Orange HS boys’ basketball team looks to contend for conference and section titles again this season

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 […]

Orange HS boys’ and girls’ basketball teams to tip off seasons

Photos by Steve Ellmore: Orange (gray unforms) vs. Hillside, scrimmage, Dec. 8, at Orange HS ORANGE, NJ – The Orange High School boys’ and girls’ varsity basketball teams will tip off their seasons Dec. 15. The boys’ team, under head coach Jamaal Cooper, will host Newark Central at 7 p.m. The girls’ team, under head […]

Orange HS boys’ basketball players receive All-SEC honors

Orange HS boys’ basketball players receive All-SEC honors

ORANGE, NJ – The Orange High School boys’ varsity basketball team, which won a three-way share of the Super Essex Conference-Colonial Division title this season with Bloomfield and Verona, featured three players who earned All-SEC-Colonial Division honors. Senior guard Zahier Childs made First Team; senior forward Rasheed Boyd made Second Team, and senior point guard […]

Orange HS boys’ basketball team advances to section quarterfinals

ORANGE, NJ – Zahier Childs scored 17 points; D’Angelo Blackmand had 14 points, 11 rebounds and three blocks; and Rasheed Boyd had 12 points and 13 rebounds to lead the third-seeded Orange High School boys’ varsity basketball team to a 66-48 win over 14th-seeded Cliffside Park in the first round of the NJSIAA North Jersey […]

Orange HS boys’ basketball clinches share of SEC-Colonial Division title; loses in wild 4-overtime game vs. Old Tappan

Orange HS boys’ basketball clinches share of SEC-Colonial Division title; loses in wild 4-overtime game vs. Old Tappan

ORANGE, NJ – The Orange High School boys’ varsity basketball team clinched a share of the Super Essex Conference-Colonial Division championship with Bloomfield and Verona. All three teams finished 9-3 in the division. Orange split their two games with Bloomfield and also split its two games with Verona. The Tornadoes dropped a wild, four-overtime game […]

Orange HS boys’ basketball teams seeks good run in state tournament

ORANGE, NJ – The Orange High School boys’ varsity basketball team hopes to make a strong run in the North Jersey Section 2, Group 3 state tournament. The Tornadoes, who had an 18-4 record through Feb. 16, will host 14th-seeded Cliffside Park in the quarterfinals on Feb. 28. The winner will face the winner between […]

Orange HS boys’ basketball team falls to Barringer in ECT

ORANGE, NJ – Henry Jean-Baptiste had 19 points and Zahier Childs had 15 points, but the ninth-seeded Orange High School boys’ varsity basketball team lost at eighth-seeded Barringer, 77-74, in the first round of the Essex County Tournament on Saturday, Feb. 11, in Newark. D’Angelo Blackmand had 12 points; Wesley Lafleur had nine points; Mischael […]