Bloomfield HS girls’ basketball team excited about upcoming season

BLOOMFIELD, NJ – Guided by first-year head coach Zac Dearwater, the Bloomfield High School girls’ varsity basketball team is excited about the upcoming season, looking to improve on last year’s eight-win campaign. The Bengals will tip off the season Friday, Dec. 14 at home against Newark Academy in a Super Essex Conference-Liberty Division game. Returning […]

Bloomfield HS girls’ basketball players earn All-SEC honors

BLOOMFIELD, NJ – The Bloomfield High School girls’ varsity basketball team featured four players who earned All-Super Essex Conference-American Division honors. SECOND TEAM Aicha Naouai, senior Sarah Edmond, junior HONORABLE MENTION Samantha Columna, sophomore Raquel Plata, senior The SEC-American Division is the highest division of the conference, with such strong teams as University, Newark Tech […]

Ithaca College women’s basketball’s Grace Cannon named to Liberty League All-Rookie Team

BLOOMFIELD, NJ (updated Tuesday March 13, 11:43 a.m.) – Bloomfield High School graduate Grace Cannon, a freshman on the Ithaca College women’s basketball team, made the Liberty League All-Rookie Team. Cannon, a 2017 BHS graduate, played in all 29 games, with one start against Clarkson on January 13. Through 27 games, she averaged 4.3 points per game, […]

Bloomfield HS girls’ basketball team defeats Passaic Valley

Photos by Jerry Simon: Bloomfield vs. Passaic Valley BLOOMFIELD, NJ – Samantha Columna had 20 points and 10 rebounds and Sarah Edmond had nine points, 18 rebounds, four assists and six steals to lead the Bloomfield High School girls’ varsity basketball team to a 47-38 home win over Passaic Valley on Feb. 20. Raquel Plata […]

Bloomfield HS girls’ basketball team posts good run in the ECT

BLOOMFIELD, NJ – The Bloomfield High School girls’ varsity basketball team had a good run in the Essex County Tournament. The 17th-seeded Bengals upset 16th-seeded Mount St. Dominic Academy, 40-30, in the preliminary third round on Feb. 8 in Caldwell. Samantha Columna and Camrynn Referente each had eight points and Sarah Edmond, Raquel Plata and […]

Bloomfield HS girls’ basketball team routs Montclair

BLOOMFIELD, NJ – Sophomore Samantha Columna scored 21 points and grabbed 13 rebounds to lead the Bloomfield High School girls’ varsity basketball team to a 60-30 home win over Montclair on Jan. 16. The Bengals snapped a four-game losing streak and improved to a 3-6 record. Junior Camrynn Referente had 12 points; junior Sarah Edmond […]