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Softball: Preview, predictions for the state tournament in North Jersey
A softball program from Bergen or Passaic county hasn’t won a sectional title since 2022. Is this a blip or have Morris and Essex counties passed them by?. The 2024 state tournament brackets were released Monday with the first round starting for public schools on Wednesday, and for the non-public schools on Thursday.
Girls lacrosse: Cast your online vote for the Player of the Week
With the girls lacrosse season appraoching the homestretch, Journal News/lohud readers cast 18,953 online votes last week for Player of the Week. Nanuet senor Makaela Larkin, a Susquehanna University commit, who recorded the 100th point of her varsity career with four goals over two games, garnered the honor, receiving 9.014 votes.
Mason LaFond set to transfer to Paramus Catholic
There was a significant transfer over the weekend as offensive lineman Mason LaFond is joining a new North Jersey parochial. A class of 2026 offensive lineman, LaFond is joining Paramus Catholic (Paramus, New Jersey). The athletic director at Paramus Catholic is Jimmy Cavallo. LaFond has previously been at St. Peter’s Prep (Jersey City, New Jersey). He is a 6-foot-2, 275-pound offensive lineman who has had a strong spring on the camp circuit. He lines up as an interior offensive lineman and a defensive tackle. LaFond posted on social media about the transfer to Paramus Catholic on Monday: I have transferred to Paramus Catholic High...
VOTE for the North Jersey Track and Field Performer of the Week for May 13-19
After another exciting week of the high school track and field season, it's time to look back on the best performances. Read about the athletes who stood out last week and let us know who you think should be the North Jersey Performer of the Week in the poll at the bottom of this page.
To celebrate 50 years of Bergen County softball, we tracked down the Top 50 players
Fifty is a big number. It’s halfway to 100. It’s a milestone, a marker, a moment to pause, to consider, to look back at your accomplishments and think about what is next. In other words, it’s time to think about time. ...
New field makes long-awaited debut
The spring season means a new sports playing field on the John F. Kennedy High School campus will get its first tests. Oscar Martinez has coached the varsity defensive line and tight ends on the Kennedy football team since the end of 2020 and has been fighting for the field to be redone for just about as long.
Softball: Latest North Jersey Top 25 rankings, with top spot on the line this week
Finally, some intrigue at the top of the North Jersey Top 25 rankings. Ramapo broke into the top three with a 5-2 win over Ramsey in the Bergen County Tournament semifinals. The Raiders could play again tomorrow and Ramsey might win 5-2, but that’s not what we’re going to discuss. These are the last...
Softball: Vote now for lohud Player of the Week (May 13-19)
After another action-packed week, it's time to crown the lohud Softball Player of the Week. Meet the finalists that were catalysts on the diamond. The players' credentials are listed above the fan poll — which will be live until 2 p.m. Tuesday. The winner will be announced on lohud social media accounts on...
What could have been hangs over Scottie Scheffler after uneven PGA Championship, arrest whirlwind
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Scottie Scheffler’s stressful and adventurous week was almost over. It was time to go home. Finally. The world’s No. 1-ranked player was standing on the 18th green under the searing Kentucky sun waiting for his playing partner, Mark Hubbard, to putt out so he could make his 271st and final stroke of the PGA Championship at Valhalla. As Scheffler waited to tap in his 2-foot par putt on the 72nd hole of one of the longest and most bizarre weeks of his life, he took a long look at the large scoreboard to the right of the green. He assessed...
These coaches and teams won the most Bergen County softball tournament titles since 1974
The Bergen County softball tournament turns 50 this year. Here are the teams and coaches who have excelled in the tournament. All records are through the 2023 tournament. Most Bergen County Tournament coaching victories ...
Justin Thomas wanted hometown PGA Championship win ‘a little too bad’
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Justin Thomas didn’t win the PGA Championship in his hometown this week, but he walked off the 18th green after Sunday’s round at Valhalla feeling like a winner. Thomas closed the tournament with a 3-under-par 68 in the final round to finish 13-under par, with a birdie on the last. And, as he was showered with a thunderous ovation on his way off the green, there were tears in his eyes as he clapped back at the galleries. “It was an unbelievable week,” Thomas said. “I’m bummed it’s over. I had so much fun. The fans were unbelievable. I...
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