ORANGE, NJ – The 17th-seeded Orange High School boys varsity basketball team fell at No. 16 seed Newark Tech, 64-60, in the first round (round of 16) o the Essex County Tournament, Feb. 9. Elijah Thompson had 20 points; Rasheed Johnson had 12 points and Giovanni Peterkin had 10 points for the Tornadoes, who had […]
ORANGE, NJ – Giovanni Peterkin and Elijah Thompson each scored nine points to lead the 17th-seeded Orange High School boys varsity basketball team to a 44-40 win over No. 32 seed Glen Ridge in the preliminary second round of the Essex County Tournament Feb. 2. Rhalik Reid had seven points; Hassan Hester and Rasheed Johnson […]
ORANGE, NJ – The Orange High School boys’ varsity basketball team continues to gain good experience despite its struggles. Junior point guard Rasheed Johnson scored 16 points and freshman guard K-Jay Robinson had 10 points in the 42-39 loss to Montclair on Jan. 22. Junior forward Giovanni Paterkin had six points and Rhalik Reid had […]
ORANGE, NJ – Izaiah Poole scored 13 points with five rebounds and four assists and Mario Gunn had 11 points and eight rebounds to lead the East Orange Campus High School boys’ varsity basketball team to a 50-47 win over Orange High School during the 10th Annual Orange High School M.L.K. Classic on Jan. 21 […]
ORANGE, NJ – The 10th Annual Orange High School M.L.K. Basketball Classic will be held Monday, Jan. 21. The schedule is as follows: Girls OHS vs. Newark West Side, 11 a.m. Boys Barringer vs. West Orange, 1 p.m. Newark Tech vs. American History, 3 p.m. Orange vs. East Orange Campus, 5 p.m. Admission is charged. […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ – The East Orange High School boys’ varsity basketball team defeated Orange High School, 54-53, in the Joe Silver Tournament at Hillside on Dec. 27. Mario Gunn had 15 points, nine rebounds and two blocks; Izaiah Poole had 13 points, six assists, four rebounds and four steals and Justin Singh-Smith had 11 […]
ORANGE, NJ – For the Orange High School boys’ basketball team, this season is about development. The Tornadoes are extremely inexperienced. In fact, they have no one back from last year’s 11-14 squad and have just one senior. However, head coach Jamaal Cooper knows his team will always give a top-notch effort. That was evident […]
ORANGE, NJ – As an athlete and coach, Al Thompson, a 1968 graduate of Orange High School, has experienced a host of thrills in the world of sports. In college at Montclair State, Thompson was a fine back who played on an NCAA Division 2 national championship team in football. Clary Anderson, who was a […]
ORANGE, NJ – At Orange High School, over the years, sports fans have enjoyed watching such talented athletes as Monte Irvin in baseball, Greg Tynes in basketball, and Terrell Willis in football. And on a team basis, Orange fans will always remember such squads as the 1973-74 hoops team which racked up an impressive 29-1 […]
EAST ORANGE/ORANGE – The Orange and East Orange Campus High School boys’ varsity basketball teams featured players who earned All-Super Essex Conference-Liberty Division honors. FIRST TEAM D’Angelo Blackmand, Orange Supreme Cook, East Orange Campus SECOND TEAM Henry Jean-Baptiste, Orange Dmitri Austin, East Orange Campus HONORABLE MENTION Zanety Joseph, Orange Armand Jacques, Orange Dwight Pressley, East […]