Spiess to lead Hawks back to prominence BY SHAWN LAYTON Staff Writer       EDISON — First-year head coach John Spiess brings an impressive resume to his job as the new girls basketball coach at J.P. Stevens High School. Spiess took over after Andy Eng called it quits at the end of last year’s 11-17 season. Spiess joins the team after stints as an assistant a... More ... Squaring up       St. Joseph’s Lamar Fisher shoots over South Brunswick’s Devon Young during Friday night’s Viking win in Metuchen. The Falcons gave the second-ranked South Brunswick team all it could handle before eventually falling, 61-47. More ... Chiera hopes to carry on winning tradition BY MIKE McDONALD Staff Writer       In his first year as head coach for the Colonia High School boys basketball team (1-0), Chris Chiera has made it clear that he wants to continue the success Ken Pace had while the coach of Colonia. “I played for Colonia and coached under Ken for four years,” Chiera said. “At Colonia w... More ... Host Eagle grapplers are best of the field at the Edison Classic BY SHAWN LAYTON Staff Writer       EDISON — The Edison High School wrestling kicked off the new season in high gear by winning the Edison Classic over the weekend. The Eagles sent 11 grapplers to the finals to win the overall competition in impressive fashion. “It was definitely a nice warm-up for the team,” Edis... More ... Patriots hope to sneak up on people BY MIKE McDONALD Staff Writer       With only three grapplers with significant varsity experience, the Colonia High School wrestling team is a bit of mystery as the season gets under way. “We have a good team. How good we are, I’m not sure as of yet,” said head coach Daniel Grasso, now in his fourth year. More ... Eagles hope to continue team’s recent progress BY SHAWN LAYTON Staff Writer       EDISON — Edison High School boys basketball head coach Charlie Mohr has doubled his wins in each of his first three seasons as head coach. His rookie year, the Eagles struggled to a two-win season and followed it up with a five-win season in 2005. More ...