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…

Kearny United U15s reach national championship game

Jimmy Harkes has been the coordinator and coach for the Kearny United youth soccer program for…

Kids enjoy week of baseball fundamentals at Kearny Kards Kamp

Michael Bosveld is only a seven-year-old second grader at Kearny’s Roosevelt School, but he was able…

Hoop hopeful: The development begins at Kearny camp

Larry Lerdo is a 10-year-old fifth grader at Kearny’s Garfield School who is committed to the…

Nutley East captures District 8 Little League crown

Chris Lamond vividly recalls the days when he was a Little League baseball player in his…

Lyndhurst’s Guerriero earns Observer Male Athlete of Year; Three-sport superstar leaves legacy of greatness; second Golden Bear to receive honor

Petey Guerriero had just completed his sophomore year at St. Mary’s of Rutherford, but the Lyndhurst…

In North Arlington, kids learn from living legend

Rich Corsetto has been coaching basketball in gyms all over New Jersey and beyond for almost…