Sports Top Stories
By GREG FALLON
November 11, 2025
CLARK, NJ - The No. 3 seed Madison field hockey team defeated No. 2 Johnson in the semifinal round of the NJSIAA North Jersey, Group 1 tournament on Monday night. Madison's Harper Masterson led the attack with two goals, setting the tempo early and never letting Johnson gain momentum. Lindsay ...
CRANFORD, NJ - The Cranford Youth Cross Country team capped a banner third season with record growth, strong finishes, and standout performances at both league and state championships.This fall, the program featured 96 runners ages 6-14 , with more than half new to the team, and celebrated an ...
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 ...
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 on Friday night for the North 2, Group 5 championship game at 6 p.m. in Bridgewater, they'll ...
MONTCLAIR, NJ – Montclair Field Hockey defeated Morristown 5-0 on Monday, advancing to the North Jersey, Group 4 sectional final.It was a slow and steady attack for the No. 6 Mounties as they scored less than two minutes into the game to grab an early lead.Montclair added two more goals before ...
NORTH CALDWELL, NJ – Anthony Genchi was approved as the new varsity baseball coach at West Essex High School by the Board of Education at its Nov. 3 meeting.Genchi was formerly the co-head coach at Montclair High School. He replaced Joe Cardinale, who stepped down after three winning seasons at ...
NEW YORK CITY, NY — After being rejected three years in a row from the TCS New York City Marathon lottery, Berkeley Heights native, Tim Donohue, took matters into his own hands, completing a self-styled marathon his way on Sunday, Nov. 2.A 2017 graduate of Governor Livingston High School, Donohue ...
NORTH CALDWELL, NJ – The West Essex field hockey team advanced in the semifinal round of the NJSIAA North Jersey, Group 2 tournament with a 6-1 victory over Warren Hills on Monday.Jillian Breslin and Delaney Farrell scored two goals apiece for West Essex (18-5). Adelaide Minnella had one goal and ...
SAYREVILLE, NJ — The fall sports season has come to an end. Here are the results of last week's events:FootballThe Sayreville football team saw its playoff run end on Friday night with a heartbreaking sectional semifinal loss to Old Bridge, 28-27. Old Bridge jumped out to a 7-0 lead on QB Brody ...
CHATHAM, NJ – Junior Ava Ewing plays in the center of the midfield for the Chatham field hockey team, and not surprisingly, she was a central part of everything that went right in the 2-1 win vs. Summit on Monday.Ewing drew the foul that led to Emma Shushansky's game-tying penalty stroke and made ...
NEWTON, NJ—The Newton High School girls soccer team, number eight-seed in the NJSIAA North Jersey, Section 1, Group 1 tournament lost 4-1 in the quarterfinal round against top-seeded Waldwick on Saturday, November 8.Newton hosted ninth-seeded Park Ridge in the first round of the tournament, winning ...
SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD, NJ – Following their wins this weekend, two Scotch Plains-Fanwood PAL teams have advanced to the New Jersey Youth Football Super Bowls, which will take place next Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025.8th GradeScotch Plains-Fanwood 38, Westfield 20Offensive Players of the Game: William ...
CLARK, NJ - The No. 3 seed Madison Field Hockey team defeated No. 2 Johnson in the Semifinal Round of the NJSIAA North Jersey, Group 1 Tournament on Monday night. Madison's Harper Masterson led the attack with two goals, setting the tempo early and never letting Johnson gain momentum. Lindsay ...
BUTLER, NJ - On the backs of their dominant rushing attack, Butler High School football emerged victorious over New Milford 49-13 in the Semifinal Round of the North Jersey Section 1 Group 1 Tournament. David Smith put on an offensive display for the Bulldogs, rushing for 310 yards and five ...
MORRIS COUNTY, NJ — Two Morris County teens are making their mark on the world of gymnastics — one on an international competition floor, and the other from the coaching sidelines.Julia Miloslavsky, a Denville resident and student at the Academy for Performing Arts at Morris Knolls High School, ...
WAYNE, NJ - For the second time in three weeks, the Ramapo football team proved too powerful for Wayne Valley, rolling to a 48-20 triumph in Friday night’s North 1, Group 4 state sectional semifinal. Earlier in the regular season, the Green Raiders handed the Indians a 42-7 loss. The rematch ...
KENILWORTH, NJ—The Brearley Girls Varisty Soccer team are thriving and fans couldn't be more excited. At the quarterfinals held on Saturday, Nov. 8, the Lady Bears shutout the Mustangs 4-0.This brings the teams current record to 8-11-1.Head Coach Mario Della Fortuna gave a brief recap of the ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - What an amazing, pressure filled turnaround in the last nine minutes of regulation time for the Phillipsburg High School field hockey team on a chilly Monday afternoon.The Stateliners offense was a cold as the weather, which was a real-feel 30 degrees because of gusting-winds, ...
MEDFORD - The season came to a dramatic close for Southern Regional's field hockey team on Monday as they fell 2-0 to Cherokee in the NJSIAA South Jersey Group IV semifinals. The tightly contested match was a defensive battle through three quarters before Cherokee broke the deadlock in the final ...
MEDFORD - The season came to a dramatic close for Southern Regional's field hockey team on Monday as they fell 2-0 to Cherokee in the NJSIAA South Jersey Group IV semifinals. The tightly contested match was a defensive battle through three quarters before Cherokee broke the deadlock in the final ...
CEDAR GROVE, NJ - Cedar Grove Football continued their winning ways in the Semifinal Round of the NJSIAA Section 2 Group 1 Tournament, rallying for 22 points in the fourth quarter to defeat Mountain Lakes 22-15. Dual-threat quarterback Pierce Asfalg continued to showcase his abilities. Asfalg ...
MONTCLAIR, NJ – Morristown's Cinderella run came to an end Monday afternoon as the Colonials were defeated by Montclair, 5-0. Slotted as the No. 7 seed in the bracket, Morristown was looking to win a sectional championship for the first time since 2018 but ran into the reigning champions and the ...
SUNY Cobleskill Women’s VolleyballThe SUNY Cobleskill women’s volleyball team came up just short in a hard-fought, five-set thriller on Wednesday night, falling to SUNY Delhi 3–2 (25–16, 18–25, 25–19, 20-25, 15–17) inside Iorio Gymnasium. Ciarra Jager (Stephentown) turned in a career ...
RANDOLPH, NJ- All they needed was one. The Randolph Lady Rams soccer team, ranked No. 8 in the state and owning the No. 1 seed in the North 1 Group 3 state sectional playoffs, knocked off the No. 9 seed Northern Highlands on Saturday, Nov. 8 by the score of 1-0.It was a first half goal from junior ...
NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ — The excitement is building as the New Providence Pioneers get ready to host Cedar Grove in the NJSIAA North 2, Group 1 Sectional Championship Game this Friday, Nov. 14, at 6:30 p.m. on Lieder Field.Tickets for the championship matchup are now on sale and must be pre-purchased ...
MILLBURN, NJ – The “Chess in Millburn" Academy held a two-day Fall Chess Camp on November 6 and 7, when school was closed for the New Jersey Education Association Conference. The students played from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Brothers Bilgen Sazci and Gensay Sazci, operate Chess in Millburn. Their ...
NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ — Coming into the 2025 season, Jack Fitzgerald figured to be an integral part of the New Providence football team.But he didn't figure on becoming the team's primary running back in playoff games leading to a sectional championship showdown.But, when halfback A.J. Whitehead ...
HOMDEL, NJ — Both Westfield cross country teams saw their seasons end at the NJSIAA Group 4 Championships at Holmdel Park in Holmdel on Saturday, Nov. 8.BoysSenior Brody Toriello led all Blue Devils with a tie for 36th place (17:13).Other finishers included: sophomore Lincoln Staiger (51st, 17:28), ...
SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ - This past Saturday our 6th Grade Tigers headed to Scotch Plains to have a rematch against Bridgewater. The prior week was the last regular season game where the Panthers halted South’s high-powered offense and held them to 0 points. During their practice last week leading up ...
NUTLEY, NJ - The pressure of tough opposition that the Nutley High School girls volleyball program faced on the court this recently concluded season was constant.But, the Raiders responded with team unity, skill, confidence and focus.As a result, the Raiders finished not only with double-digit ...