IRVINGTON, NJ — For the Irvington High School football team, this season hasn’t started the way it had hoped. The IHS Blue Knights are 0-2, having been shut out in both games. After losing to Camden Eastside, 6-0, Friday, Aug. 25, at home, the Blue Knights fell at Millville, 34-0, Saturday, Sept. 2. Irvington hopes […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — For the past several seasons, the Irvington High School football team has been one of the best in the state. youtube.com/watch?v=X2bpxtgOEXY&feature=youtu.be Blessed with Division 1 collegiate-caliber players, the Blue Knights have achieved tremendous success under head coach Ashley “Smoke” Pierre. This season, the Blue Knights are poised to continue their dominance. “I […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — The Irvington High School football team will look to bounce back from a tough 6-0 season-opening loss to Camden Eastside at Irvington on Friday night, Aug. 25. The Blue Knights will visit Millville on Saturday, Sept. 2, at noon. Irvington defeated Millville, 25-17, at Rutgers University’s SHI Stadium in Piscataway in the […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — The Irvington High School girls flag football team traveled cross-country to play in the second Nike Football Kickoff Classic at the Nike World Headquarters in Beaverton, Ore., Aug. 24-25. It was a thrilling experience for Irvington, under head coach Kyle Steele, as the Blue Knights finished in first place among the five […]
EAST ORANGE/IRVINGTON, NJ — The Rutgers University football team this season features several players from East Orange and Irvington. Junior wide receiver Nasir Montgomery, junior running back Al-Shadee Salaam and sophomore quarterback Raeden Oliver are East Orange Campus High School graduates. The Irvington graduates are Famah Toure and Zaire Angoy. Montgomery, a 6-foot-1, 190-pounder who […]
EAST ORANGE/ORANGE/IRVINGTON, NJ — The East Orange Campus High School, Orange High School and Irvington High School football teams are preparing for their respective season openers. The OHS Tornadoes and IHS Blue Knights will both kick off on Friday, Aug. 25. The Tornadoes, under third-year head coach Khalfani Alleyne, will visit Wayne Hills at 6:30 […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — High school football is back. A number of area teams will kick off the season in Week 0, including Irvington High School. Irvington will host Camden Eastside at 7 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 25. Irvington originally was scheduled to begin its season in Week 1 at Millville. Last season, Irvington and Millville […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Irvington High School rising seniors and safeties Vaboue Toure, Cam Richardson, Eric Lee and Jasin Shiggs recently announced their verbal commitments in accepting football scholarships. Toure committed to Penn State University. Richardson committed to Stanford University in California. Lee committed to the University of New Hampshire. Shiggs committed to the University of […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — The Irvington High School girls flag football team gathers for a group pose. The Blue Knights, who are the reigning state champions, recently defeated Nutley 31-0 to improve to 5-0 on the season and clinched the Super Football Conference Liberty Division championship. They were scheduled to host East Orange Campus in the […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Irvington High School seniors Zaahmir Anderson and Tyler Wint have been selected to play in the 29th Paul Robeson High School All-Star Football Classic on Tuesday, June 13, at Paul Robeson Stadium in East Orange. The game features seniors from six counties. The East team comprises Essex, Hudson and Union counties. The […]