Sports Top Stories
By TAPINTO EAST BRUNSWICK STAFF
December 21, 2025
SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ – The East Brunswick girls basketball team won its third game in a row to open the season, defeating South Brunswick, 53-33, on Saturday.Ava Catanho scored 20 points for East Brunswick (3-0), which outscored South Brunswick, 18-4, in the second quarter to take a 30-10 lead.
Red Bank, NJ: FC Monmouth is dedicated to developing top soccer talent, with many current and former players making significant impacts at the collegiate level.From freshmen to experienced captains, our athletes represent Monmouth County across the country. The club features former and future ...
Red Bank, NJ: FC Monmouth is dedicated to developing top soccer talent, with many current and former players making significant impacts at the collegiate level.From freshmen to experienced captains, our athletes represent Monmouth County across the country. The club features former and future ...
SOMERVILLE, NJ - Somerville won the last time they faced Manville and things went their way on Saturday too. The Pioneers blew past the Mustangs 48-23. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Pioneers.Somerville's victory bumped their record up to 2-0. As for Manville, their defeat dropped ...
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 ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ – It may not have been the most aesthetically pleasing performance, but Morristown managed to pull out a 44-31 victory over Sparta to improve to 3-0. The matchup between the Spartans and the Colonials was a defensive battle throughout much of Saturday’s bout. Sparta zeroed in ...
SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ – The East Brunswick girls basketball team won its third game in a row to open the season, defeating South Brunswick, 53-33, on Saturday.Ava Catanho scored 20 points for East Brunswick (3-0), which outscored South Brunswick, 18-4, in the second quarter to take a 30-10 lead.
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 ...
MADISON, 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.Owen Chandler and Ryan McSherry each finished with two goals as Madison improved to 5-1, while Luke ...
MORRIS TOWNSHIP, NJ — Morristown girls fencing competed in a quad meet Saturday morning, posting one team win in three matches while gaining valuable experience against two of the top programs in the area. The Colonials narrowly defeated West Morris, but fell to Mendham and Morris Hills in the ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Freshman guard Madison Bethea scored 12 points and Kayla Hikade added 10 to pace Phillipsburg High School to its first victory of the season, 45-38, over host Belvidere in a Skyland Conference girl’s basketball game on Saturday.Shantalina Blake contributed nine points and Bethea, ...
MORRIS TOWNSHIP, NJ — Morristown boys fencing competed in a quad meet Saturday morning, splitting three matches to finish 2-1 on the day, with wins over West Morris and Mendham and a setback against unbeaten Morris Hills.Morristown 16, West Morris 11Morristown opened the quad with a balanced effort ...
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 ...
Long Valley, NJ - West Morris used a balanced scoring effort and a strong fourth quarter to hold off Morris Knolls, 51–46, in a girls basketball matchup.West Morris (2-1) jumped out to an 18–13 lead after the first quarter and carried a five-point advantage into halftime. Morris Knolls (1-3) stayed ...
SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD, NJ – The Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School boys soccer team capped off another strong season with widespread recognition at the state, group, and county levels, highlighted by a top-10 finish in New Jersey and multiple postseason honors announced by NJ.com and Union County ...
SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD, NJ – Scotch Plains-Fanwood girls won a competitive meet vs. Cranford, 96-74 at the Fanwood-Scotch Plains YMCA on Wednesday, Dec. 17.Tessa DeGennaro, Charlotte Oullette and Shae Trenery contributed two individual wins each and swim on the winning 200 Medley Relay squad.
The following article originally appeared on the Jersey High School Sports Blog (www.jerseyhighschoolsports.com) which is run by Plainfield resident and high school sports enthusiast Noel Pyne. See photos from Joel Plummer in the caurousel above this article.WESTFIELD, NJ — Plainfield began the ...
SUMMIT, NJ — Summit boys basketball evened its record at 1-1 with a dramatic 58-53 double-overtime victory against Oratory on Saturday in Summit.Senior Thatcher Rush led all scorers with 22 points as the Hilltoppers erased a 10-point halftime deficit. Oratory took a 25-15 lead into the break, but ...
BELMAR, NJ – Bayonne rallied from a 12-point deficit for a 43-41 girls basketball victory over St. Rose on Saturday.Taty Watson scored 14 points, grabbed six rebounds and made three steals for Bayonne (3-0), which trailed, 16-4, after one quarter. The Bees still trailed by seven before outscoring ...
METUCHEN, NJ - Spotswood and Metuchen High Schools boys varsity basketball teams went head-to-head on Saturday in a Greater Middlesex Conference White Division match-up. Both teams were 2-0 going into the game. Spotswood lost to Metuchen 70-61 in a nip and tuck game that saw the Chargers Se'mir ...
CLARK, NJ — The Johnson girls varsity basketball team (2-0) defeated Oak Knoll (0-3) on Saturday afternoon, 51-31.The Lady Crusaders established a solid lead early, scoring 24 points to Oak Knoll's 11 at the half.Game leaders for Johnson included Alisia Hamm with 13 points, Jordanna Tarentino with ...
HAMILTON, NJ – North Hunterdon rallied from a seven-point halftime deficit for a 49-45 girls basketball victory over Steinert on Saturday.Katie Corby collected 18 points, five rebounds and four assists for Steinert (1-2), which led, 23-16, before North Hunterdon had a 20-10 third quarter to ...
NUTLEY, NJ - Jiana Maldonado collected 18 points, six rebounds, four assists, one block and one steal and Kaitlyn Nellegar totaled 14 points, 13 rebounds, four steals, two blocks and an assist to lift the Nutley High girls basketball team to its first victory of the season - a 44-27 decision over ...
RANDOLPH, NJ- As the 2025-2026 Rams Wrestling season storms in, the team is gearing up for the demanding season ahead. With a new coaching staff, new wrestlers and an improved game plan, the Rams are eager to prove themselves in one of the grittiest public-school wrestling divisions in the ...
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 ...
WAYNE, NJ — Wayne Hills opened its wrestling season with a pair of wins this week, edging Newton in a tight opener, then pulling away from Lakeland two nights later, all while competing with illness affecting their team.“Lakeland was a great win. We actually did not even wrestle our full lineup,” ...
WOOD-RIDGE, NJ — Christian Nario scored 32 points but it was not enough, as Wood-Ridge fell to Elmwood Park, 72-69, in a NJIC Independent game on Friday evening in Wood-Ridge.The Blue Devils, who lost by two to Saddle Brook, are now 0-2, with two close defeats in their ledger.Elmwood Park jumped ...
MEDFORD — Despite a strong start and solid individual performances from veterans Jake Sliwinski and Gavin Gerckens, Southern suffered its first setback of the season, falling 52-45 to an undefeated Overbrook squad in a marquee showcase matchup in the Jimmy V Classic at Cherokee High School. The ...
NEWTON, NJ—The Newton High School bowling team won and took on Lenape Valley and Vernon this week.They shut out Lenape Valley 7-0 on Wednesday, December 17, but then lost 7-0 against Vernon on Thursday, December 18.The high scores from the Lenape Valley match are as follows:Devlin Schmid with a ...
PISCATAWAY, NJ — The Piscataway High School basketball programs delivered a Saturday sweep as the girls rallied past Monroe and the boys powered by Old Bridge in a pair of GMC Red American matchups.Girls Basketball: Piscataway 52, Monroe 41Piscataway shook off a slow start and closed strong to earn ...