IRVINGTON, NJ — The Irvington High School girls flag football team is having a great season this spring. The Blue Knights, under head coach Kyle Steele, had a 6-0 record through Friday, May 3. Photos by Joe Ungaro Irvington vs. East Orange Campus (April 17, at Irvington HS)
IRVINGTON, NJ — The Irvington High School track and field teams produced strong efforts at the Essex County Relay Championships on Friday, May 3, at Livingston. The following are their highlights: IHS girls: In the 400-meter hurdles, senior Nouseline Georges took first place in 1 minute, 05.99 seconds; sophomore Sharifa Trocard took sixth place in […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — The Paul Robeson High School Football All-Star Classic will take place Tuesday, June 11, at Belleville High School’s Doc Ellis Field/Municipal Stadium. This will be the 30th game of the classic, which began in 1993. The game was not played in 2020 and 2021 due to COVID–19 pandemic. It will also […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — During one of the most prestigious track and field meets in the nation, Irvington High School girls spring head track and field coach Barnes Reid wanted to make sure that everyone knew that his team was from Irvnigton, N.J., and not Irvington, N.Y. “The (public address) announcer kept saying, ‘Irvington, New York.’ […]
The Irvington High School Girls Flag Football team started the season strong with a 51-0 win over East Orange Campus High School on April 17 at IHS. The win was the 30th for the program, which has been to the state championship game twice, winning it all in 2022. The team didn’t make it […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Pictured are the Irvington High School track and field athletes posing in front of IHS after they earned medals at the Kearny Relays on April 20. The girls won both the 4×200-meter relay and the sprint medley relay. They qualified for the nationals in the 4×200. They also took third place in […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Pictured, from left, Irvington High School seniors Nouseline Georges and Vanessa Jean, sophomores Sharifa Trocard and Rehanna Vergeon, and senior Vernande Philemon pose while wearing their medals from the East Brunswick Relays in track and field. They were members of the 3×400-meter intermediate hurdles relay, which took third place, and the 4×200-meter […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — It could have been while playing one of the endless pickup games with 1970s Hudson Catholic teammate Mike O’Koren at the old St. Joseph Courts behind St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church in their native Jersey City. Or, perhaps it was later inside Cameron Indoor Stadium at Duke University where he would […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — The Irvington High School softball team is looking to have another great season. The Blue Knights last season won the Super Essex Conference–Independence Division title with a 10-1 divisional record. The Blue Knights, under ninth-year head coach Jenna Weiss, enjoyed an impressive season opener, defeating St. Vincent Academy, 21-0, on Monday, April […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — For the past few seasons, Marco Soto said he served as sort of a “mentor” to Ashley “Smoke” Pierre, just like he did many years ago. Soto was Pierre’s coach when he was an assistant coach and Pierre was a varsity football player at now defunct Bayley-Ellard High School in Madison. A […]