The Roadrunners are aiming to achieve a big dream. "We are all shooting for the same goal -- to win the national championship," said Ahmad Hassan, the leading scorer for the Ramapo College men's basketball team. Coach Chuck McBreen, his staff and players are surging. The Roadrunners, after beating Rutgers-Newark 70-62 at home Wednesday night, own an overall 18-4 record and reinforced their grip on first place in the New Jersey Athletic Conference standings (a 9-1 record). "We expected to be good with the nucleus coming back. We won 19 games last season," said McBreen, in his thirteenth season…

While most coaches judge a successful season on their final record, Mahwah High's bowling coach James Dalessio evaluates his athletes based on individual improvement and team unity. He is very satisfied with the way his team has performed this season. “We have a great group of athletes who really work hard on their skills,” said Dalessio. “I focus on watching athletes pick up their spares and improve their average. Most of our athletes have improved their average by over 20 pins since the beginning of the season!” Dalessio knows that many of the teams Mahwah participates against has bowlers …

After defeating Ramsey 1-0 back on December 23, the Mahwah Thunderbirds took to the ice to face off with their arch rivals for the second time this season on Friday night.    “Any time Mahwah and Ramsey get together you’re going to have some fireworks out there,” said a happy Mahwah coach Kevin Sabella after the Thunderbirds knocked off the Rams 2-1.  It’s the second time this season that Mahwah has defeated Ramsey and it also accounts for the only two losses on Ramsey’s record.  “It’s a friendly rivalry,” said Sabella.  “I teach over there [in Ramsey] and I know these kids.  They all grew up…

The 7-2 Mahwah Thunderbirds wrestling team has faced a number of formidable teams this season.  On Thursday, they traveled to Little Falls to face another very strong opponent, the Hornets of Passaic Valley. Mahwah jumped out to an early lead in this one and went on to win 36-26. But, this match turned out to be much closer than the final score indicates.    For the Thunderbirds, their team strength is with the upper weight classes.  In this match they started off at 171 pounds and Mahwah looked to take full advantage. Ryan Walker and Dave Heitman started things off by getting pins.  Luke …