BY Robert Aitken / Record Sports UNION -- The highest combined seeds of all 23 state football finals faced off at Alumni Stadium on the campus of Kean University. The atmosphere was nothing new for Hasbrouck Heights and Pompton Lakes, winners of four of the previous...

By Chris Iseman - Record Sports Department EAST RUTHERFORD — Rutherford waited 51 years for this celebration. Not since 1966 had the Bulldogs been able to call themselves sectional champions. The 2017 Bulldogs ended the drought. "It feels amazing," Abellany Mendez...

ALL-STATE VOLLEYBALL SELECTIONS SECOND TEAM Jenna Rogers, Rutherford THIRD TEAM Lizbeth Suarez , Bogota ALL-GROUP SELECTIONS GROUP 1 FIRST TEAM Nylene Mateo, Bogota Lisbeth Suarez, Bogota Jenna Rogers, Rutherford Anna DeCesare, Rutherford Madylin Marino, Wood-Ridge...

By Chris Isemen - Record Sports Department Decades have passed since the last time Rutherford was able to call itself a state champion. The Bulldogs have had formidable teams over the past 50 years. They have come close to titles. They have flirted with the chance of...

By Darren Cooper - Record Sports Columnist  Logan Mahoney has already seen Pompton Lakes’ last four sectional championships up close. When the Cardinals had their three-peat from 2011-2013 he served as the team ball boy and he said he’s still recognized by referees....

Darren Cooper, Local Sports Columnist, @VarsityAces There’s one voice Hasbrouck Heights senior quarterback James Klenk loves to hear. And only one place where he knows he will. The football field. “Every game, I still hear him,” said Klenk, 18, “yelling my name,...

Thursday, Nov. 30 At MetLife Stadium North 2, Group 2 No. 1 Rutherford vs. No. 6 Hackettstown, 5 p.m.   Saturday, Dec. 2 At Kean University North 1, Group 1   No. 5 Hasbrouck Heights vs. No. 6 Pompton Lakes, 7 p.m        ...