EAST ORANGE, NJ — The East Orange community is grieving the death of 16-year-old Letrell Duncan, a star basketball player at East Orange Campus High School, where he was a sophomore. According to the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office and East Orange Police Department, on Oct. 3 at approximately 3:15 p.m., just after school let out, […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — East Orange Campus High School opened in September 2002. The school was a merger of East Orange High School and Clifford Scott High School. The student body picked “Jaguars” as the school nickname. EOCHS finished its 20th school year in June. During the past two decades, the school has seen great […]
Panthers enjoyed a great run in the 1970s
EAST ORANGE, NJ — The East Orange High School boys basketball program boasts a rich history of excellence with talented players who have dazzled Panthers fans. Several of those players — as well as players from the girls basketball program — from the 1960s, ’70s, ’80s, ’90s and 2000s were recently inducted in the inaugural […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — The East Orange High School Basketball Hall of Fame’s inaugural induction ceremony took place on Friday, May 20, at the Appian Way in Orange. The turnout was great, with more than 100 people in attendance. The master of ceremonies was Thelma Ramsey Bryant, a longtime educator and principal in the East […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ —The inaugural East Orange High School Basketball Hall of Fame. The induction class will be announced at a ceremony on Friday, May 20, at the Appian Way restaurant and banquet hall, located at 619 Langdon St. in Orange, from 6 to 10 p.m. Tickets must be purchased ahead of time by contacting Laurie […]
ORANGE/EAST ORANGE, NJ — The East Orange Campus High School and Orange High School boys basketball teams featured several players who earned All–Super Essex Conference–Liberty Division honors. For EOCHS, senior forward Nahum Lewis made the first team, senior guard Kaleb Harmon and sophomore guard Eugene Byass each made the second team, and junior forward Ebrahim […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — The East Orange Campus High School boys basketball team, under head coach Gabe Baltimore, finished a successful season. The Jaguars went 15-9 overall on the season. EOCHS, seeded eighth, lost at No. 1 seed Ridgewood, 86-64, in the quarterfinal of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s North Jersey, Section 1, […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — The eighth-seeded East Orange Campus High School boys basketball team defeated No. 9 seed North Star Academy, 50-49, in the first round of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s North Jersey, Section 1, Group 4, tournament on Monday, Feb. 28, at home. Nahum Lewis and Kaiyri Barkley each had 13 […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — The East Orange Campus High School boys basketball team defeated Payne Tech and Montclair in consecutive games last week to improve to 13-7 overall on the season. Senior 6-foot-4-inch forward Nahum Lewis had 23 points and nine rebounds, and senior 5-foot-11-inch guard Michael Baguidy had 10 points, four rebounds and three […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — Senior forward Nahum Lewis hit a 3-pointer with less than a second left to lift the seventh-seeded East Orange Campus High School boys basketball team to a thrilling 45-44 victory over 10th-seeded Bloomfield in the first round of the Essex County Tournament on Saturday, Feb. 5, at EOCHS. The Jaguars won […]