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 […]