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 […]
WEST ORANGE – Senior quarterback Marshall Lipsey threw two touchdown passes and junior slotback Michael Osuji rushed for 135 yards and a touchdown on 27 carries to lead the West Orange High School varsity football team to a 27-17 win over Morristown on Saturday, Nov. 14, at WOHS’ Joe Suriano in the season finale. The […]
WEST ORANGE – The Seton Hall Prep varsity football team, seeded third, lost to sixth-seeded Bergen Catholic, 49-20, in the quarterfinal round of the state Non-Public Group 4 playoffs on Friday, Nov. 13, at West Orange High School’s Joe Suriano Stadium on a cold and windy night. The Pirates finished the season with a 6-3 […]
WEST ORANGE – The West Orange United Soccer Club teams enjoyed victories for the week-ending Nov. 15. The Cosmos U8 boys enjoyed their second consecutive win on Nov. 14. The team defeated Bayonne by a score of 5-1 with three goals by Tafsir Diop and goals by Zachary McNeil and Zavier Innocent. Christian Deleon impressed […]
WEST ORANGE – For some, winning a state sectional title is a big deal. For head coach Doug Nevins and his West Orange High School boys’ varsity soccer team, the outstanding achievement has almost become the norm. “So proud of them; winning six sectional titles in 13 years is incredible,” commented Nevins, in his 16th […]