UPPER MONTCLAIR – The Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center is pleased to announce the opening of “Champions in Bronze” – an exhibit of iconic sports sculptures by Marc Mellon, one of America’s foremost figurative sculptors. Known for his portrait busts, commemorative statues and other works in bronze, Mellon’s works are highly recognizable throughout the […]
NUTLEY – The Nutley High School varsity baseball team hopes to get on track after losing to both Montclair and Bloomfield to start the season. Andrew Connor went 3-for-3 with two doubles and two RBI and freshman Marty Higgins homered and drove in two runs for NHS in a 9-7 loss at Montclair in the […]
NUTLEY – Samantha Echevarria went 3-for-4 with two doubles and three RBI and Lauren Hogan also went 3-for-4 with a double and three RBI to lead the Nutley High School varsity softball team to a 10-0 win over Bloomfield in the season opener Friday, April 1, at Yantacaw Park. Emily Holden fired a one-hitter with […]
A dinner honoring the all-time Essex County boys’ and girls’ basketball players who starred during the Essex County Tournament era will be held April 28 at 6 p.m. at the Franklin Steakhouse in Nutley. The ECT for boys began in 1947 and for girls in 1975. The cost is $25 per person. Tickets can be […]
NUTLEY – The 29th Annual Third Half Club “March Madness” Elementary School Basketball Tournament did not disappoint fans this year. It started off by welcoming back Good Shepherd to the the tournament, which lost a tough opening round game to eventual runner-up Washington School. Washington was led by Nick Schroeder and David Barry throughout the […]
NUTLEY – The Nutley High School varsity softball team returns a strong group from last year’s squad that won the state North Jersey Section 2, Group 3 tournament championship and finished with a 24-8 record. The Lady Raiders lost two players to graduation – pitcher Carly Anderson and second baseman Jenna Saporito. But the team […]
NUTLEY – Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr., third from right, congratulates Nutley High School senior Blair Watson, second from left, for being named to the McDonald’s All-American Girls Basketball Team. Watson is the only student-athlete from New Jersey named to this year’s squad and just the ninth player from the Garden State in history. The McDonald’s restaurant at […]
NUTLEY – Nutley High School’s Geoff Bevere, Matt Schettino and Marty Higgins earned boys’ basketball All-Super Essex Conference-Freedom Division honors. Bevere, a senior, made the first team; Schettino, a sophomore, made the second team; and Higgins, a freshman, made honorable mention. In addition, Bevere and Schettino made Worrall Media All-Area second team. The Raiders finished […]
NUTLEY – A player such as Blair Watson comes once in a generation; maybe a lifetime. Watson, a senior 6-foot-1, unquestionably had a terrific girls’ basketball career at Nutley High School, becoming the school’s all-time leading scorer for both boys’ and girls’ basketball. Watson, a McDonald’s All-American, finished her career with 2,127 points. She averaged […]
Rutgers-bound Anthony Condito leads the way for Raiders
NUTLEY – The Nutley High School baseball program always has been one of the best in Essex County. Year in and year out, the Raiders are considered one of the title contenders in the Super Essex Conference-American Division, Greater Newark Tournament – which is the considered the Essex County tournament – and the state tournament. […]