IRVINGTON, NJ — The Irvington High School boys basketball teams featured three players who earned all–Super Essex Conference honors, as voted by the divisional coaches. The following are the honorees: SEC-Liberty Division FIRST TEAM Jaden Pearson, senior guard. HONORABLE MENTION Jazmir Taylor, sophomore guard. Jayden Bermudez, sophomore guard. Pearson averaged 12.8 points and 5.9 rebounds […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — The Irvington High School boys basketball team finished a successful season. The 11th-seeded Blue Knights upset No. 6 seed Hunterdon Central, 55-51, Wednesday, Feb. 21, in the first round of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s North Jersey, Section 2, Group 4 state tournament at Hunterdon Central. Sophomore guard Jazmir Taylor […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Senior forward Corey Pearson scored 22 points and senior guard Jaden Pearson scored 15 points to lead the Irvington High School boys basketball team to a 68-45 win at Newark East Side on Wednesday, Feb. 14, in a Super Essex Conference crossover divisional game. Senior forward Jordan Ogbewele had 9 points, senior […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Senior forward Keon Sampson scored 14 points and grabbed four rebounds, senior forward DJ Mangan had 11 points and senior forward Corey Pearson had 10 points to lead the Irvington High School boys basketball team to an 87-48 home win over Newark Lab on Saturday, Feb. 10, in a Super Essex Conference […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — The Irvington High School boys basketball team hosted Columbia High School of Maplewood on Thursday, Feb. 8. Columbia won, 53-49. Photos Courtesy of Felicia Laguerre Owens
IRVINGTON, NJ — The Irvington High School boys basketball team defeated Morris Knolls and Newark Tech in consecutive games. Senior guard Jaden Pearson had 15 points, four rebounds, three assists and four steals to lead the Blue Knights to a 47-45 home win over Morris Knolls on Tuesday, Jan. 30. Sophomore Jazmir Taylor had 12 […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — The 16th-seeded Irvington High School boys basketball team nearly pulled off a monumental upset in the Essex County Tournament. The Blue Knights led 33-28 at halftime against top-seeded Immaculate Conception of Montclair in the round of 16 on Saturday, Jan. 27. Immaculate tied it 45-45 at the end of the third quarter […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — The Irvington High School boys basketball team received the No. 16 seed in the 41-team field of the 77th Essex County Tournament. Under head coach Elias Brantley, the Blue Knights will host a preliminary third-round game on Thursday, Jan. 25, against No. 17 seed Bloomfield High School, which defeated No. 32 seed […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Senior guard Jaden Pearson scored 17 points to lead a balanced attack and the Irvington High School boys basketball team defeated Newark West Side, 66-57, Saturday, Jan. 6, at West Side. Senior forward Keon Sampson, senior forward-guard Corey Pearson and senior forward DJ Mangan each had 10 points; sophomore guard Jazmir Taylor […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — The Irvington High School boys basketball team, under head coach Elias Brantley, has enjoyed a good start to the season. The Blue Knights had a 4-3 record through Dec. 30. After losing at North Star Academy, 64-61, in the season opener on Dec. 14, in Newark, the Blue Knights won three straight games. […]