ORANGE, NJ – The Monte Irvin Giants baseball team, based in Orange, finished runner-up to the Greensboro (N.C.) Bison in the 2019 MJBL Inner City Classic held July 30 through Aug. 4 in Richmond, Va. The championship game was a hard-fought affair, but in the end, the Bison outlasted the Giants by a score of […]
ORANGE, NJ – The New York Vipers captured the 5th Annual Monte Irvin Giants Wood Bat championship with a 7-6 victory over the Camden Braves at Monte Irvin field at Central Playground. The Vipers went 3-0-1 in the tournament. “This year, every game was exciting and went down to the wire,” said Wally Boyett, Tournament […]
ORANGE, NJ – The Orange Bengals youth football program began practicing Aug. 1 for the upcoming fall season. The Bengals are practicing Mondays through Fridays at Orange Park on the Oakwood Avenue side from 6 to 8 p.m. The program is for ages 5-12 and involves four levels: Flag – ages 5-7, Mitey Mites – […]
ORANGE, NJ – Coach Lisa Morgan’s Great American Track Camp will take place August 5 to August 9 at Bell Stadium for boys and girls ages 5 to 17. The camp will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Breakfast and lunch is served. The camp offers a fun-filled experience by exposing campers to […]
ORANGE, NJ – The 5th Annual Monte Irvin Giants 19U Wood Bat Classic baseball tournament will be held Saturday, July 27 and Sunday, July 28 at Monte Irvin field at Central Playground in Orange, located at 401 Central Ave. Admission is free. In addition to the hometown Giants, teams committed to play include the New […]
ORANGE, NJ – On the July 6-7 weekend, the Orange Monte Irvin Giants 19u summer team traveled to the Bronx, N.Y. to participate in the Julio Carballo Memorial Baseball Tournament. After a semifinal win, the Giants lost to the N.Y. Vipers in the championship game Sunday afternoon, July 7. “I thought it was a good […]
ORANGE, NJ – Orange High School wrestling brothers Pierre Senat and Merlin Senat gave good efforts at the NJSIAA Region 3 tournament held at West Orange HS, Feb. 21-23. Pierre, a senior, finished in fifth place in the 120-pound division. In the first round Feb. 21, Pierre pinned West Orange’s Damianlee Torres in 38 seconds. […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ – The quarterfinals of the Region 3 wrestling tournament at West Orange HS took place Friday night, Feb. 22. The semifinals, wrestlebacks, third-place consolations and finals will be held Saturday, Feb. 23, all at WOHS. The top four finishers in each weight division will advance to the NJSIAA state finals at Boardwalk […]
ORANGE, NJ – Jamar Summers, an Orange High School graduate, is a member of the Birmingham Iron of the Alliance of American Football, which began its debut season early this month. Summers, a cornerback, played at the University of Connecticut following high school. He signed with the Pittsburgh Steelers as a undrafted free agent in […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ – The first round of the Region 3 wrestling tournament at West Orange HS took place last night, Feb. 21. The quarterfinals will take place tonight, Feb. 22, and the semifinals, wrestlebacks, third-place consolations and finals will be held Saturday, Feb. 23, all at WOHS. The top four finishers in each weight […]