14views0likes Football Big State Sports Best Defensive Players to Watch 2025 Chatham was arguably Morris County’s surprise team of 2024. The Cougars will not be doing that to anyone in 2025 – thanks to a defense led by linebackers Hunter Bigham… By Joe Hofmann August 25, 2025
1views0likes Football Army Bowl 2.0 Embraces New Grassroots Football World To Connect… In June of 2022, a room packed with media from Dallas and around the nation squeezed into the press room at the Dallas Cowboys headquarters in Frisco Texas to cover the… By BigStateSports August 19, 2025
14views0likes Football Big State Sports Best Offensive Players to Watch in Morris-Sussex Early last summer, High Point’s Jerron Martress had a visit with Wildcats coach Bill Percey. The conversation may have gone something like this. Martress: “I’d like to play quarterback.” Percey:… By Joe Hofmann August 19, 2025
5views0likes Football Gallagher Left a Lasting Impact on the Field and Off Hundreds of people braved a frightening, torrential downpour to pay final respects to coach Gerry Gallagher at Norman Dean Funeral Home in Denville late last week. Outside, the place was… By Joe Hofmann August 5, 2025
1views0likes Football 2025 Morris Sussex Big Football Games to Watch When the 2025 high school football season gets underway in Morris-Sussex on Aug. 29, you’d swear that we were in the first night of the playoffs, not the first night… By Joe Hofmann August 1, 2025
0views0likes Uncategorized BIG STATE SPORTS PARTNERS WITH NJSIAA FOR EXPANDED PLAYOFF COVERAGE New Jersey — July 29, 2025 — Big State Sports is proud to announce an official statewide partnership with the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) to televise a… By BigStateSports July 29, 2025
10views0likes Football 2024 Morris Sussex Football Year in Review Before we move on to the 2025 high school football season, let us look back at 2024. It was, quite simply, a season for the ages! Eight area schools won… By Joe Hofmann July 29, 2025
5views0likes Football Remembering Gerry Gallagher Gerry Gallagher was disappointed at first. Then he grew angry. Then, he’d had enough. So he packed his belongings and walked out. He ran away from home.It was August, 1963…. By Joe Hofmann July 28, 2025
4views0likes Football 20 Questions in Morris and Sussex Football The curtain will soon begin to rise on the 2025 high school football season in the Morris-Sussex area and we’ve got questions … lots of questions. Here are a few… By Joe Hofmann July 17, 2025
0views0likes Girls Lacrosse 2025 NJIIGL All-Division Teams & Postseason Awards Note: Teams are put together and obtained from coaches, NOT created by Big State Sports. Stars & Stripes Red First Team: Second Team: Honorable Mention: All-Academic: Stars & Stripes Red… By Zack Smolen June 20, 2025
1views0likes Boys Lacrosse 2025 Kirst Cup Preview Union, NJ — The Kirst Cup is back for the third season in a row, and this year’s field of five teams looks as strong as ever! The champions of… By Zack Smolen June 16, 2025
0views0likes Softball Gloucester Hold of Hanover Park’s Late Surge to win Second… South Orange, NJ — Last June, the Gloucester Lions’ (21-5) state final saw them down Ramsey in a thrilling 3-2 bout under the lights. This time around, they delivered another… By Zack Smolen June 14, 2025
1views0likes Baseball Boys Sports Lights Out, Title Won: Don Bosco Walks Off in 11th… In a wild, two-day contest defined by defensive struggles and gritty resilience, Don BoscoPrep secured its ninth Non-Public A state baseball championship with a 5–4 extra-inning victory over Christian Brothers… By Bobby Santoro June 14, 2025
0views0likes Baseball Boys Sports Rams Run It Back: Gloucester Catholic Secures Third Straight State… In a game that saw early nerves, big momentum swings, and a statement fourth inning, Gloucester Catholic captured its third straight Non-Public B state title on Wednesday with a 7-4… By Bobby Santoro June 14, 2025
0views0likes Boys Volleyball Stingy Defense, Resilience Will West Caldwell Tech to Back-to-Back Group… South Brunswick, NJ — In a gym that can hold as many as 2,000 fans, there might as well have been 20,000. The West Caldwell Tech Eagles and Hudson Catholic… By Zack Smolen June 12, 2025