NUTLEY – Helyna Bissell, of Nutley, finished her high school softball career this month with a state Non-Public B championship. Bissell, team co-captain, helped lead Lodi Immaculate Conception to a 3-0 victory over Benedictine Academy in the state Non-Public B championship game on June 10 at Kean University, going 2-for-3 with a single and RBI […]
Correction: Emily Holden is the All-Area Player of the Year. NUTLEY (updated Thursday June 16, 2:16 p.m.) – The Nutley High School softball team enjoyed another strong season under longtime venerable head coach Luann Zullo. The Raiders featured several outstanding players who earned All-Super Essex Conference-American Division honors. They include senior left-handed pitcher Emily Holden, […]
FEMALE ATHLETE OF THE MONTH
NUTLEY, NJ — Emily Holden is one of the leaders on the Nutley High School softball team this season. She is a standout left-handed pitcher as well as a dependable hitter. As a pitcher, she has thrown 11 shutouts, including three no-hitters, struck out 241 batters and boasted a 0.948 earned run average, while at […]
Update: Nutley has dropped out of the league. The Essex County Senior American Legion Baseball League will begin the season Wednesday, June 8. The league consists of high school players. SCHEDULE Wednesday June 8 Bloomfield at Livingston, 5:45 p.m. Saturday June 11 Bloomfield at Belleville, 10 a.m. Sunday June 12 Cedar […]
MALE ATHLETE OF THE MONTH
Anthony Condito, a senior right fielder on the Nutley High School baseball team, is considered one of the top baseball players in the state. Condito, also the starting quarterback for the NHS football team, last fall signed a National Letter of Intent to continue his baseball career at Rutgers University on an athletic scholarship. This spring, […]
NUTLEY – The Nutley High School varsity softball team showed much resiliency, but fell to Middletown South, 8-4, in eight innings in the semifinals of the state North Jersey Section 2, Group 3 tournament on May 31 at Yanticaw Park. The Raiders, who were the defending state North Jersey Section 2, Group 3 tournament champions, […]
NUTLEY – The Nutley High School varsity baseball team finished a stellar season after losing to Cranford, 8-6, in the state North Jersey Section 2, Group 3 tournament semifinals on May 31 in Cranford. The eighth-seeded Raiders took a 6-1 lead going into the bottom of the fifth inning. But fourth-seeded Cranford scored six runs […]
GLEN RIDGE – Capping a great season, the Glen Ridge High School varsity golf team tied with Nutley High School for the team title at the Super Essex Conference-Liberty Division Championships at East Orange Golf Course in Short Hills on May 26. The Ridgers and Nutley each shot a total score of 312. GRHS junior […]
NUTLEY – Montclair State University sophomore Lia Negra, Nutley High School Class of 2014, unloaded a lifetime best throw of 42.21 meters (138 feet-6 inches) to claim eighth place at the 2016 NCAA Division III Track and Field Championships held at Wartburg College in Iowa. The eighth-place finish earned an All-American status for Red Hawk […]
NUTLEY – Nutley High School junior Matt Dasilva successfully battled the excessive heat and humidity and came away from the opening round of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association Track and Field North Jersey Section 1, Group 3 Championships with four medals at River Dell HS in Oradell, May 27-28. On Friday night, May […]