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