ORANGE, NJ — The Orange High School football team hopes to get back on the winning track. The OHS Tornadoes lost at Newark West Side, 37-6, on Sept. 17, for their second straight defeat to move to a 1-2 record. Orange will host Barringer on Friday, Sept. 23, at 7 p.m. Photo by Joe Ragozzino.
ORANGE, NJ — The Orange High School football team blanked Paterson Kennedy, 21-0, in the season opener on Thursday, Sept. 1, at Bauerle Field in Paterson. Senior standout Khyron Hill scored all three touchdowns and finished with 125 yards. The Tornadoes will host Bayonne on Friday, Sept. 9, at Bell Stadium at 7 p.m. Photos […]
ORANGE, NJ — The Orange High School football team has adopted the “DAWGS” mentality this season. To the Tornadoes, “DAWGS” is an acronym — discipline, accountability, winning, grinding and swag. The last part is very important. “You gotta play with swag, baby,” said head coach Khalfani Alleyne. Last season, Alleyne became the interim head coach […]
ORANGE, NJ — The Orange High School football team hosted a scrimmage against Passaic High School on Wednesday morning, Aug. 17, at Bell Stadium. The Tornadoes will kick off the season on Thursday, Sept. 1, on the road against Paterson Kennedy at Bauerle Field in Paterson. Photos by Joe Ragozzino.
ORANGE, NJ — Orange High School alumnus Ny’Quee Hawkins is getting ready for his redshirt sophomore season for the Virginia Tech football team. Virginia Tech, located in Blacksburg, Va., is a major college football team that competes in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Virginia Tech Hokies will open the season on Friday, Sept. 2, at […]
ORANGE, NJ — Orange High School senior Marlon Gomez signs with Nichols College, in Dudley, Mass., to continue his football career. Gomez, a running back and linebacker, is joined by his family and OHS Assistant Principal of Athletic and Academics Anthony Frantantoni. Gomez also has been selected to participate in the 27th Paul Robeson All-Star […]
ORANGE, NJ — Orange High School alumnus Jamar Summers was recently drafted by the Houston Gamblers of the United States Football League, which has been resurrected after 37 years and will begin its season this spring. Summers, a 2013 OHS graduate who continued his career at the University of Connecticut, was the first cornerback selected […]
The Super Football Conference (SFC) has established an entirely new annual recognition, the Steve DiGregorio Young Man of the Year Award. Named for the legendary Paramus Catholic and Nutley High School football coach, who was also a stellar athlete at Nutley, the award will be presented on Jan. 10, 2022, banquet event held at MetLife […]
ORANGE, NJ — Snow in October? Yes, that’s what happened 10 years ago, on Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011. The Orange High School football team visited Glen Ridge at Hurrell Field on that day during a rare snowstorm in October. The snow did little to slow down the Tornadoes, who won the game, 27-2. Photos by […]
ORANGE, NJ — The Orange High School football team fell at Millburn, 35-19, on Friday, Oct. 22, to move to a 1-7 record. OHS quarterback Maurice Williams scored on a 13-yard run in the first quarter. Williams threw a 32-yard touchdown pass to Luis Rivera in the third quarter. Kyron Hill ran for a 50-yard […]