ORANGE, NJ – The Orange High School boys’ varsity basketball team, seeded 15th, lost at second-seeded Chatham, 55-45, in the first round of the NJSIAA North Jersey Section 2, Group 3 state tournament on Monday, Feb. 26. The Tornadoes ended their season with an 11-14 record. Chatham defeated Delbarton, 47-41, Saturday, Feb. 24, to win […]
ORANGE, NJ – The Orange High School boys’ varsity basketball team, seeded 15th, will visit No. 2 seed Chatham in the first round of the NJSIAA North Jersey Section 2, Group 3 state tournament on Feb. 26 at 7 p.m. The winner will play the winner of No. 10 seed Middletown North and No. 7 […]
ORANGE, NJ – The Orange High School boys’ varsity basketball team nearly stunned top-seeded Seton Hall Prep in the first round of the Essex County Tournament, falling, 60-57, Feb. 10, at SHP in West Orange. The Tornadoes, seeded 17th, led 28-23 at halftime, but SHP rallied in the second half to avoid the upset. Henry […]
ORANGE, NJ – D’Angelo Blackmand had 26 points, 16 rebounds, five blocks and four steals to lead the 17th-seeded Orange High School varsity boys’ basketball team to a 68-62 win over No. 28 seed Nutley in the preliminary second round of the Essex County Tournament on Friday, Feb. 2. Henry Jean-Baptiste had 16 points and […]
ORANGE, NJ – The Orange High School boys’ varsity basketball team bounced back from its heartbreaking loss to East Orange Campus with two straight wins over Newark Tech and West Essex to improve to a 5-7 overall record. Senior center D’Angelo Blackmand had 26 points, 14 rebounds and seven blocked shots to power the Tornadoes […]
ORANGE, NJ – This time, the tables turned. Supreme Cook scored on a tip-in at the buzzer to lift the East Orange Campus High School boys’ varsity basketball team to a pulsating 46-45 win over Orange High School in the ninth annual OHS M.L.K. Classic on Monday, Jan. 15. Cook’s heroics capped a sensational game […]
ORANGE, NJ – The ninth annual Orange High School M.L.K. Basketball Classic will be held Monday, Jan. 15. The following is the schedule: Newark Tech vs. Bayonne, 11 a.m. West Side vs. Lincoln of Jersey City, 1 p.m. (Girls) Orange vs. Lincoln of Jersey City, 3 p.m. Orange vs. East Orange Campus, 5 p. Admission […]
Photos by Steve Ellmore: East Orange Campus HS vs. Orange HS, Jan. 5, at EOCHS. EAST ORANGE, NJ (updated Tuesday Jan. 9, 10:38 a.m.) – D’Angelo Blackmand hit a layup with 20 seconds left to lift the Orange High School boys’ varsity basketball team to a thrilling 45-44 win over host East Orange Campus High […]
ORANGE, NJ – Senior power forward Henry Jean-Baptiste scored 15 points and grabbed six rebounds and senior center D’Angelo Blackmand had 13 points 17 rebounds and six blocks to lead the Orange High School boys’ varsity basketball team to its first win of the season, 55-38, over Columbia on Dec. 27 in the Union City […]
ORANGE, NJ – Moving up to a higher division in the conference, the Orange High School varsity boys’ basketball team is ready for the challenge. Sure, the Tornadoes lost their top scorer and rebounder to graduation in Zahier Childs and Rasheed Boyd, respectively. But head coach Jamaal Cooper’s squad returns five seniors from a team […]