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Softball: End of April brings major changes to lohud Top 10 rankings
While the top three are unchanged this week, the lohud softball rankings look different from No. 4 on down, and a new entrant is making waves. Here's a look at the third lohud Top 10 rankings of the high school softball season. Top 10 rankings. North Rockland (11-1): The Red...
Longtime North Jersey assistant approved as new Park Ridge football coach
In the end, the choice was clear for Park Ridge. Jim Cleary, the Owls' defensive coordinator the last two seasons, was approved as the team's new head football coach by the district’s Board of Education on Monday night. It will be the 50-year-old’s first varsity head coaching job, and...
Glen Rock High School goes with a familiar name as new head football coach
The next McCourt generation has officially arrived, with another one on the way. Kyle McCourt, 33, the son of veteran Cresskill basketball coach Mike McCourt, was approved as Glen Rock's new head football coach on Monday night by the district’s Board of Education. Kyle has been an assistant with the Panthers' football program since 2016.
North Jersey traffic - Professional women's hockey at Prudential, sign repair on Route 202
The Prudential Center hosts the Professional Women's Hockey League on Tuesday. Scheduled road work, sign work, drainage improvement and bridge work will cause daytime lane closures on Interstate 80; U.S. highways 46 and 202; and state routes 10, 17, 20, 23, 181 and 440. NY/NJ Gotham has a game at...
Girls lacrosse April 29-May 5 recaps: Magnus, Nyack, Mamaroneck, Fox Lane, RCDS, others win
Girls high school lacrosse seems to have just started. But the regular season will conclude next week. Before it wraps up, a ton of games will be played. Below are the submitted stats for those played April 29-May 5. Note: G stands for goals, A for assists, DC for balls...
Scoops on Softball: Presenting the 2024 Midseason Awards, the Mondos
I really did it this time. I really did. There’s a big milestone coming up and I’m doing it big. Yes, it’s time for the semi-regular North Jersey softball midseason awards, the Mondos, named for former Emerson coach Steve Mondadori. I did them last year, Hooray! But have also skipped a couple in the last couple of years, Boo!
Softball: North Jersey Top 25 rankings after the first month of the 2024 season
The North Jersey softball rankings are starting to reach a tipping point. We’re closing in on the midway point of the season, which means that the factors used for these rankings start to shift. Head-to-head results still are important, but lose some value over time as we get a...
Gold Rush track: N. Rockland's Tuohy, Bronxville's Gravier break records, Korman ties one
WEST NYACK — Prior to the start of the girls 1,600-meter race at Saturday’s 40-school Gold Rush Invitational track and field meet at Clarkstown South High School, a PA announcement noted the meet record in the event was established in 2018 by Katelyn Tuohy. Not long after that another announcement was made....
Prized recruit William Kirk aims to check off one more box in his final HS season
William Kirk knows the exact year that Ramsey last won a Bergen County baseball championship. The University of Virginia commit is a big reason the Rams are one of the favorites for this year’s tournament, which will be seeded Wednesday. Although Kirk pitched Ramsey to the 2022 NJSIAA Group...
Back-to-back: Byram Hills HS senior claims victory in speech championship for 2nd year
Byram Hills High School senior Aidan Aldea-Lustig clinched the championship title in the Original Oratory speech event at the State Forensic League Championships, emerging triumphant against 33 other talented students.
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