BY KEITH IDEC STAFF WRITER | THE RECORD HAWTHORNE – David Mascis made sure to throw Tyler Charles plenty of curveballs when they played against each other in youth leagues. Mascis’ best friend struggled to hit breaking balls most of his baseball life. After a...

  BY MARK J. CZERWINSKI STAFF WRITER | THE RECORD James Dolaghan is getting ready to hit. And these days, that’s a big deal. The Rutherford junior catcher searches the dugout, making sure he finds the same batting helmet he’s been wearing all season. He steps into the...

By CHRIS ISEMAN STAFF WRITER | The Record RUTHERFORD – Helen Antzou-lides told her players to circle this game on their calendar. The Rutherford softball coach knew Lodi was experienced. She expected the Rams to give her team a tough early-season test. "I thought,...

By Edward Kensik CORRESPONDENT | South Bergenite The Lyndhurst High School athletic department has spiced up the spring season as the host for the first South Bergen versus Essex County Showdown baseball tournament on Saturday with the headline emblazoned: "Bragging...

By BOB SHWALB SPECIAL TO THE RECORD | The Record For Gabriel Melo, it was 30-love at first sight. The first time the 15-year-old native of Puerto Rico picked up a tennis racket, “I knew it was my sport,” he said. “He dropped everything else,” said his mother, Gladys....

  BY ED MILLS STAFF WRITER | THE RECORD WALDWICK – Haley Larsen proved to be the perfect batter at the perfect time for Waldwick. Larsen ripped a game-tying two-run double in the bottom of the seventh Wednesday, and Devin Burke followed with a suicide squeeze...

  From Record Sports Staff Right-handers Justin Kuron and Dylan Triano combined on a five-inning no-hitter Wednesday, leading Park Ridge to a 10-0 win over Palisades Park in NJIC Patriot Division action. Kuron had five strikeouts and Triano added two. Kuron also...