Piotr Namiotko was born in the United States, moved to Poland with his family when he…
Category: Sports
Kearny honors legendary athletic greats with Hall of Fame dinner
Michael Millar had attended several Kearny High School Athletic Hall of Fame dinners before. After all,…
Belleville tries to contend in tough SEC division
Joe Sorce knows that it won’t be easy for his Belleville High School baseball team to…
NA’s Castro returns home, pays huge dividends
After spending the first two years of his high school career at North Arlington High…
Tragedy strikes Lyndhurst, as former grid star Akar dies
Current Lyndhurst head football coach Rich Tuero has one incredible memory of former Golden Bear offensive…
Kearny boys’ basketball team celebrates league title at awards dinner
The Kearny High School boys’ basketball team had a year to remember in 2015-16, winning 17…
Nutley baseball looks to bounce back after lost weekend
The Nutley High School baseball team had high hopes and aspirations for the 2016 season, but…
Nutley’s Watson gets McDonald’s All-American sendoff
BLOOMFIELD — Blair Watson is headed to the McDonald’s High School All-American basketball game, traveling to…
Cuniglio named new Belleville football coach
Before he received his first chance of being a high school football head coach two…
Golden Griffins green, head to toe, from coach on down
Nick Edwards knew exactly what he was in for when he took over the Queen…
Kearny softball: Veteran group looks to repeat solid season
The Kearny High School softball team had a great 2015 campaign, posting a 17-7 record, only…
Lyndhurst softball wants to keep winning tradition going
The Lyndhurst High School softball team won 18 games last year in head coach Emily…
Kearny poised for big baseball campaign
Frank Bifulco has been around long enough as the head baseball coach at his high school…
NA baseball team looks for solid improvement
Paul Marcantuono pulls no punches about his North Arlington High School baseball team. Plain and simple,…
Lyndhurst looks to keep winning baseball tradition going
In his first season last year as the head baseball coach at Lyndhurst High School, after…
Nutley’s Pena finishes fourth in NJSIAA state championships
When Darwin Pena arrived in the United States in Nutley from his native Dominican Republic five…
Ferriero comes home again as Harrison grid coach
The American novelist Thomas Wolfe once penned a bestselling book entitled “You Can’t Go Home…
QP’s Loyal makes name for himself with strong finish
For the first two years of his high school career, Ibn Loyal _ and yes, that…
Joseph becomes QP’s all-time scoring leader
Before he ever enrolled in a class at Queen of Peace High School, Jeremy Joseph made…
Belleville’s Grant comes home, presents school with Super Bowl football
The scribe Thomas Wolfe once penned “You can’t go home again.” Well, even though it was…
Lyndhurst’s Arvanitakis shoots her way to record book in final games
When Joanne Arvanitakis first tried out for the Lyndhurst High School girls’ basketball team, she almost…
QP crowns five champs at District 15; other local teams fare well
When Mike DiPiano took over the Nutley High School wrestling program from his brother, Frank, he…
Lyndhurst, NA earn NJSIAA state bowling titles
They might be fierce neighboring rivals in most sports and even share a working co-operative in…
NA’s Velez proves that hard work does pay off
After averaging about six points and four rebounds per game last season as a reserve, Steve…
Kearny wrestlers Lamboy, Pagan prove that they’re not just one of the boys
First, it was Mya Lamboy who displayed her love for the sport of wrestling. After all,…
Bowling bonanza: Nutley boys & girls, Kearny’s boys win county titles
If there was ever proof that The Observer’s circulation area was brimming with bowling talent, look…
Kearny’s Baez leads Kardinals to first league title in 52 years
When Kearny High School boys’ head basketball coach Bob McDonnell first laid eyes on Joseph Baez,…
NA’s Seca signs with Drexel
NORTH ARLINGTON – It was a day that most high school kids simply dream about, never mind kids…
NA has nothing to be ashamed of in Jamboree loss
TENAFLY – It had the makings of “Hoosiers,” the truest tale of David and Golaith, the littlest of Group I…
Nutley’s Merkle to continue grid career at Wagner
There was never any doubt who was the most talented of the football-playing Merkle brothers of Nutley was, namely the…