday, May 20, at Irvington Park field. The Blue Knights won, 14-4, to improve to 9-6 overall and 8-3 in the Super Essex Conference—Independence Division. Their final game is scheduled for Thursday, May 30. Photos Courtesy of Felicia Laguerre Owens
The Irvington High School Athletic Hall of Fame held its 2024 induction ceremony on Thursday night, May 16, at Mamma Victoria’s in Nutley. It was an amazing night, celebrating the past (the 1975 football team), the present (the more recent honorees), and the future (members of the school’s girls flag football program were on hand). […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Nouseline Georges won the 400-meter hurdles to lead the Irvington High School girls track and field team at the Essex County Championships on Thursday and Friday, May 16-17, at Schools Stadium in Newark. Georges, a senior, clocked 1 minute, 05.61 seconds. IHS sophomore Sharifa Trocard took eighth place in the same event […]
IRVINGTON, NJ —The Irvington High School girls lacrosse team hosted Mary Help of Christians Academy on Wednesday, May 15, losing, 8-5. Though the Blue Knights are winless on the season, they have given good efforts in their third year of the program. Photos Courtesy of Felicia Laguerre Owens
IRVINGTON, NJ — The Irvington High School boys and girls track and field teams gave great efforts at the Super Essex Conference–American Division Championships on Saturday, May 11, at Schools Stadium in Newark. In the boys team standings, IHS took fifth place. Seton Hall Prep won the team title. In the girls team standings, IHS […]
The Irvington High School girls flag football team has dominated opponents this season, harboring aspirations of winning the state championship for the second time in three years. However, those title hopes were dashed, after it was ruled that the team used two ineligible players and will have to forfeit three Super Football Conference victories, according […]