SPORTS WRAP
BY WILLIAM HATAHWAY, JR.
PHOTOS COURTESY ORANGE BENGALS
The Orange Bengals youth football team is doing well this Pop Warner season
The team has age brackets from 9 U to 13 U, with all having winning records. Also, all levels with the Bengals are the top seeds in the playoffs.
This past Sunday at Bell Stadium, the Bengals 9 U team beat Union 27-0, while the 13 U team defeated East Orange 32-0.
The Orange Bengals program play for another North Jersey Pop Warner Championship with the playoff rounds starting on Sunday. A featured home game was dedicated to fighting Breast Cancer, with uniforms donated by Dr Fatimah Turner, owner of Inner City Café.
Warren Fareed Clement has been the president of the Bengals since 2014, and said of the program that he wanted to give the kids something positive to do and give them some tough love.
The Orange Bengals were started back in 2012 with founder Darren Fisher along with Ibn Jones. Fisher said his aim was to bring the community together, and he was the first to have high school players as coaches. Fisher has led teams to the Pee Wee Championship along with a flag football championship and an unlimited championship.
The current Bengals players took part in community events at the food bank in Hillside and also helping the homeless population with clothes donations. Finally, the team was recently invited to the HBCU College Football game at MetLife Stadium.
