Correction: Bergen Catholic is the No. 2 seed. WEST ORANGE – The Seton Hall Prep varsity lacrosse team, under longtime head coach Dave Giarrusso, finished another banner season. The third-seeded Pirates lost at second-seeded Bergen Catholic, 14-12, in the semifinals of the state Non-Public A tournament on May 28 in Oradell. SHP made a strong […]
WEST ORANGE (updated Tuesday May 31, 11:12 a.m.) – Kyrie Irving is back in the National Basketball Association Finals. For the second straight season, the West Orange native has led the Cleveland Cavaliers to the NBA Finals. Irving had a brilliant performance in the Game 6 series-clinching 113-87 win over the Toronto Raptors in the […]
WEST ORANGE – The West Orange High School varsity baseball team was three outs away from seeing its season end. The Mountaineers trailed 5-3 in the bottom of the ninth inning after Montclair scored two runs in the top of the inning. But the fourth-seeded Mountaineers showed their resiliency, rallying for three runs for a […]
WEST ORANGE –Griffin Westlin had three goals and three assists; Sean Leahey had three goals and Brian Tevlin had two goals and two assists to lead the third-seeded Seton Hall Prep varsity lacrosse team to a 15-2 win over sixth-seeded St. Joseph of Metuchen in the quarterfinals of the state Non-Public A tournament on May […]
WEST ORANGE – The Swansea U10 girls and the Fury U12 girls of the West Orange United Soccer Club enjoyed victories for the week-ending May 22. On a beautiful Sunday afternoon, the Swansea U10 girls defeated River Dell, 6-2, at River Dell Middle School. Madison Cyrus opened the scoring for Swansea on a rocket from […]
WEST ORANGE – The West Orange High School boys’ varsity lacrosse team enjoyed a successful season. The Mountaineers, under first-year head coach Peter Tourian, finished with a 9-8 overall record after losing to Morristown, 15-11, in the first round of the state North Jersey Group 4 tournament on May 18. Junior Andrew DiPalma had five […]
The Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center, located on the campus of Montclair State University, hosted the annual Super Essex Conference Best Teammate Award ceremony on Thursday, May 19. The Best Teammate Award is given annually to SEC student-athletes for promoting team unity, selflessness and positively impacting their team’s culture. The following are this […]
WEST ORANGE – Andrew Scholz pitched a two-hit complete game with four strikeouts and went 2-for-3 with two RBI to lead the fourth-seeded West Orange High School varsity baseball team to a 3-2 home win over 13th-seeded Bloomfield in the first round of the state North Jersey Section 1, Group 4 tournament on May 23. […]
WEST ORANGE (Updated Friday May 27, 5:47 p.m.) – The Seton Hall Prep varsity baseball team won the 84th Greater Newark Tournament championship for the fourth consecutive season. The top-seeded Pirates did it in emphatic fashion, beating third-seeded Nutley, 11-1, in the championship game held at Doc Goeltz Field in Verona on May 21, […]
Correction: Justin Jackson of Caldwell is second from right. Amir Copher of Orange is not in the photo. The Phil Simms 38th annual New Jersey North-South High School Football Senior All-Star Classic will take place June 27 at Kean University in Union. Kickoff is at 7 p.m. Pictured are players from Essex County schools, during […]