NA boys’ basketball: Totally new blue crew

When veteran basketball coach Rich Corsetto arrived at his first day of practice with his North…

Golden Bears look to improve on McGuire’s first year

It’s not known who was the first person to issue the idiom “Every cloud has a…

Harrison, Kearny reflect on solid soccer seasons

The local high school soccer season came to an end last Tuesday, a few days too…

Kearny girls’ tennis: Perfect service

  The Kearny High School girls’ tennis team recently completed a highly successful season in which…

Kearny’s Liaci gets proper place in NJ Boxing Hall of Fame

Cosmo Liaci didn’t know how he was going to handle his induction into the New Jersey…

It’s an NJIC championship for NA boys’ soccer

It’s been 14 years since North Arlington High School had a championship to celebrate in boys’…

Local volleyball teams team up to raise money to fight cancer

A year ago, the administration at Harrison High School, in particular athletic director Kim McDonough Huaranga,…

Harrison’s harriers: Making strides

When Paul Kartanowicz took over the Harrison High School cross country program last year, he knew…

North Arlington girls’ soccer: Life without Seca

The North Arlington High School girls’ soccer team won 17 games last year, one of the…

Red Bull Arena soccer match snubs Kearny

It was five years ago when there was a big press conference at Red Bull Arena,…

Harrison’s Ferriero actions beyond belief

In today’s new-fangled world that is dominated by social media and the little catch-phrases and abbreviations…

Mullins named new hoops coach at Harrison

  Bill Mullins had been away from the sport he loves, the game of basketball, for…

Queen of Peace: A heaping slice of mess

It was almost a month ago, when Rev. Mike Donovan, Queen of Peace High School’s new…

Lyndhurst Legion Post 139 aims for solid summer

  The summer is upon us, so that means it’s time for summer baseball. And that…

Dream season comes up one match short for Harrison volleyball

  Three years ago, Harrison High School boys’ volleyball coach Nick Landy brought his team in…

Kearny girls’ crew: Keeping a winning tradition

Veteran Kearny High School girls’ crew coach Dave Paszkiewicz knew that his lightweight four boat was…

Bifulco leaves native Kearny for Millburn AD job

He’s spent more than 30 years of his life in the Kearny school system. “I went…

Harrison repeats as Hudson volleyball champs

When Harrison High School won the school’s first-ever Hudson County Tournament volleyball championship a year ago,…

NA softball team is hitting in bunches

  The North Arlington softball team is enjoying its best season in recent years, posting a…

Belleville softball: Trying to find right answers

It’s sort of like a tough algebra or calculus exam. But the Belleville High School softball…

NJIT tabs Kennedy as next hoops coach

NEWARK – Jim Engles almost walked on water, turning a laughingstock NJIT men’s basketball program from…

Belleville tries to contend in tough SEC division

Joe Sorce knows that it won’t be easy for his Belleville High School baseball team to…

Kearny boys’ basketball team celebrates league title at awards dinner

The Kearny High School boys’ basketball team had a year to remember in 2015-16, winning 17…

Cuniglio named new Belleville football coach

  Before he received his first chance of being a high school football head coach two…

Kearny softball: Veteran group looks to repeat solid season

The Kearny High School softball team had a great 2015 campaign, posting a 17-7 record, only…

NA baseball team looks for solid improvement

Paul Marcantuono pulls no punches about his North Arlington High School baseball team. Plain and simple,…

Ferriero comes home again as Harrison grid coach

  The American novelist Thomas Wolfe once penned a bestselling book entitled “You Can’t Go Home…

Belleville’s Grant comes home, presents school with Super Bowl football

The scribe Thomas Wolfe once penned “You can’t go home again.” Well, even though it was…

Lyndhurst, NA earn NJSIAA state bowling titles

They might be fierce neighboring rivals in most sports and even share a working co-operative in…

Bowling bonanza: Nutley boys & girls, Kearny’s boys win county titles

If there was ever proof that The Observer’s circulation area was brimming with bowling talent, look…