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Pips, meatballs and new life: Inside the world of silly chants in a softball dugout
Immaculate Heart and Ramapo not only play a good game, they talk a good game. The two North Jersey softball superpowers will collide in Saturday’s Bergen County Tournament final at 1 p.m. in Wood-Ridge, but you may hear them before you see them. Both teams perform the beautiful jazz symphony of what is best...
Demarest promotes assistant coach to head football job
Continuity and chemistry are the major themes for new Demarest football coach Rob Petrella. The 34-year-old former assistant - and chemistry teacher - at Demarest was approved as the program's new head coach by the district’s board of education on Monday night. He's also currently the school's head softball coach.
HS baseball: Sea’s drive for five stalls against top-seeded Iona Prep in 4-3 heartbreaker in JV finale (47 photos)
St. Joseph by-the-Sea’s JV baseball program had won four consecutive titles under head coach George Quinn and were in pursuit of a fifth when they met up with Iona Prep in the CHSAA Archdiocesan final Friday at Fordham University. Prep was the top-seed in the CHSAA with a 14-1...
Aidan Kempf throws another shutout and secures a Section 1 championship for Nanuet
PURCHASE – The numbers are ridiculous. Aidan Kemp quickly demoralized another team and extended Nanuet’s memorable playoff run with a 1-0 victory over Walter Panas in the Section 1 Class A baseball championship Saturday at Purchase College. “Oh, my God, I don’t even know how to describe that,” the senior lefty said following another...
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: Bronxville beats Albertus Magnus to capture another Section 1 Class D title
SHRUB OAK — Before the Section 1 Class D girls lacrosse playoffs began, it didn’t seem likely three of the top four No. 1-seeded teams would fall. After all, one, Class C Nyack, had run the table against Section 1 opponents, even if No. 2 Rye had played it close. ...
St. Joseph survives last-inning rally to secure 12th Bergen County baseball title
DEMAREST — Jeff Germosen pitched in six Bergen County baseball tournament games throughout his St. Joseph career. Yet one inning for which he was not on the mound created the most excitement for the senior right-hander. Germosen turned a solid, six-inning start in Saturday’s 65th Bergen County final, exiting with a two-run lead. The...
HS baseball: Repeat! St. Peter’s tallies 3 times in home seventh to capture 2nd straight CHSAA Archdiocesan crown (92 photos)
For the better portion of Friday night’s CHSAA AA Archdiocesan championship game, the outlook was looking grim for St. Peter’s and a pending return trip to Fordham University in the Bronx for a deciding game was beginning to look like a reality. The Eagles offense couldn’t come up...
Lacrosse: North Jersey highlights from the opening round of the state tournament
HILLSDALE – Mia Boretti provided the early spark. Ella Saxon came up with the milestone finish. Pascack Valley leaned on the scoring from those two and others across the lineup to get past Old Tappan, 14-4, on Wednesday in the opening round of the North Group 2 girls lacrosse tournament. The Panthers dominated...
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