Sports Top Stories
By TAPINTO WEST ORANGE STAFF
January 28, 2026
WEST ORANGE, NJ – Junior guard Rhyan Watt put together a triple-double performance to lead West Orange to a 61-14 girls basketball victory over Linden on Tuesday.Watt finished with 22 points, 14 points and 10 steals, and she also handed out six assists for West Orange (15-3), which outscored ...
BLOOMFIELD, NJ – Millburn built a 12-point halftime lead and went on to a 61-56 boys basketball victory over Bloomfield on Tuesday.Chace Redler scored 18 points for the Millers (15-2), who led, 34-22, at halftime and extended that to a 16-point lead after three periods.Quinn Barkley connected for ...
RBC vs Rumson Fair HavenThis was a game both teams had been itching to play since the season started. Red Bank Catholic took on Rumson-Fair Haven at the armory last Monday night. The game started off intense; lots of hits and a very physical start. RBC opened the scoring with a goal from Logan ...
NORTH ARLINGTON, NJ – Hasbrouck Heights swept Wallington, 7-0, in a NJIC Meadowlands Bowling match on Tuesday in North Arlington. The Aviators are now 14-2 overall, 13-0 in the Meadowlands. Wallington falls to 8-7 on the season.Cyril DeGuzman continued his hot bowling, leading the Aviators with a ...
HACKENSACK, NJ – Bergen Tech boys finished second, and the girls third, in the BNC JV Bowling Tournament on Tuesday in Hackensack. Jason Gambon had the boys' high series, while Hannah Lee was third and Audrey Choi fourth in the girls' high series results.Dumont captured the boys' tournament with a ...
COLTS NECK, NJ – Colts Neck held off a fourth-quarter rally to hang on for a 54-53 boys basketball victory over Middletown North on Tuesday.Nate Sloane scored 19 points for Colts Neck (10-5), which led, 43-34, after three quarters. Nate Tyburczy finished with 16 points and six assists for ...
COLTS NECK, NJ – Colts Neck held off a fourth-quarter rally to hang on for a 54-53 boys basketball victory over Middletown North on Tuesday.Nate Sloane scored 19 points for Colts Neck (10-5), which led, 43-34, after three quarters. Nate Tyburczy finished with 16 points and six assists for ...
CHATHAM, NJ – In past meetings, a Delbarton lead in the second half would be a hard climb for the Chatham boys basketball team.On Tuesday night, it was Delbarton chasing the Cougars and their blue wave of 3-pointers that they splashed through the net in Chatham's 70-62 win that delighted the Cougar ...
PISCATAWAY, NJ – After rallying in the fourth quarter, the East Brunswick boys basketball team lost in overtime to Piscataway, 81-74, on Tuesday night.Senior guard Matt Mikulka scored 32 points for East Brunswick (15-4), which outscored Piscataway, 21-14, in the fourth quarter to tie the game.
MONROE, NJ – Colonia broke the game open in the second half and pulled away for a 65-29 boys basketball victory over Monroe on Tuesday night.Senior guard Dylan Chiera collected 21 points, five assists and five rebounds for Colonia (8-8), which outscored Monroe, 34-13, in the second half after ...
NORRKÖPING, Sweden — Former St. Bonaventure men’s basketball standout LaDarien Griffin has returned to familiar ground, beginning his third stint with the Norrköping Dolphins, the club announced this week. Griffin, a 6-foot-6 forward from Jacksonville, Florida, played for the Dolphins during the ...
SPRINGFIELD, NJ – Peyton Johnson scored 12 points to lead Dayton to a 50-23 boys basketball victory over Newark Data Science on Tuesday.Jalen Waldron and Nick Perez each contributed 11 points to the balanced attack for the Bulldogs (5-8), who outscored NDS, 9-2, in the second quarter to open a ...
WEST ESSEX, NJ – When the two boys basketball teams met in the first week of the season, Columbia scored a season-low 24 points against Caldwell.On Tuesday, Columbia's bus was 90 minutes late for the rematch and then, when the game finally tipped off at 5:30 p.m., Caldwell quickly shot out to an ...
WEST ESSEX, NJ – When the two boys basketball teams met in the first week of the season, Columbia scored a season-low 24 points against Caldwell.On Tuesday, Columbia's bus was 90 minutes late for the rematch and then, when the game finally tipped off at 5:30 p.m., Caldwell quickly shot out to an ...
PISCATAWAY, N.J. — The Piscataway Chiefs delivered one of their most impressive performances of the season Tuesday night, rallying past East Brunswick for an 81-74 overtime victory in a highly competitive boys basketball showdown.Facing an East Brunswick squad that entered the game unbeaten in GMC ...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ — Sophomore forward Andrew Bena sank one of two free throws with 5.1 seconds left to give South Plainfield a 55-54 boys basketball victory over previously unbeaten St. Joseph of Metuchen on Tuesday night.St. Joseph (16-1) had rallied from a nine-point deficit with five minutes ...
SPARTA, NJ - The Sparta girls basketball team was defeated on the road by Morris Hills 20 days ago. After almost three weeks, the Spartans were determined to not have that happen again—especially on their home floor. With hopes of winning the NJAC National division, Sparta needed a win in this ...
WEST ORANGE, NJ – All the goals by both teams were scored in the first period when Livingston defeated West Essex/Caldwell, 3-2, in ice hockey on Tuesday.Noah Stevens' goal with 6:53 left in the opening period gave Livingston (13-2) a 3-2 lead. He was assisted by Chase Lauro.David Weinrib and Isaac ...
BASKING RIDGE, NJ — Going by the teams' respective records coming into the game, this was an upset.But going by the history between these two programs over nearly the last decade, it was not.Ridge snapped a four-game losing streak with a 51-40 boys basketball victory over Bridgewater-Raritan on ...
MADISON, NJ — Morris Tech rolled to a 7-0 victory over Madison on Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 27, in a high-scoring bowling matchup that saw the visitors take all three games and the overall point total.Morris Tech posted game scores of 653, 778, and 661 for a 2,092 series, while Madison finished with ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Sophomore 132/138-pounder Matthew Velez came up with a clutch pin to clinch one victory last week and followed that with his second fall of the season against Hunterdon Central for his third straight victory after winning just two of his first 11 bouts this season.Velez pinned ...
TOMS RIVER, NJ - South Plainfield High School's boys and girls track and field teams headed down to the Bennett Center on Saturday before Winter Storm Fern brought snow to the area. The Tigers girls track and field team finished eighth overall and the boys track and field team was 13th overall.
SCOTCH PLAINS-FANWOOD, NJ — The Scotch Plains-Fanwood boys lacrosse program has unveiled its 2026 schedule, featuring a mix of traditional rivalries, challenging non-conference match-ups, and milestone events throughout the spring.The Raiders are set to open the season on March 25 with the Coles’ ...
NEW JERSEY– The NJSIAA met on January 21st, and one of the items that came out of the meeting was that there will be a vote at a later meeting in the spring to determine whether or not the NJSIAA should institute shot-clock rules for lacrosse and boys and girls basketball.While there are pros and ...
MORRIS COUNTY, NJ - The Parsippany girls basketball team has received the No. 14 seed in the 2026 Morris County Girls Basketball Tournament. The Preliminary Round must be played by January 31st followed by the Second Round which must be played by February 3rd. The Quarterfinals will be on ...
MORRIS COUNTY, NJ - The Hanover Park girls basketball team has received the No. 8 seed in the 2026 Morris County Girls Basketball Tournament. The Preliminary Round must be played by January 31st followed by the Second Round, which must be played by February 3rd. The Quarterfinals will be on ...
POMPANO BEACH — For the city's legions of pickleball players, the frustration of driving to Pompano Community Park (or in the future, Sgt. Kip Jacoby Park) - only to find too many or too few players, or courts soaked from a stray rain shower - just might be a thing of the past.The city has become ...
NEWTON, NJ—The Newton High School boys basketball team won 58-43 over Dover when they hosted them on Friday, January 23 at 7 p.m.The Braves came out strong, scoring 23 points in the first quarter and another 10 in the second to take the 33-20 lead as they entered halftime.Dover tried to come back, ...
MONROE, N.J. — The Piscataway High School boys basketball team continued its strong run through the GMC Red American Division with an emphatic 82-46 road win over Monroe on Saturday morning, improving to 12-5 overall and 5-3 in division play.Senior Donald Nwaigwe led the Chiefs with a game-high 22 ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ – Undefeated Caldwell has been seeded first for the Essex County girls basketball tournament (ECT) that gets underway with preliminary round games on Thursday.Caldwell will host a first-round game on Saturday, Jan. 31 against either (16) North Star Academy or (17) East Orange.West ...