WEST ORANGE – Five Seton Hall Prep student-athletes have signed National Letters of Intent with Division I institutions. Back row, from left to right, are Headmaster Robert E. Harahan, Ryan Toohers (baseball, Villanova University), Nick DiNicola (baseball, West Virginia University), and Director of Athletics Lawrence L. Baggitt. Front row, from left, are Colin Kirst (lacrosse, […]
WEST ORANGE – The West Orange United Soccer Club concluded another successful fall season. On Saturday, Nov. 21, the Sounders U10 boys traveled to Garfield to take on SC Vistula. Garfield took the game, 5-0, to hand the Sounders their first loss of the season. Despite the loss, the Sounders still took first place in […]
WEST ORANGE – West Orange High School senior Rachel Ruffino has become the first female golfer in school history to receive an athletic golf scholarship at Southern New Hampshire University. Ruffino, 18, signed her Letter of Intent on Nov. 20, guaranteeing that she will attend SNHU on a Division 2 golf scholarship. She is also […]
WEST ORANGE – The West Orange High School girls’ varsity occer team certainly enjoyed much success this year. And undoubtedly, there were several Mountaineers who helped lead the way. The following WOHS players have earned Worrall Media All-Area honors: Kristina Jaeger, Racquel Chong, Anabella Schuler, Heidi Paulson, Kaylese Gist, Hannah Villasin and Krista Dong. One […]
WEST ORANGE – Despite not being able to win a state championship, head coach Doug Nevins knows his West Orange High School boys’ varsity soccer team has nothing to ashamed of. The Mountaineers’ goal for a state Group 4 title fell short when they lost to Washington Township on Sunday, Nov. 22, in the state […]
WEST ORANGE – During the preseason, head coach Doug Nevins knew his West Orange High School boys’ varsity soccer team could be in store for a tremendous season. But to finish the season as state champions? That was something even Nevins could not have expected. After a tremendous run, the Mountaineers came oh-so-close. Regrouping […]
WEST ORANGE – The Mountain Top League Basketball Thanksgiving Weekend Clinic will be held Sunday, Nov. 29, at Roosevelt Middle School. Session 1: Grades 3-5, 10:30 a.m. to noon (check-in 10 a.m.). Session 2: Grades 6-8, 12:30 to 2 p.m. (check-in noon). Enrollment is limited. There is a maximum of 50 participants per session. The […]
UPPER MONTCLAIR – Never have televised sports become so pervasive. In today’s ever-widening world of sports there are more games, more pre-game shows, more post-game analyses, more everything. And more and more former athletes dominate the airwaves. We take for granted the countless ex-players who transition from the playing field to the broadcast booth or […]
WEST ORANGE – The West Orange High School boys’ varsity soccer team is one win from winning its second state Group 4 championship in three years. The Mountaineers, under 16th-year head coach Doug Nevins, will face defending champion Washington Township in the state Group 4 championship game at Kean University in Union on Sunday, Nov. […]
WEST ORANGE – The Seton Hall Prep varsity soccer team ended a great season. The fourth-seeded Pirates lost to top-seeded Delbarton in a 3-2 heartbreaker in the semifinals of the state North Jersey Non-Public A tournament on Nov. 10 at The Ryan Family Field at Delbarton in Morris Township. The Pirates finished the season with […]