Some of the Bloomfield High School football players gather for a pose with Dr. Steve Cowan, standing middle, wearing a cap. Cowan, a retired East Orange principal, visited a Bengals’ practice at Foley Field and talked to the team. Cowan was a standout football player at East Orange as well as the University of Cincinnati. He spoke about goal-setting, character development and team building. The Bengals thanked Cowan’s for his outstanding presentation. Photo courtesy of Mike Carter/BHS head football coach.
Photo courtesy of Mike Carter/BHS head football coach.
BLOOMFIELD The Bloomfield High School varsity football team is getting ready for its season.
The Bengals, under head coach Mike Carter, were scheduled to visit Summit in a preseason scrimmage Tuesday, Aug. 23. BHS will visit Pequannock, Friday, Aug. 26, at 10 a.m. in a preseason scrimmage and will host West Essex in a game scrimmage Wednesday, Aug. 31, at 5 p.m. at Foley Field.
The season opener is Sept. 9 against Columbia at Underhill Field in Maplewood.
This season, the Bengals are in the newly-formed North Jersey Super Football Conference, which is a merger of four conferences: the Big North Conference, Super Essex Conference, Hudson County Interscholastic Athletic Association and Northwest Jersey Conference. Bloomfield competed in the SEC for the past several years.
The Bengals are in the Liberty Division C of the NJSFC. The other teams in that division are Montclair, West Orange, Livingston, East Orange Campus, Morristown and Columbia.
Carter enters his 26th year as the Bengals head coach.
The Bengals last season qualified for the state North Jersey Section 1, Group 5 playoffs and finished with a 6-4 record.
BHS schedule
Sept. 9, at Columbia, 7 p.m.
Sept. 16, Nutley, 7 p.m.
Sept. 24, at North Bergen, 2 p.m.
Sept. 30, West Orange, 7 p.m.
Oct. 14, Livingston, 7 p.m.
Oct. 22, at East Orange Campus, 1 p.m.
Oct. 28, Bayonne, 7 p.m.
Nov. 5, at Morristown, 1 p.m.
Nov. 24, at Montclair, 10:30 a.m.
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