Sports Top Stories
By TAPINTO CLARK
December 22, 2025
CLARK, NJ — A very special sporting event is taking place today, Monday, December 22, at Arthur L. Johnson (ALJ) High School. Basketball legend Kevin Boyle is organizing a charity event with his basketball program, Spire Academy, to raise funds for the new Tom Lewis Memorial Scholarship ...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ The SPHS Varsity Wrestlers opened the 25/26 season at home on Friday, December 19th, 2025, versus East Brunswick High School. The Tigers took the victory under the spotlight 63 to 10. The night showcased the toughness and determination of the entire team. Highlights included ...
PATERSON, NJ - Eastside's girls basketball team cruised to a 65-22 victory over Hackensack on Saturday at the Dr. Gerald Glisson Classic, improving its record to 3-0 on the season while Hackensack fell to 1-1. The Ghosts set the tone early, outscoring Hackensack 17-9 in the first quarter and ...
BLOOMFIELD, NJ—In the wake of a tragedy in New Jersey high school football, there is an award to honor the legacy of a young man who died playing the game he loved, some 11 years ago.On Sept. 25, 2015, Evan Murray, a 17-year-old quarterback at Warren Hills High School, succumbed from massive ...
PATERSON, NJ - Eastside's boys basketball team used a dominant third quarter to pull away from College Achieve Paterson, securing a 75-46 victory on Saturday, improving its record to 3-1 on the season. College Achieve dropped to 3-2.After leading 27-16 at halftime. Eastside outscored College ...
LONG BRANCH, NJ – The Long Branch High School wrestling team participated in its first quad match at Ridge High School, which consisted of four of the best public school wrestling programs in the Garden State. The Green Wave faced Ridge, West Essex, and High Point. Long Branch went 0-3 on the day ...
CRANFORD, NJ — The Cranford girls basketball team won its first two games of the season last week before running into the defending county champions and hitting an offensive wall on Saturday.New Providence stifled the Cougars' offense in a game that Cranford lost, 33-13, on Saturday. The Cougars ...
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ — The Governor Livingston girls basketball team opened the 2025-26 season with back-to-back wins, improving to 2-0 after defeating Linden at home and earning a road victory at Elizabeth over the weekend.Gov. Livingston opened UCC–Mountain play Thursday with a 40-25 win over ...
MONMOUTH JUNCTION, NJ - CBR's on ice woes continued on Friday with a 6-3 loss to Arthur L. Johnson High School at the ProSkate Ice Arena. The game started strong with CBR going into the first intermission up 2-1.Sammy Zapotka got Johnson on the scoreboard first. James Garfinkle tied it up for CBR ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ — Morristown High School hockey is turning Monday night into a “Blackout Mennen” event, inviting fans to pack the stands and wear black when the team takes on KJS United at 8:30 p.m.Tonight's game includes a giveaway: a free black MHS Hockey T-shirt will be distributed to the first ...
MADISON, NJ — Madison earned a 61-37 victory over New Providence in boys basketball action on Dec. 21 at Fairleigh Dickinson University.Madison (2-2) took an early lead, building a 22-9 advantage after the first quarter. New Providence worked to settle in during the second period, but Madison used ...
STOCKHOLM, NJ – In another overtime contest, the United took their first loss of the season from Morris Knolls on Friday night. The Golden Eagles got past the Sparta, Kinnelon and Jefferson high school United players on their home ice at Skylands Ice 4-3. United’s Ryan Saletto was first to get one ...
CRANFORD, NJ — Governor Livingston edged Cranford for much of the night but came up just short in a 56-53 loss Thursday, Dec. 18, evening out the Highlanders’ early-season record at 1-1.Coming off a strong fourth-quarter victory against Morristown last Saturday, Gov. Livingston built a seven-point ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ – One key trait is paramount in setting up a high school varsity boys’ basketball team for long-term success.Player development – even before the final amounts of a team’s victories and setbacks alike.Led by longtime head coach Gene McAteer, the Bridgewater-Raritan High School boys’ ...
ALLENTOWN, NJ – Opening Night did not go as planned at Vaughn Stapleton Gymnasium.Now in his fourth season in charge of the Bridgewater-Raritan High School girls’ basketball team, Xavier Brooks realized something after the Panthers fell by 26 points at home to crosstown rival Pingry School, which ...
COLTS NECK, NJ – The Colts Neck girls basketball team hosted Georgetown Day School of Maryland on Friday night and came away with a 52-24 victory.Sophomore Allison McAndrew scored 24 points for the Cougars (2-1).Julianna Jasina, another sophomore, finished with 10 points, which followed a 14-point ...
ROBBINSVILLE, NJ – Wood-Ridge junior Michael Prato and Hasbrouck Heights sophomore Michael Colaneri were named to the All Group 1 First Team that was announced last week. Hasbrouck Heights had four players named to the Second Team in Michael Napolitano, Cooper Hines, Brady Shine, and Noel ...
CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE — Despite a career-best effort from sophomore Elayna Ordonez, the Barnegat girls basketball team couldn't maintain an early lead, falling 47-36 to Lower Cape May on Monday.The loss brings the Bengals to an even 2-2 on the season, while the Tigers opened their campaign with a ...
MANAHAWKIN — Led by a wave of young talent, the Southern Regional girls basketball team secured a 43-28 victory over Donovan Catholic on Monday night. The win improves the Rams' early-season record to 2-1, while the Griffins fall to 0-2.Freshman Mia Pratola was the engine for Southern, putting ...
MADISON, NJ – The Chatham boys basketball team took its final test on the court before the Christmas break and scored a high grade with its 58-49 win vs. Westfield in the Rose City Classic held in FDU's Ferguson Center on Sunday.Senior guard Michael MacAniff scored a season-best 21 points and ...
WEST ORANGE, NJ – Freshman Luca DeNichilo collected two goals and an assist in the opening period to spark Chatham's 7-1 boys ice hockey win vs. West Essex in the Essex Holiday Tournament on Sunday night at Codey Arena.After back-to-back losses to Livingston and Park Regional in the tournament, ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ — The Madison boys ice hockey team continued its strong start to the season Saturday afternoon, scoring twice in the first period and never looking back in a 5-1 win over Watchung Hills. John Ptack scored the Warriors lone goal.Owen Chandler and Ryan McSherry each finished with two ...
HOPELAWN, NJ – The Bergen Tech girls bowling team swept the awards at the 9th Annual Charles A. Simon Challenge held at Majestic Lanes in Hopelawn. The girls captured the team championship, as well as the team high game (236), four-game set (797), finished first in the qualifying round with a total ...
LIVINGSTON, NJ – Livingston outscored Hunterdon Central in the middle two quarters and went on to a 55-48 boys basketball victory on Saturday night.Sage Kornreich scored 16 points and sank a pair of 3-pointers for Livingston (2-0), which outscored Hunterdon Central, 16-10, in the second quarter ...
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ — The Governor Livingston–New Providence ice hockey team may sit at 1-3 early in the season, but the Highlanders’ record hardly tells the full story.After opening the year against three of the state’s top teams — including two one-goal losses — GL–New Providence broke through ...
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ — The Governor Livingston–New Providence ice hockey team may sit at 1-3 early in the season, but the Highlanders’ record hardly tells the full story.After opening the year against three of the state’s top teams — including two one-goal losses — GL–New Providence broke through ...
EDISON, NJ — The South Plainfield girls basketball team pulled away in the fourth quarter for a 43-33 victory over J.P. Stevens on the road on Thursday.The Tigers (1-1) got off to a fast start, racing out to a 14-2 lead after one quarter. But J.P. Stevens (1-1) made it a game by outscoring South ...
SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD, NJ – Scotch Plains-Fanwood HS Athletic Director Ryan Miller is among 10 recipients of the 2025 Bruce D. Whitehead Distinguished Service Award given by the National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association (NIAAA). They were honored at NIAA's 56th National Athletic ...
MADISON, NJ — The Madison boys basketball team rolled past New Providence, 61-37, in a matchup played Dec. 21.Madison (2-2) set the tone early, jumping out to a 22-9 lead after the first quarter and never letting New Providence (0-2) find a rhythm. After a brief lull in the second quarter, the ...
STOCKHOLM, NJ – In another overtime contest, the United took their first loss of the season from Morris Knolls on Friday night. The Golden Eagles got past the Sparta, Kinnelon and Jefferson high school United players on their home ice at Skylands Ice 4-3. United’s Ryan Saletto was first to get one ...