Harrison’s Namiotko emerges as all-around star

Piotr Namiotko was born in the United States, moved to Poland with his family when he…

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…