Harrison to be force in local soccer as always   By Jim Hague  Mike Rusek begins his 11th season as the head coach of the Harrison High School boys’ soccer program and it’s probably his biggest challenge to date. You see, the Blue Tide graduated 16 seniors from last year’s team that posted a 20-4 [...]

  By Jim Hague When Annemarie Sacco took over the Harrison High School girls’ soccer program last year, she knew that it would take just a little bit of work. “We wanted to start building the program in the right direction,” Sacco said. “Harrison had never been really known for its girls’ soccer team, so [...]

  By Jim Hague The 2011 high school football season was a memorable one for the Lyndhurst High School program. The Golden Bears posted an 8-3 record, their highest win total in 25 years. The Bears made it to the NJSIAA North Jersey Section 2, Group I playoffs and upset Rutherford in the first round, [...]

  By Jim Hague Although the North Arlington High School football team struggled to a 2-8 record last year, head coach Anthony Marck feels good about the prospects of the season to come. “We’re looking to build on what we started,” Marck said. “We’re going to build on a tremendous off-season, with an outstanding senior [...]

  By Jim Hague When John Dubuque took over the head football coaching duties at Belleville High School last year, there was not a lot of time for preparation. Dubuque took over late and it took a while for the Buccaneers to get used to Dubuque’s system and coaching style. After enduring a 3-7 first [...]

  By Jim Hague  LEBANON TOWNSHIP – The brown sign off the eastbound lanes of Route 22 reads “Baptist Camp and Conference Center,” but in reality, it’s the home of Camp Fatima, a safe haven and makeshift Shangri La, nestled in the lower hills of Hunterdon County, a place where, for two weeks, nearly 100 [...]

  By Jim Hague If you think Michael Phelps was impressive in collecting medal after medal at the Olympic Games, then wait until you hear about the exploits of 15-year-old Steve Koziel. The soon-to-be Kearny High School sophomore followed up his impressive performance at the NJSIAA Meet of Champions with an even more eye-opening week [...]

  By Jim Hague When Ed Abromaitis was a teenager growing up in Kearny in the early 1970s, he had to make a very tough decision, one that would affect him for the rest of his life. Abromaitis decided to go to Queen of Peace High School instead of attending the hometown Kearny. “I took [...]

Sept. 8 battle with Walker an afternoon production   By Jim Hague NEWARK – Tomasz Adamek knows that he’s not getting any younger. The Kearny resident and top heavyweight boxing contender will turn 36 in December. He understands that he cannot be a boxer forever; that the window of opportunity to fight again for the [...]

    By Jim Hague After spending the last four years as the boys’ head basketball coach at Becton Regional High School, Bill Schoener was looking for a new challenge in his coaching career. Enter Kearny High School. It’s definitely a huge challenge, going from a successful program at Becton to a struggling program like [...]