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WEST ORANGE, NJ — Aidan Healey and Michael Cassels combined on a two-hitter to lift West Orange to a 2-0 baseball victory over Cedar Grove on Thursday.

Healey allowed two hits and struck out eight in five innings pitched. He walked two. Cassels pitched two hitless innings with two walks and three strikeouts.

The Mountaineers (6-5) scored both their runs in the fifth inning, including ...

The Classics emerged with a victory over Yogi's Boys in a Morris Essex Tuesday Senior Softball League game played at O'Connor Park in West Orange on May 11th.

The METSSL is made up of teams primarily based in Morris, Essex and Sussex Counties and comprised of two divisions. The Alpha Division has 11 teams for seniors 60 years of age or older and the Slocum Division has ...

WEST ORANGE, NJ — Amara Almodovar hit a home run and drove in four runs to lead the West Orange softball team to a 14-7 victory over Kearny on Tuesday.

Livia Mair went 3-for-3 with a run scored and Nia Simpson was 3-for-4 with three runs scored and an RBI for the Mountaineers (7-4), who scored six runs in the third inning to take a 9-3 lead.

Tracey Ilderis had two hits and two RBI and ...

MILLBURN, NJ — Two fence-scraping home runs were the big blows as the Seton Hall Prep baseball team defeated Millburn, 11-2, Monday afternoon. The decision marked the 800th victory in the career of Seton Hall Prep head coach Mike Sheppard Jr.

Sheppard Jr., whose father, the late Mike Sheppard, was the longtime coach of Seton Hall University's baseball program, has a career high ...

WEST CALDWELL, NJ — After being no-hit for six innings, the Caldwell baseball team scored a run in the bottom of the seventh inning to beat West Orange, 1-0, in the opening round of the Greater Newark Tournament Friday night.

Gil Prial of Caldwell (6-2) singled, stole second and scored the only run on an RBI single by Nick Bergamotto in the bottom of the seventh.

Chiefs starting ...

WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange High School Track Team is making its mark right out of the gate as its spring season begins and a semblance of normalcy returns to the sport.

On April 28, the team hosted Millburn for its first meet in over a year. “Both the girls and boys teams were victorious in their opener,” said Head Coach Jason Lamont Jackson. 

On April ...

The Mountain Top League (MTL), a volunteer-run organization established in 1959, offers ice hockey, baseball, basketball, softball and soccer programs for West Orange youth in kindergarten through eighth grade.

This year, MTL is partnering with West Orange’s Recreation Department to operate a summer street hockey league. According to Chris McCree MTL Coach, “The ...

WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Township of West Orange, EZ Ride, New Jersey Safe Routes, West Orange Schools and the West Orange Pedestrian Safety Advisory Board collaborated in the town's first-ever Pop-Up Bike Lane and Free Bike Skills Course, held May 1-2 at Redwood Elementary School.

The Meadowlands Transportation Brokerage Corporation, doing business as EZ Ride, was founded in ...

NORTH HALEDON, NJ — Zander Lipsey scored three goals and had one assist to lead West Orange to a 10-4 boys lacrosse victory over Eastern Christian on Tuesday.

Andrew Miller also scored three goals for the Mountaineers, who outscored Eastern Christian, 4-0, in the second quarter to take a 5-1 lead.

Andrew Gart had two goals and one assist, and Nick Singh and Chris Parsons each scored ...

NORTH CALDWELL, NJ — The West Essex baseball team has won two in a row, but Monday’s rain-soaked 9-8 victory over West Orange on Monday did not come easily.

“We enjoy the wins,” said West Essex Head Coach Eric Johnson.

While the game ultimately ended with a win for the Knights the game would come down to a final at-bat for West Orange with the tying and go-ahead runs ...