As a varsity gymnast in her first three years at Bridgewater-Raritan High School, junior Violette Cornfield is used to performing under pressure.

Doing so under the brightest of lights on top of that can be even more intimidating, particularly during a floor exercise alone on a large mat with loud music blaring and all eyes on her: judges, teammates, coaches, and spectators alike.

There was never an offseason for the Bridgewater-Raritan High School boys’ swimming team.

Even though they saw another promising campaign come to what they felt was an abrupt end in the state sectional finals against their archrival last year, the Panthers went right back to work with that potential matchup again circled on their calendars.

Do not call the Bridgewater-Raritan High School girls' swim team an underdog.

That just further fires up Hall-of-Fame head coach Chris Levin and his deep Bridgewater-Raritan team, which is ranked No. 8 overall in New Jersey but entered the postseason as the No. 3 seed in its state tournament bracket.

Members of the Bridgewater-Raritan High School community are probably familiar with senior Matt Harrison’s voice.

At some point this school year, you may have heard it on the campus’ refurbished loudspeakers right before dismissal, particularly on Friday afternoons.

Basketball may be a team sport, but to close out the first week of February, the Bridgewater-Raritan High School girls’ squad put the spotlight on one player.

That distinction went to Bri Cacchio: the lone senior member of Bridgewater-Raritan’s graduating Class of 2026 on her team’s small but tight-knit 10-player roster.

The Class of 2026 wrestlers were honored by Bridgewater-Raritan High School at Senior Night on Wednesday, February 11.

The seniors were recognized in a ceremony before the match which Bridgewater-Raritan fell to Ramapo High School, 45-27, at Vaughn Stapleton Gymnasium in Bridgewater.