Edward Kensik, Correspondent / Record Sports — St. Mary's Joey Castellanos is happy with plan C in terms of his college future. The All-Bergen County and all-state shortstop had a couple of college plans that started with Stony Brook University in New York and a...

BY:  Darren Cooper, Local Sports Columnist, @VarsityAces SADDLE BROOK – Leukemia caused David Guerra’s arms to spasm, his stomach to burn and his muscles to be paralyzed. “I had some pretty bad experiences with slim chances,” said the Saddle Brook junior with a slight...

By Jason Bernstein | For The Jersey Journal         Like many of her friends, Lindsey Mack wakes up early during the summer and takes the hour-plus ride from Secaucus down the shore. But rather than enjoying the sand or boardwalk, Mack, seeking the best competition...

Sean Farrell, Staff Writer, @seanfarrell92 Ridgefield is dropping down to the junior varsity level in football this fall. The move was confirmed on Friday by NJIC Executive Director Stan Fryczynski. It marks the second time in three seasons that the small, Group 1...

BY: Darren Cooper, Local Sports Columnist, @VarsityAces It was freshman orientation at Lodi High School and Carlos Pepin sat at a table alone. He was new to school and hadn’t made many friends. Coach Joe Romeo approached Pepin, then a lean 6-foot-1, and asked him if...

By Sean Farrell - Record Sports Department Mickey O’Malley doesn’t know the exact words on the shiny trophy now displayed on his dining room table. After all, the Golden Boot he won in Buenos Aires isn’t in English. “It says something in Spanish about the athlete that...

  By: Greg Tartaglia - Record Sports John Kelly is living life in the acceleration lane. When the 5-foot-11 right-hander began the spring, he was an all-league shortstop on a perennially strong Rutherford baseball team. By June, he was one of North Jersey’s...