Bloomfield HS track teams dominate in season openers

Bloomfield HS track teams dominate in season openers

BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield High School boys and girls track and field teams host West Essex and Orange in their season openers on Monday, April 3, at the John Gibson Track and Field Complex at Foley Field. The boys defeated both West Essex 130-10 and Orange 122-18, and the girls defeated both West Essex […]

Bloomfield HS winter athletes earn postseason honors

Bloomfield HS winter athletes earn postseason honors

BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The following Bloomfield High School winter athletes received postseason honors, as selected by the coaches in their respective divisions and leagues: Boys basketball All-Super Essex Conference–Liberty Division First team Shayne Hinton, senior. Honorable mention Uche Anyanwu, senior. Shariff Brown, junior. Girls basketball All–SEC–Liberty Division First team Gabby Kot, sophomore.  Second team Ava […]

Bloomfield HS girls tracksters compete at Group 4 state meet

Bloomfield HS girls tracksters compete at Group 4 state meet

BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Bloomfield High School’s Albina Frangu and Mercedes Cruz-Fletcher competed at the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s girls indoor track-and-field Group 4 state championships at the Bennett Athletic Complex in Toms River on Saturday, Feb. 18. Frangu, a senior, took fifth place out of 21 competitors in the finals of the shot […]

Bloomfield HS indoor track teams enjoy solid performances at sectional meet

Bloomfield HS indoor track teams enjoy solid performances at sectional meet

BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield High School boys and girls indoor track-and-field teams, under head coach Terry Iavarone, enjoyed solid performances at the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s North Jersey, Section 1, Group 4 state Championships at the Bennett Center in Toms River on Friday, Feb. 10. The boys team took ninth place overall […]

Bloomfield HS indoor track teams shine at county meet

Bloomfield HS indoor track teams shine at county meet

BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield High School girls indoor track-and-field team finished in fifth place overall at the Essex County Indoor Track & Field Individual Championships at the Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex in Staten Island, N.Y., on Sunday, Jan. 29. Here are the Bengals highlights. Mercedes Cruz-Fletcher took second place in the 55-meter hurdles in […]

Bloomfield HS girls indoor track team impresses at the county relays

Bloomfield HS girls indoor track team impresses at the county relays

BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield High School girls indoor track-and-field team enjoyed an impressive performance at the Essex County Indoor Relay Championships at the Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex in Staten Island, N.Y., on Saturday, Jan. 21. The Bengals took fourth place overall. Senior Valerie Refuse, junior Rylie Sayers, sophomore Mercedes Cruz-Fletcher and junior Catherine Parelli […]

Bloomfield HS track teams excel at the Group 4 state relays

Bloomfield HS track teams excel at the Group 4 state relays

BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield High School indoor track-and-field teams enjoyed strong performances at the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s Group 4 state relays championships at the Bennett Indoor Athletic Complex in Toms River on Saturday, Jan. 14. Senior captain Albina Frangu and freshman Thalia Bell took fifth place in the girls team shot […]

Cruz-Fletcher, Copeck lead Bloomfield HS girls track at SEC meet

Cruz-Fletcher, Copeck lead Bloomfield HS girls track at SEC meet

BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield High School boys and girls indoor track-and-field teams gave good efforts at the Super Essex Conference–American Division championships on Friday, Dec. 23, at the Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex in Staten Island, N.Y. The girls took fourth place and the boys took fifth place. For the girls, Mercedes Cruz-Fletcher won the […]

Longtime running coach recalls his tenure at Bloomfield High School

Longtime running coach recalls his tenure at Bloomfield High School

BLOOMFIELD, NJ — One afternoon last week, Paul Williams, 85, related his experiences serving as Bloomfield High School’s running coach. He had been head coach for cross-country, indoor track and outdoor track from 1961 to 2002. Born in Jersey City, he moved with his family to Dearborn, Mich., due to his father’s employment with Ford […]

Bloomfield HS track-and-field athletes give good Group 4 efforts

Bloomfield HS track-and-field athletes give good Group 4 efforts

BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield High School track-and-field contingent gave good efforts at the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s Group 4 state championships at Franklin High School in Somerset on Friday and Saturday, June 10 and 11. On the girls side, senior Alyssa Valentin took 11th place with a throw of 102 feet, 3 […]