Sports Top Stories
By GREG FALLON
December 15, 2025
EAST HANOVER, NJ - The Hanover Parkboys basketball team opened its season with a strong effort but came up just short Monday night, falling 59–55 to North Hunterdon in a hard-fought home contest.The Hornets set the tone early, jumping out to a 17–9 lead after the first quarter behind active defense ...
PARSIPPANY, NJ - The Parsippany Regional ice hockey team delivered an emphatic 9-1 victory over Newton on Saturday night, improving to 3-1 for the season.After surrendering an early power-play goal to Newton’s Ryan Barling just 1:29 into the game, Parsippany Regional quickly took control and never ...
ROSELLE, NJ – Cale White scored four goals and had one assist to lead West Essex/Caldwell to a 6-0 ice hockey victory over Cranford on Monday.Dante Gallucci had one goal and one assist and Jesse Friedman scored a goal. White scored twice in the first period and Gallucci's goal on the second period ...
CARTERET, NJ — Carteret scored the first nine points of the fourth quarter to break open a close game and went on to a 57-46 boys basketball victory over JFK-Iselin on Monday night.It was the opening game for JFK-Iselin, but the second game of the season for Carteret (2-0).Senior guard Qorey Carter ...
Southern Boys Basketball Holds Off Late Rally to Defeat Cedar Creek in Season OpenerSTAFFORD TOWNSHIP, NJ – The Southern Regional High School boys basketball team kicked off the 2025-26 season with a thrilling 60-57 victory over Cedar Creek, withstanding a furious fourth-quarter rally to secure the ...
Boys’ High School BasketballDec. 9Maple Hill 58, Germantown 37The wildcats claimed this conference match on the road against the Clippers.La Salle Institute 48, Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk 62The road was not kind to the Cadets as they dropped this conference game to the Ravens.Troy 49, Colonie 39The ...
Southern Regional's Emma Baker Named All-Ocean CountyMANAHAWKIN, NJ – A Southern Regional High School student-athlete has earned postseason recognition for her performance on the trails this fall.Emma Baker was recently named to the All-Ocean County team for the 2025 Girls Cross Country season. The ...
CRANFORD, NJ - South Plainfield High School's girls swimming team took on Clark's Mother Seton High School on Friday. The Tigers had a strong showing in the pool to defeat Mother Seton 51-43. South Plainfield finished first in nine out of 11 meet events for the Tigers first victory of the ...
HAWTHORNE, NJ - There’s no turning back now, another exciting regular season of high school basketball has arrived and that could be very good news for all involved with the Hawthorne High School boys basketball program.The Bears are scheduled to host Saddle River Day on Wednesday, December 17.
SAYREVILLE, NJ — Here’s a recap of what went down for Sayreville athletics last week:The Sayreville War Memorial High School Boys Swim Team improved their season record to 3-0 after defeating J.P Stevens and Piscataway High Schools last week.Against Old Bridge, the Bombers earned several individual ...
CLARK, NJ — The Arthur L. Johnson (ALJ) High School boys basketball team is currently selling apparel online.The sale runs until Thursday, December 18.To access the online store, click here.[Don’t miss any TAPinto Clark news. Go to tapinto.net/enews to sign up for our free e-newsletter, delivered ...
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ — The Gov. Livingston High School Athletic Department recently recognized the 2025 Fall Season recipients of the Heart of a Highlander Award, honoring student-athletes who exemplify character, leadership, sportsmanship, inclusion, and school pride. The awards were presented at ...
NORTH HUNTERDON, NJU - South Plainfield High School Girls Varsity Wrestling opened the 2025/2026 Campaign at North Hunterdon High School with The Lady Lions Classic Tournament on Saturday, December 13th, 2025. The day was a strong start to the season for 2nd year wrestler Sophomore Ava Fusaro ...
HOBOKEN, NJ – The ALJ-Dayton-Roselle Park ice hockey tri-op team posted its first victory with a 3-2 decision over Hoboken on Sunday.Jack Kalikas scored two goals for the tri-op team after a scoreless first period by both teams.Logan Paskewich had one goal and two assists and Jack Goldate passed ...
MONMOUTH JUNCTION, NJ - After opening up the 2025-26 high school ice hockey season with a victory over Bayonne, CBR hit a rough patch with three straight losses. On Friday, CBR began a home-at-home with Old Bridge High School at the ProSkate Ice Arena. CBR lost 7-3 to the Knights to increase the ...
NEWTON, NJ—The Newton High School bowling team won 5-2 over Sussex Tech on Wednesday, December 10, and then went on to shut out Sparta 7-0 on Thursday, December 11.Newton hosted Sussex Tech on Wednesday. The high scores from the match are as follows:Brad Williams with a total score of 562Devlin ...
LINDEN, NJ –Kaitlyn Zens led the Bergen Tech girls bowling team to a first place finish in the WBDC Bowling Classic Tournament in Linden on Saturday. The boys team finished fourth in the Open Division.Kaitlyn Zens' 256 in the opening game was the tournament high, and she rolled a 619 series, good ...
HOBOKEN, NJ – The ALJ-Dayton-Roselle Park ice hockey tri-op team posted its first victory with a 3-2 decision over Hoboken on Sunday.Jack Kalikas scored two goals for the tri-op team after a scoreless first period by both teams.Logan Paskewich had one goal and two assists and Jack Goldate passed ...
RED BANK, NJ: After a week's break the Caseys were back at the Armory playing Manasquan. RBC came out hot in the first period scoring 3 goals in just 7 minutes. Brady Johnson gets his first as a Casey to open the scoring assisted by Gio Gemellaro and Robby Stanislaro. Marco DiGesaro puts RBC on the ...
SUMMIT, NJ – The Englert family has a long tradition of philanthropy. It also has a deep love of travel.It wasn’t until very recently that the two intersected.This past Thursday, the Englert children—Pierce, 14, Shaughn, 13, and Joey, 11—hosted the Mini Sticks Tournament at Lawton C. Johnson Summit ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ — Morristown is calling on fans to turn out in force Monday night as the Colonials take on Randolph in a matchup billed as “Game Night” at Mennen Arena.The Morristown vs. Randolph matchup is scheduled for 8:30 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 15 at Mennen Arena. Students, families and community ...
STOCKHOLM, NJ – The United ice hockey team earned win number two beating Morristown 5-2 on Friday, December 12 at Skylands Ice World. Braydon Sisco had a hat trick with three goals and an assists to lead the players from Sparta, Kinnelon and Jefferson High Schools. Cody Sutton and Eddie Brown each ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ — The Governor Livingston boys basketball team opened its season with a strong fourth-quarter rally, defeating Morristown 54-50 on the road to improve to 1-0.After trailing for much of the game, the Highlanders outscored Morristown 17-9 in the fourth quarter to secure the comeback ...
SPRINGFIELD, NJ – The Jonathan Dayton boys basketball team will open its season on Thursday night on the road against Roselle.Joe Pulice takes over as the head coach following the retirement of longtime Bulldogs boys basketball mentor Bobby Martin.Dayton finished with a 9-15 record last year and, ...
BORDENTOWN, NJ — Optimism and energy are two words that may very well define the Bordentown-Florence wrestling program this winter season.The Scotties are scheduled to host Steinert for a dual meet on Thursday, December 18.“We want to strengthen our dual meet performance and remain competitive in ...
SAYREVILLE, NJ — The Sayreville War Memorial High School girls basketball team enters the 2025–26 season with a clear focus: daily improvement, competitive spirit, and continued growth within the Greater Middlesex Conference’s White National Division.Head coach Janet Cook returns with a young but ...
RED BANK, NJ: RBC v Middletown North RBC looked to get a big win this week after tying Manasquan earlier that week. RBC took on Middletown North at Middletown Ice World and it was a fun one. Gio Gemellaro just 11 seconds into the game, nets his first of the season and put RBC up 1-0 assisted by ...
GARFIELD, NJ – The Hasbrouck Heights wrestling team captured the Frank Dawson Memorial Tournament to open their regular season on Saturday morning in Garfield.The Aviators had four wrestlers, freshman Matteo Shah (106), and seniors Nico Nipitella (132), Harris Kroemmenhoek (190) and Noel Cruz ...
MADISON, NJ – Chatham's boys team won track and field gold in the distance medley, the 4x200 and the high jump at the Wayne Gardiner Holiday Relays held on Saturday at Drew University. The Cougars also placed in four other events in placing second overall as a team.Chatham's team of Brady Byrne, ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ – Freshman Luca DeNichilo isn't old enough to drink adult beverages yet, but he popped a bottle in the second period of Chatham's 3-2 boys ice hockey win vs. Ridge on Sunday night at Mennen Arena.DeNichilo scored the first three goals of his career, netting one in each period, ...