"Eagles Split", Herald News, June 1, 1976. Accessed March 10, 2021. "Essex Catholic High School won its first Parochial A baseball state championship by edging St. Anthony's of Trenton, 2-1, Saturday.... Jim Clark fired a two-hitter to lead the Eagles, who finished their campaign with a 25-5-1 record, over defending champion St. Anthony's."
"'N.Y.' Saber Team A Cut Above", New York Daily News, July 27, 1984. Accessed September 30, 2020. "Westbrook and Reilly, both 32, fenced together on the great scholastic teams at Essex Catholic High School in Newark. Reilly, a Bloomfield, N.J., product, fences at the N.Y. Athletic Club and was a member of the world championship U.S. teams in 1978, '81 and '82 and the '79 and '83 Pan Am teams."
"Essex Captures Jersey A Crown", The New York Times, March 24, 1975. Accessed September 30, 2020. "Essex Catholic High of Newark, trailing 35-31 at half-time, rallied to defeat Paul VI of Haddonfield, 74-56, and successfully defended its Parochial A championship today in the New Jersey high school basketball finals at Brookdale Community College. Essex, which finished with a 27-1 won-lost record, was led by Keith Bowman, who scored 10 of his 18 points in the last quarter."
Gramlich, Barry. "Passaic Drops A Hammer On BC", The Record, October 3, 1993. Accessed October 23, 2007. "Turn back the calendar to 1971 when former Yankee Rick Cerone was the Essex Catholic quarterback against Bergen Catholic."
