It was championship Saturday at Essex County College at the culmination of the Essex County Girls, and Boys Basketball Tournaments. The girls final tipped off at 1pm with the West Orange Mountaineers, the 3rd seed, taking on upset minded, 5th seed, Immaculate Conception. It was a defensive effort throughout on both ends of the court […]
At Wednesday night’s semifinals of the Essex County Boys Basketball Tournament East Side, the top seed, edged a determined Seton Hall Prep squad in double overtime by a score of 73-67. The Red Raiders will face second seeded Immaculate Conception for the county championship on Saturday. Immaculate led from the opening tap in defeating West […]
The top four seeds have advanced to the semifinal round of the Essex County Boys Basketball Tournament. They will move on to Tuesday’s competition to be played at West Orange High School. Here’s what happened; East Side (1) defeated Montclair (8) Seton Hall Prep (4) defeated American History (5) Seton Hall faces East Side […]
The Seeding Committees, consisting of head coaches from all of the SEC’s basketball divisions, have released their brackets for the up-coming County Tournaments. The boys tournament has a record 39 teams entered. First Preliminary Round play is on or by Thursday, Jan 31. The girls tournament has a 32 team field. Play skips to the […]
Although at a distinct height disadvantage East Side played strong defensively to defeat Immaculate Conception in the championship final of the Essex County Boys Basketball Tournament. The game, played Saturday afternoon at Essex County College in Newark, saw the second seeded Red Raiders edge out a hotly contested contest with the fourth seeded team from […]
Immaculate Conception and East Side have advanced to the championship final of the Essex County Boys Basketball Tournament. On Tuesday evening Immaculate, seeded fourth, defeated top-seeded Seton Hall Prep while East Side, seeded second, held off a competitive Central squad who was seeded at number six. The championship game is scheduled for 1pm on Saturday […]
It’s on to Tuesday’s Semifinal Round for the Essex County Boy’s Basketball Tournament. At Saturday’s quarterfinals our four semifinalists were determined. On Tuesday the Semifinal Round will be played at West Orange High School. Here’s what happened; Seton Hall Prep (1) defeated Millburn (8), Immaculate Conception (4) moved past West Orange (5) Seton Hall and […]