WEST ORANGE, NJ – The 16th-seeded West Orange High School boys’ varsity basketball team lost at top-seeded Bloomfield, 57-52, in the first round of the NJSIAA North Jersey Section 1, Group 4 tournament on Feb. 27. The Mountaineers led 41-38 going into the fourth quarter, but Bloomfield rallied to win. WOHS finished the season with […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ – The Seton Hall Prep varsity basketball team won its final regular season home game, defeating Newark Tech at Tracey Gymnasium, 67-55, to raise its record to 14-9. They were led by Austin Williams, who scored 18 points with six rebounds, and five assists. Jabri Abdur-Rahim scored eight points, Treyvon Bennett had […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ – The Seton Hall Prep wrestling team continued its great season at the Region 4 tournament held at Union High School, Feb. 22, 24-25, as the Pirates had a school-record five wrestlers qualify for the NJSIAA state tournament to be held at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, March 3-5. The team sent […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ (updated Monday Feb. 27, 1:18 p.m.) – West Orange High School wrestler Victor Lopez, who became the all-time winningest wrestler in WOHS history earlier this season, captured the 113-pound weight class at the Region 3 tournament held at WOHS. Lopez advances to the NJSIAA state tournament for the second year in a row. […]
WEST ORANGE (updated Tuesday Feb. 28, 11:18 a.m.) – Even though it was playing in its first Essex County Tournament championship in the 43-year history of the tournament, the West Orange High School girls’ varsity basketball team didn’t show any jitters. After all, the third-seeded Mountaineers came into the game with just two losses all […]
High School Wrestling REGION 3 at West Orange HS QUARTERFINALS, Feb. 24 106: Cullen Day (Phillipsburg) p. Michael Rodriguez (Becton) 2:49; Jake Bursese (Hanover Park) d. Matt DeStefanis (Randolph) 5-4; Will Grater (Queen of Peace) d. Darren Jones (Caldwell) 2-1; Quinn Melofchik (Belvidere) d. Anthony Clark (Delbarton) 3-2. 113: Anthony Petrillo (Livingston) d. Alex Strashinsky […]
The following is an updated bracket for the North Jersey Section 1, Group 4 state tournament for high school girls’ varsity basketball, after Paterson Eastside was forced out of the tournament by the Paterson Public School District, which imposed penalties against the Eastside athletic department in the wake of an alleged system of allowing foreign […]
MONTCLAIR, NJ – For the past several weekends, the Montclair YMCA Dolphins have been competing in championship meets that provide swimmers with additional opportunities to qualify for the 2017 NJ YMCA State Championships. The NJ YMCA Bronze Championships took place at the Raritan Bay YMCA in Perth Amboy, February 11-12. At the Bronze meet, 87 […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ (update Friday Feb. 24, 10:39 a.m.) – The Bloomfield High School boys’ varsity basketball team received the top seed in the North Jersey Section 1, Group 4 tournament and will host No. 16 seed West Orange on Monday, Feb. 27, at 7 p.m. The winner will face the winner between No. 9 seed and No. […]
Region 3 At West Orange H.S. Feb. 22 First Round 106: Michael Rodriguez (Becton) d. Dominic Cofone (Nutley) 8-6; Darren Jones (Caldwell) d. Jacy Jones (Montclair) 7-1; Jake Bursese (Hanover Park) t.f. Kenneth Ramos (North Bergen) 5:33 (15-0); Will Grater (Queen of Peace) d. Matthew Nichter (Livingston) 9-2. 113: Alex Strashinsky (Delbarton) d. Alex Lyon […]