WEST ORANGE, NJ – The West Orange High School varsity softball team, under head coach Joel Troast, won its first two games to start the season. The Mountaineers defeated Newark East Side, 18-5, in the season opener April 5. Nahtali Simpson went 2-for-3 with a triple and six RBI; Erin Vermeal went 2-for-3 with two […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ – The West Orange High School varsity baseball team defeated Belleville, 9-4, in its season opener April 4 at home. Chris Walker led the way on the mound and at the plate. Walker allowed two runs in 4 1/3 innings with nine strikeouts to earn the win, and went 2-for-3 with four […]
Photos by Rich Morris/courtesy of SHP: Pirates vs. Millburn, April 6. WEST ORANGE, NJ – Despite the snow and cold weather, the Seton Hall Prep baseball team went 2-0 in the first week of the season. In the opener, the Pirates defeated East Side, 13-0, in five innings at Porcello Field. Senior right-hander Steven Sgaramella […]
Seton Hall Prep traditionally has one of the best baseball programs in New Jersey. The Pirates last season finished a remarkable 26-3, including winning the Super Essex Conference-American Division for the sixth time in the eight-year existence of the conference and captured a record fifth straight Greater Newark Tournament championship. Seton Hall Prep’s season opener […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ – The West Orange High School boys’ and girls’ track and field teams both finished in first place in Large School team standings at the Mountie Relays in the season opener on Saturday, March 31, at Woodman Field in Montclair. The following are their highlights: Girls One mile run: Franceska Jean-Jacques, fifth […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ – Golda Och Academy girls’ basketball standout player Ally Landau was one of the top scorers in New Jersey this past winter season. Landau, a sophomore, was second in the state in scoring average this season at 28.9 points per game and was named to the First Team on the All-Super Essex […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ – The West Orange High School girls’ varsity basketball team, which won the NJSIAA North Jersey Section 1, Group 4 state tournament for its first state sectional title in program history this season, featured four players who earned All-Super Essex Conference-American Division honors. Junior guard Mya Bembry, arguably the best player in […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ – West Orange High School senior Tyler Eatman was recognized by the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame, Essex Chapter, on March 6 at Mayfair Farms. Eatman received the recognition as a scholar-athlete along with his football performance and school leadership skills. “Tyler was four-year member of both the football […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ – This winter in Essex County, the two girls’ basketball teams which got the most attention were University, which won a state title, and Newark Tech, which won the Essex County Tournament championship. But another team which grabbed headlines was West Orange High School, which chalked up a 22-8 record. The Mountaineers, […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ – The West Orange High boys’ basketball team, under head coach Demond Cowins, fashioned an impressive 16-10 final record this season, including going 9-3 to finish second in the All-Super Essex Conference-Liberty Division behind Central. The following WOHS players earned All-SEC-Liberty Division honors: FIRST TEAM Stephon Sheard, junior guard SECOND TEAM Jelani […]