The Comeback Kid: Gianna Marmo battles back from injury woes to lead Shawnee
Fifteen months ago, Gianna Marmo was more than a little nervous to take the field for a scrimmage at West Essex High School in...
Rise of the Renegades: Shawnee tennis eyes end of 41-year drought
It was a little over a year ago when Sarah Fitzgerald, during her first year as Shawnee High School’s girls tennis coach, was taking...
Team of Rivals: At Shawnee and Seneca, current foes and future teammates
The competition within the Olympic Conference, in any sport, is rarely stale and is often electric.
Town rivalries are on the line. Regular season games...
Play ball? Fall sports (well, most of them) get the green light for 2020
The penultimate week of August was a pivotal week for the potential of high schools sports returning in 2020.
Within the span of four days,...
Time to retire Indian team names?
Twenty-six years ago, St. John’s University, a private Catholic college in New York City, announced its athletic department’s nickname was changing from Redmen to...
Two Shawnee grads earn Jack Fox sportsmanship awards
Honor goes to students who exemplify highest qualities of athletes.
July Madness: Is proposed NJ prep summer baseball tourney feasible?
Three months ago, one of the most exciting events on the sports calendar became the first casualty of the coronavirus pandemic when the NCAA...
Dispatches from Home: Three new books to satisfy your thirst for baseball
Hovering in the air is the aroma of a grill’s early evening production. Hamburgers, hot dogs, Italian sausages? Whatever it is, it feels right...
A perfect Union: Medford teen Aaronson eager for MLS’s return
The decision to forgo a collegiate career and play professional soccer has worked out quite well for Medford native Brenden Aaronson.
Aaronson, who signed a...
Finale to senior’s college career goes virtual, prompting a new outlook on life
With her school’s closure and cancellation of sports, Liza Barr reconfigures her thinking
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