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By Chris Sykes, Staff Writer

Board of Education President Anthony “Tony” Vauss is known for being the host with the most when it comes to throwing parties, and his next big event is scheduled to take place Feb. 22 at 5 p.m. at Marlo’s Lounge on Lyons Avenue and every Irvington education stakeholder is invited to attend.

“I met with all the PTAs and parent coordinators and we decided to hold an event for all the faculty and staff and administrators,” Vauss said. “Then I met…

By Joe Ragozzino

Sports editor

Deshawn Lewis scored 18 points and Al-Jahaad Bradford had 17 points and eight assists to lead the sixth-seeded Irvington High School boys’ varsity basketball team to a 72-45 win over No. 11 seed Central in the round of 16 of the Essex County Tournament last Saturday at IHS.

Jalen Baytops and Shakur Juiston each had double-doubles for the Blue Knights. Baytops had 11 points and 11 rebounds and Juiston had 12 points and 11 rebounds. Brandon Waiters…

Dashana Ransome captured the girls’ 55-meter hurdles to lead the Irvington High School indoor track and field teams at the Essex County Championships last Sunday at Seton Hall University in South Orange.

The IHS girls’ team finished fourth overall in the girls’ team standings among the 18 scoring teams based on top-six finishes in the events. Newark Tech won the girls’ team crown.

Dashana’s sister, Denesha, took second in the 55-meter dash and sixth in the 200-meter dash.

On the…

By Joe Ragozzino

Sports editor

The Irvington High School girls’ varsity basketball team, seeded 11th, lost at No. 6 seed Newark Tech, 63-53, in the round of 16 of the Essex County Tournament last Saturday Feb. 4 in Newark.

Trailing 37-29 at halftime, the Blue Knights outscored Newark Tech, 17-13, in the third quarter to cut it to 50-46. But Newark Tech maintained control in the fourth quarter, outscoring IHS, 13-7, to hold off the Blue Knights, who had their…

Every year the Jersey City Board of Education celebrates and honors Black History

month with a annual luncheon at the Board office on 346 Claremont Avenue Jersey City

N.J.  This years event with take place on Feb. 23rd and be held in the Conference room

on the sixth floor.  Craig Garner, Poet Laureate of Irvington will be the Guest speaker and

read a few of the poems he has written in his latest book "Trouble?".   This will be Craig's

third year of…

By Chris Sykes, Staff Writer

Tonight, the Irvington Unit of the NAACP will hold its monthly meeting where the main topic of discussion will be a report of Gov. Christopher Christie’s appearance at Christian Love Baptist Church two weeks ago.

The meeting is scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m. inside Greater New Point Missionary Baptist Church. Kathleen Witcher, the president of the Irvington NAACP, said that she hopes to get a large turnout for tonight’s meeting because there…

By Joe Ragozzino

Sports editor

The Irvington High School boys’ varsity basketball team hopes to make a strong run in the Essex County Tournament. The Blue Knights, seeded sixth, will begin ECT play in the round of 16 this Saturday Feb. 4 against the winner between No. 11 seed Newark Central and No. 22  seed North 13th St. Tech. IHS received byes in the first and second preliminary rounds.

The Blue Knights, under head coach Eugene Robinson, defeated University…

By Joe Ragozzino

Sports editor

The 11th-seeded Irvington High School girls’ varsity basketball team will begin play in the Essex County Tournament on Feb. 2 against No. 23 seed West Side at IHS at 4 p.m. in the second round preliminary.

The Lady Blue Knights received a bye in the first round preliminary.

The winner of IHS/West Side will visit No. 6 seed Newark Tech in the round of 16 this Saturday Feb. 4.

Junior guard Kemaya Powell had 14 points and…

Irvington High School varsity wrestlers Romario Herbert, Joshua Ogbennaya, Nehehima Shury and Edwige Gedeon enjoyed outstanding performances at the Essex County Tournament last Friday and Saturday Jan. 27-28 at Codey Arena in West Orange.

Herbert took fourth place in the 152-pound weight class.

Herbert lost to Ian Chauncey of Bloomfield, 5-2, in the consolation.

Ogbennaya placed fourth  in the 195-pound weight class, getting pinned by Belleville’s Daniel Giangrande in 2:47 in…

IRVINGTON WRESTLERS HAD A GOOD SHOWING AT THE ECT IN WEST ORANGE WITH 4 PLACING IN THE TOP 8…

By Chris Sykes, Staff Writer

Fresh off his annual State of the State Address in Trenton, Gov. Christopher Christie came to Irvington last week to hold his first ever town hall meeting in an urban area at Christian Love Baptist Church on Lyons Avenue.

“It was the second strangest venue for us since I delivered the State of the State Address,” Christie said on Jan. 19. “Yesterday I was at a mall in Voorhees. Today I’m at a church that epitomizes what a church should be at its…

The Irvington High School boys’ varsity basketball team received the No. 6 seed in the Essex County Tournament.

The Blue Knights will begin play in the ECT on Feb. 4. North 13th St. Tech, seeded No. 22, will host No. 23 seed Arts in the preliminary round on or by this Saturday. The winner will visit No. 11 seed Newark Central on or by Feb. 2. The winner of that game will visit the Blue Knights on Feb. 4.

Seton Hall Prep is the No. 1 seed. Newark Tech is seeded second. Bloomfield is…

The Irvington High School girls’ varsity basketball team received the No. 11 seed in the Essex County Tournament. The Lady Blue Knights will host either No. 22 seed Livingston or No. 23 seed West Side on or by Feb. 2. The game beween Livingston and West Side must be played by Saturday Jan. 28

Shabazz is the No. 1 seed. Montclair is seeded second and Mount St. Dominic is the third seed in the 26-team field.

The Blue Knights lost to Mount St. Dominic, 63-41, on Jan. 17 at IHS.

IHS…

Irvington High School student-athlete Maria Simmons was among the honorees at the the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association 26th annual statewide celebration of “National Girls and Women In Sports Day.” at Seton Hall University this past Sunday Jan. 22.

The event is particularly significant this year as 2012 marks the 40th anniversary of the landmark Title IX legislation. The theme of the event is: “Title IX at 40: In It for the Long Run.”

Simmons and the other…

Despite being inexperienced, the Irvington High School varsity wrestling team is enjoying success in the Super Essex Conference-Colonial Division.

The Blue Knights were undefeated in the division entering the week, hoping to clinch the divisional championship at the end of the season.

The Blue Knights also will gear up for the Essex County Tournament on Friday Jan. 27 and Saturday Jan. 28 at Codey Arena in West Orange.

Romario Herbert is considered the Blue Knights’ strongest…

MAT CARPENTER AND EVANDER JEANTY HELP IRVINGTON BEAT NEWARK WEST SIDE 65-17 ON 1-21-12 IT TOOK NO TIME AS IRVINGTON GOT THE WIN BY WAY OF PINS JEANTY A FRESHMAN GOT HIS 3rd WIN OF THE YEAR BY A FALL…

By Chris Sykes, Staff Writer

On Saturday, the Irvington Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Committee held its 27th annual Legacy of a Dream commemorative tribute to the life and work of the iconic civil rights leader and human rights champion.

The Jan. 14 event once again took place in the Irvington High School auditorium. The guest speaker was Pastor Jerry Smith of Christian Pentecostal Church and this year the 2012 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Award was presented to…

THE IRVINGTON HIGH WRESTLING TEAM TOOK A BAD LOST IN LINDEN ON TUE AND HOPE TO REBOUND IN GLEN RIDGE…

Ten days after being fired as the head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Raheem Morris was hired as the defensive backs coach for the Washington Redskins of the National Football League.

Morris, a 1994 Irvington High School graduate, coached the NFL Buccaneers for the past three seasons. He was fired by the Bucs on Jan. 2 after Tampa Bay finished with a 4-12 record. Morris was 17-31 in three seasons with the Bucs.

In his second season in 2010, Morris finished second to New England’s…