By Josh Baker Correspondent Preparation for West Orange High School fall sports season has begun, and that includes the girls’ soccer team. With their main goals of competing, working hard every day, and winning the state championship, head coach Sean DeVore wants to keep the team’s focus on their chemistry, because “when you graduate your […]
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 varsity soccer team, which finished an unbeaten 13-0-5 season and won the Super Essex Conference-Liberty Division title, featured seven players who earned All-SEC-Liberty Division honors. They include: FIRST TEAM • Natalie Nevins, sophomore midfielder. • Morgan Clark, junior midfielder. • Nyah Harber, junior defender. SECOND TEAM […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ – The West Orange High School varsity girls’ soccer team concluded an historic season. The Lady Mountaineers, under second-year head coach Sean DeVore, finished the season unbeaten at 13-0-5. They won the Super Essex Conference-Liberty Division championship and were the first state-ranked team in program history. West Orange ended the season with a […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ – The West Orange High School varsity girls’ soccer team came back from its heartbreaking loss to Montclair Kimberly Academy in the Essex County Tournament semifinals to shut out Bergen County Tech, 5-0, in the first round of the NJSIAA North Jersey Section 1, Group 4 state tournament on Oct. 30 at […]
Photos by Steve Ellmore: West Orange (white uniforms) vs. Montclair Kimberley Academy in the Essex County Tournament semifinals, Oct. 25, at Millburn HS. MILLBURN, NJ –The top-seeded West Orange High School varsity girls’ soccer team lost a heartbreaking decision to fifth-seeded Montclair Kimberley Academy in the Essex County Tournament semifinals held at Millburn HS on […]
The NJSIAA released the state tournament pairings for boys’ and girls’ varsity soccer. The Worrall Community Newspapers schools in Essex County that have made the state tournament are: Boys Soccer: Irvington, Nutley, Belleville, Orange, West Orange, Columbia, Seton Hall Prep, Bloomfield and Glen Ridge Girls Soccer: Nutley, Belleville, Orange, West Orange, Columbia, Bloomfield and Glen […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ – The top-seeded and undefeated West Orange High School varsity girls’ soccer team defeated ninth-seeded Nutley, 1-0, in the Essex County Tournament quarterfinal round on Saturday, Oct. 21, at home. “It was a very hard-fought, extremely tough game,” said WOHS head coach Sean DeVore, whose team improved to 12-0-3. “Both teams played […]
By Cynthia Cumming Correspondent WEST ORANGE, NJ (updated Sunday Oct. 15, 10:24 a.m.) – For the first time in West Orange High School sports history, the varsity girls’ soccer team has captured the Liberty Division championship of the Super Essex Conference. The unbeaten Mountaineers defeated Montclair Kimberly Academy, 4-1, Oct. 10 to clinch the title. In […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ – The West Orange High School varsity girls’ soccer team won three games last week to remain undefeated on the season. Freshman Emma Mitchell and sophomore Natalie Nevins each had a goal to lead the Mountaineers to a 2-0 win over state-ranked Montclair on Oct. 3 in Montclair. Senior co-captain Kaylese Gist […]