WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Seton Hall Prep ice hockey team will begin the season Friday, Nov. 29, against Don Bosco Prep at the Ice Vault in Wayne at 7 p.m. SHP fifth-year head coach Mike Atkinson is really looking forward to this season. “Our team will be built on speed and size,” he said. […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — More than 200 West Orange athletes, coaches, family members and friends joined at the Ridgefield Regency on Nov. 14 to link past and present at the 24th Athletic Hall of Fame 2019 Induction Ceremony. As the program described, “In October of 1987, a group of West Orange residents had a vision, […]
Mountaineers' rally falls short in loss to Union in playoff semifinals
By Joe Ragozzino and JR Parachini. The West Orange High School football team finished a stellar season. The fourth-seeded Mountaineers, under head coach Darnell Grant, staged a great rally against top-seeded and unbeaten Union, but the comeback fell short as they fell, 20-14, in the semifinals of the North Jersey Section 2, Group 5 state […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — On a cold and windy afternoon, the fourth-seeded Seton Hall Prep football team dropped a 20-15 decision to fifth-seeded St. Augustine Prep in the quarterfinal round of the Non-Public Group 4 State Tournament at Brendan P. Tevlin Memorial Field in West Orange. The Pirates, who had their seven-game winning streak snapped, […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Seton Hall Prep soccer team completed an outstanding season with a 22-1-1 season. The Pirates tied a school record with 22 wins, and set new school records of 20 shutouts and six fewest goals allowed. They captured their sixth Essex County Tournament, seventh Super Essex Conference- American Division title, seventh […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Seton Hall Prep cross-country team finished fourth out of 19 schools at the Non-Public “A” State Championships at Holmdel Park on Saturday, Nov. 16. Christan Brothers Academy won the team title. Colin Schweitzer, a senior, finished 11th in 16:37 out of 134 runners to lead the Pirates. Other SHP runners […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — West Orange High School sophomore Shane Brosnan finished 49th out of 151 runners in the boys’ division at the Group 4 State Cross-Country Championships at Holmdel Park on Saturday, Nov. 16. Brosnan, who was the lone WOHS qualifier for the meet, clocked 17:04.
WEST ORANGE, NJ — West Orange High School senior girls soccer phenom Natalie Nevins signed her National Letter of Intent to play for St. Joseph’s University on Nov. 13. Nevins, a midfielder, will play Division I girls soccer at St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, beginning in the fall 2020. SJU is part of the National […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange High School football team defeated the Piscataway HS Chiefs, 30-18, at WOHS’ Suriano Stadium on Friday, Nov. 8 to move forward in the NJSIAA/Rothman Orthopaedics Football Championships. The win also marked the first time West Orange has won a playoff game since 2006. Fourth-seed West Orange defeated fifth-seed […]
BLAIRSTOWN, NJ — The Golda Och Academy cross-country team competed in the State Prep Meet (NJISAA) on Wednesday, Nov. 6, at Blair Academy in Blairstown. The team had five boys and one girl race the 5K. In the boys Varsity B race, Andrew Steiner was GOA’s first finisher, 52nd place. Aaron Brown was 57th while […]