Delayed by weather, the state tournament is about to get underway in earnest on Thursday afternoon. We make our high-stakes championship predictions as Brad Forestieri, our co-host, does his first show as a newlywed. We also talk Felician University head coach Ivan Lewis, whose program is in the midst of a historic year in the CACC and beyond. For once, it is not snowing on The Ballgame! powered by northjerseysports.com.

More snow, more hoops talk as we continue our state tournament preview. Ramapo's Nick Vier, Westwood's Rob Carcich and Lyndhurst's Perrin Mosca are all on the guest list between shifts of shoveling. Brad Forestieri is back in the co-host's chair as we go long on this episode of The Ballgame! powered by northjerseysports.com.

Originally scheduled to be a part of the main show, we quickly realized that this interview with Emerson head coach John Ziemba had to stand on its own. We preview the state tournament and really go deep on Bergen County hoops with one of the best coaches to ever do it. It's a 2-for-1 this week on The Ballgame! with CACC winning assistant coach Brad Forestieri.

We have a lot of ground to cover this week as we open our state tournament preview by talking to Hackensack head coach Aaron Taylor, whose team is the No. 2 seed in North 1, Group 4. We also wrap up the Jambo semifinals, touch on an all-public school final on the girls side and shoutout Chris Kasparian, who became Palisades Park's all-time leading boy basketball scorer. Oh, and that is just part one of this week's edition of The Ballgame! powered by northjerseysports.com

Either second-seeded Tenafly or No. 3 St. Mary is going to reach the Bergen County Jamboree final for the first time in program history. They will meet each other this weekend in the semifinals at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Sounds like the perfect time to talk to the head coaches, Tenafly's Jeff Koehler and St. Mary's Brian Gaccione. Our co-host, Brad Forestieri, also catches us up on what is turning into a historic season at Felician University on The Ballgame! powered by northjerseysports.com.

With the Jambo quarterfinals on tap this weekend we talk to two head coaches that will be involved. Don Bosco Prep head coach Kevin Diverio, whose team is the No. 7 seed, and Dan Egorow, in charge of 12th-seeded Cresskill, are the guests. Brad Forestieri shows his commitment to the program by doing half the show from the sidelines of his work convention at The Tropicana in AC. It's another jam-packed episode of The Ballgame! powered by northjerseysports.com and sponsored by verticalraise.com

This edition of the Bergen County Jamboree has lived up to expectations. Teaneck's Mickell Taylor dropped 47 in an overtime win over River Dell, undefeated Tenafly edged past upstart Lyndhurst, No. 12-seeded and Group 1 Cresskill is still kicking and the quarterfinals are set. We talk all about it all that + pass along salutations to and from the Jambo committee's new media liaison.

With no disc golf to be played and no long walks to be taken because of the great blizzard of 2026, what else was there to do besides break down the Bergen County Jamboree bracket from top to bottom? Head coaches Jeff Koehler of Tenafly, Chris Gaskin of Ridgefield Park, Pat Gabriele of NV/Demarest and Waldwick's Greg McBain are all on the guest list. We also make predictions and have some laughs on The Ballgame! powered by northjerseysports.com.

Is Bosco in? If so, where should the Ironmen be seeded? How many NJIC teams make the cut and where do you put them? Is it the year of the publics? There is a lot to consider as the Bergen County Jamboree field is about to be selected, so we form a committee of our own and give our list of who should be in, where they should be slotted and whose bubble has burst. It's Brad from the victory bus and Vertical Raise as the sponsor on The Ballgame!

We are late to the basketball party, but we finally booted up the recording devices to re-launch The Ballgame! Brad Forestieri is back in the co-host's chair as we catch up on the local hoops scene and then talk to first year Garfield head coach Deon Mingo. We are off and running with the first episode of 2026!