Chatham Makes a Big Statement!
It is Sept. 15. Football camp has barely ended. School has just begun. Labor Day parties have just broken up. We have just gotten off the beach for the final...
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Who are the 21st Century’s Best of the Best? (Morris-Sussex...
One Saturday afternoon about 20 years ago, Pope John D-Lineman Devin Perez blew up many, many plays against Jefferson. While working the sidelines for that game, I took notes and...
Joe Hofmann’s Week 0 Football Notes
Questions … so many questions. Which teams will win their divisions in the Morris-Sussex area in 2025? We don’t know yet, but we began gathering clues last week, when games...
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...
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...
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...
Dynamic Players Headline The Paul Robeson East-West All-Star Classic
West squad practices for the Robeson East-West All-Star Football Classic have barely begun and there is already one player who qualifies as most versatile. That would be Sussex Tech’s Brian...
Joe Hofmann’s February 26 Wrestling Notes: Regional Advancements
For more than five minutes last February, Morris Knolls’ Luke Shivas was having his way with Hackettstown’s Elioth Guarquila. Shivas was dominant, up big and seemingly headed for the Region...
Montville wins District 8
The wait is over for the Montville wrestling team – on a number of levels. The Mustangs hosted their first district since the 1970s and couldn’t wait to go out...
Joe Hofmann’s Wrestling Notes Feb. 6th: Sectional Predictions
It isn’t too often that a Morris-Sussex public school walks out of the Groups with a state championship in wrestling. High Point, Kittatinny, Mount Olive, Hanover Park and Montville hope...