ORANGE, NJ — Junior Montez Boswell ran for 140 yards and a touchdown on 15 carries and senior quarterback Zyvion Latham completed two passes, both for touchdowns to junior receiver Ja’Maarey Hall-Hawkins for eight yards and 15 yards, as the Orange High School football team won its first game of the season with a 27-0 […]
ORANGE, NJ – Orange was disappointed about missing the playoffs last season, ending a streak of five straight postseason appearances. Last year for the first time, the Born Power Index was used to help calculate the United Power Rating that determined playoff qualification. The Born Power Index was partly based on margin of victory in […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ – High school football practices are whole lot different. In February, the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association announced new contact rules. Teams are now allowed 15 minutes of full-contact drills in practice per week during the season, a drastic cut of the previous allotment of 90 minutes. Full contact is considered […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The New Jersey Fencing Alliance, located at 50 Burnett Ave. in Maplewood, will host the United States Fencing Junior Cadet Regional Circuit tournament this weekend, Aug. 24-25, from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. More than 600 fencers, including prominent nationally-ranked fencers, will be competing from numerous states on the U.S. east coast […]
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 […]