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Byline: Sean Farrell, NorthJersey.com As 2019 draws to a close, the NorthJersey.com sports staff is looking back on the best athletes to come through Bergen and Passaic counties in the [...]

Byline: Sean Farrell, NorthJersey.com HILLSDALE -- Pascack Valley is going back to a sectional final. So too is the Williams family. Senior Jake Williams carried the Indians on to the [...]

Byline: Sean Farrell, North Jersey Record PARK RIDGE -- The big reveal came at halftime. Matt Gray is going to the Super Bowl. Gray, a volunteer coach born with Down [...]

Byline: Sean Farrell, North Jersey Record HASBROUCK HEIGHTS - Nick Delcalzo ran down the depth chart. Then Zai'heer Jenkins ran into the endzone. Hasbrouck Heights was pushed to the limit [...]

Byline: Sean Farrell, North Jersey Record For all the talk of the decline of high school football, Cresskill has shown no signs of slowing down. The sport is alive and [...]

Byline: Sean Farrell, North Jersey Record Westwood is consistently one of the best football teams in North Jersey. The Cardinals went 7-3 last year and won nine games in each [...]

Byline: Sean Farrell, North Jersey Record Steve Dunn believes that brighter days are ahead. His job is to rebuild the program at Ridgefield Park and develop a culture with the [...]

Byline: Sean Farrell, North Jersey Record DEMAREST -- The end had come far too soon for Jack Mottola. He still wanted to play lacrosse last year when he received the [...]

Byline: Sean Farrell, North Jersey Record WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP - The warning from coach Dennis Hard was clear. Win the next game or risk a season without playoffs. Westwood took his [...]

Byline: Sean Farrell, North Jersey Record WAYNE - Anthony DePalma's big moment finally arrived. The Wayne Valley tight end who came into the week with one varsity reception caught four [...]

Byline: Sean Farrell, North Jersey Record WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP - Friday night was the gift that kept on giving for Anthony Tanner. The Lakeland senior has never had quite a game [...]

Byline: Sean Farrell, North Jersey Record EMERSON - When Ryan Shaw went down, everyone else stepped up. The absence of its No. 1 running back didn't seem to bother Emerson [...]

Byline: Sean Farrell, North Jersey Record RUTHERFORD - The idea started out of necessity. Park Ridge didn't have a quarterback, but it had a special athlete. So when a starter [...]

Byline: Sean Farrell, North Jersey Record WAYNE - The Lamborghini is up and running. The metaphor for the Wayne Hills offense finally applied Friday night when it rolled to a [...]

Byline: Sean Farrell, North Jersey Record Coach: Ralph Cinque, fourth year Last year's record: 6-4 Last year's final ranking: No. 16 Rearview mirror: Clifton recorded its second straight 6-4 season [...]

Byline: Sean Farrell, North Jersey Record HASBROUCK HEIGHTS - The line of parked cars stretched from block to block along Oldfield Ave on Saturday afternoon. The packed streets became a [...]

Byline: Sean Farrell, North Jersey Record NEW YORK - The Mets brought in the lefty. Giants' coach Pat Shurmur threw out the ceremonial first pitch before Sunday's game with Arizona [...]

Byline: Sean Farrell, Chris Iseman, Greg Mattura and Greg Tartaglia, Special to North Jersey Record ORADELL -- Just weeks after ending its 13-year state title drought, Bergen Catholic had three [...]

Byline: Sean Farrell, North Jersey Record EAST RUTHERFORD - The Giants had every chance of beating the division-leading Eagles on Sunday in a vintage performance by Eli Manning. Manning threw [...]

Byline: Sean Farrell, North Jersey Record EAST RUTHERFORD - Steve Spagnuolo kept going back to the same word. 'Hurt.' It wasn't just the final score - a 34-29 loss to [...]

Byline: Sean Farrell, North Jersey Record EAST RUTHERFORD - What a way to go out. The final show David Estevez put on at River Dell was as good as it [...]

Byline: Sean Farrell, North Jersey Record The blueprint was right there for Anthony Galella. The Bergen Catholic receivers coach had an idea after watching North Jersey football grow into a [...]

Byline: Sean Farrell, Staff Writer, @seanfarrell92 MIDLAND PARK - The old adages don't mean much to Andrew Howell. The Rutherford coach just smiled as he walked off the field with [...]

Byline: Sean Farrell, Staff Writer, @seanfarrell92 WALLINGTON - The screech of a firetruck whistle was the sweet sound of victory. Sirens let out a high-pitched noise behind one end zone [...]

Byline: Sean Farrell, Staff Writer, @seanfarrell92 RUTHERFORD - Bart Nativo had the game of his life. The New Milford junior had never scored a varsity touchdown until getting five in [...]

Byline: Sean Farrell, Staff Writer, @seanfarrell92 ORADELL - David Estevez was as golden as the lettering on his uniform. This was a game that River Dell had every reason to [...]

Byline: SEAN FARRELL, STAFF WRITER VERONA -- His legs kept moving - powerfully and patiently - to take advantage of any extra yard. And even as the tacklers surrounded Mark [...]

Byline: SEAN FARRELL, STAFF WRITER HACKENSACK -- Colin Dedrick saved his best for last. A lead-changing interception he threw in the third quarter didn't faze him. Neither did a strange [...]