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Senior defenseman Corbin Lukanski and junior middie Jack Sartorius were both amply satisfied with Delbarton’s performance Tuesday against Don Bosco Prep, though also holding tight to the team credo that urges all members to make their best game the next game. Don’t take this the wrong way, fellas, but...

WESTFIELD, NJ - For the first 24 minutes, it was an even match between Ridgewood and Westfield in the North Jersey, Group IV NJSIAA Championship. Following a semifinal loss last season, the Maroons were hungry for redemption and managed to produce the upset by defeating the top-seeded Blue Devils. For the first five minutes of the game, both sides meticulously moved the ball around the field looking for opportunities. The Maroons opened up scoring during a power play with a goal from Will Brandt who was assisted by Charlie Merrick. While the Blue Devils tried to recover, the Maroons got the...

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PARAMUS, NJ - The Borough is considering increasing the pay scale for its swim coaches. After praising staff for getting the borough pool open by the Memorial Day weekend, Councilman Ace Antonio proposed raising the pay scale for swim coaches and introducing a new position on May 23. “I would like to ask the governing body, if there is no objection, if we can authorize the borough attorney for a new ordinance for next meeting for 3 positions: a clerk supervisor and a dive coach, as well as a DWSI supervisor, which is for the swim instructors,” Antonio said. Antonio said he hopes to adjust...

BROTHER 2 BROTHER 914, INC presents Westchester’s Finest Boxing Show, on Friday June 16th . 7-10 pm. at the Grand Roosevelt Ballroom located at 2 Hudson Street. The show will feature five of Yonkers Outstanding Boxers, competing against Tri-State Area Contenders. The Main Event will feature YONKERS OWN 2014 Olympic Trails Bronze Medalist, 4 time Metro Champion, 3 time Golden Gloves and 2022 National Golden Gloves Champion, Christella Cepeda.

It was a strong showing on the track at Iona Prep for St. Joseph-by-the-Sea, where the Vikings took gold in three events at the Eastern State Championships over the weekend. Senior Joey Wilson led the 2,000-meter steeplechase wire to wire in an uncontested time of 6:19.83. Teammates Dylan Doskocil (2nd - 6:21.09) and Cody Doskocil (5th - 6:37.34) earned medals in the event as well.

The final buzzer of Iona’s season was the starting gun for Rick Pitino. Just five days after Iona’s NCAA Tournament loss to eventual national champion Connecticut in Albany, St. John’s convened the media at Madison Square Garden to announce Pitino as its new head coach. At the glitzy and full-of-promise press conference, Pitino promised die-hard St. John’s fans that he would restore winning to the dormant program. With this tall order, there was no time to settle in. Later that afternoon, the new Red Storm coach held his first staff meeting at Wolfgang’s Steakhouse near the Garden. There, he warned them, the work...

PARAMUS, NJ - After serving just over two decades as an assistant, Marc Gregory took over as the first-year head coach for the Paramus High School softball program this spring. The Spartans didn’t miss a beat with Gregory steering the ship. The Spartans finished up with a fine overall record of 17-10, and they advanced to the playoffs, as well. Coach Gregory recalls one of the most memorable moments for his team from this recently concluded season. “The first regular season game against Northern Highlands [on April 26 was memorable],’’ Gregory said. “We won 5-3 on a walk-off hit by Ella Zotollo. We were...

CENTRAL VALLEY - The last time North Rockland went to the NYSPHSAA Class AA state semifinals, UCLA won it's 11th NCAA title but it's first under Kelly Inouye-Perez. As Red Raiders second baseman Keira Costin caught the final out of the ball game Saturday in the NYSPHSAA Class AA regional final, it meant...

In 2010, Saul Monroy was injured by an improvised explosive device as a Marine in Afghanistan, resulting in a below-knee amputation. Today, he is the owner of a small family business and a talented softball player for the USA Patriots who nailed a three-run home run over 300 feet into the air at Closter Memorial Field. The USA Patriots softball team, made up of athletic and veteran amputees, visited Closter this past Memorial Day weekend. The team...

The New Jersey Jackals return home this week with a 9-11 record in the independent Frontier League. Here’s a look at the Jackals' week ahead in their inaugural season at historic Hinchcliffe Stadium in Paterson: Who are the Jackals playing this week? Washington Wild Things (2023 record: 10-11, won the West Division in 2022):...

Panthers Escape 9th-Inning Scare, Win on Witters’ Heroics in 10th. It’s been quite a lavish spring for the 2023 Walter Panas High baseball team, rife with team and individual accomplishments the likes of which the Panas community has never seen before. Before reaching the NYSPHSAA Class A Final 4 for the first time in school history after the Panthers defeated Section 9 champion Wallkill, 6-1, in 10 innings last Saturday in Saugerties, All-Section senior SS Sammy Stafura became the third player in the Lakeland School District to be named the NYS Gatorade Player of the Year, joining two-time winner Jonathan de Marte (2010-11) and Joey Vetrano (2019), both of Lakeland High.

Eastchester sophomore Yiwen Wang carded rounds of 76 and 77 at Mark Twain Golf Course in Elmira on Sunday and Monday to lead all Section 1 golfers at the NYSPHSAA championship with a 9-over par total of 153. He wound up in 12 place. John Jay-Cross River senior Dean DiGuglielmo (154) and Bronxville senior Greydon O'Keefe (155) improved significantly in the final round to finish inside the top 15, as well.

Mahwah’s Olivia Kelly is making New Jersey Proud. Kelly was diagnosed with scoliosis last year.

Throughout the season Pequannock lived by the mantra “we before me.” Now, that rallying cry has taken it all the way to the Group 1 finals after defeating Wood-Ridge, 8-0, in Pompton Plains. “This is another one of those stepping stones for Pequannock and the township to show...

Ridgewood has produced hit after hit, run after run, in the postseason, and the latest batting star is senior Lucas Barker. Barker’s two-out, bases-loaded, walk-off single in the bottom of the seventh inning lifted the Maroons to yet another football-score victory, 14-13, over Bayonne in Monday’s NJSIAA Group 4 baseball semifinal at Veterans Field in Ridgewood.

RIDGEWOOD − Since 2009, no senior class has left the Ridgewood girls lacrosse program without winning at least one sectional title. After three straight years of heartbreak, the Class of 2023 entered Monday’s North Group 4 sectional championship game determined not to be the group to break that streak. The Maroons (21-2) took...

Jacob Grinberg and Max Yuan won in straight sets as top-seeded Glen Rock celebrated a 4-1 win over second-seeded Pompton Lakes in the final round of the North Jersey, Section 1, Group 1 tournament in Glen Rock. Glen Rock will now move on to the group semifinals and finals on...

NORTH SALEM, N.Y. - North Salem Track & Field finished off their season in stride, first with an impressive performance at Valhalla High School on Saturday, May 27 for the Section 1 Class C Championships.  The girls team placed 12th overall. Alexia Zamora, respresenting the sprinting contingent, placed 20th in the 100M with a 14.31, then got 17th in the 200M (29.53). Grace O’Hanlon also took on the 200M, clocking in a PR 30.54. In mid distance, Freyja Smith ran a season-best 1:08.99 for 15th in the 400M, and then hit a 2:53.43 to place 17th in the 800M. Cassie Pelosi, winding down...

HAWTHORNE, NJ - The 2023 Hawthorne Christian Academy baseball program is proof positive that attributes such as hard work, teamwork, and determination really do pay off over the course of a season. The Defenders were faced with many tough challenges on the field this spring, yet they emerged with double-digit victories (12). Several games stand out as most impressive to HCA head coach Aaron Van Dyk. “Our most impressive wins were the following: a walk-off win against Park Ridge (2-1 on May 6), beating Butler as they were a top 20 team in North Jersey the whole year, and beating Timothy Christian (10-0...