West Orange HS girls’ basketball team enjoys historic season

  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 HS girls’ basketball team tops Morristown and Ridgewood in thrillers to advance to North 1, Group 4 state championship game

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 HS girls’ basketball team advances to ECT semifinals

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; […]

Celebrating women in sports

WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange High School girls’ basketball team celebrates the 32nd anniversary of “National Girls and Women in Sports Day” on Tuesday, Feb. 13, at a home game against Newark Tech. Freshmen will play at 4 p.m., JV at 5:30 p.m. and varsity at 7 p.m. Admission is charged. To purchase […]

West Orange HS girls’ basketball team tops East Orange

WEST ORANGE, NJ – Mya Bembry had 20 points, 17 rebounds, five assists, four blocked shots and four steals, all team-highs, to lead the West Orange High School girls’ varsity basketball team to a 52-28 home win over East Orange Campus on Jan. 18 in a Super Essex Conference-American Division game. Nahtali Simpson had 12 […]

Mya Bembry leads West Orange HS girls’ basketball team to victories

WEST ORANGE, NJ – The West Orange High School girls’ varsity basketball team, led by junior Mya Bembry, won two games last week, beating Bloomfield and Millburn, to improve to a 6-3 overall record, 3-2 in the Super Essex Conference-American Division. Bembry had 13 points, 14 rebounds, seven steals, five assists and two blocks in […]