In my first installment of the online “Sports Buzz” I give you my predictions and timeline for the decision about high school spring sports. In the interest of full disclosure, I’ll say right up front I don’t have any inside connections who contributed to this column or any way of knowing th…

Stephanie Dryden dove into the pool at the start of the 50-yard freestyle race as the two-time defending state champion. After she touched the wall 24.13 seconds later, she was still the fastest girls swimmer in the state.

As it has been for the past several years, the local high school ice hockey team is made up of a combination of students who attend two different schools. However, when they are on the ice, they are one unit – and a very successful one.

The winter sports seasons are winding down. One local team has clinched a berth in the state tournament, two others are hopeful, and several track athletes have qualified for their state championship meet.

Jean Avery has been coaching so long that she has coached some of her former cheerleaders’ daughters, nieces and cousins.

Anthony “AJ” Mercincavage knows what it takes to win in the pool. As a student at Cherry Hill West High School in New Jersey, he swam in two public school state championship meets and helped lead his team to the state title his senior season.

Newark Charter’s boys swim team is exactly halfway through its season with six meets completed and six to go.

Experience is a skill set that can’t be taught, and Newark Charter boys basketball head coach Joe Zang is in a situation this year where he wouldn’t have to teach it anyway.

Newark High’s 2018-19 basketball season ended in gut-wrenching fashion in the first round of the state tournament.