When Danny Hicks left Harrison High School last year for a chance to be an assistant…
Category: Sportsview
Sportsview is a weekly column that appears in The Observer and on TheObserver.com. It is written by Jim Hague, who has been covering sports for more than 30 years.
Belleville’s Cuzzi set to return to call MLB games, but ready for what?
By all accounts, Phil Cuzzi had the best year of his career as an umpire in…
‘Last Dance’ baseball tourney gives locals hope of playing
Could it be actually possible? Could we see some semblance of high school baseball beginning in…
Pandemic turns big plans into lost cause for Lyndhurst’s Jorge
It was going to be a year to remember for Alexia Jorge. Everything was finally beginning…
NA’s Addeo earns Academic All-CACC for Felician
Billy Addeo had just finished playing hockey after his junior year of high school at Paramus…
Kearny girls’ track: A season that could have been
After enjoying a great cross country season and an even better indoor track season, the Kearny…
Lyndhurst’s Gress earns place with Team USA girls’ soccer squad
A lot of kids aspire to reach the highest rung on the sports ladder, but only…
Blue Tide softball: No question, improvement on tap
Chris Innis is entering his third season as the head softball coach at Harrison High School…
NA baseball: All hands and arms on deck
The North Arlington High School baseball team was making plans for a season to remember in…
Blue Tide baseball: Better days ahead
The Harrison High School baseball team had a tough go of it in 2019, losing their…
Lyndhurst softball welcomes new coach in Fusco
Sara Fusco wasn’t expecting to become the new head softball coach at Lyndhurst High School this…
Wild weekend of wrestling for locals;Lyndhurst’s Dylan Weaver; Kearny native Mullen win Region gold
Jimmy Mullen only heard stories about what it was like to wrestle at an NJSIAA Region…
Lyndhurst girls’ hoop squad: February heat
The girls’ high school basketball season didn’t exactly begin the way Lyndhurst head coach Perrin Mosca…
Chalk up another Hudson County title for Kearny girls’ track
The incredible track and field season that the Kearny High School girls’ team is enjoying just…
Belleville boys’ hoops on a tear
When veteran basketball coach Jim Catalano decided to return to his roots two years ago and…
Harrison girls enjoying breakthrough season
The Harrison High School girls’ basketball team is enjoying its best season in six years. With…
Lyndhurst wrestling: It’s more than just the Weaver family
The Lyndhurst/North Arlington co-operative wrestling team just suffered through a lost weekend, dropping four dual meets,…
Observer Sports 2019: Year of the Golden Bear — Lyndhurst state title run earns top spot in Top 10 Sports Stories
It’s safe to say that the final year of the decade was extremely memorable in local…
Ho, ho, ho, whaddya know? It’s Santa Hague once again
Well, you better watch out and better not cry, you better stay still and don’t be…
Nutley boys’ hoops: Replacing a lot of scoring
The Nutley High School boys’ basketball team won 15 games last season, many of which were…
Nutley’s DiPiano headed to Rose Parade float for organ donor awareness
Twenty-one years ago, veteran St. Benedict’s Prep wrestling coach Mike DiPiano reached a crisis point in…
Harrison reunion on college gridiron for Hicks, Huseinovic
When Danny Hicks departed his native Harrison to take an assistant football coaching job at American…
Pace Kivlehan resigns as Kearny girls’ soccer coach
There’s little doubt that Stefanee Pace was the best girls’ soccer player to ever come out…
It’s 6 in a row for Lyndhurst girls’ soccer squad
Winning a league championship has become a habit for the Lyndhurst High School girls’ soccer team.…
Nutley honors DiGregorio on ‘Coach D Day’
Steve DiGregorio is proud to be a native son of Nutley. “My parents were the most…
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…
Belleville boys’ soccer: Going strong at 6-0
The Belleville High School boys’ soccer team won only three games in all of 2018. That…
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…
The sad end to a beautiful ballpark
It opened in the summer of 1999, a glistening, picturesque ballpark on the banks of the…
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…