IRVINGTON, NJ — Troy Bowers, a former standout Irvington High School athlete and later a coach at the school, has been named the interim IHS athletic director. Bowers was a standout three-sport athlete at Irvington High School. The 1987 IHS graduate lettered in football, basketball and baseball. He later came back to Irvington and was […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Irvington High School girls track and field head coach Barnes Reid, sixth from left, is shown at the Newark Athletic Hall of Fame ceremony in October. Newark honored Reid for being inducted into the New Jersey State Coaches Athletic Hall of Fame. The other people in the photo are Barringer High School […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — The Irvington High School boys basketball team finished a successful season. The 11th-seeded Blue Knights upset No. 6 seed Hunterdon Central, 55-51, Wednesday, Feb. 21, in the first round of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s North Jersey, Section 2, Group 4 state tournament at Hunterdon Central. Sophomore guard Jazmir Taylor […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — The Irvington High School girls wrestling team took fifth place overall out of 11 scoring teams at the girls wrestling Essex County Tournament at Nutley High School on Friday, Feb. 16. The Blue Knights had 56 points. Bloomfield was first with 165 points. Irvington had four wrestlers in the tournament and each […]
Lambert wins 285-pound title to power the Blue Knights
IRVINGTON, NJ — The Irvington High School boys wrestling team enjoyed a good showing at the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s District 12 tournament at West Essex Regional High School in North Caldwell on Saturday, Feb. 17. The Blue Knights, under head coach Kyle Steele, finished in fourth place in the team standings among […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Senior forward Corey Pearson scored 22 points and senior guard Jaden Pearson scored 15 points to lead the Irvington High School boys basketball team to a 68-45 win at Newark East Side on Wednesday, Feb. 14, in a Super Essex Conference crossover divisional game. Senior forward Jordan Ogbewele had 9 points, senior […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Senior forward Keon Sampson scored 14 points and grabbed four rebounds, senior forward DJ Mangan had 11 points and senior forward Corey Pearson had 10 points to lead the Irvington High School boys basketball team to an 87-48 home win over Newark Lab on Saturday, Feb. 10, in a Super Essex Conference […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — The Irvington High School boys basketball team hosted Columbia High School of Maplewood on Thursday, Feb. 8. Columbia won, 53-49. Photos Courtesy of Felicia Laguerre Owens
IRVINGTON, NJ — The 2024 Irvington High School Athletic Hall of Fame induction banquet will take place on Thursday, May 16, at Mamma Victoria’s, located at 160 Franklin Avenue, in Nutley, beginning at 6 p.m. This year’s induction class includes Nashawn Brooks, who will be inducted posthumously; Yvonne Bradford; Randy James; current girls flag football, […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — The Irvington High School girls track and field team enjoyed good efforts at the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s North Jersey, Section 2, Group 4 State Championships at the “Bubble” in Toms River on Saturday, Feb. 3. On the girls side, senior Nouseline Georges took third place in the 55-meter hurdles […]