BY BOB SHWALB SPECIAL TO THE RECORD | THE RECORD RUTHERFORD – Nicole Lucianin said she thought she was hurt. The St. Mary forward had a smile on her face, though, after drawing a charge — the key play in her basketball team’s win over Saddle Brook on Thursday. “One of...

By DARREN COOPER HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS COLUMNIST | The Record EMERSON – Sam Schneider remembers one award he didn’t win. “I never got the ironman award,” Schneider said Wednesday. “If you started wrestling in second grade and went all the way through eighth, when you...

* Bogota (15-5), still in the chase for the NJIC Patriot Division title, owns a six-game winning streak behind the strong play of junior F Chris Alcantara. He had 21 points and nine rebounds and played strong interior defense Thursday in a 63-46 win over Emerson. He...

Congratulations to Cresskill's Erin McQuillen for scoring her 1,000th point in the Feb-16th game vs Midland Park.

  * The leading scorers through the semifinals of the Bergen County tournament (minimum three games played): Freshman G Michelle Sidor, Saddle River Day, 25 ppg; senior F Victoria Corcoran, NV/Demarest, 19.3; senior PG Emily Crevani, NV/Old Tappan, 15.7; junior G...

By CHRIS ISEMAN STAFF WRITER | The Record When David Wilson took over as the New Milford girls basketball coach before this season, he wasn’t quite sure what to expect. He inherited a small-school program that had graduated four seniors. Wilson still had a solid core...

Bailey Wyrostek just wrote her name into the Wood-Ridge girls basketball record book: On Monday night the senior guard/forward passed the 1,000-point mark in a 47-37 loss at Palisades Park Wyrostek needed 24 points to reach the milestone and finished with 27, putting...