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; […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ – Mya Bembry had 20 points, 10 rebounds, 10 steals, seven blocks and three assists to lead the third-seeded West Orange High School girls’ varsity basketball team to a 47-30 home win over 14th-seeded Caldwell in the first round of the Essex County Tournament on Feb. 10. Bianca Fede had eight points […]
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, NJ – Junior guard Mya Bembry had 18 points, including the 1,000th point of her career, and added 10 rebounds and five steals to lead the West Orange High School girls’ varsity basketball team to a 61-36 home win over Teaneck on Jan. 30. Senior guard Nahtali Simpson had 12 points, four rebounds […]
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 […]
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 […]