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Veteran Westfield football coach replacing longtime athletic director
Westfield High School will lose pillars in two key athletic roles come July 1, but one of them will return in a new position. Longtime athletic director Sandra Mamary will retire and be replaced by veteran football coach and vice principal Jim DeSarno. DeSarno, head coach for the Blue Devils since 2006, has...
Improvements planned for busy Bergen County intersection ahead of 2026 World Cup games
EAST RUTHERFORD — Improvements at one of the busiest intersections in town aim to fix the flow of traffic and improve pedestrian safety ahead of the influx of traffic expected as MetLife Stadium hosts 2026 World Cup games. A shared service agreement between Bergen County and East Rutherford was approved to move...
Softball: Morris/Sussex Top 10 rankings entering the final week of the regular season
A champion was crowned in Morris County over the weekend, and one will be crowned in the Hunterdon/Warren/Sussex tournament this week. County championships are not the only titles being decided in the coming days as the regular season will wrap up and state brackets will be seeded on Monday, May 20. As we enter...
Rutgers baseball Johnny Volpe reached a career milestone
On Friday, Rutgers baseball Johnny Volpe reached 200 career hits in a losing effort against Penn State. The Scarlet Knights’ left fielder singled to right field in the fifth inning to capture his 200th career hit. In 43 games this season, Volpe registered 46 hits and 31 RBIs in 151 at-bats for the Scarlet Knights. He produced four home runs and six doubles, striking out 24 times while logging a .305 batting average. Before joining the Scarlet Knights, Volpe was selected to the MAAC All-Tournament Team while playing at Rider University. He help guide the Broncs to the MAAC Championship, appearing in...
Softball: Latest North Jersey Top 25 rankings put league races under the microscope
While most of the North Jersey softball world was focused on the county tournaments over the weekend, a handful of league races (aka division races) are coming down to the wire. Division titles get overlooked by a lot of people, including me, but they are super important to a lot of programs, especially the small schools. ...
Baseball: Gov. Livingston Wins Union County Championship, 10-8, Over Westfield After Wild 7th Inning
UNION, NJ -- Westfield won the seventh inning, but Gov. Livingston won the game, and the county championship. In a seventh inning that resembled the final scenes of a Marvel Universe blockbuster, both teams batted around, with Gov. Livingston scoring seven runs to build a 10-run lead, only to see Westfield's first seven batters reach base in the bottom of the inning en route to the Blue Devils putting up eight runs after being shut out for the first six innings.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER This was a white-knuckle finish in which Gov. Livingston...
Stop & Shop, NJ Devils treat Air Force sergeant to shopping spree at Clifton grocery store
Twenty-three years ago, Ayshah Tual left her hometown of Newburgh, New York to join the U.S. Air Force. The Air Force took her far and away, most notably, to Afghanistan in Operation Enduring Freedom in 2002 and most recently overseas to an undisclosed base in the Middle East. Her sacrifices for her country did not go unnoticed.
Baseball: Morris/Sussex Top 10 rankings ahead of county championship games
It's the final week of the high school baseball regular season, and teams are making a final push before brackets are determined for the NJSIAA playoffs on Monday. But before we get into postseason conversation, let's make room for the Morris County and Hunterdon/Warren/Sussex Tournament finals, which will be contested this week. Here's a...
VOTE for the North Jersey Softball Player of the Week for May 6-12
After another thrilling week of the high school softball season, it's time to look back on the best performances. Read about the players who stood out last week and let us know who you think should be the North Jersey Player of the Week in the poll at the bottom of this page.
Bayonne's Buddy Baseball League Celebrates Opening Day
BAYONNE, NJ - For nine years, the local community has joined together to make the march from the Bayonne museum to the ball field on 11th Street, marking the opening of the season for Buddy Baseball. This year was no different, except for the fact that more people showed up, another sign of the steady increase in the popularity of the opening day event as well as the program itself. Players from teams across the league were there with their families, as were players from the Bayonne Little League, the Bayonne High School Marching Band, and dozens...
Watch this! Rutgers women’s basketball just offered Payton Dunbar, who can do this crazy jump
Payton Dunbar was offered by Rutgers women’s basketball in early May. Dunbar is a crazy elite-level athlete as evidenced by her social media. In offering Dunbar, Rutgers got officially involved with a player who has off the charts athleticism. But before diving into this athleticism, first a little bit about Dunbar. A class of 2025 recruit at Jefferson Christian Academy (Ripplemead, Virginia), Dunbar is a 5-foot-11 guard with excellent length. She has impressive range as a shooter and is a difference-maker with her ability to drive and get to the rim as well as defensively. She is a complete package at guard. Over...
HS football: Staten Island native Dom DeFalco takes over the varsity coaching reins at Xavier HS
To Dom DeFalco, there’s no place like home. The Annadale native, who made a name for himself as a football and rugby star at Xavier High School between 2006-10, returned to the prestigious Manhattan institution in the fall of 2017 to join its football coaching staff. DeFalco, in fact, has been an integral part of the Knights’ program since and, to boot, after a stint as assistant athletic director, he was named Xavier’s Director of Athletics approximately a year ago.
Baseball: North Jersey Top 25 rankings as the regular season wraps up
Certainly, upsets in the Bergen and Passaic county baseball tournaments have had an impact on the North Jersey Top 25 rankings. Ramapo and Lakeland are prime examples. However, this is also the point of the season at which teams begin to wrap up division titles – and that is something that has thrown a proverbial monkey wrench into the rankings. ...
Union County Tournament 2nd round - Softball roundup
Gia Pirozzi recorded her 100th career strikeout in seventh-seeded Brearley’s 10-0 win over tenth-seeded Union Catholic in the second round of the Union County Tournament, in Kenilworth. Brearley (11-9) will play second-seeded Dayton in the quarterfinals on Monday. If you purchase a product or register for an account through...
Boys LAX: Summit Holds Off Westfield for 6th Straight UCT Title
CLARK, NJ — In a classic New Jersey boys lacrosse rivalry game, the Hilltoppers outlasted the Blue Devils on Saturday night. Sophomore attack James Grainger scored two goals with an assist and senior attack Daniel Flaim posted one goal with a game-high three assists to lead second-seeded Summit, No. 9 in the latest NJ.com Top 20 rankings, to a 6-5 victory over top-seeded and No. 6 Westfield in the championship of the Union County Tournament at Arthur L. Johnson High School in Clark.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER Summit (12-2), which has won nine...
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