Edward Kensik

Montclair Kimberley combined timely hitting, key punch-outs by pitchers and defensive gems for its first New Jersey Prep championship since 2009.

Montclair boys lacrosse was only leading 4-3 at halftime Montclair Kimberley in the battle of the rivals on Friday, March 13. The Mounties would pull away late in the 9-4 victory over the Cougars.

Montclair Kimberley defeated Gill St. Bernard's, 8-7, in the Prep B Tournament on Thursday, May 12 as junior right fielder Nic Lembo lifted a two-out, two-run RBI single in the top of the seventh inning. The second-seeded Cougars take on top-seeded Rutgers Prep on Monday, May 16 in the Prep B final at Diamond Nation in Flemington.

Montclair girls lacrosse team dropped a heartbreaker 8-7, at West Essex in the county tournament championship game on Tuesday, May 10.

Montclair High School boys lacrosse dropped a 14-4 decision at Seton Hall Prep in the Essex County Tournament semi-finals. Montclair Kimberley was eliminated from the ECT in the quarterfinals with a 13-3 defeat at second-seeded West Essex on May 3.

The Montclair softball team was 12-4 overall and in first place in the Super Essex Conference Liberty Division.

Montclair High School has a new football coach and it did not have to go far to find one.

Second-seeded Montclair defeated third-seeded Caldwell, 12-10, at home on Wednesday, May 4, in the Essex County Tournament semi-finals.

Montclair Kimberley has two crucial tests, Friday, May 6, at Caldwell in the Greater Newark Tournament and Saturday, May 7, against Newark Academy in the Prep B Tournament.

Montclair baseball is the second seed while Montclair Kimberley baseball is the 14th seed in the Greater Newark Tournament.