Heading into the season, Kearny baseball coach Dave Smart saw a team that while young, had…
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After lots of dreaming, Nutley HS has a boys’ volleyball team
Talk of adding boys volleyball to Nutley High School has been going on for months, if…
Optimism and uncertainty abound as Lyndhurst softball team kicks off 2022 season
With a new season comes hope and optimism, even if there is some uncertainty mixed in.…
Belleville Bucs look to bounce back after rough 2021 season
Joe Sorce understands the perception that comes with a 6-18 record like the one Belleville had…
America, meet Nutley’s Doug Edert, leading Saint Peter’s to Sweet 16
Nutley's Edert leading the way for Peacocks, now in the Sweet 16.
Mother Nature plays havoc with first week of spring practice
The spring sports season was all set to hold the first week of practice, albeit a…
Blind student Cash now has new basketball job at Kearny High
Eddie Cash always had a strong love of the game of basketball. “I was living in…
Kearny/NA co-op wins McMullen Cup title
In just the third year of varsity hockey, the Kearny/North Arlington/Secaucus co-operative team incredibly captured a…
Kearny’s Mullen does it again, wins another NJSIAA wrestling crown
For 30 years, the town of Kearny claimed just one NJSIAA state wrestling champion, namely David…
Nutley’s queens of the mat … Koster, Bobadilla give Maroon Raiders’ program a different perspective
Although he coaches three sports at Nutley High School, Mike DiPiano grew up around the sport…
Lyndhurst’s Weaver, Belleville’s Negron advance to AC
Midway through the current high school wrestling season, Belleville High School sophomore Rocco Negron thought that…
OBSERVER ATHLETE OF THE WEEK — Kearny’s Covello: Multi-talented…and then some
To say Maci Covello is a diversly talented high school athlete would be a totally gross…
A great day for Maroon Raider athletics — 10 Nutley athletes declare intentions to an assortment of colleges
NUTLEY – Mackenzie Albert and Olivia Real have been best of friends and soccer teammates since…
Local wrestlers, led by Lyndhurst’s Weaver, move on with district performances
The local high school wrestling postseason began in earnest last week, with the crowning of NJSIAA…