WEST ORANGE, NJ – Two lifelong friends who happen to be head coaches and fraternity brothers of historically Afro American Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. were looking to do something that wasn’t done – they were actually playing against each other for the first time. Ron Jackson’s Paterson Kennedy Knights took the opportunity to open […]
WEST ORANGE,NJ — During halftime of the West Orange High School football team’s home opener against Paterson Kennedy on Friday night, Sept. 13, the late Christopher “CJ” Morgan was honored as his family gathered on the field. Morgan, a 2015 WOHS graduate, was a standout football player and wrestler. A cadet at the U.S. Military […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The West Orange High School boys soccer team played to a 2-2 tie with Columbia on Sept. 11 at Columbia’s Ritzer field. Senior defender Yasin Aly and sophomore Tyrese Fokes each had a goal for the Mountaineers (0-2-1). Upcoming games Sept. 14, at Millburn, 2:30 p.m. Sept. 17, at Livingston, 4 p.m. […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The 2019 Seton Hall Prep soccer team was looking forward to the upcoming season with top returnees Jason Pereira, Aidan Dunphy and Lucas Ross leading the Pirates under the leadership of head coach Marty Berman, who enters his 34th year with a 464-188-61 record. On Wednesday, Sept. 4, they opened the […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ – The Seton Hall Prep cross-country team had an outstanding day of racing on Saturday, Sept. 7, at the Season Opener Invitational at Darlington County Park in Mahwah. Undeterred by the unique terrain of Darlington that runs over roads, paths and sand, the team put up impressive performances on all levels. The […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ – The Seton Hall Prep football team traveled to DePaul Catholic HS in Wayne on a rainey Friday night, Sept. 6, and dropped a 52-21 decision. SHP moved to 1-1 on the season. On the third play of the game, senior running back Matt Colantuono ran off left tackle and down the […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ – Darnell Grant had a memorable debut as the head coach of the West Orange High School football team. After losing to Montclair, 35-0, in the North 1, Group 5 sectional quarterfinals to end last season, the Mountaineers got their payback against the perennial power as they posted an emphatic 29-6 win […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — At West Orange, there’s certainly a lot of buzz. The Mountaineers have a new head coach in Darnell Grant, one of the most renowned coaches in North Jersey. Grant comes over Shabazz where he had an impressive 68-32 overall record in the past nine seasons, including two North 2, Group 1 […]
By Cynthia Cumming WEST ORANGE, NJ – Following a successful 11-5-2 season last fall, the West Orange High School boys soccer team is kicking into gear and setting its sights on division and tournament championships. The Mountaineers open the season Sept. 4 against Glen Ridge in a Super Essex Conference-American Division game at Carteret Park […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ – The Seton Hall Prep football team opened the 2019 season with a convincing 42-20 victory over Archbishop Carroll from Radnor, Pa. in the Rumble on the Raritan at SHI Stadium at Rutgers University in Piscataway on Saturday, Aug. 31. This is the first time the Pirates ever played at Rutgers and […]