By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer It wasn’t exactly the season opener that the Kearny…
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QP’s Golden Griffins: Rising from the ashes
By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer The 2012 high school football season was rapidly approaching…
Maroon Raiders start Basile era with solid win over rival
By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer After ascending into the head football coaching role at…
Kearny boys’ soccer looks for repeat of last year
Kardinals shoot for another state sectional crown By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer The Kearny…
Kearny girls: Poised for another great year
By Jim Hague Observer Sports Writer The Kearny High School girls’ soccer team enjoyed a…
Huge turnover in Blue Tide roster, but same results expected
Harrison to be force in local soccer as always By Jim Hague Mike Rusek begins…
Harrison girls’ soccer team looks to improve
By Jim Hague When Annemarie Sacco took over the Harrison High School girls’ soccer program…
Golden Bears look to continue winning ways
By Jim Hague The 2011 high school football season was a memorable one for the…
North Arlington football: Looking to move up
By Jim Hague Although the North Arlington High School football team struggled to a 2-8…
Belleville’s Buccaneers ready for big things on gridiron
By Jim Hague When John Dubuque took over the head football coaching duties at Belleville…
Camp Fatima: Bringing Harrison closer together for a cause
By Jim Hague LEBANON TOWNSHIP – The brown sign off the eastbound lanes of Route…
Kearny’s Koziel racks up medals at National Junior Disability Games
By Jim Hague If you think Michael Phelps was impressive in collecting medal after medal…
Abromaitis returns as QP athletic director
By Jim Hague When Ed Abromaitis was a teenager growing up in Kearny in the…
Kearny’s Adamek gets another Prudential Center fight
Sept. 8 battle with Walker an afternoon production By Jim Hague NEWARK – Tomasz Adamek…
Schoener named Kearny boys’ hoops coach
By Jim Hague After spending the last four years as the boys’ head basketball…
Kearny resident Beltran set to compete in U.S. Ironman championship
By Jim Hague Danny Beltran is a native of Colombia who arrived in the United…
Future sports voices get head start at Beck-Eagle Sportscasting Camp
By Jim Hague Ryan Miller is a 12-yearold Kearny resident and a big sports fan.…
Lyndhurst Post 139 moves on to state Legion tourney
By Jim Hague When Mike Voza took over the head coaching reins of the Lyndhurst…
A long-time basketball connection reunited at Kearny hoop camp
By Jim Hague When Bob MacDonnell was beginning his basketball coaching career some 30 years…
Cooper scores twice with his head in Red Bulls’ win over Philadelphia
By Jim Hague HARRISON – After getting off to a blistering start in his first season…
Former QP grid great Torchia returns to talk to youngsters
By Jim Hague It had been almost a decade since Joe Torchia first stepped onto…
Basketball camp, just for girls, helps to develop sport, friendships
By Jim Hague Usually, summer basketball camps offer a lot of things. The camps allow…
The immortal Jay Costello: A loss for us all
By Jim Hague West Hudson soccer lost perhaps its biggest fan last week, when Jay Costello…
Youngsters learn the basics of baseball at Kards Kamp
By Jim Hague If you needed proof that the sport of baseball is alive and well…
Red Bulls’ newcomer Le Toux scores in debut
RBNY makes changes in 2-2 tie with Seattle; starts three-game home stand It was a wild…
Kearny’s Gomes collects Observer Female Athlete of Year
Soccer and basketball standout becomes second straight Kardinal to gather award By Jim Hague Stefanie…
Lyndhurst held to 4 wins in tourney
By Jim Hague Phil Mazzarella has been coaching in the Lyndhurst Little League for a…
A stunning Olympic site
Even before the first athletes take the podium, this year’s Olympic games have already set a…
Kearny Little League All-Stars march on in District 5 tourney
By Jim Hague In years past, the Kearny Little League 11-and-12- year-old All-Star team wouldn’t…
North Arlington’s Krychkowski named Observer Male Athlete of Year
Three-sport standout becomes third Viking honoree in last five years By Jim Hague Tyler Krychkowski…