BELLEVILLE, NJ – The 19th-seeded Belleville High School boys’ varsity soccer team defeated No. 30 seed Newark Collegiate Academy, 6-0, Oct. 13 in the preliminary second round of the Essex County Tournament. Anthony Coppiano and Kevin Manjarrez each had a goal and an assist for the Bucs, who notched their second win of the season […]
BELLEVILLE, NJ – The Belleville High School boys’ varsity soccer team, under head coach Gary Polewka, has enjoyed a competitive start to the season. The Bucs defeated Linden, 2-1, in double overtime in the season opener on Sept. 4 at home. Kevin Manjarrez scored both goals for Belleville. Bucs goalie Fernando Pesantez saved three penalty […]
BELLEVILLE, NJ – Gary Polewka is excited about this year’s Belleville High School varsity boys’ soccer team. The Bucs head coach says the Bucs are a tight-knit group. With a strong returning nucleus, the Bucs are looking to continue last year’s success when they finished with a strong 13-6-1 record. The returning players are: Luis […]
BELLEVILLE, NJ (updated Thursday Nov. 23, 11:02 a.m.) – Max Correa and Marlon Rodriguez, both Belleville High School graduates, have helped lead the unbeaten Drew University men’s soccer team to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Division III Tournament. Correa and Rodriguez are juniors. Both played for former Belleville High head coach Lenny Marino. They […]
BELLEVILLE, NJ (updated Sunday Nov. 12, 2:49 p.m.) – The Belleville High School varsity boys’ soccer team enjoyed a memorable season. The Buccaneers, guided by first-year head coach Gary Polewka, won the Super Essex Conference-Colonial Division championship with a 7-1 division record. The Bucs finished with a 13-6-1 overall record. Polewka, indeed, was ecstatic for […]
BELLEVILLE, NJ – The Belleville High School varsity boys’ soccer team, under first-year head coach Gary Polewka, clinched the Super Essex Conference-Colonial Division championship this season. The Bucs posted a 7-1 record in the division. They are currently 13-5-1 overall. Belleville hopes to make a strong run in the postseason. The Bucs, seeded seventh, will […]
The NJSIAA released the state tournament pairings for boys’ and girls’ varsity soccer. The Worrall Community Newspapers schools in Essex County that have made the state tournament are: Boys Soccer: Irvington, Nutley, Belleville, Orange, West Orange, Columbia, Seton Hall Prep, Bloomfield and Glen Ridge Girls Soccer: Nutley, Belleville, Orange, West Orange, Columbia, Bloomfield and Glen […]
BELLEVILLE, NJ – Gary Polewka has seen the boys’ soccer players at Belleville High School develop for the past few years. Polewka especially is excited to continue to see that development as the Bucs new head varsity coach. “It’s a good group of kids,” said Polewka, who was the Bucs JV coach for the past […]
2016 High School Boys’ Soccer All-Super Essex Conference AMERICAN DIVISION First Team Mason Toye, Seton Hall Prep Walter Hernandez, Newark East Side Bryce Millington, West Orange Matthew Howlett, Montclair Tommy Falus, Livingston Nick Cerrigone, West Essex Ryan Vazquez, Seton Hall Prep Jonatas Barbosa Pereira, Newark East Side Pancho Pozzolli, West Orange Ryan Murphy, West Essex […]
ORANGE, NJ – Ifeany Anamejeh and Kenith Real each had a goal, but the 14th-seeded Belleville High School boys’ varsity soccer team lost at third-seeded Orange, 3-2, in the first round of the state North Jersey Section 2, Group 3 tournament on Oct. 31.