ORANGE, NJ – As an athlete and coach, Al Thompson, a 1968 graduate of Orange High School, has experienced a host of thrills in the world of sports. In college at Montclair State, Thompson was a fine back who played on an NCAA Division 2 national championship team in football. Clary Anderson, who was a […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ – Throughout the season, Akeem Lindo showed that he is arguably the best high school boys’ hurdler in the state. On the state’s biggest stage, the East Orange Campus High School senior proved that status. Lindo won both the 110-meter hurdles and 400-meter hurdles at the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association […]
ORANGE, NJ – At Orange High School, over the years, sports fans have enjoyed watching such talented athletes as Monte Irvin in baseball, Greg Tynes in basketball, and Terrell Willis in football. And on a team basis, Orange fans will always remember such squads as the 1973-74 hoops team which racked up an impressive 29-1 […]
ORANGE, NJ – The 2018 Orange High School baseball team clinched the co-championship of the Super Essex Conference (SEC)-Independence Division. With a 10-2 division record (11-8 overall), this is the school’s first SEC division championship in baseball. Orange and East Orange Campus shared the division championship. “Our goal at the beginning of the year was […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ – The 25th annual Paul Robeson High School All-Star Football Classic will take place June 14 at Paul Robeson Stadium in East Orange at 7 p.m. The game pits graduating seniors from Essex and Hudson Counties (East team) against graduating seniors from Morris, Sussex and Passaic counties (West team). Representing Orange HS […]
ORANGE, NJ – Orange High School girls’ track and field stars Joanna Marcelin and Tatayanna Beckford gave fine efforts at the NJSIAA Group 3 State Championships held at Central Regional HS in Bayville, June 1-2. Beckford finished fifth in the javelin at 106-1, while Marcelin was 18th in the long jump at 16-1. The two […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ – The 25th annual Paul Robeson High School Football All-Star Classic will take place June 14 at Paul Robeson Stadium in East Orange at 7 p.m. The game pits graduating seniors from Essex and Hudson Counties (East team) against graduating seniors from Morris, Sussex and Passaic counties (West team). Representing Orange HS […]
Photos by Steve Ellmore: Orange vs. East Orange Campus, Unity Cup Game, May 23, at Monte Irvin Field in Orange. ORANGE, NJ – The Orange High School varsity baseball team defeated East Orange Campus High School, 7-3, in the eighth annual Unity Cup Game between the two schools on Wednesday, May 23, at Monte Irvin […]
ORANGE, NJ – Tatayanna Beckford and Joanna Marcelin posted top-six finishes to lead the Orange High School girls’ track and field team at the NJSIAA North Jersey Section 2, Group 3 State Championships held at Middletown North HS, May 25-26. Beckford finished third in the javelin with a throw of 104 feet-8 inches and Marcelin […]
The Men of Essex, Inc. has selected track phenom Reanda Richards of West Essex Regional High School to be the recipient of the 2018 “Essex Award.” The 60th Anniversary Essex Awards dinner banquet was held on Wednesday, May 16, at Cedar Hill Golf & Country Club in Livingston. Richards broke a 36-year-old meet record in […]