BLOOMFIELD, NJ – Samantha Columna, a junior, scored 26 points and senior Sarah Edmond posted 10 points and 21 rebounds to lead the Bloomfield High School girls’ basketball team to a 49-45 win over Newark Academy in the season opener Friday, Dec. 14 at home, giving Zac Dearwater his first win in his debut as […]
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, NJ – For the Bloomfield High School girls’ basketball program, the coaching transition will be quite smooth. Zac Dearwater, who has been Dana Morton’s longtime varsity assistant and JV coach, has been named as the head varsity coach for the Bengals. Morton, a 1988 BHS graduate who scored over 1,000 points in her Bengal […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ – Dana Morton will always take pride in being both an alumna and a coach for Bloomfield High School. After a successful five-season run, Morton has stepped down as the BHS head girls’ varsity basketball coach. Morton, who decided to step down in order to accept a position as a Recreation Leader at […]
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 […]
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, […]
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, 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 […]
Photos by Jerry Simon: Bloomfield vs. Science Park, Essex County Tournament BLOOMFIELD, NJ – Samantha Columna and Sarah Edmond each had 12 points to lead the 17th-seeded Bloomfield High School girls’ varsity basketball team to a 51-30 win over No. 28 seed Science Park in the preliminary second round of the Essex County Tournament at […]
Photos by Jerry Simon. BLOOMFIELD, NJ – The Bloomfield High School girls’ varsity basketball team lost to Newark Tech, 69-36, Jan. 23, at home to move to a 4-8 record. Samantha Columna had 11 points and Raquel Plata had 10 points for the Bengals.