WEST ORANGE, NJ – The West Orange High School boys’ varsity basketball team enjoyed a successful season. The Mountaineers, under second-year head coach Demond Cowins, finished with a 16-10 record after losing at second-seeded Hackensack, 69-66, in the quarterfinals of the NJSIAA North Jersey Section 1, Group 4 tournament on March 1 to end the […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ – The West Orange High School boys’ basketball team defeated Barringer, Kearny and Montclair Kimberley Academy in three straight games to improve to a 15-9 record. Jelani Jackson had 17 points and Stephon Sheard had 12 points to lead the Mountaineers to a 77-74 overtime win over Barringer on Feb. 19 at […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ – Goddy Marc scored 18 points and grabbed six rebounds and Stephon Sheard had 15 points, seven rebounds, five assists and four steals to lead the fifth-seeded West Orange High School boys’ varsity basketball team to a 64-58 home win over No. 12 seed East Orange Campus in the first round of […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ – The West Orange High School boys’ varsity basketball team is the No. 5 seed in the Essex County Tournament. The Mountaineers will host a first-round game on Feb. 10 against either No. 12 seed East Orange or No. 21 Verona. Jelani Jackson and Goddy Marc each had 12 points and Anant […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ – The West Orange High School boys’ varsity basketball team defeated Elizabeth and East Orange Campus before losing to University and Irvington to move to an 8-6 overall record, 6-1 in the Super Essex Conference-Liberty Division. Goddy Marc scored 21 points with five three-pointers to lead the Mountaineers to a 52-51 road […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ – The West Orange High School boys’ varsity basketball team defeated a good Bloomfield team, 62-59, at Bloomfield on Jan. 9 in a Super Essex Conference-Liberty Division game. William Garth-Hill had 16 points, nine rebounds and three blocks and Jelani Jackson had 15 points and four assists to lead the Mountaineers. Robert Meaux […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The winter sports season at West Orange High School officially kicked off Dec. 14 with a rowdy pep rally featuring the WOHS cheerleaders, bowling, swimming, boys’ basketball, girls’ basketball, ice hockey and wrestling teams. The boys’ and girls’ step teams also made special appearances. Teams performed skits or dance routines that […]
Photos by Perry Bashkoff: Buzz1441 West Orange vs. University, Dec. 15, at West Orange, season opener WEST ORANGE, NJ (updated Sunday Dec. 17, 8:28 a.m.) – The West Orange High School boys’ varsity basketball team, under second-year head coach Demond Cowins, hopes to have a successful season with a good core of talented players. The […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ – The West Orange High School boys’ and girls’ varsity basketball teams will tip off the season Dec. 15. The boys will host University at 7 p.m. The girls will visit East Orange Campus in a rematch of last year’s North Jersey Section 1, Group 4 state tournament semifinal won by East […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ – In his first year at the helm last winter, Demond Cowins guided the West Orange High School boys’ varsity basketball team to a respectable season as the Mountaineers finished just under .500 with a 12-13 record. In fact, the 16th-seeded Mountaineers gave No. 1 seed and eventual champion Bloomfield a competitive […]