VERONA, NJ — It was a must-win situation for the former North Jersey Section 2, Group 1 football champions Malcolm X. Shabazz Bulldogs, who were in jeopardy of being eliminated from the NJSIAA Group 2 playoffs this past Friday evening, Oct. 25, in Verona. Verona was already locked in and was expecting to be seeded […]
MOUNTAIN LAKES, NJ — The Shabazz High School football team fell to Mountain Lakes 49-12 in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s Group 1 state playoff semifinal on Friday, Nov. 17. It’s only been a week since “The Pride of The South Side” claimed the 2023 NJSIAA’s North Jersey, Section 2, Group 1 state […]
BUTLER, NJ — The Malcolm X. Shabazz High School football team won the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s North Jersey, Section 2, Group 1 state championship. The Shabazz Bulldogs defeated the Butler High School Bulldogs, 40-13, in the championship game on Friday night, Nov. 10, at Butler. Shabazz improved to 8-3. Butler moved to […]
NEWARK, NJ — In May 2021, the grants department of the Newark Board of Education submitted a proposal to the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs to revitalize the football field at Malcolm X Shabazz High School. In early February, Gov. Phil Murphy, Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver and the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs […]
ESSEXT COUNTY, NJ — The countdown is on as area high school football teams prepare for their opening kickoffs with Week 1 games in some of the state’s top showcase events at Montclair State University, William Paterson University and Rutgers University. While they are looking towards the opening kickoffs, the day was highlighted with some […]
Photos by Kerry E. Porter. Shabazz (yellow jerseys) vs. Weequahic, in North Jersey Section 2, Group 1 state final, at Kean University, Saturday, Dec. 2. UNION, NJ – The Shabazz High School varsity football team defeated Weequahic, 35-0, in a battle of Newark schools to win the North Jersey Section 2, Group 1 state playoff […]