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...
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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...
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...
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...
All Morris-Sussex Wrestling
It was a big year for the Morris-Sussex area in wrestling. Some of the season’s highlights: Here is a list of the best of the best for 2024-25. Team of...
Mount Olive’s Smyth Coaches Son and Daughter in AC
Mount Olive wrestling coach Sean Smyth knows his way around a wrestling mat as a competitor and a coach. Last weekend, he coached from the corner as a proud dad....
FOUR AREA WRESTLERS TAKE DIFFERENT ROADS TO AC
The event: The state wrestling tournament. The time: Thursday morning. The place: Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City. How to get to that place: Many, many roads. Some of those roads are...
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...