WEST ORANGE – Seton Hall Prep varsity baseball head coach Mike Sheppard Jr. won his 700th career game when the Pirates defeated West Essex, 2-0, April 20, at the Kelly Athletic Complex in West Orange. Sheppard Jr. has been the Pirates head coach for 30 seasons since 1987. He has a 700-190-4 record in […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE – The Cougar Soccer Club of Maplewood and South Orange will hold tryouts, April 25-28. For more information, visit cougarsoccer.com. In addition, the 35th annual Cougar Soccer Club Memorial Day Invitational will be held Saturday and Sunday, May 28-29, in Maplewood and South Orange. Here is the schedule: Saturday, May 28 U8-U9 Girls […]
WEST ORANGE – The West Orange High School varsity baseball team defeated both Glen Ridge, 4-1, Friday, April 15, at home, and Belleville, 15-0, the next day in Belleville. The Mountaineers then lost to Columbia, 7-6, April 18, in Maplewood, on bases-loaded walk-off RBI single by Eliot Dix in the bottom of the eighth inning. […]
WEST ORANGE – West Orange United Soccer Club teams gave good efforts depsite coming up with losses recently. The Swansea U10 girls lost a heartbreaker, 6-5, at Wyckoff Torpedoes on Sunday, April 16. Swansea took a deserved 3-1 lead into the break on two goals by Gianna D’Amore and one by Fazi Annan. Francesa Schuler […]
WEST ORANGE – The Seton Hall Prep varsity baseball team went 5-0 last week to raise its record to 8-0 on the season. The Pirates defeated Belleville, 9-3, April 11, at George Zanfini Memorial Field at Belleville High School. SHP opened the scoring with two runs in the second on an RBI double by senior […]
WEST ORANGE – The West Orange United Sounders U10 boys’ soccer team defeated Rockland, 8-7, to open the season on the road on Sunday, April 10. In the exciting back-and-forth contest, Michael Udodi had four goals; Yann Niamke had two goals; and Julian Bock and Cameron Morgan each had one goal to lead the Sounders.
WEST ORANGE – Andrew DiPalma had five goals and three assists and Isaac Arowosaye had three goals and two assists to lead the West Orange High School boys’ varsity lacrosse team to a 15-3 home win over Newark East Side on April 5. Marshall Lipsey had two goals and one assist and Ben Afolabi and […]
WEST ORANGE – The Seton Hall Prep varsity lacrosse team won its first three games before losing to Delbarton to move to a 3-1 record. The Pirates defeated Montclair, 16-3, April 7 at Verducci Field for its third win. Senior attacker Jack Rutter had six goals and one assist; senior midfielder Sean Leahey had two […]
WEST ORANGE – The West Orange High School boys’ and girls’ track and field teams enjoyed strong showings at the Comet Relays in Hackensack on April 9. The boys’ team finished second overall in the team standings, 10 points behind Ridgewood, in the Large Schools division. On the girls’ side, WOHS finished fifth overall in […]
WEST ORANGE – Head coach Stephan Zichella is certainly excited about what his West Orange High School baseball varsity team could achieve this year. And after the Mountaineers’ first two games this season, it’s easy to see why. “We’re looking really good right now and our 2-0 start is one of the best starts we’ve […]