By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer The 2014 high school softball season was certainly a memorable one for Lyndhurst…
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Say what? QP allegedly hires Dressel, then un-hires her
By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer It’s been stated here too many times to remember that Queen of Peace…
NA’s Silva throws no-hitter in Autism Awareness Challenge
By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer At the end of the 2014 high school baseball season, North Arlington’s promising…
Take me to the river, Passaic River that is
Four local crew programs compete in Metropolitan Youth Speed Regatta By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer The…
Harrison volleyball coach Landy earns 100th victory
By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer When Nick Landy began his coaching career years ago, he never would have…
Mother-daughter combo coaching NA girls’ softball
By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer After having a successful softball career that ended at North Arlington High School in…
Golden Bears’ baseball team looks to new coach Auteri
By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer Patrick Auteri said that he has been basically auditioning for the role that…
Izod Center closes: End of an era
By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer It was first the Brendan Byrne Arena, then the Continental Airlines Arena and finally…
Kearny softball squad hopes to pick up from last year
By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer The 2014 high school softball season was a dream campaign for the…
Kardinals loom as one of Hudson County’s diamond dandies
By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer The Kearny High School baseball team won 13 games last spring, but head…
Harrison softball turns to veteran coach Ronga as leader
By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer After spending last spring away from coaching softball for the first time in…
Vikings look to improve with solid pitching staff
By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer As he begins his eighth season as the head baseball coach at…
Cardenas, Mullen earn state gold at NJ state youth wrestling championships
Kearny Recreation sends 5 wrestlers to medal round By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer The Kearny…
Belleville looks to pitching staff to continue winning ways
By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer After two highly successful seasons, ones that saw his program win a total…
FDU coach Herenda headlines Kearny hoops awards dinner
By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer Greg Herenda remembers when he was an aspiring basketball player, growing up in…
Kearny suffers huge loss with grid coach Edwards’ resignation
By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer It was only two years ago when there was a sense of…
NJIT experiences March Madness in CIT tourney
By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer NEWARK – Eight years ago, when the New Jersey Institute of Technology arranged for…
Devils’ first Stanley Cup champs return to ice
Brodeur plays forward in 20th anniversary game By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer NEWARK – The…
QP’s Velez 3rd, Nutley’s Ferinde 8th at NJSIAA wrestling
By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer Two local wrestlers ended their respective seasons standing on the podium in Boardwalk Hall…
Blue Tide surge with sophomore Rutherford
By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer A little more than a year ago, Noel Colon heard through the…
There’s no holding back the Blair Train
By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer As the girls’ high school basketball season was drawing to a close,…
Rolling on to the Eastern Regionals
By Kevin Canessa Jr. Observer Correspondent Ryen Pezzolla probably never gave much thought to playing roller hockey at a…
Nutley’s Ferinde, QP’s Velez bring home Region 4 wrestling gold
By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer A year ago, Joe Ferinde had to face the reality that he…
For Harrison bowling coach Cucci, labor of love pays off
For more than 20 years, Joe Cucci has taken the Harrison High School bowling team to local lanes in the…
QP’s Joseph reaches 1,000-point plateau
By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer Jeremy Joseph didn’t know how many points he needed to reach the…
Lyndhurst captures overall T of C bowling title
First time ever for a North Jersey school By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer The…
Nutley captures its 4th straight District 14 crown
By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer When Frank DiPiano took over the Nutley High School wrestling program five years…
Lyndhurst’s Young proves to be more than one of the boys
By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer Emily Young doesn’t mind being the lone girl competing on the Lyndhurst High…
Local hoop teams head to NJSIAA playoffs
By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer For the first time ever, the Kearny boys’ and girls’ basketball teams…