NORTH JERSEY INTERSCHOLASTIC CONFERENCE Football Player of the Week Jake Johnson, New Milford, Sr., RB/DL The 6-4, 235-pounder piloted New Milford in its season-opening win over Bergenfield on Thursday with 127 yards and one score on 27 carries. It’s the first time...

Sean Farrell / NorthJersey.com                     Girls soccer is officially back. While most teams won't kick off until after Labor Day, a handful of North Jersey teams are starting their 2025 seasons this week. Gauging the best of the best is always a tricky task...

Official Healthcare and Orthopedics partner of the NJIC The Alliance Orthopedics / NJIC Week #0 Football Scoreboard Thursday, August 28 Kittatinny 22, Saddle Brook 13 Wallkill Valley 14, Hasbrouck Heights 13 (OT) Dumont 16, Garfield 13 Westwood 34, Lyndhurst 14 New...

Each week, the Varsity Aces will rank the Top 20 public-school teams and the Big Six non-public teams. Here are the preseason rankings, with last year's records in parentheses, as well as each team's season-opening matchup. Public Top 20 rankings 20. Butler (11-1)...

Sean Farrell, NorthJersey.com Boys soccer is officially back. While most teams won't kick off until after Labor Day, a handful of North Jersey teams are starting their 2025 seasons this week. Gauging the best of the best is always a tricky task each preseason. To put...

Haledon honors Bruce Baumgartner, world champion wrestler By: Jake Aferiat | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com Bruce Baumgartner never aspired to any of this. And yet, that’s exactly the point. Baumgartner, who grew up on Mason Ave in Haledon as the younger of two brothers,...

By Ryan Patti | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com Donovan Hugel | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com   Football has arrived in New Jersey, and no conference commences the start of the season with more pride than the North Jersey Interscholastic Conference. The second annual...