Sports Top Stories
By GUY KIPP
December 6, 2025
WALL, NJ -- The Middletown North ice hockey team opened its season with a 7-0 victory over Manalapan on Friday.Dominiks Marnauza scored two goals and had one assist for the Lions, who broke to a 5-0 lead by the end of the first period.Lucas Laranjeiro and Alex Chaknis each had one goal and one ...
HACKENSACK, NJ – The Bergen Tech boys bowling team took home first place at the Tom Irwin Crusader Classic Friday at Bowler City in Hackensack. The Knights girls team finished second behind the Academy of Holy Angels.Kaitlyn Zens finished with the high-series (677) and second-highest game (247) of ...
GARFIELD, NJ – Leonia/Palisade Park swept Hasbrouck Heights/Garfield in a NJIC swim meet on Thursday afternoon at the Garfield YMCA in the season opener for both schools.The Leonia boys won by a score of 138-25, with the girls falling by a 120-42 score.Top performances on the day were the 200 ...
UNION, NJ — Two members of the Union High School boys soccer team have been named to the Union County Conference's All-Watchung Division Team.One of them, junior forward Sebastian Llosa Rojas, was selected to the overall UCC First Team, encompassing the entire county.Llosa Rojas scored a team-high ...
Supporters of the Nutley-Bloomfield-Columbia tri-op ice hockey team couldn't envision a better start to the 2025-'26 season. Led by four goals and an assist by Christian Sherman, two goals and four assists by AJ Albanese, a goal and two assists by Abel Grimaldi and 33 saves from Aiden Rosamilia, ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ – Snowden Lange had the best view of what went right and what went wrong for Chatham in its boys' ice hockey opener vs. Morristown-Beard on Friday at Mennen Arena.The senior goalie wasn't pleased with the 3-2 loss to the Crimson, but he also liked a lot of what he saw out of his ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ - The Woodbridge/Colonia/JFK ice hockey tri-op team defeated East Brunswick/Spotswood, 4-1, on Friday.After a scoreless first period, Brayden Vargo scored to give Woodbridge the lead going into the second intermission. Vargo made the score 2-0 10 minutes into the third period when he ...
BAYONNE, NJ – Ryan Villavert scored three goals to lead Bayonne to a 5-3 ice hockey victory over Johnson/Dayton of Union County on Friday night.Alex Fiermonte finished with one goal and three assists, Connor Campbell scored a goal and Chase Harrison contributed three helpers for the Bees (1-1).Joel ...
BRANT BEACH - Southern Regional High School's Girls' Swim Team improved their season record to a strong 2-0 with a decisive 99-71 victory over Central Regional (0-1) on Thursday. The Rams showcased their depth and talent, sweeping almost every event and consistently placing their swimmers in the ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ - CBR was back on the ice Friday afternoon to face the Colonia/Woodbridge co-op at the Club at Woodbridge. The Chargers-Bears-Rams tri-op opened the 2025-26 season on Wednesday at home at the ProSkate Ice Arena against Bayonne High School. CBR defeated Bayonne 7-4 for their first ...
OLEAN, NY — The Olean Oilers have hired Mike Threehouse as head coach for the summer 2026 season, Matthew Fidurko, the organization's president, announced Friday.“We could not be more excited to welcome Mike Threehouse to our Olean Oilers family," Fidurko said. "Mike checked all the boxes of what ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — On Friday, the Plainfield Public Schools announced that star student-athlete Tylor Huntor will be signing his National Letter of Intent to attend Army West Point, a prestigious Division I university recognized nationally for both its academic rigor and athletic excellence. Tylor ...
BUFFALO, NY — After a midweek game that let St. Bonaventure men's basketball reset its rhythm, the Bonnies jump right back into the fire Saturday with a Big 4 road trip to the undefeated University at Buffalo.Wednesday’s win over Bloomsburg came at the perfect time in what has been a crowded early ...
PHILLIPSBURG,NJ - Marvin Jaquish rolled a 666 series to lead the boys and Raylyn Cook and Amours Caul led the girls as Phillipsburg High School swept both matches against Hunterdon Central 7-0, in opening day Skyland Conference matches on Thursday at the Stateliners home house at Bar-Don Lanes in ...
SUMMIT, NJ – Continuing her historic run in SHS Gymnastics, sophomore Charlotte Lemkau was named to the NJ All-State team for the 2nd year in a row. She defended both her Union County floor titles with a 9.5 and went on to win floor at the NJSIAA Sectional State championship, also for the 2nd year ...
SUMMIT, NJ – Under first-year head coach Courtney Dailey, the Summit girls hockey team opens up their 2025-26 campaign vs. in-town rival Oak Knoll at 4:45 p.m. on Friday at Warinanco Park in Roselle.The Hilltoppers (7-9) dropped three of their last five games to conclude last season ending with a ...
GREEN BROOK, NJ – The phrase “practice makes perfect” could not be truer for bowling.With the NJSIAA’s 2025-26 winter events underway and the warmth from the fall sports season migrating into heated venues, tossing a bowling ball down a waxed lane will prove to be one of many ways for high ...
HAMILTON, NJ -The Miracle League of Mercer County (MLMC) has been announced as one of 32 area charities to receive a $40,000 grant from Phillies Charities, Inc. "We are proud of the variety of programs we provide all year round to our players," Dan Sczweck, Executive Director of the Miracle League ...
Four Montenaro brothers posed with their display at the Saratoga Auto Museum for Saturday’s “Racing Memories” event: kneeling, John (left) and Andrew; in back, Paul (left) and Anthony. Since you last heard from us, a few interesting items have come our way regarding local racing. The annual ...
LONG BRANCH, NJ — The Long Branch High School girls basketball team will look to build off its work this year after finishing 13-9 during the 2024–25 season.The following is the schedule for the Green Wave boys basketball team:Tuesday, December 16 @ Ocean Township at 4:00 p.m.Thursday, December 18 ...
HACKENSACK, NJ – Bergen County Tech opened their 2025-26 season with a split against Big North Liberty rival Passaic County Tech on Thursday afternoon at Bowler City in Hackensack.The girls team won by a convincing 7-0 score to improve to 1-0, while Passaic County Tech fell to 2-1 with the loss. ...
HIGHTSTOWN, NJ – There’s simply no hiding the fact that the competition to be encountered all season long by the Hightstown High School boys basketball program will be both fierce and relentless.But don’t expect to see the Rams take a game, half, quarter or even a single play for granted regardless ...
HACKENSACK, NJ – Bergen County Tech opened their 2025-26 season with a split against Big North Liberty rival Passaic County Tech on Thursday afternoon at Bowler City in Hackensack.The girls team won by a convincing 7-0 score to improve to 1-0, while Passaic County Tech fell to 2-1 with the loss. ...
MONMOUTH JUNCTION, NJ – The Hunterdon Central ice hockey team opened its season with a 4-3 victory over Hillsborough on Thursday.Ryan Blumenberg scored two goals for the Red Devils, including the tiebreaking goal with 57 seconds left in the third period with assists from AJ Mack and Andrew ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ – Last year was an up and down, inconsistent season for Morristown on the ice. Playing against difficult competition in the Mennen Conference and in Morris County, the Colonials started the year 3-10-1 before finishing with a strong 6-3-1 record over their last 10 games. That ...
HOBOKEN, NJ — The Hoboken High School Redwings Esports team capped off an impressive playoff run last week, finishing as finalists in the Super Smash Crews Championship after a series of hard-fought matches. The three-player crew — Josiah Damkins, Sean Quinn, and Ethan Sikernitsky — competed under ...
ROCKAWAY, NJ – The Madison bowling team opened its season on Thursday afternoon but ran into a hot Montville squad, falling 7–0 in a complete sweep at Rockaway Lanes. Montville (2–0) took all three games and total pinfall to earn the shutout victory.Christopher Salazar paced the Dodgers with a ...
MORRIS TOWNSHIP, NJ – The Madison ice hockey team exploded offensively in its season opener, but a late surge by West Morris handed the Dodgers a tough 6–5 loss in a back-and-forth game at Mennen Arena.Lucas Gero powered Madison with a five-point night, recording three goals and two assists, as the ...
For Ronsha Dickerson, executive director of the Camden Parent & Student Union, the mission was simple.“It's important,” said Dickerson, “that when our students do well, we show that the community will stand up for them.” City leaders had arranged for police escorts for the Camden High football ...
UNION, NJ — A Union High School senior officially took the next step in his football career on National Signing Day Wednesday, the annual event when high school athletes commit to their college programs.Uyioghosa Igiehon signed his National Letter of Intent to continue both his academic and ...