SPORTS
What they're saying: North Jersey coaches, wrestlers react to major rule changes
On Thursday, the National Federation of State High School Associations wrestling rules committee officially announced several major changes to high school wrestling rules. The changes include takedowns being worth three points (instead of two) and wrestlers only needing to maintain one point of contact with the mat to continue wrestling, both bringing the high school rules in line with college rules. ...
Tournament Time Arrives For Nutley Spring Sports including Volleyball, Softball, Baseball
NUTLEY, NJ - With the month of May fast approaching, that also means that the high school baseball and softball tournaments will be getting underway. Nutley received single digit seeds in their respective tournaments this past week. Here's a look: Baseball Nutley (2-10) may have only tasted victory twice this season, but it plays in one of the most competitive divisions in the state - the American Division of the Super Essex Conference. That pedigree earned the Raiders the eighth seed for the 91st Greater Newark Tournament and a first round home game against ninth-seeded Barringer on Friday, May 3. If...
Rahway Academy Track Team Puts Up Strong Showing at Elizabeth Meet This Past Thursday
RAHWAY, NJ — If you want to have a successful high school sports program, you have to cultivate talent, enthusiasm, and dedication long before a young athlete walks through the doors as a wide-eyed freshman. This is precisely what Coaches Ashanti Ehrhart, a teacher at Rahway High School, and Erik Lister, who teaches at the Academy, have been up to this year, starting up a middle school track team at the 7th and 8th Grade Academy. TAPinto Rahway made its way to the meet over at Williams Field in Elizabeth this past Thursday to see Rahway and 15 other middle...
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