By Old Bridge Knight Junior Libero Rob Obdyke The Three-Peat was literally all we talked about.  It was September of 2019, and the only thing that was on our minds was a three-peat.  At that time, around 75% of the 2021

June 20, 2021 - By NJP The Boys High School volleyball season is over for just about a week now and we have been immersed in preparing year-end awards and trying to finalize our end of season rankings. We still have

May 18, 2021 - By NJP The USA Men's National team will be heading to Rimini, Italy to compete in the 2021 FIVB Volleyball Nations League. The competition starts May 28th and runs through June 27th. This ais an event you

May 18, 2021 - By NJP The 2018-2019 season was the first year in Payne Tech's volleyball existence. Coach Brian Johnson's team got a slow start at 3-5 and then reeled off 11 straight wins on their way to a very

May 12, 2021 - By NJP It's not often that a player flies under the radar in NJ volleyball. From early ages and with extensive visibility of clubs throughout the state, top players rising to high school levels are

May 11, 2021 - By NJP The Bergenfield Bears got off to a great start to the Spring high school season. Thy won their first 8 games of the season beating some pretty formidable opponents including St. Peter's Prep,

May 7, 2021 - By NJP When we think about all of the high school volleyball teams in New Jersey, Scotch Plains-Fanwood sticks out as having the most young players involved in club volleyball. Over the past two years, they have

May 6, 2021 - By NJP The Rebels of Howell had a late start to the season and can't be underestimated in what they bring to the table for the Boys Spring high school volleyball season. They already are the closest

May 5, 2021 - By NJP It's not often that you engage with a student athlete that is far more driven than other athletes in his age group. They just possess that leadership gene that will drive them to not accept

May 4, 2021 - By NJP Blake Krapf and Brian Snook The Old Bridge Knights have been a dominant force these past few years earning two state championships in a row and are gunning for a three-peat. They always have

April 29, 2021 - By NJP Many high school players who excel at volleyball or other sports are typically very focused on their sport first and their academics second, or use their athletic success to help open doors for

April 16, 2021 - By NJP Despite the shortened schedule, Kearny put together a very succesful campaign for the Girl's Spring volleyball season. The Kardinals took on Hudson County and despite losing to Hudson Catholic, the perennial top 10 program in

April 13, 2021 - By NJP Westfield has had a truly amazing season thus far and have a solid group of talented student athletes who take their volleyball very seriously. They have strung together ten wins in a row,

April 7, 2021 - By NJP The typical attributes of the really great high school volleyball teams is having a really dominant middle who can control the game on both sides whether offense or defense. We watched Anna Morris at Immaculate

April 3, 2021 - By NJP (Photos courtesy of Kevin Kish) The Jefferson Falcons maintain their trend of continued improvement over the last four seasons. They just keep getting better and better as each year goes by. Last seasons 19-8 record

March 27, 2021 - By NJP Natalya Hechavarria does not have a common story for the typical journey of a NJ high school player. She has never played a varsity game coming into this year. And a recent move has taken

March 20, 2021 - By NJP Samantha Dangler is a motivated student athlete that likes to be in the thick of things, no matter what sport she is playing. She is an outstanding athlete that participates in multiple sports including softball,

March 11, 2021 Picking the NJ High School Player of the Year before the season starts is a tall order. With well over 300 high school girls volleyball programs and well over 5,000 players, it's a bit daunting. And there are

March 3, 2021 - By NJP Union put out such a highly competitive team in 2018-2019 in the UCC. They only lost to two teams all year, SPF three times including the County Finals and St. Peter's Prep in the

February 26, 2021 - By NJP Most successful teams have a special leader that drives the passion and energy level for its team. They typically hold the drive and determination to raise the level of play of team members

February 20, 2021 - By NJP In Spring 2018, a young man named Gil Zyndorf walked out on the volleyball court as the setter in Fair Lawn and started new era of success for the Cutters. Much like Patrick

February 12, 2021 - By NJP In the times we are living in, the choices we make as individuals define who we are as well as who we aspire to be in the future. Our Nation, although quite split, has determined

February 9, 2021 - By NJP We had the opportunity to sit down with Parth Kale, a senior at West Windsor Plainsboro North high school, to talk about his volleyball journey as well as his passion for the game.

February 9, 2021 - By NJP It's always heartwarming to see students with a clear path and direction for their future as well as the will and determination to get there. Whether on the court playing the game or

February 6, 2021 - By NJP Washington Township played their part in a movie-like season during Barbara McBrearty's last year as head coach of the Minuteman after 23 years on the hard court. Capturing County Championships for both the

February 1, 2021 - By Josh Wilets Just a couple of weeks ago, Rachel Curran of Mountain Lakes High School announced her decision to attend Eastern University and will play volleyball. “I chose Eastern University because of everything it has to offer.

January 30, 2021 - By NJP NJP takes a stab at pre-season ratings and rankings for all boys high school teams in New Jersey. And please, take it all with a grain of salt. The nearly impossible task of

January 24, 2021 - By NJP Senior Jalen Allen, a two year club player at Sideout Sports, will be a leader for a Hackensack club who returns 4 varsity players from the 2018-19 team. COVID squelched the hopes of what was

January 20, 2021 - By NJP The Libero may be one of the most important positions on the floor in high school volleyball. The ability to defend as well as orchestrate the attack with the first pass is vital

January 13, 2020 Northern Highlands is used to having outstanding teams. As Esmae Oehler enters her senior year, it's going to be difficult to tops last years team effort. But this Highlander team could be even better than last years squad

January 10, 2020 - By NJP Sofia Cuello enters her senior campaign for the Hackettstown Tigers with a quiet sense of confidence and an optomistic view on the strength of her volleyball team. She had a blistering campaign as

January 3, 2021 - By NJP Syd Eckhardt is an excellent volleyball player. No matter what surface she is playing on. She has made a personal choice to focus the majority of her attention on the sand. And who can blame

January 2, 2021 - By NJP So just how good a volleyball player is Lauren Wilcock from Mendham? From our seat, she will be the leading candidate for player of the year honors in 2021. She will be playing beach volleyball

December 27, 2020 - By NJP Milliana Senescat has unlimited potential as she enters her senior year for the Linden Tigers. As a junior, she was an absolute force on the block, tallying 30 for the Union county team

December 21, 2020 - By NJP Donovan Catholic is on the verge of one of those magical years. You know the ones. When all your star players turn senior in the same season. And you also have some younger

December 17, 2020 - By Josh Wilets Following a 16-9 season in the NJAC and a first-round exit after being upset by Northern Burlington in the NJSIAA Group 3 Tournament, the Morris Hills Scarlet Knights are poised to redeem themselves this

December 10, 2020 - By NJP The Memorial Tigers have been a team that just keeps getting better every year over the past 5 seasons. The 2019-20 campaign saw them achieve a 16-8 record and NJP projects them as

December 3, 2020 - By NJP We get the opportunity to interact with so many student athletes, most of which are trying to figure a way to finish their high school experience on a high note, and get into

December 1, 2020 - By NJP Alexa Hopman, Monroe's setter, is familiar with dealing with adversity. She began last season with high goals as a junior for herself and for her Falcon team. In one of her first games, an ankle

November 30, 2020 - By NJP Charlotte Cade has prepared for her senior season at Red Bank Catholic for the past three years. The Warren Six Pack outside has known what success looks like as her varsity team is 31-18 over

November 24, 2020 - By NJP (Pictured above: Colin with CBA classmates Owen Rigney and Alex Conlon) Colin Stevens has jumped up in the player ranks quickly over these past two years in the State of NJ and in NJ

November 18, 2020 - By NJP Williamstown's Raina Hughes is the newest members of the Syracuse University volleyball program. The Opposite Hitter led the 30-4 Braves to a 2019 Group 4 State Championship. Raina put up 208 kills and 36 blocks

November 17, 2020 - By NJP With the Boys season cancelled last year due to COVID, we are left with an information void about the emergence of rising freshman and sophomores volleyball athletes at the high school level in

November 15, 2020 - By NJP One of the high school volleyball teams to watch this Spring will be the Toms River South Indians. With a dozen varsity players coming back after a succesful 17-8 season, we project the Indians to

November 13, 2020 - By NJP Chiara Brenna has shown the work ethic to be an outstanding leader for the Midland Park Panthers in her senior year. A work ethic that began far before high school when she started playing volleyball

November 4, 2020 - By NJP It's always refreshing to see a student athlete excel at a sport quickly and become an impact player for his or her high school team. For Marlboro senior Dan Marino who started his

November 3 , 2020 - By NJP For the past two seasons, Rachel Ferrara has been running the Howell offense as setter, and as she enters her senior year, she already has acheived a school record for assists. Her leadership will

October 28, 2020 - By NJP One of this years standout middles in NJ high school volleyball is Ryan Karbowniczak of St. Peter's Prep. Ryan and his 6'4" frame is an ominous figure for opponents whether playing for the Marauders or

October 23, 2020 - By NJP A year ago, Rancocas Valley was projected to be a top 25 team in New Jersey. They had standout seniors such as Caden Kelty, Noah Taylor, Jared Worrell and Sean Matheis and rising

October 22, 2020 - By NJP Senior Middle and Outside Hitter Cristal Paulino was kind enough to spend some time with NJP this week to talk about her experience playing volleyball at Hudson Catholic. The Hawks had an outstanding

October 21, 2020 - By NJP (Feature photo by Brian Bailey) It's always impressive to see a student athlete excel at two sports. We live in an age where many athletes play their main sport year round

October 16, 2020 - By NJP The 2021 Spring volleyball season is getting closer and NJP has been exploring Hudson Counties teams of late to try to piece together what rosters may look like after the COVID cancellation last

October 6, 2020 - By NJP Like many rising seniors for the 2020 school year, Steven Gao is faced with a final year as a high school student athlete after missing an entire season of volleyball last March at the beginning

October 2, 2020 - By Josh Wilets Kinnelon had a magical season, despite being defeated by Bogota in the NJSIAA Group 1 finals last year. After finishing 22-7 and taking first place in the NJAC Freedom division, the Kinnelon Colts will

September 30, 2020 - By NJP Old Tappan has had an abundance of success over the last decade as evidenced by their 225-31 record and .879 win percentage. Over the past five years, the NJ Girls High School Volleyball Tournament of

September 16, 2020 - By NJP With the loss of the 2019-2020 season, many teams will be in the same position as Eastside Paterson with a team filled with players with little or no varsity experience. The Ghosts had their best

Varsha (#6) makes a perfect set September 9, 2020 - By NJP So what is so unique about the West Windsor Plainsboro South Pirates volleyball team for this upcoming season? Well, the biggest thing from NJP's perspective is that they did not

September 7, 2020 - By NJP (all photos were taken & provided by Tim Carlsen)      Class. Poise. Character. Leadership. These are just a few of the many positive adjectives thought of when JP Stevens senior Simrin Carlsen is

August 25, 2020 - By NJP Julianna Lavner of Wayne Valley is at the top of her game and will enter her senior year with one major goal, to win a group 3 sectional title. She will be a 4 year

August 23, 2020 - By NJP Alisa Vukovic broke out as a sophomore putting up some monster numbers for the West Windsor-Plainsboro South Pirates. 172 kills and 159 digs is just outstanding for a sophomore so expectations were high for her

August 10, 2020 - By Josh Wilets Randolph High School had an up-and-down season a year ago, and with their hitters returning, the Rams are hoping to get a shot at postseason play and make some noise. One of those returning hitters

August 9, 2020 - By Josh Wilets and NJP Sparta High School had struggled in the 2018 season, finishing 9-17 overall. However, 2019 was a drastically improved year for the program. MacKenzie Wiggins, an outside hitter, moved from Corpus Christi, TX

Highland Park photos courtesy of Wendy Yang August 4, 2020 - By NJP Highland Park had a star emerge last season at middle. Sandra Starcevic had a break out year as a junior, putting up 117 blocks for the Owls

August 3, 2020 - By NJP Contributer Josh Wilets This past Friday, July 31, Cat Holtz of the Mendham volleyball team had announced her commitment to play volleyball at the collegiate level at Gettysburg College at the conclusion of her Senior

July 24, 2020 - By NJP In 2018, the Demarest Norsemen volleyball squad took a senior laden team into the state tournament and had high expectations of success. They had been to the Group 2 championship game two of

July 21, 2020 - By NJP As Katie Bennorth gets ready to Captain the Lakeland Lancers Volleyball team this fall, her perspective on priorities shows her immense maturity. Katie's first thoughts center around player safety in the new world

July 17, 2020 - By NJP The Old Bridge Knight's setter Olivia Tuohy will be entering her senior year and the Tuohy family will be saying good-bye to high school volleyball, an experience that has served them well over the past

July 15, 2020 - By NJP Teleyah Witherspoon has tremendous potential for the 2020 season ahead. Her junior year was just dominant on the attack with over 200 kills for the Comets in 2019. Tee is a superior athlete with solid

July 13, 2020 - By NJP Roxbury had a very young team last season and returns virtually all of their squad for the 2020 campaign. The Gaels finished 20-9 overall in 2019 and have high hopes for the fall campaign. Head

July 12, 2020 - By NJP We have had an amazing experience covering girls volleyball in addition to the boys over this past two years. We like to think we are a good judge of character from the somewhat minimal interactions

July 10, 2020 - By NJP As Ella Kretten enters her senior year, she has a clear vision for her future. She is planning her academics first as she looks toward college with her ambition of becoming a nurse. Of course

July 9, 2020 - By NJP Morris Catholic appears primed for an outstanding upcoming 2020 season with 14 returning varsity players including some of the states standout players. One of those players is rising senior setter Riley O'Hagan. A four

July 3, 2020 - By NJP I think we are all familiar with that one player on a team who always exemplifies leadership, poise, and character. They are not only one of the best volleyball players on the team,

July 1, 2020 - By NJP Voorhees will be a team to watch for the upcoming 2020 girls high school volleyball season. They lose two solid seniors to graduation but have a healthy core of returning players who will

June 26, 2020 - By NJP June 26, 2020 - By NJP Gianna Grigaliunas is clearly one of the best defensive players in the state of New Jersey. When she locks in at libero, it's just tough for opponents to

June 24, 2020 - By NJP The Barnegat Bengals looked as if it was going to be a very tough year after starting the season 7-10. On October 14th, they played their arch rivals from Pineland and jumped out to 25-19

June 23, 2020 - By NJP Mendham put on quite a show last season with a late season run that almost ended in a Tournament of Champions victory. The Minutemen were rolling after their Morris County tournament championship and

June 22, 2020 - By NJP What a monster season Isabella O'Neill had for Hawthorne as a junior. When junior middle Nicole Navarro went down with an ACL injury, no one figured Hawthorne had a chance at state playoffs.

June 19, 2020 - By NJP One of the joys of running a community volleyball website at NJP is that we get to interact with many players, coaches and fans. Some late night score checking, tournament updates, or just those "how

June 18, 2020 - By NJP Southern Regional has a rich tradition of winning volleyball. Whether boys are girls, the have consistently put out championship quality teams with an amazing feeder program and strong interest from top quality athletes.

June 16, 2020 - By NJP Donovan Catholic, coming off an amazing 29-5 season in 2019 where they reached the State Tournament semi-finals, is gearing up for the Fall with a strong core of returning players. One of those

April 9, 2020 - By NJP Shane Conley was one of the standout sophomores last season in the state of New Jersey. He knocked down 112 kills which was 7th overall for sophs and 153 digs which was 12th overall in

February 23, 2020 - By NJP Anthony Ngumah is one of the young and promising stars coming up through the ranks for Scotch Plains Fanwood. He was a Middle Hitter that received significant time at varsity as a sophomore

February 20, 2020 - By NJP Dante Cano is one of the top setter in NJ and it certainly showed last season. The Cougars started off like a rocket winning 6 of their first 7 games. After 8 games,

February 16, 2020 - By NJP Leadership is seen in many different ways depending on who is doing the looking. Some people, depending on their personalities, are very happy letting others set the tone. And some are brazen about

February 1, 2020 - By NJP Santiago Lopez has been a leader for the NJ Volleyball Class of 2021 since freshman year. Last season as a sophomore, Lopez put up some amazing numbers for the Kearny Kardinals including 194

January 13, 2020 - By NJP St. Joe's will have a golden opportunity this year to win the Central Sectional and make a run at a state championship. With NJP's current #2 Preseason Ranking, The Falcons are a talented

January 9, 2020 - By NJP We took some time to talk with Aaron LaPlaca, a 6'5" Junior Middle at Old Bridge High School and a current member of the Warren 6 Pack 17-1 National team this week. Aaron educated us