Sports

Despite falling in the first round of the county and state tournaments, Montclair baseball finished with an 18-8 record, another quality season.

The Montclair boys tennis team finished with a mark of 14-8 and reached the North 1 Group 4 state title

The Mounties boys volleyball team finished with a 9-8 overall record, 8-5 in the Super Essex Conference Liberty Division.

The Montclair girls lacrosse team might have finished with a 9-9 record, but they can say that they reached the Essex County Tournament title game this past spring.

The Montclair High School golf team went up against the best-of-the-best in Essex County and finished with an 8-7 record.

Montclair boys lacrosse showed at times that it has plenty of potential, especially in a victory over Ridgewood. The squad came close to upsetting Bridgewater-Raritan, 11-8, in the North Group 4 state quarterfinals against a team that won eventual win Group 4. The Mounties finished with an 8-11 record.

Montclair High School seniors, Kiya Lawson and Elizabeth Fitzgerald, collected medals at the June 18th State Meet of Champions at Franklin High School. Lawson won the 200-meter state title and came in second in the 100-meter race. Fitzgerald finished second in the state in the pole vault.

The Montclair Kimberley softball team finished with a 10-10 mark, and qualified for the state playoffs. They also won a game in the Prep B Tournament, 10-0, over Morristown Beard on May 9.

Cecil Stinson, a 2006 graduate of Montclair High School and most recently head coach at Cristo Rey Newark High School, is taking over as MHS boys basketball head coach this year from Gary Wallace.

Montclair High School senior Kiya Lawson won the 200-meter dash at the Group 4 track and field meet the weekend of June 10 and 11. Lawson qualified for Saturday, June 18th State Meet of Champions in the 200- and 100-meter races as well as part of the 400-meter relay.