Correction: The Meet of Champions is Feb. 25. IRVINGTON, NJ – Irvington High School’s Dwight Henry finished third in the boys’ 55-meter hurdles at the NJSIAA indoor track and field Group 3 State Championships held at the Bennett Center in Toms River on Feb. 16. Henry, who was timed in 7.81, qualified for the NJSIAA […]
Correction: Irvington will play Nutley in the state tournament. IRVINGTON, NJ – The Irvington High School boys’ varsity basketball team, seeded 15th, had a good run in the Essex County Tournament. Kymani Dunbar had 13 points and 10 rebounds and Kevin Kirkpatrick had 10 points, 10 rebounds and seven blocks in the 48-35 home win […]
IRVINGTON, NJ – Marvin Hawkins, the venerable longtime head coach of the Irvington High School cross-country and indoor and outdoor track and field teams, will be inducted into the New Jersey Scholastic Coaches Association Hall of Fame. The NJSCA Hall of Fame is run by the New Jersey State Scholastic Athletic Association. The awards ceremony […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ – For the past few seasons, the Irvington High School football program has produced talented players. Under the guidance of head coach “Smoke” Pierre and his coaching staff, the Blue Knights have worked hard on and off the field, and the results have proven successful, with back-to-back eight-win playoff seasons in […]
Photos by Steve Ellmore: Irvington vs. Christ the King Prep, Feb. 1 IRVINGTON, NJ – The Irvington High School boys’ varsity basketball team won four straight games, including in the Essex County Tournament, to improve to an 11-6 overall record. Andrew Sylvestre scored 18 points and Jiair Bucknor had 17 points in the 84-70 home […]
IRVINGTON, NJ – The Irvington High School boys’ and girls’ indoor track and field teams gave good efforts at the NJSIAA North Jersey Section 2, Group 3 State Championships at the Bennett Center in Toms River on Saturday, Feb. 3. On the boys’ side, sophomore Dwight Henry took third in the 55-meter dash in 6.71 […]
Newark University received the No. 1 seed in the Essex County Tournament for high school girls’ varsity basketball. Newark Tech, the defending champion, is seeded second, followed by West Orange, East Orange Campus, Montclair Immaculate Conception, Newark Arts, Bloomfield Tech, and Nutley rounding out the top eight seeds in the 29-team tournament. The quarterfinals are […]
The Seton Hall Prep varsity basketball team, with a 16-0 record, is the No. 1 seed in the Essex County Tournament for high school boys’ basketball The tournament includes 38 teams. Newark East Side is seeded No. 2. Newark West Side is the No. 3 seed. Montclair Immaculate Conception, West Orange, Newark Central, Bloomfield and […]
IRVINGTON, NJ – The Irvington High School indoor track and field teams, under head coach Marvin Hawkins, gave good efforts at the Essex County Championships on Monday, Jan. 22, at the Ocean Breeze Complex in Staten Island, N.Y. The boys’ team finished 10th in the boys’ team standings. IHS boys’ medal winners: 55-meter dash: Dwight […]
IRVINGTON, NJ – Jalen Scott scored 14 points and grabbed seven rebounds and Andrew Sylvestre had 11 points to lead the Irvington High School boys’ varsity basketball team to a 56-50 home win over West Orange, 56-50, Saturday, Jan. 20, in a Super Essex Conference non-division game. Karriem Thomas had seven points; Kevin Kirkpatrick had […]