IC Lions

Both the boys and girls basketball teams for Immaculate Conception High School are poised for more great basketball this season.

Local Montclair high schools all performed well at the recent Meet of Champions, with the Mounties also sending multiple athletes to Nationals this week.

Montclair's Immaculate Conception High School's Isas Waxter broke a 34 year old record at the NJSIAA Group meet for Non-Public B teams on Saturday, June 1.

The Immaculate Conception girls basketball team's season came to an end against Saddle River Day, but there is a lot to look forward to in the future.

by Andrew Garda garda@montclairlocal.news CALDWELL—The season continues on for Immaculate Conception's girls basketball team, as the No. 4-seeded Lions beat the No. 5-seeded St. Elizabeth Panthers, 57-52 in the quarterfinals of the NJSIAA Non-Public, North B Tournament. I...

by Andrew Garda garda@montclairlocal.news NEWARK—42 feet. That's the distance between the baseline and half-court on an average sized high school basketball court. During the 69-66 loss by Immaculate Conception High School's boys basketball team to Newark East Side in the Essex County Tournament Championship on Saturday, February 23, it could be argued that measurement was also the difference betw

by Andrew Garda garda@montclairlocal.news NEWARK—It was the first time since 1990 that the Immaculate Conception girls basketball team had been in an Essex County tournament final. It showed during much of the 36-25 loss to first time champions West Orange, as the Lions struggled with turnovers and rebounds all game long, never getting into a rhythm shooting. “...

by Andrew Garda garda@montclairlocal.news NEWARK— It's going to be all Immaculate, all the time Saturday afternoon at Essex County College. The No. 5-seeded ICHS girls basketball team did their part Thursday night as they sent defending champion and top-seeded Newark Tech home with a 56-39 dismantling. Now ...

by Andrew Garda garda@montclairlocal.news WEST ORANGE—The boys basketball teams for Immaculate Conception and West Side high schools met for the third time this year Tuesday night. Each team had won a previous meeting during the regular season, but as this time it was during the Essex County Tournament semifinals, there was a lot more on the line. I...

by Andrew Garda garda@montclairlocal.news They started out slow, but by the end of regulation, the No. 5-seeded Immaculate Conception girls basketball team had left 12-seeded Bloomfield in the dust on the way to a 78-45 walloping of the Bengals in the first round of the Essex County Tournament on Saturday, Feb...