IRVINGTON, NJ — The Irvington High School girls flag football team will host Dickinson High School, of JerseyCity, and East Orange Campus High School on Thursday, April 4, in the season opener at 5 p.m. Irvington, under head coach Kyle Steele, is one of the top girls flag football teams in the state. In 2021, […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — The Irvington High School football team will have a familiar person to lead the program. Marco Soto, who has been assistant coach for the Blue Knights for the past few years, was officially named the new IHS head coach. Soto was approved by the Board of Education during its monthly meeting on […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Irvington High School senior Tyler James has been selected to play in the 46th annual Phil Simms New Jersey North–South High School All-Star Football Classic on Sunday, June 9, at Kean University’s Alumni Stadium in Union. Kickoff is at 5 p.m. James is a 6-foot-3, 290-pound offensive lineman. The game features high […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — The Irvington High School boys basketball teams featured three players who earned all–Super Essex Conference honors, as voted by the divisional coaches. The following are the honorees: SEC-Liberty Division FIRST TEAM Jaden Pearson, senior guard. HONORABLE MENTION Jazmir Taylor, sophomore guard. Jayden Bermudez, sophomore guard. Pearson averaged 12.8 points and 5.9 rebounds […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Cashieve Blair, an 2022 Irvington High School graduate, is enjoying a fine career so far for the St. Peter’s University track and field team. Blair, a sophomore, broke his own school record in the men’s 200-meter dash to place third with a time of 21.58 seconds to lead St. Peter’s at the […]
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 […]