It was the first time I have ever been to swimming's Meet of Champions. Yes, its true what they say, its a long drive. You can read my story in The Record here, and check out my Herald-News story here. But I was glad I went, their were cookies from Agatha, All-American times to see, and it was T...

The North Jersey preseason Top 25 for softball is complete. And every day, from here on out, you will be able to track the teams down to No. 1 either here or in The Record. I am happy to announce team No. 25 It's Lakeland. Last season: The Lancers, under coach Lonnie Smith, were 13-11 last...

Yesterday at the College of New Jersey, IHA won its state record 14th state title (for girls) and second in a row, with a dominating 112-58 win over Holy Spirit of Absecon. I thought it would be closer, but maybe, just maybe the Blue Eagles were toying with us all along. After his team beat Pope Joh...

Well, memo to Ridgewood fans for today, the ice cream fix was in, but it didn't work. Northern Highlands put up a valiant effort in yesterday's North 1-B finals against Mountain Lakes, but the girls fell short by 10 points. The boys lost by a wider margin. The ice cream was smooth and delici...

  This is Ridgewood's Austin Taylor celebrating his win in the county championships in the 100 butterfly. The photo was taken by Luis Morales and I got it from my friends at the Ridgewood News. The swimming season is down to its last strokes, only a few teams remain and i...

Last night's swim meet between Northern Highlands, Tenafly and Demarest had just about everything you could ask for. Athletic directors vowing to swim one another in case of a tie, ice cream (and brownies) and the Highlanders standing tall at the end. It was definitely worth coming back from Flo...

I swear one of these days I am gonna do it, instead of writing about the meet, I am just going to sit in the gym for a while and watch all of the tomfoolery that goes on. I spent about 5 minutes in the gym Sunday at Passaic Tech and it was like a cross between a party/commune/lunch. I saw break danc...

Below are the results from the NBIL and the NJSL championship meets.  NBIL Swimming ChampionshipsAt Passaic Tech GIRLSTeam Scores: 1. Northern Highlands 364.5; 2. Demarest 249; 3. Wayne Hills 182; 4. Ramapo 175; 5. Pascack Valley Regional 115; 6. Indian Hills 86; 7. Fair Lawn 76.5; 8. Old Tapp...

We are just hours from the biggest boys dual meet in North Jersey, Ridgewood against Northern Highlands at Passaic County Tech. I will be making my way there in a little while. My prediction is a close win....for Ridgewood. Very close. That is the start of one of the biggest swimming weekends in Nor...

Over on northjersey.com you can check out our full list of who is going where and who made it official today. A lot of kids, of course, haven't decided. I did my best to get as much stuff up here as possible, but I have heard a lot more, including why there were no Bosco announcements today. The...