Sports Top Stories
By TAPINTO HOLMDEL & COLTS NECK STAFF
November 11, 2025
HOLMDEL, NJ – The Holmdel girls volleyball team won the NJSIAA Central Jersey, Group 2 tournament with a 19-25, 25-13, 25-22, 23-25, 16-14 victory over Gov. Livingston on Tuesday.Victoria Ji finished with 17 kills and 15 digs and Jessica Donnelly collected 15 kills, 13 digs and 20 service points ...
BORDENTOWN, NJ – Robbinsville advanced in the semifinal round of the NJSIAA Central Jersey, Group 2 boys soccer tournament with a 3-2 victory over Bordentown on Tuesday night.Nico Mathews scored two goals for Robbinsville (15-7-1), giving the senior 21 goals on the season.Max Goldberg also scored a ...
BINGHAMTON, NY — The St. Bonaventure women’s basketball team completed a fourth-quarter comeback against Binghamton University, winning 68-65 and starting the season 3-0 for the first time since the 2012-13 season. Binghamton opened the game strong, going on a 12-0 run for the first half of the ...
MONMOUTH COUNTY: Three runners from local schools in Monmouth County were among those to finish in the top 10 in the NJSIAA Girls' Cross-Country Group 3 Championships on Saturday at Holmdel Park.Senior Helena Szep of Middletown North came in second place with a time of 19:14.Sophomore Amelia ...
COLTS NECK, NJ – Colts Neck advanced in the semifinal round of the NJSIAA Central Jersey, Group 3 boys soccer tournament with a 4-1 victory over Brick Memorial on Tuesday.Sean Moore scored three goals for Colts Neck (19-2), which had a 3-1 lead at halftime. Moore, a junior forward, now has 30 goals ...
MONMOUTH COUNTY: Three runners from local schools in Monmouth County were among those to finish in the top 10 in the NJSIAA Girls' Cross-Country Group 3 Championships on Saturday at Holmdel Park.Senior Helena Szep of Middletown North came in second place with a time of 19:14.Sophomore Amelia ...
MIDDLETOWN, NJ – Middletown South advanced in the semifinal round of the NJSIAA Central Jersey, Group 3 boys soccer tournament with a 1-0 victory over Northern Burlington on Tuesday.Connor Saul scored the only goal in the first half with an assist from Luke Strada. It was the 12th goal of the ...
MADISON, NJ – In front of a raucous crowd on Veteran’s Day the Madison Dodgers won their second straight Central Jersey, Group 1 sectional title with a thrilling victory over New Providence. Top-seeded Madison hosted seventh-seeded New Providence in a rematch of last year’s sectional semifinal ...
The Southern Regional Rams (15-6-2) delivered a stunning upset in the sectional semi-finals, defeating the top-seeded Washington Township Minutemen (20-2-2) with a dramatic 5-4 overtime victory. The thrilling match, which featured back-and-forth scoring and incredible late-game heroics, saw ...
The Southern Regional Rams (15-6-2) delivered a stunning upset in the sectional semi-finals, defeating the top-seeded Washington Township Minutemen (20-2-2) with a dramatic 5-4 overtime victory. The thrilling match, which featured back-and-forth scoring and incredible late-game heroics, saw ...
GLEN RIDGE, NJ - The Whippany Park Wildcats’ impressive postseason run came to a close Tuesday afternoon, as they fell 6–0 to a powerful Glen Ridge squad in the NJSIAA North Jersey, Section 2, Group 1 semifinal.The Wildcats entered the game riding high after a thrilling upset win over No. 3 seed ...
PARSIPPANY, NJ - The Parsippany Hills Vikings’ postseason run came to an end Friday, November 7, after an impressive tournament performance that saw them reach the semifinal round of the NJSIAA North Jersey, Section 2, Group 2 Tournament.In Wednesday’s quarterfinal matchup, Parsippany Hills (18–7) ...
BERNARDS, NJ - The Madison boys soccer team have advanced to the finals. The No. 3 seed Dodgers shut out No. 2 seed Bernards 2-0 in the Semifinal Round of the NJSIAA Section 2, Group 2 Boys Soccer Tournament on Tuesday night. Justin Macrina opened the scoring in the first half, and Gui Dos Santos ...
LIVINGSTON, NJ — Livingston prevailed in frigid conditions to come away with a 1-0 girls soccer victory over Fair Lawn in the semifinal round of the NJSIAA North 1, Group 4 tournament on Tuesday.Junior Daisy Cheng scored her third goal of the season in the second half for the Lancers (17-3-1). Ayla ...
MONTVILLE, NJ - Another strong season for the Montville football team came to an end on Friday, Oct. 31.The Mustangs, which went 5-3 in the regular season and earned the fifth seed in the North 1, Group 3 state playoffs, fell, 21-7 to fourth-seeded West Milford in the first round of the ...
ST. BONAVENTURE, NY — After opening the season with back-to-back wins, the St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team looks to stay perfect Wednesday night when it welcomes Siena University to the Reilly Center for the 15th edition of the Br. Ed Coughlin Franciscan Cup.The Franciscan Cup, introduced in ...
MANVILLE, NJ — Jayran Rodriguez, a junior at Manville High School made history Saturday, becoming the school's first-ever NJSIAA Group 1 Cross Country State Champion with a commanding victory at Holmdel Park.Rodriguez finished the famously demanding 5-kilometer course in a new MHS course record of ...
MANVILLE, NJ — Jayran Rodriguez, a junior at Manville High School made history Saturday, becoming the school's first-ever NJSIAA Group 1 Cross Country State Champion with a commanding victory at Holmdel Park.Rodriguez finished the famously demanding 5-kilometer course in a new MHS course record of ...
ELIZABETH, NJ - The playoff dance has concluded for the Minutemen Girls Soccer Team, following a 2-1 loss to Bayonne on Saturday in the NJSIAA North Jersey Section 2 Group 4 Tournament. Giovanna Echavarria scored the lone Elizabeth goal. Laysha Tarazona had an assist. Goalie Maria Carvajal recorded ...
BLOOMFIELD, NJ--When Bloomfield High football coach Mike Carter named the three captains for the 2025 season, he felt very confident in the work ethic of the young men.Included in that group was senior Shane Fernandez, a talented two-way lineman.Fernandez was joined by senior classmates Tyler ...
Randolph Girls Volleyball Advances to Sectional Finals, Coach Data Earns 100th Career VictoryBy, Josh Wilets Saturday afternoon, the Randolph Lady Rams volleyball team hit the road to face the Northern Highlands Lady Highlanders in the NJSIAA North Jersey, Section 1, Group 3 semifinals. In an ...
EAST WINDSOR/HIGHTSTOWN, NJ – Athletes from around East Windsor and Hightstown who once excelled in high school sports are competing with focus and pride in collegiate athletics this fall season.Let’s take a glance at some of them and their individual achievements on the college level.Sydney ...
The Cobleskill-Richmondville High School Trap Team completed its fall season, finishing a respectable third place in the Class I A Conference Ten of the New York State Clay Target League. Individually, Team President Jacob Bulger and Gunner Moyster led all athletes with a 21.25 average. In the ...
The SUNY Cobleskill men’s and women’s cross country teams wrapped up competition at the 2025 SUNYAC Cross Country Championships on Saturday, hosted by Plattsburgh State at the Ruger Woods Course. The women’s team placed seventh overall in the 6K race, while the men earned a 10th-place finish in the ...
CALDWELL, NJ – The Mount St. Dominic girls soccer team had never been to this point in an Essex County Tournament. The Lions were supposed to be in the 2024 ECT championship via being the number one seed, but Verona spoiled their chances in last season's quarterfinals. And the 2025 Mount St.
TROY – One might have though they were at a watch party for the NCAA National Basketball Tournament The sport was different but the pride in their accomplishments just the same, as the HVCC Girls’ Volleyball team watched the National Junior College Division 3 selection show.The Vikings earned their ...
WATERVILLE, Maine – The North Atlantic Conference (NAC) has announced that two members of the SUNY Cobleskill men’s golf team have earned All-Conference honors for their performances during the 2025 fall season.Joshua House (Saratoga Springs) was named to the First Team All-Conference following his ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Phillipsburg High School senior end Aedan Hywel has been a menace on defense all season, actually the last two seasons, and collected his 12th and a half sack of the year in last week’s 35-7 victory over Colonia in a North 2 Group 4 sectional semifinal contest.Hywel has a total ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ — Although the Bridgewater-Raritan and Bayonne football teams both made the state playoffs in 2024, they each were knocked out of the tournament in decisive losses.When the two teams meet Friday night for the North 2, Group 5 championship game at 6 p.m. in Bridgewater, they'll both ...
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ — For Noah Abdalla, months of solo summer training and 12-mile days paid off this fall as the Governor Livingston senior achieved personal milestones in cross-country—qualifying for Sectionals for the first time and running a personal-best 17:01—earning him recognition as this ...