Sports Top Stories
By ED BARMAKIAN
November 26, 2025
CHATHAM, NJ – Alexandra Donoghue has a pretty good story to tell about the final time she touched a soccer ball in her Chatham High career. And the details are so unique that she probably won't be tempted to embellish them over the years.The senior midfielder leaped high to meet a corner kick ...
SPOTSWOOD, NJ - It was an exciting fall sports season for Spotswood High School's girls tennis, girls soccer, boys soccer, cross-country, football and cheer. Spotswood girls tennis team won its first Greater Middlesex Conference Gold Division title. The girls varsity soccer team was the first girls ...
NEPTUNE CITY - Once again this year, all kids in grades Kindergarten through 8th have the opportunity to sign up for the Neptune City Board of Recreation Basketball League. Pre-season clinics began 11/8, and regular season practices begin 1/6/26. This opportunity is open to Neptune City residents ...
.BERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J. — The Gov. Livingston High School baseball team, which delivered an undefeated and history-making 2025 season, gathered Wednesday evening for one of the most anticipated traditions in high school athletics: the presentation of state championship rings.Players, coaches, team ...
Before the buzzersBy Ashtyn Barr, Times Journal Student Editorial BoardThe Cobleskill-Richmondville High School boys’ varsity basketball team is gearing up for an exciting 2025–26 Western Athletic Conference (WAC) season with big goals and even bigger challenges as they make the leap to Class A ...
FORT MYERS, Fla. — The St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team will play its second and final game of the Fort Myers Tip-Off on Thursday, taking on East Carolina.The Bonnies (5–1) enter the Thanksgiving Day matchup coming off their first loss of the season (to No. 16 North Carolina) on Tuesday.St.
STAFFORD — Southern Regional High School's burgeoning Esports program concluded its very first fall season with a trip to the New Jersey State Championship on Saturday, November 22, 2025, held at Georgian Court University.The announcement, released by the Southern Regional Director of Athletics, ...
STAFFORD — Southern Regional High School's burgeoning Esports program concluded its very first fall season with a trip to the New Jersey State Championship on Saturday, November 22, 2025, held at Georgian Court University.The announcement, released by the Southern Regional Director of Athletics, ...
GREEN BROOK, NJ – A beloved township tradition is getting a fresh start! The annual Green Brook Turkey Trot 5K, previously organized by Joe Patanella’s Green Brook Racing and sponsored by the Green Brook PBA, will now be managed by the Green Brook Fire Company.As Joe Patanella prepared to retire ...
GREEN BROOK, NJ – A beloved township tradition is getting a fresh start! The annual Green Brook Turkey Trot 5K, previously organized by Joe Patanella’s Green Brook Racing and sponsored by the Green Brook PBA, will now be managed by the Green Brook Fire Company.As Joe Patanella prepared to retire ...
WOOD-RIDGE, NJ — Wood-Ridge's Fiona Helly's hat trick led Team Elite to a 7-0 shutout of Team Premier in the second annual Senior Showcase on Monday night at the Wood-Ridge Athletic Complex.“It was amazing. It was good to end off on this note with everyone, especially the people we verse,” said ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - The Easton Area High School football team enters Thanksgiving Day with a chance to win its school-record 14th game of the season. Phillipsburg High School enters seeking its third win over the Red Rovers in the last four seasons. It’s the 118th-meeting between the arch-rivals ...
EASTON, PA —The Thanksgiving rivalry week continued Monday night as the Phillipsburg Stateliners took on the Easton Red Rovers in the annual Powderpuff football game, but it was the halftime show that people every year wait for to see the backflips, cheers and skills they learn from their ...
WOOD-RIDGE, NJ — Wood-Ridge's Fiona Helly's hat trick led Team Elite to a 7-0 shutout of Team Premier in the second annual Senior Showcase on Monday night at the Wood-Ridge Athletic Complex.“It was amazing. It was good to end off on this note with everyone, especially the people we verse,” said ...
SCOTCH PLAINS-FANWOOD, NJ – Following weeks of speculation and controversy surrounding his mid-season resignation as assistant varsity coach of the Scotch Plains-Fanwood girls volleyball coach and subsequent firing as boys varsity coach by the SPFK12 school district, Brock Hor has written a letter ...
SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD, NJ -- Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School announced in an Instagram post that former varsity coach Tom Baylock will rejoin the Raiders baseball staff as its freshman coach."Raider Baseball would like to officially welcome back Coach Tom Baylock. After a few years off from ...
WHIPPANY, NJ - Whippany Park High School is celebrating one of its own, as student-athlete Brandon Giangeruso has been selected as the Wildcats’ nominee for the Super Football Conference’s Steve DiGregorio Young Man of the Year Award.The honor is one of the most meaningful distinctions in New ...
HAWTHORNE, NJ - Considering the very tough competition the Hawthorne High School football program encountered weekly this recently concluded season, there was no room for the Bears to put up a lackluster performance on the field.Thankfully, for the fans, coaches and players, the Bears showed up ...
FLORHAM PARK, NJ - Florham Park's Ridgedale Middle School is celebrating an extraordinary achievement this season, as both the Boys and Girls Soccer Teams captured Morris County titles.The RMS Boys Soccer Team earned the prestigious title of 2025 Morris County Boys Co-Champions.The RMS Girls Soccer ...
FORT MYERS, Fla. — Hours before St. Bonaventure tipped off against No. 16 North Carolina at the Fort Myers Tip-Off, Bonnies fans packed into the Ranch Concert Hall & Saloon for a pre-game celebration less than five miles from Suncoast Credit Union Arena.Brown-and-white shirts mixed with ...
SPOTSWOOD, NJ - Spotswood High School's Savannah Tuma has been nominated for the 2025 Girls Soccer Goal of the Year by Jersey Sports Zone. Tuma's goal against 12th-seeded Ocean Township in the first round of the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group Two Tournament sent the fifth-seeded Chargers to the ...
RANDOLPH, NJ – Kennan Byers, a senior at Randolph High School, placed 3rd at NJSIAA Group 3 State Cross Country Championships on November 8th, with a time of 16:01, on the historic and challenging Holmdel 5K course. That performance qualified Byers to compete in the NJSIAA Meet of Champions the ...
LITTLE FALLS, NJ - Eve Schaenen will step down as Executive Director of the Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center on December 31, 2025, the organization announced in a November 20 news release. She has served in the position since February 2017. The Museum’s board will appoint an Interim Director ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ —The Thanksgiving rivalry week continued Monday night as the Phillipsburg Stateliners took on the Easton Red Rovers in the annual Powderpuff football game, but it was the halftime show that people every year wait for to see the backflips, cheers and skills they learn from their ...
CEDAR GROVE, NJ - Powered by 10 unanswered fourth-quarter points, Cedar Grove Football defeated Butler 24-21 in the Group 1 Semifinal Round on November 21. Quarterback Pierce Asfalg completed 22 of 30 passes for 262 yards, one touchdown, and one interception. Asfalg added 75 rushing yards on 14 ...
BUTLER, NJ - Butler High School Football suffered its first loss at the hands of Cedar Grove in the Semifinal Round of the NJSIAA Group 1 Tournament on Friday, knocking them out of the playoff race. Quarterback David Smith continued to showcase his dual-threat ability, rushing for 302 yards and ...
ROSELLE, NJ - The Roselle Rams are set to take part in the final Thanksgiving Day rivalry game against Roselle Park this Thursday. Game time is at 10 a.m. at Roselle Park High School.The Roselle High School band will be conducting a pre-game performance at 9:30 a.m. Half-time performances will be ...
HACKENSACK, NJ — Those with children interested in Hackensack Youth Basketball are invited to the Rec Department's Pre-Draft Evaluation Day.The event will be held on Saturday, Dec. 6 at the M&M Rec Center (116 Holt Street).Times (By age group):7 & 8 Boys and Girls — 9-10 a.m.9 & 10 Boys ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Phillipsburg High School’s Sam Dech was a savior to the offensive backfield as sophomore. As a junior he solidified himself as the best running back on the team. Now, as he prepares for his final scholastic game against arch-rival Easton on Thursday morning, the 5-foot-7 ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ – Four members of the Caldwell field hockey team have been named to the Super Essex Conference Liberty Division First Team.Abby Anemone, Morgan Manriquez, Gia Preziotti and Eliza Lima of Caldwell were all selected to the first team in a vote of the conference's coaches.Anemone, a ...