By GREG MATTURA STAFF WRITER | The Record "Sister, oh, sister!" "Sister" is a word often heard at Cresskill, where good-humored siblings Emily, Carley and Elley Wells are starters on the girls soccer team. Rather than saying each other’s name, they often simply say,...

  By Patrick Lanni NJ Advance Media for NJ.com      Small-school football is in the spotlight the next two weeks when teams from the North Jersey Interscholastic Conference square off in the first conference playoff in state history. Over the next two weeks, four...

The Road to the Conference Championship The NJIC announced the projected schedule Saturday for its inaugural playoffs. Rutherford, which won the Colonial division title, will host Liberty division champion Pompton Lakes on Friday at 7 p.m., in one semifinal game. In...

NJIC GIRLS SOCCER CRESSKILL 1, PARK RIDGE 0 (at Cresskill): Senior midfielder Emily Wells scored in the 58th minute as the Cougars defeated the No. 13 Owls. Junior goalkeeper Julia Maltby had 10 saves to earn the shutout for the Cougars (11-6). EASTERN CHRISTIAN 2,...

By Matthew Birchenough ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR | Glen Rock Gazette GLEN ROCK — Robert Ray took his steps and lined up a potential 46-yard field goal, an attempt that most high school kickers could only dream of making. The ball sailed off his right foot, splitting the...

    By CHUCK O’DONNELL STAFF WRITER | The Record Giana DiLascio thought back to her brain surgery. The pain, the fear, the tears – it all came flooding back after she crossed the finish line, turned, and discovered there wasn’t another runner in sight. The...

By CHRIS ISEMAN STAFF WRITER | The Record Emerson was determined to bounce back. The Cavos went 0-10 last year. They had not won a game since Oct. 17, 2014. But they entered this season expecting to be competitive, driven to earn victories that had been elusive for so...