A year ago, the administration at Harrison High School, in particular athletic director Kim McDonough Huaranga,…
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NA’s Ribeiro lifts team to NJIC championship game
Most of the North Arlington High School soccer team that went to the NJSIAA North Jersey…
Lyndhurst girls capture first league title since 1987
In recent years, the Lyndhurst High School boys’ cross country program has earned its share of…
AOTW: Mainiero has versatile day in Maroon Raider setback
Mainiero’s Sports Shop has been a staple of the Nutley community for ages. Located on Franklin…
Kearny Futsal Facility gets facelift courtesy of Red Bulls; US Soccer Federation, BJ’s Warehouse also chip in
Connor Lade grew up in Morristown before he became a fan favorite member of the…
Harrison’s harriers: Making strides
When Paul Kartanowicz took over the Harrison High School cross country program last year, he knew…
Harrison’s Silva goes through goal-scoring explosion
The 2015 high school soccer season ended in an instant for Marta Silva. The Harrison High…
Lyndhurst honors memory of fallen Marshall grid standouts
The tragedy took place on November 14, 1970, a plane crash that took the lives of…
Harrison’s O’Donnell leads Blue Tide to 3-0 start
Don’t blink. Don’t even look. But believe it or not, the Harrison High School football team…
Young Kearny soccer player is as radiant as her name
Niamh Devlin is eight years old. Her first name, pronounced NEEVE, is of Gaelic origin. It…
Harrison girls experience growing pains
The Harrison High School girls’ soccer program is in good hands. The Blue Tide has Raphael…
Nutley’s Steck becomes school’s all-time goal scoring champ
It’s almost unfair that there’s not a video component to The Observer Athlete of the Week…
Nutley girls’ soccer off to solid start
Mike DiPiano knew that his Nutley High School girls’ soccer team might have had to handle…
North Arlington girls’ soccer: Life without Seca
The North Arlington High School girls’ soccer team won 17 games last year, one of the…
OBSERVER ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Lyndhurst’s DiTonto carries on with family tradition
It was only natural that Vincent DiTonto would become a soccer player. After all, the Lyndhurst…
Red Bull Arena soccer match snubs Kearny
It was five years ago when there was a big press conference at Red Bull Arena,…
Blue Tide looks to roll with new coach Hinchcliffe
Amidst all the turmoil surrounding the hiring and then subsequent dismissal of Tom Ferriero as football…
Lyndhurst boys’ soccer: Looking to step up
The Lyndhurst High School boys’ soccer team took a gigantic leap forward last year, posting a…
Kearny girls primed for another solid soccer season
The Kearny High School girls’ soccer team has captured the last seven Hudson County Tournament…
Kards hope for improvement on gridiron
The Kearny High School football team posted a 3-7 record last year in head coach…
Maroon Raiders look to continue winning ways
The Nutley High School football team won eight games in 2015, capturing their Super Essex Conference-Liberty…
Harrison’s Ferriero actions beyond belief
In today’s new-fangled world that is dominated by social media and the little catch-phrases and abbreviations…
Lyndhurst girls’ soccer: Loaded for Bear
When graduation time comes every June for the Lyndhurst High School girls’ soccer team, the Golden…
Harrison hosts preseason soccer tourney as way to kick start season
The 2016 high school soccer season doesn’t officially kick off for a few more weeks, but…
Harrison football coach arrested for DWI, other charges
HARRISON — The new football coach at Harrison High School was arrested last Friday night and hit…
Nutley’s Piro heads new Super Football Conference
The start of the 2016-2017 scholastic sports season is now less than a month away, so…
Mullins named new hoops coach at Harrison
Bill Mullins had been away from the sport he loves, the game of basketball, for…
Belleville, Kearny ready to give new football league a chance
The new-fangled Super Football Conference that Nutley’s Joe Piro will head will also feature two other…
In Kearny, soccer never loses popularity, evidenced by camp
Make no bones about it. Alexa Teixeira and Julia Viscuso are the best of friends. Both…
QP survives, gets new AD, new grid coach
The Queen of Peace alumni wanted to be heard by the Archdiocese of Newark and let…