IRVINGTON, NJ – The Irvington High School boys’ and girls’ cross-country teams earned victories in Super Essex Conference meets on Sept. 19 at Branch Brook Park in Newark. Boys Irvington-23, Belleville-32 Desmond Marfo (18:25) came in first, followed by Wolf Michel, fourth; Wilfrantz Therzy, fifth; Claudel Saint Clair, sixth; and Peterson Francois, seventh, to lead […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ – The Irvington High School varsity football team continued its dominant start to the season. Senior quarterback Brandon Robinson and senior running back Nim Salaam each scored two touchdowns to power the Blue Knights to a 28-7 win over West Orange on Friday, Sept. 15, in West Orange to improve to 2-0. […]
IRVINGTON, NJ – While the oldest level (13-year-old) is favorites to win the league championship, it was the youngest levels that shined bright for the Irvington Golden Knights Pop Warner football program. Flag (5-6) had a strong showing in their first game against Newark’s South East, and the Tiny Mites (6-7), nicknamed “The Money Team” […]
IRVINGTON, NJ (updated Sunday Sept. 10, 8:40 a.m.) – Senior quarterback Brandon Robinson, a transfer from nearby Columbia HS, had a great debut for the Blue Knights. Robinson was 12 of 18 passing for 220 yards and two touchdowns and rushed for 34 yards on three carries. Senior receiver Jasiah Provillon had three catches for 45 […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The Irvington High School cross-country teams enjoyed good efforts to start the season Sept. 7 at Branch Brook Park in Newark. Boys’ results (1-2 record) Verona-20, Irvington-43 (loss) Livingston-19, Irvington-40 (loss) Irvington-15, Barringer-0 (win) Girls’ results (2-0) Irvington-19, University-38 (win) Irvington-24, Cedar Grove-31 (win) IHS head coach Marvin Hawkins’ notes: In the […]
IRVINGTON, NJ – For Irvington, it’s all about unfinished business. In “Smoke” Pierre’s first year as head coach, the Blue Knights started off red-hot last season, winning their first eight games and fueling hopes of running the proverbial table and winning their first NJSIAA state sectional playoff history in school history. But those dreams unfortunately […]
IRVINGTON, NJ – The Irvington Golden Knights Pop Warner football teams had their first games this weekend. The Tiny Mites (ages 5-7) won their game against New Brunswick, 35-0, Saturday, Sept. 2. The Mitey Mites (ages 7-9) won their game against the Central Ward Blue Devils, 35-0, Sunday, Sept. 3. The Jr. Pee Wees (10-11) […]
IRVINGTON, NJ – The Irvington High School boys’ and girls’ cross-country teams seek to have successful seasons. The teams, under head coach Marvin Hawkins, will begin their seasons Sept. 7 at Branch Brook Park. The boys’ team will look to rebound from last year’s 2-7 season. They will be led by senior Michael Veltz and […]
IRVINGTON, NJ – The Irvington High School varsity football team has several players ranked among the best in Essex County and in the state by The McCarthy Report, 2017. Jasiah Provillon, a wide receiver/defensive back, is ranked as the No. 1 overall senior player in Essex County and No. 8 overall senior in the state. […]
IRVINGTON, NJ – When people talk about the best high school football players to ever come out of Essex County, names like quarterback Frank Tripucka of Bloomfield and running back Aubrey Lewis of Montclair are always in the spotlight. Tripucka starred for the Bengals in the World War II era, while Lewis competed for […]