WEST ORANGE – The fourth-seeded West Orange High School varsity baseball team will host 13th-seeded Bloomfield in the first round of the state North Jersey Section 1, Group 4 tournament on May 23 at 7 p.m. The winner will face the winner between fifth-seeded Montclair and 12th-seeded North Bergen in the quarterfinals on May 26. […]
Teams will meet again for Essex County title
NUTLEY – Andrew Santos delivered an RBI squeeze bunt with no outs in the bottom of the ninth inning to lift the Nutley High School varsity baseball team to a thrilling 5-4 walk-off win over Seton Hall Prep, ranked No. 2 in the state, on May 18 at the Park Oval in a Super Essex […]
Baseball Experts Examine Which Baseball Team Had the Best Cluster of Championship Seasons
LITTLE FALLS — Baseball has always had supreme rulers. Even teams more known for their ineptitude – the St. Louis Browns and Chicago Cubs – once dominated America’s pastime. As Casey Stengel once said: You could look it up: The Browns won four straight pennants in the late 1880s and the pre-cursed Cubs won four […]
WEST ORANGE – Head coach Stephan Zichella said all cylinders were clicking for his West Orange High School baseball varsity team. “Our pitching staff has been lights out as every single starter has at least three wins,” said the coach, whose squad had a mark of 12-5 entering the week of May 15. “They’ve just […]
WEST ORANGE – The West Orange WAVE summer swim team will be hosting tryouts on Wednesday, June 1, at 4 p.m. West Orange residents ages 7-18 are eligible to try out. Please arrive at the Ginny Duenkel Pool, located a 60 ½ Cherry St., with all the proper equipment (bathing suit, towel, cap and goggles). […]
WEST ORANGE – On a beautiful Mother’s Day afternoon, the U10 Swansea girls soccer team of the West Orange United Soccer Club defeated Tenafly 6-2 at the Alpine Elementary School. Fazi Annan opened the scoring for Swansea after a long scramble in the goal mouth. Lucy Fishkin doubled the lead with a shot from outside […]
WEST ORANGE – The Seton Hall Prep varsity baseball team will seek to win the 84th Greater Newark Tournament championship for the fourth consecutive season when the Pirates face Nutley High School in the GNT final on Saturday, May 21, at Verona High School at noon, The top-seeded Pirates defeated fourth-seeded Montclair, 13-0, in the […]
WEST ORANGE – The West Orange High School and Seton Hall Prep track and field teams enjoyed solid performances at the Super Essex Conference-American Division Championships at Schools Stadium in Newark on May 14. In the boys’ team standings, SHP finished second overall among the seven teams. The PIrates were six points behind winner East […]
WEST ORANGE – The 10th-seeded West Orange High School varsity baseball team lost at second-seeded Millburn, 7-4, in the quarterfinals of the Greater Newark Tournament on May 12. Kevin Rodriguez had a double and two RBI; Vincent DeSantis had two hits and an RBI; Liam White had an RBI and Tyree Bradley had two hits […]
WEST ORANGE – In the game of baseball, two of the biggest joys for Frank Genova were playing first base for Roselle Catholic and rooting for the Yankees during the Derek Jeter era. But at the top of the list for Genova is serving as the head coach for the diamond squad at Golda Och […]