North Star Academy defeated Philip’s Academy to win the 2025 Charter School Athletic League (CSAL) Elementary Basketball Championship.
2024 CSAL Volleyball Champion
CONGRATULATIONS
Robert Treat Academy
2024
Charter School Athletic League (CSAL)Â
Middle School
VolleyballÂ
Champion
2024 CSAL Soccer Champion
2024 Middle School Boys Basketball Champion
KIPP TEAM Academy
2024
Charter School Athletic League (CSAL)
Middle SchoolÂ
Boys BasketballÂ
Champion
2023 Elementary School Basketball Champion
Top-seeded North Star Academy defeated defending Champion and third-seeded Philip’s Academy of Newark 34-32 to win the 2023 CSAL Elementary School Boys Basketball Championship.Â
2023 CSAL Flag-Football Champion
Paterson Charter School for Science & Technology defeated Empowerment Academy of Jersey City 28-18 to win the 2023 CSAL Middle School Flag-Football Championship at Watsessing Park in Bloomfield.
2023 CSAL Volleyball Champion
Bergen Arts & Science Charter School (Garfield) defeated Hudson Arts & Science Charter School (Kearny) to win the 2023 CSAL Middle School Volleyball Championship
2023 CSAL Soccer Champion
College Achieve Central (Plainfield) defeated Learning Community Charter School (Jersey City) 1-0 to win the 2023 CSAL Middle School Soccer Championship
2023 Boys Basketball Champion
Top-seeded North Star Academy defeated second-seeded KIPP TEAM Academy to win the 2023 CSAL Middle School Boys Basketball Championship. North Star Academy became the first school in CSAL history to win the Boys and Girls Basketball Championships in the same season.
2023 Girls Basketball Champion
2022 Elementary Basketball Champion
CONGRATULATIONS
Philip’s Academy Newark
2022
Charter School Athletic League (CSAL)
Elementary School Basketball
Champion
2022 CSAL Flag-Football Champion
CONGRATULATIONS
KIPP Bold Academy
2022
Charter School Athletic League (CSAL)
Middle School Flag-football
Champion
2022 CSAL Volleyball Champion
CONGRATULATIONS
Hudson arts & Science Charter School
2022
Charter School Athletic League (CSAL)
Middle School Volleyball
Champion
2022 CSAL Soccer Champion
CONGRATULATIONS
BelovED Community Charter School
2022
Charter School Athletic League (CSAL)
Middle School Soccer
Champion
2022 CSAL Boys Basketball Champion
CONGRATULATIONS
College Achieve Paterson
2022
Charter School Athletic League (CSAL)
Boys Basketball Champion
2022 CSAL Girls Basketball Champion
CONGRATULATIONS
North Star Academy
2022
Charter School Athletic League (CSAL)
Girls Basketball Champion
2021 CSAL Elementary Basketball Champion
Philip’s Academy Charter School of Newark defeated College Achieve Central of Plainfield 31-26 to win the 2021 Charter School Athletic League (CSAL) Elementary School Basketball Championship.
2021 CSAL Flag-Football Champion
KIPP Rise Academy won the 2021 Charter School Athletic League (CSAL) Middle School Flag-Football Championship 14-0 over Pride Academy of East Orange.
2021 Volleyball Champion
Congratulations
Hudson Arts & Science Charter School
2021Â
Charter School Athletic League (CSAL)Â
Middle School
Volleyball Champion Â
Congratulations to Hudson Arts & Science Charter School of Kearny on its first CSAL Middle School Volleyball Championship! The Huskies ended their undefeated season with a win over Thomas Edison Energysmart Charter School of Somerset.Â
2021 CSAL Soccer Champion
Congratulations
Bergen Arts & Science Charter School
2021Â
Charter School Athletic League (CSAL)Â
Middle School
Soccer Champion Â
Bergen Arts & Science Charter School of Garfield won the CSAL Middle School Soccer Championship defeating BelovED Community Charter School of Jersey City 3-2 in a penalty shoot-out.
The Loss of Delmon Cannon Jr.
We recently learned of the loss of long-time Charter School Athletic League (CSAL) photographer Delmon “Buddy” Cannon Jr.
Cannon was a fixture at youth and high school sporting events across New Jersey. You could find him and his camera at the State wrestling tournament in Atlantic City, at Pop Warner games in and around Newark and at high school sporting events around New Jersey doing what he loved– taking pictures.
CSAL coaches and players alike knew it was a big game if they saw Mr. Cannon there. For years, he photographed CSAL playoffs and championships, capturing special moments for schools, student-athletes and their families. He would do anything to capture his shot.
“I remember one year he was running late for a boys basketball championship game and there were no parking spaces on either side of Hayes Street outside of the NCC Neighborhood Center in Newark. Mr. Cannon double-parked his car and blocked traffic to catch the tip-off. Before you knew it, he was snapping away and forgot about his car.” remembers CSAL President, Kamaal Bennett “A Newark cop came in the gym saying he was going to have a car outside towed, and when I looked outside, it was Mr. Cannon’s. I ran into get him and when he got outside people waiting in their cars were beeping their horns and scream let’s go. Unfortunately, the cop had already written a ticket.”
Mr. Cannon created framed collages for league champions that hang in the halls and offices of schools around New Jersey. The New Jersey Education Consortium and the Charter School Athletic League (CSAL) will always remember and be grateful for Delmon Cannon and his service to the community, schools and young athletes. Thank you.
2018 Flag-Football Champion
Rise Academy, a KIPP school in Newark, defeated University Heights Charter School 14-0 to win the 2018 Charter School Athletic League (CSAL) Middle School Flag-Football Championship at Essex County Monte Irvin Orange Park.
Congratulations to the hardworking student-athletes of Rise Academy and University Heights Charter School!