Skip to content

June 24, 2026
  • Facebook
  • X
  • YouTube
cropped-cropped-cropped-Essex-News-web-banner.jpg

Essex County's Local Source

Primary Menu
  • HOME
  • IN THE TOWNS (A-L)
    • BELLEVILLE
    • BLOOMFIELD
    • CALDWELL
    • CEDAR GROVE
    • COUNTY NEWS
    • EAST ORANGE
    • ESSEX FELLS
    • FAIRFIELD
    • GLEN RIDGE
    • IRVINGTON
    • LIVINGSTON
  • IN THE TOWNS (M-Z)
    • MAPLEWOOD
    • MILLBURN
    • MONTCLAIR
    • NEWARK
    • NORTH CALDWELL
    • NUTLEY
    • ORANGE
    • ROSELAND
    • SOUTH ORANGE
    • VERONA
    • WEST CALDWELL
    • WEST ORANGE
  • SPORTS
    • BELLEVILLE
    • BLOOMFIELD
    • EAST ORANGE
    • ESSEX FELLS
    • GLEN RIDGE
    • IRVINGTON
    • MAPLEWOOD
    • MONTCLAIR
    • NORTH CALDWELL
    • NUTLEY
    • ORANGE
    • ROSELAND
    • SOUTH ORANGE
    • WEST CALDWELL
    • WEST ORANGE
  • ARTS / EVENTS
  • BUSINESS NEWS
  • OBITUARIES
  • OPINION
  • PAY A BILL
  • PUBLIC NOTICES
    • Place Notices
    • Search Notices
    • Legal Notice Compliance
    • HELP / FAQ
  • UNION NEWS DAILY
  • Home
  • SPORTS
  • WEST ORANGE
  • State-ranked Seton Hall Prep swim team falls to No. 1 team in the state in season opener

State-ranked Seton Hall Prep swim team falls to No. 1 team in the state in season opener

Jeff Goldberg Published: December 12, 2025 | Updated: December 9, 2025 1 minute read
510 views
Photo Courtesy of PJ Candido/SHP

WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Seton Hall Prep swimming team, which is currently ranked No. 14 in New Jersey by nj.com, opened the season by losing to the No. 1 team in New Jersey, Bridgewater-Raritan 124-46. 

The SHP Pirates’  top finishers were the following:

  • 100-yard backstroke: third place: freshman Joshua Stokes, 59.30 seconds.
  • 100-yard freestyle: first place: senior Alexander Buftea, 47.82.
  • 50-yard freestyle: second place: sophomore Bryan Dos Santos, 21.68.
  • 100-yard butterfly third place: junior Ryan Pelosi, 57.25.
  • 400-yard freestyle relay: second place: Pelosi, Stokes, senior Sean Clark and Buftea, 3 minutes, 42.20 seconds.
  • 200-yard freestyle relay: second place: Dos Santos, Pelosi, Clark and Buftea, 1:30.40.
  • 200-yard medley relay: second place: Clark, Dos Santos, Pelosi and Buftea, 1:38.92.

On Dec. 12, the Pirates will swim against West Essex in their Essex County opener.

 

About the Author

Jeff Goldberg

Author

View All Posts

What do you feel about this?

Post navigation

Previous: Glen Ridge HS winter team schedules
Next: Belleville HS winter teams schedules

Author's Other Posts

Seton Hall Prep lacrosse team enjoys another terrific season B-LAX-SHPstate final

Seton Hall Prep lacrosse team enjoys another terrific season

June 17, 2026 51
Seton Hall Prep baseball team enjoys banner season BASE-SHP GNT

Seton Hall Prep baseball team enjoys banner season

June 10, 2026 74
Seton Hall Prep track athletes give good efforts at state Meet of Champions LOGO-SHP

Seton Hall Prep track athletes give good efforts at state Meet of Champions

June 10, 2026 68
Seton Hall Prep lacrosse team reaches state final B-LAX-SHPvStAugustine

Seton Hall Prep lacrosse team reaches state final

June 10, 2026 65

Related Stories

BASE-MKA Costa-Fernades
1 minute read

West Orange’s Ethan Costa-Fernandes was a boost for Montclair Kimberley Academy baseball team

Steve Tober June 17, 2026 40
B-LAX-SHPstate final
2 minutes read

Seton Hall Prep lacrosse team enjoys another terrific season

Jeff Goldberg June 17, 2026 51
B-HOOPS-WO Cadeau honor
2 minutes read

West Orange basketball star/NCAA champion Elliot Cadeau honored by Essex County

Editor June 18, 2026 54
BASE-SHP GNT
2 minutes read

Seton Hall Prep baseball team enjoys banner season

Jeff Goldberg June 10, 2026 74
SOFT-WO team
1 minute read

West Orange HS softball players earn Super Essex Conference honors

Joe Ragozzino June 11, 2026 73
LOGO-SHP
1 minute read

Seton Hall Prep track athletes give good efforts at state Meet of Champions

Jeff Goldberg June 10, 2026 68

LOCAL SPORTS

Bloomfield HS track and field athletes garner Super Essex Conference honors TRACK-BHS track honors 1

Bloomfield HS track and field athletes garner Super Essex Conference honors

June 17, 2026 35
Glen Ridge HS girls lacrosse team wins state championship G-LAX-GR state final1 2

Glen Ridge HS girls lacrosse team wins state championship

June 17, 2026 43
Joelle Bernhard excited to be new Bloomfield HS girls soccer head coach G-SOCCER-BHScoachBernard 3

Joelle Bernhard excited to be new Bloomfield HS girls soccer head coach

June 17, 2026 53
Glen Ridge’s Melissa Meyer keys Montclair Kimberley Academy softball squad to banner season SOFT-MKA Meyer 4

Glen Ridge’s Melissa Meyer keys Montclair Kimberley Academy softball squad to banner season

June 17, 2026 55

SIGN UP to receive weekly Local Alerts by email

* indicates required

You may have missed

WO-Soccer Tournament2-C
3 minutes read

Soccer fun is able to raise funds

Cynthia Cumming June 17, 2026 29
BLM-Super Retiring-C
5 minutes read

Superintendent retiring after 50 years

Daniel Jackovino June 22, 2026 54
TRACK-BHS track honors
2 minutes read

Bloomfield HS track and field athletes garner Super Essex Conference honors

Joe Ragozzino June 17, 2026 35
MAP-Tutors Celebrated1-C
3 minutes read

Achieve celebrates its volunteer tutors

Editor June 17, 2026 39
  • ABOUT US
  • CONTACT US
  • CLASSIFIEDS
  • FIND A NEWSPAPER
  • PUBLIC NOTICES
  • ADVERTISE
  • SUBSCRIBE
  • PAY A BILL
  • MONTHLY NEWSPAPERS
  • Login
Created by Worrall Media. Copyright © 2026 All rights reserved.