New Jersey High School Football News

Passaic Valley girls' basketball player DeAnna D'Amico, center, signed an athletic letter of Intent with Fairleigh Dickinson University-Madison last week at Passaic Valley High School.

Union City's Isaiah Diaz-Mays will compete in MSG Varsity's Tri-State Quarterback Showdown in New Rochelle, N.Y., this weekend.

The youth movement for the Montclair High School girls lacrosse team continued apace in 2012, as a team with mostly underclassmen claimed the program's first winning season since 2009.

Eric McMullen, a player found to have been recruited illegally to play football at North Bergen High School, scored a touchdown in the North Jersey, Section 1, Group 4 championship game against Montclair last December.

It started 12 years ago when Jason Kaye decided that honoring the top senior athletes in the Cape-Atlantic League might be a good way to draw attention to FantaSea's Flagship Resort in the Atlantic City inlet.

Buena's Natalie Giannascoli waits for a throw at first base during the Chiefs' victory over Cinnaminson on May 22.

A dozen residents displaced after fire at Whispering Woods in Monmouth Junction.

Rutgers coach Kyle Flood landed the fourth commitment for his 2013 recruiting class when Bergen Catholic wide receiver John Tsimis verballed to play for the Scarlet Knights.

Patrick Leonardis, the new head coach of the Millburn High School varsity football team, holds his first meeting with Miller players May 10 in the high school cafeteria.

By ANTHONY SPAULDINGaspaulding@njherald.comGo big or go home. That's the motto for 12 area boys track and field teams, which will attempt to bring back some championship hardware when the state sectional By ANTHONY SPAULDINGaspaulding@njherald.comGo big or go home.

Passaic Valley senior wrestler Nick Pezzano, center, committed to Delaware Valley College last week as his parents, Frank, left, Lori, right, and head coach Joe Benvenuti, back left, and Superintendent of Schools, Dr.

Right now all veteran Montclair Kimberley Academy head coach Ralph Pacifico wants is to be able to play another game, a situation of too many days off created with the wet weather that hit our area early this week.

After one of the most successful seasons in the history of South Brunswick High School football, head coach Rick Mantz will be stepping down from the job.

The Montclair Kimberley Academy has appointed Luke Harris as its new varsity head football coach, according to a release from the school.

A message for the Rumson-Fair Haven football family: The preparation begins, Bulldogs! It is time for the annual R-FH Touchdown Club raffle.

"It gets really demanding. With all the off-season work-outs, in-season practices and games, I get home late every night," he explained.

Philip Pecora and the other players participating in the Sunshine Classic are looking forward to playing for a great cause.

WAYNE - Kevin Olsen's ability to make key decisions under pressure was thrust into the spotlight on Thursday morning when the four-star quarterback out of Wayne Hills High School gave a verbal commitment to head coach Al Golden and the University of Miami.

Officials created the position of district athletic director to bring uniformity and create a more streamlined chain of command to the district's athletic department.

The Kenilworth Public Library announces the opening of season nine of "The Bard on the Boulevard," the library's annual outdoor Shakespeare series, with a performance of "Othello" at 7:30 p.m., on Thursday, June 21, at the David Brearley High School football field.