Jason Bernstein

When North Arlington boys volleyball coach Genevieve Dwyer thinks about her team’s upcoming state tournament game, she can’t help, but think about where this program has come from. Just three years…

When the North Arlington softball team went through an up and down April, there was always a strong belief that this veteran group would come together and go on a run. At 13-8, the Vikings have don…

When Paisley Athletic FC first joined USL-W, Head Coach and Sporting Director Michael Sylvia had a goal of eventually being able to have the infrastructure in place for aspiring young girls soccer …

Three-straight one-run victories has them a win away from a three-peat.

The decision by the NJSIAA to go to best of five sets for its state tournament games has been met with mixed approval statewide. One thing is for certain, for The Observer-area locals the change ha…

The Observer-area will be seeing a host of newcomers at this year’s NJSIAA Outdoor Track Meet of Champions on Wednesday in Pennsauken. For seven of the eight athletes there, it will be their first …

As a Harrison native, Blue Tide flag football coach Dan Nankivell has long believed his home town is one embodied by its toughness and grit. The recent NJIC Tournament showed that his flag football…

Wednesday’s NJSIAA Meet of Champions was the final and arguably biggest meet of Nikalena Iacono’s career. And also one of the most relaxed meets that the Lyndhurst star thrower entered. “I think I …

Steve Vahalla knew that as his two kids started to grow up and become more involved in activities that it would be time for him to walk away from a Lyndhurst program that has become one of the bett…

Bloomfield’s Jo’elle Urdanivia had one of the greatest individual outdoor track & field seasons this area has ever seen. But beyond all of the records and championships there’s something else t…