PARK RIDGE – At the start of the soccer season, Dana DiBella said she was "nervous" and "a little intimidated." The smallish freshman was a Park Ridge newbie and struggling to fit in. "I’d never played with older girls before," DiBella said. "I’d mess up sometimes and...

BY GREG TARTAGLIA SPECIAL TO THE RECORD | THE RECORD RUTHERFORD – Lizzie Alba and Paige Lemieux took a detour at the end of Tuesday's handshake line. The Glen Rock co-captains wanted to make sure to say "good game" to each of their opponents from Rutherford after the...

BY GREG MATTURA STAFF WRITER | THE RECORD Steve Herget, a former player and assistant coach at Elmwood Park, will lead his first team as boys basketball coach at Leonia. Herget was a multisport standout in high school who earned The Record Athlete of the Week for...

BY CHUCK O’DONNELL STAFF WRITER | THE RECORD There might have been a Frosty or two polished off when Taylor Porcello and the Emerson soccer team piled into Wendy’s to celebrate their North 1, Group 1 quarterfinal victory over New Milford on Thursday. "We get excited,...

Bogota’s James Draney repeated his 2015 win in North 1, Group 1 by 65 meters over Cameron Gec of Wallkill Valley and the Buccaneers captured their first sectional title since 1993, unseating three-time defending champion Wallkill Valley, 38-72. His 16:13 clocking was...

Seven North Jersey teams and an individual qualified for the Group 1 and 2 state cross-country championships Nov. 12 at Holmdel Park with their finishes at the North 2 meet held at Central Park of Morris County at Greystone in Parsippany on Saturday. Harrison will...

  By CHRIS ISEMAN STAFF WRITER | The Record POMPTON LAKES – The wooden bleachers lining each side of the football field at Hershfield Park were filled to capacity, leaving hundreds of spectators leaning on the chain-link fence surrounding this NJIC football...