High school football season kicks off despite schedule changes due to Ida storm

The high school football season kicked off for most teams last weekend in Essex County, but not without some disruption. The remnants of Hurricane Ida forced teams to change the logistics of their games. The most severe damage was seen at Foley Field in Bloomfield. As a result, Bloomfield’s home game against Nutley on Friday, […]

Focusing on winning one game at a time, Bucs return to field stronger

Focusing on winning one game at a time, Bucs return to field stronger

BELLEVILLE, NJ — The Belleville High School football team featured a large group of young players during a pandemic-shortened 2-4 season last year. With those players coming back this season, head coach Jermain Johnson is excited about what his Buccaneers can accomplish. This summer also proved productive. The Bucs attended a camp in East Stroudsburg, […]

Nutley HS football team tops Belleville in the season finale

NUTLEY, NJ –The Nutley High School varsity football team defeated arch rival Belleville, 20-13, at the Park Oval in a state regional crossover game on Saturday, Nov. 3, to finish the season on a three-game winning streak with a final 4-6 record. Belleville finished 4-5 after starting 4-0, making solid strides under first-year head coach […]

Belleville HS football team routs Ferris to improve to 3-0

BELLEVILLE, NJ – The Belleville High School varsity football team continued its dominant start to the season. On a night they honored the 1978 BHS football team, the Bucs routed Ferris, 50-0, Sept. 21 at home to improve to 3-0 on the season. The Bucs used a balanced ground attack as they got rushing touchdowns […]

Belleville HS football team enjoys 2-0 start to the season

BELLEVILLE, NJ – When Jermain Johnson was named the Belleville High School varsity football head coach this spring, he wanted to change the losing mentality surrounding the program. The Bucs unfortunately have been through some hard times for the past few years, having won nine games in the past six seasons, including just one win […]

Jermain Johnson is new Belleville HS football head coach

BELLEVILLE, NJ – Jermain Johnson recently has been named the new head varsity football coach at Belleville High School. Johnson is a 1991 Bloomfield High School graduate. He spent the past five seasons as an assistant coach for the  Wayne Hills HS football team, which won the 2016 NJSIAA North Jersey Section 1, Group 4 […]