ORANGE – Jason Juarez pitched five complete innings, allowing no walks and three hits while striking out 12, to lead the Orange High School varsity baseball team to a 10-0 win over Shabazz at Monte Irvin Field at Central Playground on April 5. Welington Jimenez (3-for-3 with a double, triple, three-RBI and three-runs scored) and […]
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 […]
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 […]
ORANGE – Jason Juarez went 4-for-5 with a triple, two-RBI and two-runs scored to lead the Orange High School varsity baseball team to a 10-9 road win over Lincoln High School of Jersey City in the season opener. Juarez also recorded three outs in the bottom of the seventh inning for the save. Freshman Moses […]
ORANGE – Orange High School’s Rasheed Boyd, Latrell Wilson and Zahier Childs have earned boys’ basketball All-Super Essex Conference-American Division honors. Boyd, a junior forward, made the first team. Wilson, a junior forward, and Childs, a junior point guard, made honorable mention. The SEC-American is the highest division of the conference. Boyd averaged 12 points […]
ORANGE – The Orange High School varsity baseball team, which returns seven starters, has its sights set on a winning record in 2016. “We’re still young, but this is the most experienced team we’ve had during my time here,” said Wally Boyett, now in his seventh season as head coach. The team returns two seniors, […]
ORANGE – Orange High School has started a boys’ volleyball program this spring. Melissa Natalie is the head coach and Blas Ortega is the assistant coach. Mohammed Abdelaziz, Vice Principal/Athletics, noted the strong interest from students about forming a boys’ volleyball program. “We had students interested,” he said. “I brought it to the attention of […]
ORANGE – Orange High School girls’ basketball players Lorenzah Hammer and Imani May, both juniors, made All-Super Essex Conference-Colonial Divisiono first team. In addition, May made first team and Hammer made second team on the Worrall Media All-Area. May averaged 13.9 points per game. The Lady Tornadoes finished with a 14-11 record this season.
High School Girls’ Basketball All-Super Essex Conference Colonial Division FIRST TEAM Grace Cannon, Bloomfield Aniyah Allen, Bloomfield Alyssa Deblasis, Caldwell Jessica Washington, Irvington Jasmine Williams, Irvington Lorenzah Hammer, Orange Imani May, Orange Sarosha Parsons, Livingston SECOND TEAM Genesis Collins, Bloomfield Desiree Mayer, Verona Nicolette Tufano, Caldwell Caroline Kirnan, Caldwell Neith Wideman, St. Vincent, Acdemy Alexis […]
High School Boys’ Basketball All-Super Essex Conference-American Division FIRST TEAM TJ Gibbs, Seton Hall Prep Mustafa Lawrence, Newark Tech Zamir Wright, University Zach Keller, Seton Hall Prep Othniel Nyameke, Irvington Rasheed Boyd, Orange Tariq McKenith, University Henry Voorhees, Columbia Elijah Olaniyi, East Side SECOND TEAM Hassan Ceesay, East Side Treyvon Bennett, Seton Hall Prep Stephen […]