By DARREN COOPER LOCAL SPORTS COLUMNIST | The Record RIDGEFIELD – They hung three banners on the bleachers at Willis Park in Ridgefield on Friday night, one for the cheerleaders, one for the marching band and one that read simply: FOOTBALL. After a year of playing a...

HALEDON – It's hard to call a Week 2 high school football game a must-win, but for Glen Rock, it certainly felt like one. Coming off a loss to Rutherford in the opener and knowing that the road to playoffs is one with lots of traffic, the Panthers could ill afford an...

MARKO GEORGIEV/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER:   Saddle Brook sophomore David Guerra in his backyard, with his mother, Ruth, in the background. He is undergoing chemotherapy after being diagnosed with leukemia over the summer.   By DARREN COOPER LOCAL SPORTS COLUMNIST | The...

RECORD FILE PHOTO:   John Burger of New Milford   By JJ CONRAD STAFF WRITER | The Record The setting was a familiar one for New Milford’s John Burger.One-on-one, all eyes on him and his opponent. Best man wins. Typically, it’s on the mats where this wrestling...

HASBROUCK HEIGHTS – With four minutes remaining in a classic battle between New Jersey Interscholastic Conference Meadowlands rivals, it didn't look promising for Vin Marchese to collect his 100th boys soccer win at Hasbrouck Heights. Wallington's Nick Kozdron had...

  CARMINE GALASSO/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Hawthorne’s Jason Diaz, right, battling against Glen Rock’s John Corry in Monday’s NJIC Colonial soccer game....

*Leonia 2, Ramsey 0 *Saddle Brook 2, Westwood 0 Hasbrouck Heights 2, Waldwick 1 Harrison 2, Becton 0 *Cresskill 2, Dumont 1 Lyndhurst 2, Wallington 1 *Park Ridge 2, METS Charter 0 Lodi 3, Mary Help of Christians 0 *non-conference