NORTH ARLINGTON – It’s a shame that the new omricron variant of the COVID-19 coronavirus forced…
Category: Sports
Golden Bear girls waiting for season to restart
LYNDHURST – Although the Lyndhurst High School girls’ basketball team lost most of its offensive scoring…
Blue Tide will roll toward respectability this season
Jose Camano begins his third season as the head boys’ basketball coach at his alma mater,…
North Arlington poised to make noise
The North Arlington High School boys’ basketball team won only four games during the COVID-19 shortened…
Kardinals try to rebound after roller coaster boys’ hoops season
The Kearny High School boys’ basketball team endured one of the wildest rides during the COVID-19…
Golden Bears display a ton of promise
Tom McGuire begins his seventh season as the head boys’ basketball coach at Lyndhurst High School…
Maroon Raiders look to veteran group to lead the way
Bob Harbison, the veteran Nutley High School boys’ basketball coach, tried to take some positives out…
Young Kardinals ready to totally come of age
The Kearny High School girls’ basketball team only have 11 players on their varsity roster and…
Kearny soccer and athletic legend Briscoe dies at 79
Santiago Formoso is one of the most storied soccer players to come out of “Soccertown USA”…
Harrison, NA kids finish grid season in style at MetLife Stadium
Bobby Crudele is a Harrison police officer who has been a volunteer coach with the North…
Kearny natives McClelland, coach O’Neill, lead Rutgers to women’s soccer Final Four
For the second time in the last six years, the Rutgers University women’s soccer team is…
LETTER — Coach Galka says thanks for support during championship run
To the Editor: On behalf of myself, my assistant coach Scott Millar and the Kearny High…
Kearny wins overall NJSIAA Group IV soccer title with 6-2 win over Freehold Township
They don’t call Kearny “Soccertown, USA” for nothing. Especially after the drama of the past week,…
Locals shine with Caldwell sprint football team
The Caldwell University sprint football team recently completed a successful season, posting a 5-2 record, thanks…
Kearny’s Castillo goes out as mature leader
The seminal moment of Alan Castillo’s life as a high school soccer player occurred two years…
Nutley sends eight athletes to college
NUTLEY – When a school celebrates National Letter of Intent signing day, it usually is reserved…
Lyndhurst’s Gress signs with Penn State women’s soccer
Although she never played a minute of girls’ soccer at Lyndhurst High School, Mackenzie Gress was…
Recap: Kearny boys wins thrilling state sectional soccer title
The Kearny High School boys’ soccer team captured the NJSIAA North Jersey Section 1, Group IV…
One day’s soccer sojourn into night … Local teams try desperately to stay alive in NJSIAA state playoffs
It’s one thing for a local sports writer to attempt to stay atop the ongoings of…
Mutsoli: Lyndhurst’s goal-scoring machine
It was a little more than a year ago that Enrique Mutsoli’s life changed dramatically. The…
COVID ends season for Nutley HS football, girls’ soccer teams
An outbreak of the COVID-19 Coronavirus brought the Nutley High School football and girls’ soccer seasons…
Could the Chicago Blackhawks’ situation happen here?
It hasn’t gotten the attention it is due — so we bring it to you, today,…
KARDINALS RULE HUDSON SOCCER
When Nico Gomez was a little boy, he would constantly go to Red Bull Arena to…
It’s a lucky 13 for the Kearny girls’ soccer squad — Kards capture 13th straight Hudson County championship
A successful girls’ soccer team is only as good as the play of its midfielders and…
NJSIAA grid playoffs: The local highs and lows
Back on Sept. 10, there was a thrilling high school football game between two local archrivals,…
NA’s Cruz: Making good on an early season promise — OBSERVER ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
It was early September at Riverside County Park in Lyndhurst and the reporter was at the…
Clean sweep for Kearny boys & girls soccer teams at Red Bull Arena
HARRISON – Nico Gomez headed home a long cross from Alan Castillo just 1:19 into overtime,…
Kearny soccer teams headed to Red Bull Arena Thursday; boys and girls teams play in respective county title games … boys vs. Harrison
It’s one thing for the Kearny High School soccer teams – both boys’ and girls’ squads…
It’s time for Kearny grid program to smell the Ivy
First things first. This column is not being written to embarrass anyone involved with the Kearny…