On February 12th, the quarterfinal round of the Essex County Tournament took place. In the Columbia vs. Mount St. Dominic girls’ game, Columbia dominated by the score of 53-32. Senior Gabrielle Jackson led Columbia with 13 points and 16 rebounds and her teammate Kyrsten Van Natta had 6 points and 8 boards. Mount St. Dominic got 5 points and 5 rebounds from Randi Jo Farrell. In other action, East Orange Campus defeated Montclair Kimberley by a comfortable 52-43 margin. The EOCHS Jaguars were led by senior Linda Hamilton with 17 points and 12 rebounds, while sophomore Tenana Muldrow added 5 points and key rebounds. Also, Delisha Thompson had 15 points

In the other games University defeated Bloomfield Tech 49-31, and Malcolm X Shabazz beat Weequahic 79-47.

In the boys’ games, Seton Hall Prep beat East Orange 66-58 and Irvington defeated Newark’s East Side High 52-48. In the other games, Columbia got by Montclair Kimberley 59-57 while Central High shocked Shabazz 94-57.

ROSELLE – November 4, 2010 – It has been 10 long years since the Roselle Rams made the playoffs in the Central Jersey, Group 2 division.

But with a win this Saturday against 2-5 Manville, the 5-2 Rams will be playing in the post season. The game begins at 2 p.m. in Roselle at Arminio Field on Chestnut Street, between 8th and 9th avenues.

Many in Roselle attribute this year's success to the new head football coach, Louis Grasso, Jr. of Rahway, who took over the team at the beginning of the season. His mentor is his father, Louis Grasso, Sr. The elder Grasso, who still is involved with the team on a day-to-day basis, coached the Rams for 26 years.

"We have great group of kids this year in Roselle," said Grasso, 35, who has worked as a physical education teacher in Roselle for 12 years, while getting experience as an assistant football coach in New Brunswick and Union Township. "Roselle has a strong Pop Warner program, supportive parents and athletic kids who really want to win."

ORANGE - Most of the crowd who nearly filled Bell Stadium Oct. 8 for the Orange-Glen Ridge football game knew in no uncertain terms how special the game was when the Tornadoes entered the field at 6:52 p.m.

Every player who suited up was wearing pink shirts and socks - instead of their traditional orange - to go with their black pants and white numbers. Almost 2,000 people roared their approval from the grandstand at the Tornadoes' one-night-only livery.

Pink was also found elsewhere on and off the field. At least a third of the OHS Tornadoes cheerleading squad also wore pink shirts and socks - as were a third of the marching band's dancers. Several OHS Marching Band members who were not wearing uniform hats were wearing pink head or sweat bands.

At Madison Square Garden, the Jordan Classic featured many of the top high school athletes in the country. In a matchup between the City team and Suburban team, the Suburban squad won a high-scoring contest 137-133.