Jason Bernstein

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…

It would have been understandable if Nate Boyd got frustrated with a college recruiting process that went slower than is the norm for most high-level wrestlers. “I didn’t start (hearing from…

As the Phil Simms NJ North/South All-Star Flag Football Game continues to grow and evolve, one thing remains constant, The Observer-area’s representatives continue to shine. Led by MVP Jaelynn Pere…

When Michael Koster first started playing lacrosse with Nutley Recreation at the age of four, his mother Michele had one preference, that her son not play goalie. “I played attack for three days at…

In the Lyndhurst group photo. Left to right: Thomas Awida, Justin Marmorato, Shadeed Smith Jr., coach Rich Tuero, Omar Ali, Matthew Vargas and Nate Boyd. Matthew Jarvis knew that Saturday’s Bergen …