ORANGE – The Orange High School girls’ varsity basketball team defeated North Plainfield before losing to Millburn in the Millburn Holiday Tournament. Imani May had 18 points and Lorenzia Hammer had 16 points in the 42-22 win over North Plainfield on Dec. 28. Shatiana Fryer had six points for OHS. Imani Paul had 12 points […]
ORANGE – Entering his second stint as head coach of the Orange High School boys’ varsity basketball team, Jamaal Cooper has confidence that his Tornadoes will get better as the season progresses. Sure, the team competes in the American Division, which is the highest division of the Super Essex Conference. But with improved offensive familiarity […]
ORANGE – The Orange High School boys’ and girls’ basketball teams will tip off their seasons Dec. 18. The following are their schedules: Boys’ basketball Dec. 18, at Irvington, 4 p.m. Dec. 22, at East Side, 4 p.m. Dec. 26, 28, 30, Union City Tournament Jan. 4, at Scotch Plains, 4 p.m. Jan. 5, at […]
ORANGE – Orange resident Dwayne Warren, a junior wide receiver for the Seton Hall Prep varsity football team, also has earned Worrall Media All-Area honors. Warren had 41 receptions for 619 yards and seven TDs, all team highs. SHP, based in West Orange, finished with a 6-3 record, sharing the Super Essex Conference-American Division title with […]
ORANGE – The Orange High School varsity football team featured several outstanding players during its 7-3 playoff season. The following players have earned Worrall Media All-Area honors: senior offensive guard/defensive tackle Ahmir Copher, junior running back/linebacker Umar Jenkins, senior slotback/free safety Ricarkdo Francis, freshman cornerback Nyquee Hawkins, senior running back/defensive back Al’Jaqua Hawkins, Nyquee’s cousin; […]
ORANGE – Jamar Summers, a sophomore cornerback for the University of Connecticut football team, was named First Team All-American Athletic Conference as the league announced its postseason honors on Wednesday, Dec. 1. Summers, an Orange High School graduate, led the American Athletic Conference in interceptions with seven during the regular season, which also placed him […]
EAST ORANGE – The East Orange Campus High School boys’ varsity soccer team featured several players who earned honors this season. On the All-Super Essex Conference-Colonial Division, senior defender Bendjener Alexander, junior forward Roshard Jervis, freshman attacking midfielder Morrison Milfort and senior goalie Stanley Igbudu made first team; senior center back Andrae Walsh, junior Sebastian […]
EAST ORANGE – In an effort to create a more competitive balance for high school football, athletic directors representing four conferences gathered to officially approve the creation of the North Jersey Super Football Conference, during a meeting at Mayfair Farms in West Orange on Wednesday, Nov. 4. Believed to be the largest high school […]
UPPER MONTCLAIR – Never have televised sports become so pervasive. In today’s ever-widening world of sports there are more games, more pre-game shows, more post-game analyses, more everything. And more and more former athletes dominate the airwaves. We take for granted the countless ex-players who transition from the playing field to the broadcast booth or […]
ORANGE – “This is a tough one for us,” said Orange High School head varsity football coach Randy Daniel. “We over-thought the game which we defeated ourselves.” He is speaking of the Tornadoes’ first-round loss to the Scarlets of Ridgefield Park High School, 33-12, in the NJSIAA North Jersey Section 2 Group 3 playoffs this […]