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22 hours ago | essexnewsdaily.com | Joe Ragozzino

MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The third-seeded Columbia High School boys tennis team had a great run in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s North Jersey, Section 2, Group 4 state tournament. The Cougars advanced to the championship, but lost at top-seeded Westfield, 5-0, on Monday, June 2. CHS finished the season with an 8-7 record.

1 day ago | essexnewsdaily.com | Joe Ragozzino

BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The 10th-seeded Bloomfield High School softball team lost at seventh-seeded West Orange, 13-3, in the first round of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s North Jersey, Section 1, Group 4 state tournament on Thursday, May 29. Senior Emma Freid had two singles; and junior Samantha Ramos, freshman Gabrielle Bartley and senior Madison Simone each had a single and an RBI for the Bengals, who finished the season with a 12-12 record.

1 day ago | essexnewsdaily.com | Joe Ragozzino

BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Bloomfield High School track and field athletes gave good efforts at the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s Group 4 state championships at Franklin High School in Somerset on Friday and Saturday, May 30-31. The following are the boys’ results:Senior Nicholas Obiedzinski took eighth place in the pole vault at 12 feet. Senior Alexander Travers was 11th in the 400-meter hurdles in 55.15 seconds.

1 day ago | essexnewsdaily.com | Daniel Jackovino

This year marks the 1,700th anniversary of the First Ecumenical Council of 325, and the Nicene Creed, a “foundation marker” in Christian history. The Episcopal Dioceses of Newark and New Jersey, working with the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark, the Lutheran, Presbyterian and Reformed churches, as well as the Ukrainian Orthodox and others from the Eastern Church, celebrated this historic moment, on May 3, in a service at the Co-Cathedral of St. Robert Bellarmine in Freehold.

1 day ago | essexnewsdaily.com | Joe Ragozzino

GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The defending champion Glen Ridge High School girls lacrosse team defeated Indian Hills and Pequannock to advance to the semifinals of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s North Jersey, Group 1 state sectional tournament. The Ridgers defeated No. 16 seed Indian Hills, 19-4, on Wednesday, May 28, at Watsessing Park field in Bloomfield. Senior Campbell Spillett scored six goals and added two assists.