OLD TAPPAN – Under normal circumstances sending Rocco Pierorazio up to the plate in a clutch situation would have been a no-brainer. The senior is one of Northern Valley/Old Tappan’s best hitters and, ...

FRANKLIN LAKES – One of the best trends in high school sports over the past decade is the rise of the benefit event. One off games or a weekend slate scheduled to bring both awareness and fundraising ...

DUMONT—To the rest of North Jersey, last season’s Indian Hills baseball team came out of nowhere to be one of the best public school clubs in Bergen County. With a tight-knit group of 11 seniors that ...

DEMAREST -- So many times the game's biggest shot comes late in a close game, a tie-breaker or buzzer beater in a dramatic moment. Sometimes it comes shortly after the opening tip. Twenty seconds into ...

RIDGEWOOD – Fifteen years ago Ridgewood head coach Mike Troy decided to put together a Coaches vs Cancer game to help fundraise for someone in need during their fight. A decade-and-a-half ago there ...

OLD TAPPAN - NV/Old Tappan's offense exploded for 38 points in the first half en route to a 45-0 victory over Paramus Friday night. The Golden Knights needed just over a minute to drive 64 yards on 6 ...

WAYNE - When Wayne Hills walked to the locker room with an eight-point lead over Paterson Eastside in the Passaic County Tournament final last year, they felt invincible and that it was finally its ...

Kiszkiel only had one goal in his varsity career heading into this game. That mattered little to Clifton’s longtime head coach Stan Lembryk. He signaled for the junior marking back to take the kick ...

HILLSDALE – The North 1, Group 2 boys soccer state tournament bracket has always been one of North Jersey’s most competitive. Programs like Ramsey, this year’s top seed and Glen Rock, a recent Bergen ...

FRANKLIN LAKES – The spring high school sports season was in full bloom on Monday afternoon. Behind the baseball field’s first base dugout was a varsity softball game. Behind the third base dugout was ...

That has led to this new feature on northjerseysports.com as the summer kicks in. We are calling it ‘Down The Trail,’ and the idea is to (besides filling space) cover some ground with an occasional ...

(Editor's note: Jack Barteck, the author, is a senior at Wood-Ridge High School where he plays basketball and baseball. He plans to study communications in college.) WOOD-RIDGE -- Over the last few ...