Steve DiGregorio is proud to be a native son of Nutley. “My parents were the most…
Category: Sports
Lyndhurst’s Partyla looking to break all records
When Piotr Partyla was in eighth grade, he was a member of the Lyndhurst Recreation travel…
Lyndhurst’s Failace displays true ‘Heart of a Giant’
Michael Failace had no choice but to become a man very fast, quicker than most teenagers…
Names and faces change, but results don’t for dominant Blue Tide
Before the high school soccer season began in earnest back in late August/early September, veteran Harrison…
Kearny boys’ soccer hanging tough at 5-1
As the 2019 high school soccer season began, Kearny High School head boys’ soccer coach Bill…
Belleville boys’ soccer: Going strong at 6-0
The Belleville High School boys’ soccer team won only three games in all of 2018. That…
Belleville back Leigh brings Buccaneers to three straight wins
Before the 2019 high school football season began, Derek Leigh kept himself very busy in anticipation.…
Golden Bears’ soccer squad purely golden at 4-0
Pardon Denis Jelcic if he’s still in somewhat of a state of shock that his Lyndhurst…
Buccaneers off to a flying start at 2-0
Jermain Johnson couldn’t ask for a better start to the 2019 high school football season for…
Blue Tide boys’ soccer endures growing pains
Mike Rusek is now considered one of the premier high school soccer coaches in New Jersey.…
Red Bulls offer support for West Hudson’s fight to keep Keegan closed
The New York (New Jersey) Red Bulls have come out swinging in support of the Town…
Harrison’s Sowe signs pro contract with Red Bulls II & is first Blue Tide product to sign a pro contract in over 40 years
Ever since he was a little boy growing up in Harrison, Omar Sowe always dreamed of…
The sad end to a beautiful ballpark
It opened in the summer of 1999, a glistening, picturesque ballpark on the banks of the…
WEDNESDAY UPDATE: Kearny hit-and-run, soccer scandal in Scotland & storms a coming?
Recorded live on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019
Lyndhurst’s Jorge earns spot on Team USA baseball squad
Alexia Jorge spent her weekend in Carrollton, Texas, a few miles outside of Dallas. It’s not…
Dream of a lifetime: Lyndhurst’s Partyla commits to Northern Illinois
Even though he had an All-State football season in 2018, rushing for 1,700 yards and scoring…
Play ball at the Kearny Kids’ Baseball Camp
Dominic Avitable is only six years old, but he was a giant hit at the recent…
Kicking away at Nutley soccer camp
Joseph Faga might only be nine years old, entering the fourth grade at Roosevelt School in…
North Arlington brothers lighting up the youth track circuit
In his heyday growing up in Queens, Derrick Glass was an avid participant in track and…
It’s girls only at Kearny girls’ basketball camp
Sophia McGonigle is an aspiring 11-year-old basketball player from Kearny who will enter the sixth grade…
Nutley native Mielnicki Jr. wins boxing debut at age 17
Many local sports fans will remember the name of Mielnicki. There were three Mielnicki brothers who…
Former state champ Cordoba opens new training center
FAIRFIELD – John Rocco of Kearny is a 9-year-old third grader from Roosevelt School. Rocco is…
Nutley’s Higgins named Observer Co-Male Athlete of Year
There’s no doubt about this one fact: Marty Higgins is one of the greatest – if…
Kearny loses two sportsmen too young
It’s never easy when someone dies at a young age. Kearny recently had to endure two…
NA’s McKenna named Observer Co-Male Athlete of Year
It’s a rarity in today’s day and age of high school sports to see one athlete…
Lyndhurst Little League: District 5 11s champions
Michael Rizzo is the principal at Lincoln School in Lyndhurst, but during his free time, he…
Youngsters show love of baseball at Lyndhurst camp
LYNDHURST – Matteo Morelli is a 13-year-old Lyndhurst resident and eighth grader at Lincoln School. He’s…
Lyndhurst’s Pezzolla named The Observer’s Female Athlete of Year
For all intents and purposes, Giulia Pezzolla was born to play soccer. “I think I was…
North Arlington kids show their love of baseball at annual camp
Robert Kairys is a 13-year-old North Arlington resident, headed into the eighth grade at the North…
Rick’s Auto Body wins Kearny Little League World Series title
The Witt family has been involved in Little League baseball in Kearny for almost 50 years.…