Edward Kensik, Correspondent - Record Sports SADDLE BROOK — It was probably predestined for Brianna Brooks to take her next stage in life just a little northwest at William Paterson University. Brooks, an All-NJIC Meadowlands Division first-team girls basketball...

Coach: Bill Wilde, 13th year Last year's record: 8-3 Last year's ranking: 11 Football Public School Top 20 Countdown Rearview mirror: With QB Ryan Picinic running a prolific offense and then-senior RB Christian Correa plowing through defenses, New Milford reeled off...

Coach: Jim Kurz, 9th year Last year's ranking: Not ranked Rearview mirror: Glen Rock got off to a strong start, winning four out of its first six games. The Panthers then lost their final three games, but two of those defeats came against New Milford and Mahwah, teams...

 (Photo and story: Edward Kensik/Special to NorthJersey.com) LYNDHURST — Iona women's soccer coach Sarah Brady exudes plaudits when it comes to the addition of Lyndhurst's Kelsie Kearns. Kearns, the graduated Lyndhurst defender who was on the All-NJIC Liberty Division...

(Photo: Monmouth University/Special to NorthJersey.com) By Edward Kensik, Correspondent / Record Sports LYNDHURST — Peter Guerriero came to Monmouth University track and field coach Joe Compagni after the spring season to break the news. No, it wasn't that he was...

By: Sean Farrell - Record Sports Staff Alexa Tsahalis brings up the word from time to time. The doubters. Not too long ago, she was one of them. Winning championships at Saddle River Day, the smallest school in the state to have girls lacrosse, seemed like a faraway...

Coach: Kevin Quinn, 4th year Last year's ranking: 16 Rearview Mirror: Cresskill finished 7-3 last season, with two of its losses coming against Hasbrouck Heights, which finished the season undefeated and won the inaugural NJIC championship and the North 1, Group 1...