Orange HS boys’ basketball team falls to Barringer in Essex County Tournament

ORANGE – Andre Pete and Henry Jean-Baptiste each had 14 points, but the 18th-seeded Orange High School boys’ varsity basketball team lost at 15th-seeded Barringer, 65-50, in the third preliminary round of the Essex County Tournament on Feb. 10 in Newark.

Latrell Wilson scored seven points; Richie Guillame had six points; Zaheir Childs added five points and Rasheed Boyd had four points for Tornadoes, who moved to a 7-15 record.

In earlier action, the Tornadoes lost a heartbreaker to Newark Tech, 56-55, at home on Feb. 9.