WEST ORANGE, NJ – Led by Mya Bembry, one of the best players in the state, the West Orange High School girls’ varsity basketball team produced its best season ever last winter. Head coach Caniece Williams’ team captured its first-ever state sectional title with a 56-50 win over Hackensack in the NJSIAA North Jersey Section […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ – West Orange High School senior Mya Bembry signed a National Letter of Intent in accepting an athletic scholarship to continue her basketball career at Penn State University on the NCAA Division 1 level, as family, friends and coaches cheered her on during a ceremony on Nov. 20 at WOHS. After […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ – The annual West Orange High School Sports Awards were held June 5, and the evening celebrated not only outstanding athletes and team members, but another stellar year for the high school teams. The list of championships for the 2017-18 contain returning champions and first-time champions: SEC DIVISION CHAMPIONS: Girls’ Cross-Country, Girls’ […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ – The West Orange High School girls’ varsity basketball team, which won the NJSIAA North Jersey Section 1, Group 4 state tournament for its first state sectional title in program history this season, featured four players who earned All-Super Essex Conference-American Division honors. Junior guard Mya Bembry, arguably the best player in […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ – This winter in Essex County, the two girls’ basketball teams which got the most attention were University, which won a state title, and Newark Tech, which won the Essex County Tournament championship. But another team which grabbed headlines was West Orange High School, which chalked up a 22-8 record. The Mountaineers, […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ – Blessed with a strong returning nucleus that keyed a stellar 2016-17 season, the West Orange High School girls’ varsity basketball team had many goals this season. Of course, one of them was to win the NJSIAA North Jersey Section 1, Group 4 state tournament for the first time in program […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ – The postseason always is filled with excitement. The West Orange High School girls’ varsity basketball team experienced such exhilaration in back-to-back games to advance to the NJSIAA North Jersey Section 1, Group 4 tournament championship game. Junior guard Mya Bembry, arguably one of the best girls’ basketball players in the area, […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ – Don’t be fooled by the low seed. The West Orange High School girls’ varsity basketball team is as dangerous as any team going into the postseason. The Mountaineers, seeded ninth, will visit eighth-seeded Randolph in the first round of the NJSIAA North Jersey Section 1, Group 4 state tournament on Feb. […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ – The West Orange High School girls’ varsity basketball team was riding high. The third-seeded Mountaineers brought a 10-game winning streak into its Essex County Tournament semifinal matchup with second-seeded Newark Tech on Feb. 21 at Weequahic HS in Newark. One of the wins in the streak was against Newark Tech eight […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ – Junior guard Mya Bembry had 16 points and 13 rebounds to lead the third-seeded West Orange High School girls’ varsity basketball team to a 41-35 home win over sixth-seeded Newark Arts in the quarterfinals of the Essex County Tournament on Feb. 17. Nahtali Simpson had eight points; Mackenzie Dover had six; […]