West Orange HS boys’ basketball and wrestling teams to begin their seasons

WEST ORANGE, NJ – The West Orange High School boys’ varsity basketball team, under second-year head coach Demond Cowins, will host Newark Central in the season opener Dec. 14 at 7 p.m. West Orange went 16-10 last season.

The WOHS wrestling team, which won the North 1, Group 5 state sectional title and finished 15-6 last year under head coach Stephan Zichella, will begin the season Dec. 15 at the Dover tournament at 9 a.m.

WOHS schedules

Boys’ basketball

Dec. 14, Central, 7 p.m.

Dec. 18, at East Side, 4 p.m.

Dec. 21, North Bergen, 4 p.m.

Dec. 27-28, Hillsborough tournament

Jan. 4, at Franklin Township, 7 p.m.

Jan. 5, American History, 1 p.m.

Jan. 8, West Side, 4 p.m.

Jan. 10, at Immac. Conc., 7 p.m.

Jan. 12, Irvington, 11:30 a.m.

Jan. 15, Seton Hall Prep, 4 p.m.

Jan. 17, Payne Tech, 7 p.m.

Jan. 19, at Millburn, 1:30 p.m.

Jan. 21, at Barringer, 1 p.m.

Jan. 22, at Central, 7 p.m.

Jan. 24, East Side, 7 p.m.

Jan. 26, Rahway, 1 p.m.

Jan. 29, at West Side, 7 p.m.

Feb. 5, Immac. Conc., 7 p.m.

Feb. 12, at Seton Hall Prep, 7 p.m.

Feb. 14, at Payne Tech, 7 p.m.

Feb. 15, McNair, 7 p.m.

Wrestling

Dec. 15, at Dover tournament, 9:30 a.m.

Dec. 19, at Seton Hall Prep, 7 p.m.

Dec. 21, Cedar Grove, 6 p.m.

Dec. 22, TBA, at WOHS

Dec. 27, at Middletown South tournament, 9 a.m.

Dec. 29, at Belleville, 9 a.m.

Jan. 4, at Bloomfield, 4 p.m.

Jan. 5-6, WOHS tournament, 9 am.

Jan. 9, at Caldwell, 7 p.m.

Jan. 11, at West Essex, 7 p.m.

Jan. 23, Livingston, 7 p.m.

Jan. 25, at Irvington, 7 p.m.

Jan. 30, Nutley, 7 p.m.

Feb. 2, at Becton, 9 a.m.

Feb. 9, at Roxbury, 9 a.m.