Sports Top Stories
By GREG FALLON
January 20, 2026
EAST HANOVER, NJ - The Hanover Park wrestling team delivered a winning performance Tuesday afternoon, cruising to a 65–14 victory over Madison.Hanover Park (9-3, 3-0 NJAC Liberty) set the tone early, winning the first three bouts by pin to jump out to an 18–0 lead. Marco Panarello opened the match ...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ – The East Brunswick girls basketball team raced out to a 15-point advantage after a quarter and coasted to a 57-16 victory over South Plainfield on Tuesday night.Zoey Aleixo scored 15 points and handed out three assists for East Brunswick (12-3), which outscored South ...
MILLBURN, NJ – Junior guard Chace Redler scored a career-high 43 points to surpass 1,000 for his career in Millburn's 97-78 boys basketball victory over Irvington on Tuesday night.Redler hit an 18-foot step-back jumper from the key with 1:17 left in the second quarter to give Millburn a 31-22 lead ...
WHIPPANY, NJ - The Whippany Park wrestling team built an early lead and never looked back Tuesday night, earning a 47-27 victory over Parsippany in an NJAC Independence Division wrestling matchup.Whippany Park opened the night with momentum at 106 pounds, where Mateo Casano earned an 8-4 decision ...
WHIPPANY, NJ - The Whippany Park high school wrestling team built an early lead and never looked back Tuesday night, earning a 47-27 victory over Parsippany in an NJAC Independence Division wrestling match.Whippany Park opened the night with momentum at 106 pounds, where Mateo Casano earned an 8-4 ...
ISELIN, NJ – Senior guard Grant Lorentzen surpassed 1,000 career points in JFK-Iselin's 73-46 boys basketball victory over Noor-ul-iman Academy on Tuesday night.Lorentzen finished with 22 points to lead JFK-Iselin (6-9), giving him 1,016 points for his career.Basketball is one of three sports ...
UNION CITY, NJ – Bayonne took a 12-point lead after one quarter and went on to a 61-31 girls basketball victory over Union City on Tuesday.Sophia Feeney scored 17 points and came up with five steals for Bayonne (13-2), which outscored Union City, 16-2, in the second quarter to take a 35-9 halftime ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ – Tea Fiore, one of only two seniors on an undefeated Caldwell girls basketball team that returned completely intact from last season, scored a season-high 24 points, giving her exactly 1,000 for her career, to lead the Chiefs to a 56-27 victory over Mount St. Dominic on Tuesday ...
Southern Regional Girls Wrestling Claims Top-Five Finish at Shore Conference TournamentJACKSON TOWNSHIP — The Southern Regional High School girls wrestling team continued its ascent as a regional powerhouse on Monday, January 19, 2026, securing an impressive 4th place finish at the Shore Conference ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Phillipsburg High School junior wrestler Gabriella Santos overpower her two opponents last week for falls in a grand total of 48 seconds.First, the 145-pounder caught Roxbury’s Robexy Melendez Sanchez for a 30-second pin before turning her attention to North Hunterdon’s Sophia ...
UNION, NJ - New Providence wrestler Braeden Valley claimed a Union County Tournament championship on Saturday, winning the 150-pound weight class with an impressive pinfall victory.Valley secured the title by pinning Enzo Tammaro of Union at 2:41, earning New Providence a county champion and ...
Chester, NJ - Brayden Hallik and Brody Hallik helped Morris Knolls pull away down the stretch as the Golden Eagles edged West Morris, 67-60, in boys basketball action.Morris Knolls led 16-9 after the first quarter, but West Morris responded with a strong second period, outscoring the Golden Eagles ...
Denville, NJ - Kyle Sipple turned in a flawless performance as Morris Knolls skated past West Essex, 4-0, in boys ice hockey action.Sipple stopped all 16 shots he faced to earn the shutout, backstopping a Morris Knolls team that controlled play from the opening faceoff. The Golden Eagles built a ...
CRANFORD, NJ - Senior Nights are always a special occasion at Cranford High School, as four years of hard work culminate in an evening of recognition. For the girls basketball team, Thursday marked that milestone when seniors Lily Costello, Brooke Bentrewicz, and Courtney Toy were honored during a ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ – Rivalry wrestling kicked off in Phillipsburg, with the Easton Red Rovers traveling across the bridge to Phillipsburg in a rescheduled dual matchup Monday, January 19, 2026.Below is the bout-by-bout recap, and scroll our gallery of photos for this cross-river rivalry. Easton 40, ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - On Sunday, January 18, 2026, South Plainfield High School sophomore Ava Fusaro competed in the Greater Middlesex County (GMC) Varsity Wrestling Tournament held at Churchill Junior High School in East Brunswick.Fusaro, the second seed in the 132-pound weight class, received a ...
SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD – Scotch Plains–Fanwood athletes turned in another productive week:Boys BasketballScotch Plains-Fanwood earned a solid 55–42 victory over New Providence on Saturday, powered by a standout performance from Aidan Winters. Winters led all scorers with 24 points and added seven ...
HILLSIDE, NJ - The Hillside Boys Basketball Team defeated New Brunswick in the Roundball MLK Jr. Classic on Monday, 60-34. The win moves the Comets to 8-6. Aaron White had 10 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 assists. Damien Asamoah had 12 points and 7 rebounds. Sincere Jones had 15 points, 5 rebounds, and ...
PATERSON, NJ - Eastside's boys basketball team continued its strong run with a 60-43 victory over Newark East Side on Monday, improving to 9-4 overall.The Ghosts set the tone early, using a balanced offensive attack and active defense to build a 30-20 halftime lead. Eastside extended the advantage ...
HACKENSACK, NJ – The Bergen Tech girls bowling team was right back after it, sweeping Fort Lee, and giving them their only loss of the season, with a 7-0 sweep Monday in a Big North non-division match-up. Fort Lee is now 12-1 on the season with the defeat. Bergen Tech is 9-1.Isabella Brunson’s ...
PATERSON, NJ — Colonia erased a four-point deficit and rallied for a 48-44 girls basketball victory over Passaic Tech in the Jerel Lowery Showcase to remain unbeaten on Monday.Hailey Conklin finished with 12 points, five rebounds, two assists and two steals for Colonia (13-0), which was down, ...
HACKENSACK, NJ – The Bergen Tech girls bowling team was right back after it, sweeping Fort Lee, and giving them their only loss of the season, with a 7-0 sweep Monday in a Big North non-division match-up. Fort Lee is now 12-1 on the season with the defeat. Bergen Tech is 9-1.Isabella Brunson’s ...
ST. BONAVENTURE, NY — Still searching for its first Atlantic 10 win, the University men’s basketball team returns to the Reilly Center Tuesday night with another opportunity to break through as it hosts Loyola University Chicago.The Bonnies (11–7, 0–5 A-10) have been competitive deep into games but ...
KENILWORTH, NJ – David Brearley senior wrestler, Ryder Vorndran, delivered a dominant performance to claim first place in the 165 lbs weight class at the 2026 Union County Tournament this past Saturday. Ryder won three matches in a row. Winning by pin, major decision, and major decision. Ryder ...
PISCATAWAY, NJ — While winter weather still blankets local fields, preparations are already underway for the upcoming Piscataway Little League season, with registration now open and opening day set for April 11.The league will hold in-person registration at the Little League pavilion on Wednesday, ...
FLEMINGTON, NJ - The Flemington Falcons brought home two national titles at the Pop Warner Cheer and Dance National Championships, in North Carolina. Led by head coach and Central Jersey Pop Warner’s 2025 Coach of the Year recipient Lauren Giordano and assistant coaches Lauren Burroughs, Abby ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ – Alex Donoghue collected eight goals and an assist in powering the Chatham-Millburn-Livingston girls ice hockey team to a 9-3 win vs. Pingry on Monday at Mennen Arena.Donoghue now has 31 goals and eight assists on the season for CML (7-8-1), which boosted her career totals to 119 ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ - Bridgewater Baseball & Softball is celebrating two new turf fields at the Prince Rodgers Complex, on Prince Rodgers Avenue. The organization had been saving and planning for the turf renovation for years, according to president Mike Brewster. “Thanks to all our dedicated ...
RANDOLPH, NJ- The Randolph girls hockey team celebrated their annual Teacher Appreciation night on Friday, January 16 – a game in which the seniors honor their most influential teachers. ( link to game photos at end of story )After the pre-game ceremony with introductions out on the ice and words ...
NEWARK, NJ – Caldwell held off a fourth-quarter rally by Newark East Side to hang on for a 52-48 boys basketball victory on Tuesday.Joe Diorio and Aiden Nienstadt each scored 16 points for the Chiefs (11-2), who outscored East Side, 23-16, in the third quarter to open a 48-38 lead.Ryan Keenan ...