For more than a year, longtime Kearny softball coach Jim Pickel heard about the loaded freshman…
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Athlete of the Week — Nutley’s Fealey throws no-hitter, strikes out 14
Nutley’s Sean Fealey remembers the last time he threw a no-hitter, and the frustration that came…
Seton Hall Prep baseball off to a good start
As spring sports get underway, Seton Hall Prep’s Pirates look poised to dominate Jersey baseball. They ride the tide of…
Nutley’s DiPiano is named NJWCA State Coach of the Year
The plaque Nutley head wrestling coach Mike DiPiano received after being selected as the NJWCA Coach…
Belleville baseball looks to build off last year’s strong finish
Belleville provided a glimpse of what it’s capable of in last year’s state tournament when it…
A homecoming for new NA football coach Finley
Kevin “Kip” Finley might live in Sussex County, but North Arlington has always remained home. So…
Lyndhurst’s dream season comes to an end
The reality of Lyndhurst’s boys basketball season being over didn’t really hit coaches Perrin Mosca and…
Area wrestlers win district titles, Kearny’s Pagan takes OW at District 9
With more than 30 this season and two district medals on his resume, it would be…
Chaname breaks Lyndhurst scoring record as Bears reach semis
Johnny Chaname remembers the nerves he felt as a sophomore before his first varsity basketball game.…
Athlete of the Week — Iacono continues strong winter with Group 2 title
Historically, mid-February has been the most difficult time of the track & field season for Lyndhurst’s…
Nutley boys bowling wins sectional title
Nutley boys bowling coach Frank Sasso can remember the empty feeling his team felt 12 months…
Area’s girls wrestlers have high goals as state tournament expands
The popularity of high school girls wrestling continues to grow both locally and statewide. So much…
Athlete of the Week — Nutley’s Cifelli gets win 100, eyes trip to AC
Christopher Cifeli’s Senior Night followed a script more likely to have come from a Hollywood studio…
One for the record books- Harrison’s Castellano scores 60 points
Early on Tuesday, Angel Castellano got the message from his cousin Javien Olsen, that he wouldn’t…
Kearny wrestling enjoys turnaround season
With a lineup full of underclassmen and juniors who are both talented and committed to…
Lyndhurst boys basketball reaches NJIC Tournament final
When Lyndhurst boys basketball coach Perrin Mosca created a schedule as challenging as any the Golden…
Basketball- North Arlington boys, girls; Lyndhurst boys win NJIC division titles
Chris Boyce had a set of goals for his North Arlington boys basketball team for this…
Kearny girls basketball clinches division title, eyes tournament runs
When the Kearny girls basketball team learned that it would play this season in the HCIAL’s…
Co-Athletes of the Week – Albanese, Sherman score 200th career points for Nutley hockey
Angelo Albanese and Christian Sherman have been practically inseparable on the ice since the two forwards…
Nutley boys basketball shrugs off ECT snub, improves to 13-4
It would have been completely understandable if the members of Nutley’s boys basketball team went into…
Kearny boys basketball has division title, state playoff goals in reach
When the Kearny boys basketball team won its first division title in nine years and qualified…
Athlete of the Week – Kearny’s Mariel Ruiz scores 1,000th point
It would be difficult for anyone to find any faults in Mariel Ruiz’s game with the…
Nutley’s Timonera, Gavilanes, Rotbaum win Essex Wrestling titles
It was a night on the mats that Nutley’s Izzy Timonera won’t soon forget. During Thursday’s…
Belleville bowling wins Essex title, McFarlane takes individual crown
Days after winning a pair of Essex County bowling titles Rykel McFarlane described the events of…
Athlete of the Week- Harrison’s Castellano scores 1,000th point in style
After having the best view in the gym of Angel Castellano basketball exploits for the past…
North Arlington girls basketball picks up the pace, wins
Under head coach Brendan Queenan, the North Arlington girls basketball has undergone a significant turnaround by…
Co-Athlete of the Week — Kearny junior Makayla David scores her 1,000th point
For her first two seasons at Kearny, Makayla David’s primary role was to be a shooter.…
Co-Athlete of the Week — Lyndhurst’s Johnny Chaname keeps hot hand, scores
When Johnny Chaname saw more than 25 family members inside the Lyndhurst gym on Saturday, the…
Harrison’s De Jesus is Pro Bowl bound
On multiple occasions, Mya De Jesus has had to take a step back to fully grasp…
Kearny girls, Bloomfield boys win conference track titles
As its name suggests, track & field during the winter months is ideally done indoors, rather…