Sports News from Bloomfield High School

• Girls Tennis had an unbeaten week defeating Weequahic and Science Park to lift their record to 2-1.  Melina Galinski excelled at first singles.

• Boys Soccer earned their first win of the year edging neighboring Belleville 2-0.  Isa Konneh continues to lead the way for Coach Mills squad.

• Girls Soccer thumped Lacordaire 7-0 before losing a tight match with Mount Saint Dominic.  Kiera Robertson leads the way for the Bengal offense.

• The defending SEC Champion Cross Country team got their season off on the right foot besting five division rivals; East Orange, Golda Och, Caldwell, MKA and Verona. Ian Penrose and Mike Pontrelli led the way.

• Volleyball lost a tough match to perennial power Caldwell. This weeks schedule includes the annual Bengal Invitational Tournament next Saturday featuring some of the elite programs in NJ.

• Football: One thing that has been firmly established after two weeks is that Foley Field is the place to be on Friday evenings. Another enormous crowd backed the boys in a tough loss to Seton Hall. Bloomfield led late in the third quarter thanks to a Mike Carter to John Varner touchdown pass, but SHP emerged with a 27-17 victory. The next game is at Irvington before the Bengals return home for a Homecoming clash with Millburn on Saturday October 1 at 2:30 PM.

-- Steve Jenkins, Bloomfield Athletic Department