Bloomfield Babe Ruth Baseball seeks players for fall league

BLOOMFIELD, NJ – Bloomfield Babe Ruth Baseball will be sponsoring a recreational level baseball league this fall. Players between the ages of 13 and 16 may register. Players who graduated from Little League are eligible to register. Play is expected to begin approximately Sept. 23. Assessments will take place on Sept. 16 at Wrights Field. […]

Seton Hall Prep soccer team primed for another great year

Seton Hall Prep soccer team primed for another great year

  WEST ORANGE, NJ – The Seton Hall Prep varsity soccer team enjoyed one of its best seasons last fall,  finishing with an 18-2-3 record that included capturing the Essex County Tournament championship and advancing to the state North Jersey Non-Public A tournament semifinals where they lost to eventual champion Delbarton, 3-2. Marty Berman, entering […]

West Orange PAL Mustang Football teams excited for new season

West Orange PAL Mustang Football teams excited for new season

  WEST ORANGE, NJ – The West Orange PAL Mustangs are looking forward to an exciting 2016 season. The program has more than 120 players and 75 cheerleaders this season from ages 8-14. They will compete at three levels (10U, 12U, 14U) in the unlimited weight Hudson County Youth Football League. It takes a lot […]

West Orange Recreation Department offers fall programs

WEST ORANGE – The West Orange Recreation Department is offering several upcoming fall programs. Mity Mites Football and Cheerleading, grades K-1 – This program will be held on Monday evenings at the Tarnoff Gym at West Orange High School.  These two separate programs introduce the fundamentals of football and cheerleading in a clinic environment.  The […]

Seton Hall Prep soccer player Nick Kriak picked for Italy trip

West Orange junior excited to play for select team

Seton Hall Prep soccer player Nick Kriak picked for Italy trip

WEST ORANGE – Ever since he was 3 years old, Nick Kriak has loved playing soccer. Not only is the West Orange resident getting ready for his junior season for the highly-regarded Seton Hall Prep varsity soccer team, but he is also making a trip to Italy as part of the PUMA Il Viaggio program. […]

Seton Hall Prep twin pitchers Jamil and Jermaine Vanheyningen select Division 1 Campbell University

Seton Hall Prep twin pitchers Jamil and Jermaine Vanheyningen select Division 1 Campbell University

WEST ORANGE – Twin right-handed pitchers Jamil and Jermaine Vanheyningen, who are rising seniors on the Seton Hall Prep varsity baseball team, have verbally committed to Campbell University, located in Buies Creek, N.C., to continue their baseball careers. The West Orange residents were key contributors for this past spring’s SHP team that won the Greater […]

Bill Allen, longtime sports photographer and sports writer, will be greatly missed

High school fans were saddened to learn the passing of Bill Allen, a longtime sports photographer and sports writer. Allen, who died unexpectedly Sunday, Aug. 14, at the age of 58, always had a happy-go-lucky disposition while taking photos of countless scholastic events and writing feature stories and game stories for more than three decades. […]

West Orange HS fall team schedules

WEST ORANGE – The West Orange High School fall varsity teams will begin their seasons next month. The football team will host Union City, Sept. 9, to kick off the season. The boys’ soccer team last season won the state North Jersey Section 1, Group 4 tournament championship and finished as state Group 4 runner-up […]