Sports Top Stories
By TAPINTO WEST ESSEX STAFF
November 12, 2025
NORTH CALDWELL, NJ – The West Essex field hockey team repeated as NJSIAA North 1, Group 2 champions with a 2-1 victory over West Morris on Wednesday.West Essex also beat West Morris in last year's sectional final.Jillian Breslin knocked in the first goal for West Essex (19-5) just 36 seconds before ...
BASKING RIDGE, NJ — Third-seeded Bridgewater-Raritan defeated second-seeded Ridge for the third time this season, 3-1, in the semifinal round of the NJSIAA North 2, Group 4 girls soccer tournament on Wednesday.The Panthers earned a trip to the sectional championship game, where they will meet ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ – Montclair Field Hockey’s season came to an end Wednesday, as the Mounties were defeated by Phillipsburg by a score of 1-0 in the North Jersey Group 4 Sectional Final.No. 6 Montclair, which was seeking its 14th sectional title, had a 14-4 edge in penalty corners in the contest.
SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD, NJ — Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School celebrated three standout student-athletes this week as they officially committed to continue their athletic and academic careers at the collegiate level.At a Signing Day ceremony hosted by Athletic Director Ryan Miller, seniors Delaney ...
MONTVILLE, NJ — The Montville Township High School Marching Band earned third place at the USBands Group 2A New Jersey State Championships, held on Nov. 1 at Mount Olive High School, with a score of 87.9. The ensemble also received the caption award for Best Overall Effect, recognizing the ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Turns out the second time was the charm against state-power Montclair for the Phillipsburg High School field hockey team.In a rematch of last season’s North Jersey sectional championship game sophomore forward Emma Butler scored the only goal of the game and goalie Jordan ...
EAST ORANGE, NJ - The City of East Orange Department of Recreation and Cultural Affairs is hosting a two-day basketball camp on November 15 and November 16. Clamps Only Defensive Basketball Camp features two-time Olympian Ezinne Kalu. The camp is open to boys and girls ages 12-18. Sessions will ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Turns out the second time was the charm against state-power Montclair for the Phillipsburg High School field hockey team. In a rematch of last season’s North Jersey sectional championship game sophomore forward Emma Butler scored the only goal of the game and goalie Jordan ...
MADISON, NJ – The Madison Dodgers continued their dominant run this postseason with a commanding 6-0 win over West Essex on Wednesday afternoon. Fifth-seeded West Essex put up little resistance as the top-seeded Dodgers controlled the game from start to finish. Madison has had a knack for striking ...
SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD, NJ — The Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School girls volleyball team’s exciting postseason run came to an end Tuesday, as the Raiders fell to top-seeded Millburn, 25-18, 25-15, 25-21, in the NJSIAA North Jersey, Section 2, Group 3 final.Entering the tournament as the No. 10 seed ...
NEWTON, NJ - — In a dramatic fourth-quarter surge, Madison field hockey completed a thrilling comeback to defeat Newton 3–2 on Wednesday afternoon, securing the NJSIAA North Jersey, Group 1 championship and capping off a remarkable 20-win season.The win marks one of the Dodgers’ most resilient ...
MANASQUAN, NJ — Offense was not the issue for the Manasquan Warriors in their Central Jersey Group 2 semifinal matchup against Wall. Despite the official stats crediting the Crimson Knights’ goalie tandem of Novik and Klauberg with 14 saves, the Warriors fired closer to 25 shots — many narrowly ...
The Madison Area YMCA is proud to host the 2025 Cornucopia Masters Cup, a USMS-sanctioned swimming competition for adult swimmers (18 +). The event will be held on Sunday, November 23, 2025, with warm-ups beginning at 9:00 a.m. and competition starting at 9:40 a.m. at the Walker D. Kirby Aquatics ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ – It was a celebratory day at Morristown High School on Wednesday morning as four student-athletes officially signed their national letters of intent. The quartet of Henry Rosenfeld (Wake Forest men’s soccer), Carolina Condon (Michigan girl’s lacrosse), Eloise Downes (Brown girl’s ...
The Madison Area YMCA is proud to host the 2025 Cornucopia Masters Cup, a USMS-sanctioned swimming competition for adult swimmers (18 +). The event will be held on Sunday, November 23, 2025, with warm-ups beginning at 9:00 a.m. and competition starting at 9:40 a.m. at the Walker D. Kirby Aquatics ...
On Monday, November 3, Middleburgh boys’ varsity soccer faced off against Northville for the Section 2, Class D title. After an hour-long postponement due to lightning, the fight began. The Knights held a strong defense for the first twenty minutes, holding the game at a 0–0 tie until, ...
The competition that the Nutley High School boys soccer program faced on the pitch this recently concluded season was both tough and unrelenting.However, it’s crucial to note that the Raiders not once backed down from that competition. Actually, it’s quite the opposite-Nutley stood up to and in ...
It was an exciting, winning, unifying and ultimately constructive and productive season for the Bloomfield High School girls volleyball program.The Bengals competed with pride, skill and determination in both victory and defeat.“I would have to say that our matchup against Bridgewater-Raritan (a ...
LIVINGSTON, NJ – The Livingston girls volleyball team outlasted Passaic Tech in five sets for a 21-25, 23-25, 25-13, 25-15, 15-7 comeback victory to win the NJSIAA North 1, Group 4 tournament on Tuesday.Arya Shukla racked up 53 assists for Livingston (22-5) to go with five digs.Valeria Tolstenkov ...
The athletic program at Bloomfield College has a new look for the 2025-2026 season.Among the teams competing for the Bears this year were the men's soccer program, which just completed its campaign this fall. Led by head coach Giovanni Soto, the Bears played very competitively, and finished with a ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — The situation was familiar to both the Plainfield Cardinals and the Scotch Plains-Fanwood Raiders boys soccer teams, a tie game towards the end of regulation. It's the same situation they found themselves just three weeks ago in the Union County tournament quarterfinals.In that ...
SUMMIT, NJ – Sophomore forward Jeronimo Benavides scored in the first half and senior forward/midfielder Eric Outwater and junior forward/midfielder Jayden Torres each added a score in the second half to power top-seeded Summit, No. 20 in the latest NJ.com Top 20 rankings, to a 3-0 home victory ...
Holmdel, NJ – Gov. Livingston’s bid for a fourth consecutive Central Jersey Group 2 sectional volleyball title came to a heartbreaking end Tuesday in a five-set battle against No. 1 seeded Holmdel, which captured its first-ever sectional crown.The Highlanders, seeded No. 2, fell 3-2 (19-25, 25-13, ...
FLEMINGTON, NJ - With two years of winning seasons, the Hunterdon Central Regional High School flag football team is poised for a bright future.The program began in the 2023–2024 school year when athletic director Jesse Spencer approached Conall Joyce, the football offensive coordinator at the ...
SUMMIT, NJ – The Colonia boys soccer team's state tournament run came to an end with a 3-0 loss to Summit on Tuesday in the semifinal round of the NJSIAA North 2, Group 3 tournament.Summit grabbed the lead just two minutes into the contest on a goal by Jeronimo Benavides with an assist from Andrew ...
MADISON, NJ – The New Providence girls volleyball team capped an impressive 17-9 season with a hard-fought battle in the Central Jersey, Group 1 sectional final on Veterans Day, falling to top-seeded Madison in four tightly contested sets, 3-1 (25-21, 20-25, 25-23, 28-26).It was a rematch of last ...
FLEMINGTON, NJ – The Hunterdon Central boys soccer team advanced in the semifinal round of the NJSIAA Central Jersey, Group 4 tournament with a 4-0 victory over Old Bridge on Tuesday.The Red Devils had a 1-0 lead at halftime courtesy of a goal by Colby Townsend with an assist from Grant Frey, then ...
HOLMDEL, NJ -- Molly Domurat of Hunterdon Central was the winner of the NJSIAA Group 4 Girls' Cross-Country Championships at Holmdel Park Nov. 8.The senior finished with a time of 18:33, nine full seconds faster than the second-place finisher.The Red Devils' cross-country team at the meet also ...
SECAUCUS, NJ – Wood-Ridge/Wallington seniors Fiona Helly and Brianna Karabinos were selected to the First Team of the NJIC All Meadowlands girls soccer team that was announced early in the week.The seniors were joined on the squad by freshman goalkeeper Lucy McLean and senior Isabella Drotos who ...
SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD, NJ – In Scotch Plains-Fanwood's exciting run towards a Sectional championship this year, the answer to “Who will rise to the occasion?” has become “Watt will rise to the occasion.”Senior Ryan Watt scored the winning goal in Tuesday evening's Sectional tournament contest vs. a ...