Star Ledger North Jersey Interscholastic Conference players of the week Will Wallentine, St. Mary (Ruth.), Jr., OF: Wallentine batted .800 last week, collecting eight hits in 10 at-bats. He scored five runs and knocked in three. For the week he had six singles, two...

Top 25 Rankings St. Joseph (13-0) Don Bosco (11-2) Bergen Catholic (8-2) Mahwah (9-1) Wood-Ridge (12-1) Pascack Valley (9-2) Ramsey (9-2) Ridgewood (8-4) Ramapo (6-4) Wayne Valley (7-4) Clifton (8-2) Passaic Tech (7-4) Westwood (9-2) Pascack Hills (7-6) DePaul (6-6)...

Star ledger NJIC Hitter and Pitcher of the Week Kaitlyn O’Brien, Ridgefield, Fr. Ridgefield has been on a hot streak as of late and O’Brien has been a big reason for that success. She went 9-for-15 this past week, driving in 10 runs with a pair of triples. Ella...

Baseball Park Ridge 11, Palisades Park 0 (5 inn.) 2B: (PR): Jimmy Brazofsky. 3B: Brendan Hughes 2. RBI: Matthew Manning, 2 Kyle Bratcher, 4 Brendan Hughes, Brazofsky, 2 Cole Hughes. WP: Matthew Manning LP: J. Kuhl. Records: (PR): 7-3 (PP): 0-6. Lodi 12, Manchester 0...

Softball Saddle Brook 12, Paterson Charter 2 2B: (SB) Gracie Leone. RBI: (SB) Deanna Occhipinti, Mia Ianneillo, Leone, Olivia Gjorgoski, Gabby Santora 2. WP: Santora. Records: (SB) 5-4, (PC) 0-7. Ridgefield 21, Secaucus 3 2B: (Ri) Yamilex Machado 2, Kaitlyn O’Brien 2,...

Top 25 softball rankings           Week #3 1. Immaculate Conception (7-0) 2. Immaculate Heart Academy (10-0) 3. Indian Hills (9-1) 4. Passaic Valley (11-0) 5. Ramapo (10-4) 6. NV/Old Tappan (8-2) 7. Pascack Hills (6-1) 8. Mahwah (10-2) 9. Pompton Lakes (9-1) 10....

Paul Schwartz NorthJersey.com ORADELL -- Every team in every high school sport took a hit when the COVID-19 pandemic cancelled spring sports a year ago. Seniors graduated, underclassmen chose not to come out and turnouts were down at many schools. And with essentially...