The Belleville and Nutley high school boys' and girls' varsity basketball teams will face each other on Feb. 17 at Belleville High School as part of a "Pink Out" event in honor of BHS 2000 graduate Lindsay Giordano, who has been diagnosed with breast cancer.

The NHS vs. BHS girls' game will tip off at 6 p.m., and the boys' game will follow at 8 p.m.

The color pink is associated with breast cancer awareness.

Pink shirts also will be sold beginning Feb. 13. The shirts will…

The Belleville High School boys’ varsity basketball team received the No. 25 seed in the Essex County Tournament and will visit No. 20 seed Verona in the first preliminary round on or by this Saturday Jan. 28. The winner will face the winner between No. 13 Livingston and No. 32 Barringer in the second preliminary round on or  by Feb. 2.

The Bucs defeated Glen Ridge and lost to West Essex. The Bucs’ record moved to 7-5.

Julian Rodriguez posted 21 points, 11 rebounds, four assists and…

The Belleville High School girls’ varsity basketball team won its past two games to improve to 5-8.

Chassity Sousa scored 16 points and added five rebounds and four steals and Tia Silas had six points and eight rebounds in the 47-8 win over Christ the King on Jan. 19 in Newark. Lorena Garcia also had two points and eight rebounds, Rachel Estrada had five points and Alison Samangieo had four points in the win.

Samaniego and  Sousa each scored 15 points and Jordan Mosley had 11 points…

The Belleville High School Indoor Track team gave strong performances at the Ridgewood Winter Games 2 on Tuesday January 17, 2012 at Rockland Community College Field House in Suffern New York

Arnelle Ackon wons the Varsity 55 Meter Dash and the Varsity 300 Yard Dash. Ackon won the 55 Meter dash with a time of 7.6 and Arnelle won the 300 yard dash with a time of 38.7. Her time of 38.7 tied the school record with Sherece Shabazz who ran a 38.7 during the 2008/2009 Indoor track…

The Belleville High School boys'  and girls' indoor track and field teams gave solid efforts at the Tom Zaccone Inviational at Fairleigh Dickson University on Jan. 3.

The Belleville Girls Team was led by Kristy Bono. Kristy Bono set a new school record in the 1000 Meters while finishing in fourth place. Kristy’s time was 3:20.1, the old record was 3:23.8 set by Joanne Campione during the 2005 Indoor Season.

Arnelle Ackon took 6^th place in the Varsity…

On Friday Jan. 13, the Belleville High School Boys and Girls Indoor Track team competed at the Paul Schwartz Invitational at Fairleigh Dickson University.

 At the meet Junior Arnelle Ackon took 2^nd place in the Varsity 300 Meters with a time of 43.1 seconds. Arnelle’s time set a new Belleville High School record. The old record of 43.5 was set during the 2007/2008 season by former State Sectional Champion Sherece Shabazz.

Kristy and Jamie Bono took first and…

Jordan Mosley scored 14 points to lead the Belleville High School girls' varsity basketball team to a 42-39 overtime win over Livingston on Saturday Jan. 7 at BHS.

The Lady Bucs outscored Livingston, 5-2, in overtime to improve to 3-5.

Chassity Sousa and Allison Samaniego each had seven points and Tia Silas and Samantha Samaniego each had six points for the Bucs.

The Bucs lost to Montclair Kimberley Academy, 52-19, on Jan. 3 in Montclair. Sousa had four points, and…

The Belleville High School boys' and girls' indoor track and field teams gave solid performances from the Holiday Relay Carnival at the Jersey City Armory on Dec. 27.

The girls' team was led by twin sisters Jamie and Kristy Bono. Kristy Bono set a personal best time 5:44.3 while taking second place in the Varsity girls' 1,600-meter run. Jamie Bono ran a personal best 5:50.2 while finishing in fifth in the same event.

Kristy, Jamie, Tatiana Gomez and Jada Clark finished in sixth…

The Belleville High School boys' and girls' indoor track and field teams posted fine efforts from the Season Opener Invitational at Fairleigh Dickson University on Dec. 22:

Arnelle Ackon took third place in the Varsity 55-meter dash with a personal best time of 7.4 seconds.

Other Belleville girls' 55-meter dash times:

Sophomore      Shania Piscitelli             7.78

Freshman         Solena Cordero           …

The Belleville High School varsity wrestling team defeated DePaul, Kinnelon, Newark Academy and Bayonne.

Won, DePaul, 42-31, Dec. 23

106 pounds: William Kui, DePaul, pinned Brandon Gonzalez, Belleville, 0:57.

113: Carey Cornett, DePaul, pinned Rocco Genova, Belleville, 3:28.

120: Ricky Gencarelli, Belleville, dec. Lou Carusillo, DePaul, 6-3.

126: Justin Colon, Belleville, pinned Mike Griess, DePaul, 2:42.

132: Eugene Park, DePaul,…