It’s hoop heaven for host of young ladies at Kearny camp

KEARNY — Makayla David is a 12-year-old soon-to-be seventh grader at Walker Middle School in Nutley.…

Spikes, hits, kills: Sights and sounds of Kearny volleyball camp

KEARNY – Sure, Kearny is readily known as “Soccertown, USA,” after the United States National Team…

New Nutley grid coach Vick hosts camp for youngsters

He might be on the job as the new head football coach at Nutley High School…

Future sluggers, hurlers hone skills at Lyndhurst camp

Lyndhurst High School head baseball coach Patrick Auteri has been either involved or was the chief…

Kearny boys’ basketball camp attracts youngsters

Caleb Bonet is an 8-year-old Kearny resident who will enter the third grade at Hudson Charter…

Lot of promise at Lyndhurst girls’ hoops camp

Dani Nicolette is an 11-year-old girl who is headed into the sixth grade at the new…

Nutley East wins District 8 championship, moves on to the Section 2 semifinals

Editor’s note: Story updated July 21, 2021 at 12:30 p.m., to correct the spelling of Anthony…

Dominant undefeated Mid-Realty wins Kearny Little League World Series

Joe Chew has been coaching Little League baseball in Kearny for the last 22 years. Chew…

Kearny welcomes 175 kids to five fields for annual soccer camp

KEARNY – If there was proof needed that the area had overcome the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic,…

Nutley kids come out for popular soccer camp

NUTLEY – Mike Perna is a 10-year-old Nutley resident who is headed into the fifth grade…

‘Golden Boy’ remembered: North Arlington’s Cammett drowns tragically at 24

In 2014, Michael Cammett was only an aspiring high school senior at North Arlington High School,…

NA’s Alho named as Observer Male Athlete of Year

Maybe The Observer should just rename its year-end Male Athlete of the Year award to the…

Lyndhurst’s Martin presented with Observer Female Athlete of Year, is 4th Golden Bear girl to receive honor

There was always a connection between Carley Martin and Camila Alonso, going back to the days…

Kearny’s Osorio reflects on crazy college year at Moravian

Needless to say, it wasn’t the most conventional college freshman year for Kearny native Samantha Osorio…

6 seniors receive NJSIAA honors for brilliance in sports and the classroom

About 10 years ago or so. the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association decided it would…

Dream dies for Nutley softball team in sectional final

After falling to Cranford in the NJSIAA North Jersey Section 2, Group III championship game Saturday…

Kearny volleyball season ends in sectional final

The Kearny High School boys’ volleyball team was in a place it had never been before…

Lyndhurst’s Alberti: Getting 100th with flair for dramatic

After a highly successful sophomore year for the Lyndhurst High School softball team, Gianna Alberti just…

Call him Zach … Belleville transgender athlete a trailblazer for others

Zach Perez just knew from an early age that he just wasn’t right with the gender…

Nutley’s Stoeckel a double threat

Fallyn Stoeckel had no choice but to be a good athlete, especially a softball player. After…

Freshman Martinez leads the way for Lyndhurst softball

LYNDHURST – “We love freshmen. We love freshmen.” That was the chant that echoed from the…

Solid season for NA boys’ and girls’ track

Anna Lasek knew that her track and field career was rapidly coming to a close. The…

Nutley girls just wanna have fun

Sure, the Nutley High School softball team fell to Mount St. Dominic, 3-2, in the finals…

Kearny’s volleyball team enjoying stellar season

When Santiago Lopez arrived in North Arlington, then quickly Kearny from his native Las Palma de…

Kearny’s Serrano provides gigantic power surge

Chris Serrano was trying to wrap his head around the fact that his high school athletic…

The record is deceiving with NA softball

There’s no question that the cancellation of the 2020 spring scholastic sports season had an effect…

Lyndhurst’s Rivera makes it two straight AOW’s for Golden Bear softball

From the minute Jaylene Rivera rounded third and made the turn for home in a Lyndhurst…

Lyndhurst’s Tozduman: Simply perfect

Ella Tozduman had been waiting a long time for the opportunity to get back into her…

Nutley baseball squad getting better despite record

There’s no question that the Nutley High School baseball team is better than the 2-5 record…

Kards’ softball team gets back on track

Jimmy Pickel didn’t know what to expect of the 2021 high school softball season, because the…