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ENGLEWOOD, NJ - In its final game of the 2021 season, the Nutley/Columbia High co-op ice hockey team displayed the same trait it had many times this season - its resiliency.

The Maroon Raiders trailed by two goals twice against Tenafly but battled back to forge a 3-3 tie on Thursday, March 4 at the Mackay Ice Rink in Englewood.

"We showed character and came back," said ...

SPRINGFIELD, NJ — Keep reading for the Springfield weekly recap, with all the top stories from the past week in one place:

Springfield's Own: Apicella Turns Surreal Pandemic Season Into Future Opportunity
Springfield Officials Release Latest Local COVID Totals for the Township as March Begins
A Dozen New COVID Cases in Latest Springfield Figures, But No New ...

A majority of high school basketball teams in Section VI have reached the halfway point in their shortened seasons, and contenders are beginning to emerge.

Olean Girls Basketball

Among the top competitors in the section, the Olean Huskies, after going 3-18 during the 2019-20 season, have flipped a switch and gotten off to a 6-3 start in 2021.

“They have been determined, ...

BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ — Gov. Livingston coach Chris Eckert doesn’t hesitate when asked to describe his girls’ basketball team. It’s an emphatic one-word response.

“Relentless,” said the coach. “Whether it was at every practice or every game, they were relentless.”

The Lady Highlanders showed that determination again on Saturday against the ...

Chatham epee fencers Jonah Blanchard, Michael Dwyer and Raaid Khan all went undefeated for the men vs. Hackettstown.

At the NJAC conference midpoint, the Chatham boys fencing team remains undefeated and looking to continue the progress with Morristown and Kinnelon this weekend. 2021 circumstances caused the Hackettstown fencing team to be short one sabre fencer giving them a three bout loss at ...

HILLSIDE, NJ - Kelvin Amayo walked into front entrance of the Hillside Recreation Center, and as soon as he reached the basketball court, threw his hands up toward the ceiling and began to stride swiftly toward two young kids dribbling and shooting at the basket at the far end.

Amayo, a Hillside native who currently plays professional basketball overseas in Iran, started hs love for the game ...

RAHWAY, NJ—On the evening of Friday, March 5, Rahway High School’s head basketball coach, Jeff Lubreski, reached a milestone few others ever achieve. With a final score of 79-47 over Roselle, Lubreski secured his 500th career victory.

Lubreski, a high school English teacher at Rahway’s Alternative Center for Education (ACE), has been a member of the teaching staff ...

Chatham epee fencers Elysa Jordan, Amudha Krishnan and Anushka Jois all went undefeated to help the Cougars win a match that was shortened to 18 bouts.

2021 circumstances held back the Hackettstown fencing team causing the loss of their girls' sabre squad and forcing a nine bout forfeit at the outset. With the Chatham sabres cheering from the bleachers, the foil and epee squads from both ...

RANDOLPH, NJ- The final game of the 2021 season for the Randolph girls’ basketball team against Montville on Saturday Mar. 6 was representative of the “Covid-shortened” season as a whole for the Lady Rams. A strong start and stretches of solid execution were undermined by short but impactful stints of simple mistakes, leading to a loss at home against the Mustangs by the score ...

RICHMOND, Va. — It didn’t matter where the game was played. East Coast, West Coast, Midwest or the parking lot, the Saint Louis Billikens really have nobody to blame. 

But Saint Louis coach Travis Ford did have a bone to pick with the Atlantic 10 Conference after the St. Bonaventure Bonnies drubbed his team 71-53 to reach the conference championship game for the second time ...