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CEDAR GROVE, NJ -- Four members of the Cedar Grove boys tennis team received recognition from the Super Essex Conference on its All-Colonial Division team for 2022.

Sairaj Srinivasan of Cedar Grove was named to the first team. The senior played first singles for the Panthers. Srinivasan won 12 matches for Cedar Grove, including three of his last four in the 2022 season.

Aaron Sprigle and ...

VERONA, NJ -- Sean Mulligan, a Verona baseball player and a member of the Class of 2022, recently was named to the 2022 Super Essex Conference Liberty Division First Team.

Mulligan, a right-handed pitcher and infielder, was voted to the team in a poll of the conference's coaches.

Mulligan struck out 102 batters in 51 2/3 innings pitched, allowing 32 hits and posting a 2.43 earned-run ...

CEDAR GROVE, NJ -- Alfonsi Lombardi, a senior on the Cedar Grove baseball team, was selected to the Super Essex Conference Liberty Division FIrst Team.

Lombardi, a left-handed pitcher, led Cedar Grove in innings pitched (48 1/3) and strikeouts (41). At bat, he batted .344 with three home runs and three doubles. Lombardi also led the Panthers in stolen bases with 17.

Senior Aiden Kerney and ...

VERONA, NJ -- Two members of the Verona High School girls lacrosse team have been selected to the Super Essex Conference All-American Division First Team for 2022.

Senior Ella Moore and junior Bridget Lonsinger of Verona both were voted to the first team in a poll of conference coaches.

Moore led Verona in goals with 55 and also passed for 28 assists. She also collected 35 ground ...

VERONA, NJ -- The Verona High School Sports Boosters Organization held the 2022 VHS Senior Sports Award Ceremony at Sellitto Field Monday evening.

There were 77 student-athletes who were honored. Each student received a plaque in commemoration of their VHS sports accolades. Of the 77 athletes, 63 are high honor students [3.7 GPA or higher] and received maroon and white ...

CEDAR GROVE, NJ -- Taylor Bennett of Cedar Grove was selected to the Super Essex Conference's All-Liberty Division girls' lacrosse first team for 2022.

Bennett, a junior midfielder/attack, led the Panthers with 61 goals in 2022. She also had seven assists and tied for the team lead in draw controls with 26.

The team is voted on by coaches in the conference.

Kierstin Walter and ...

PENNSAUKEN, NJ -- Tara Smurla, a senior at Cedar Grove High School, broke her own school record in the 1,600-meter run last weekend.

Competing in the NJSIAA Group 1 track and field championships, Smurla came in second in the 1,600m with a time of 5:14.72, which surpassed the school record in the event which he already held.

Smurla also ran third in the 3,200-meter run with a time ...

CEDAR GROVE, NJ -- Michael Marinelli of Cedar Grove has been named to the Super Essex Conference 2022 All-Liberty Division team.

Marinelli, a senior midfielder, finished with 30 goals and 11 assists this season. In his career, Marinelli had 51 goals and 18 assists.

Marinelli will attend The College of New Jersey and play football there. He caught 75 passes for Cedar Grove's ...

VERONA, NJ -- Sean Mulligan, a senior at Verona High School, recently was named a recipient of the Best Teammate Award for his school and honored at a banquet at Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center in Little Falls.

Mulligan was one of 39 student-athletes in Essex County to be accorded the honor.

He was a member of the Verona baseball and boys basketball teams.

The 39 recipients ...

BASKING RIDGE, NJ -- Cedar Grove participants came away with three gold medals at the Section 2, Group 1 track championships over the weekend at Ridge High School.

Tara Smurla won the 1600-meter and 3200-meter girls' races, and Endri Yzellari was first in the boys' shot put competition on Saturday.

In all, 16 participants from Cedar Grove qualified for the overall ...