Sports Top Stories
By BOBBIE PEER
November 8, 2025
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 ...
CLARK, NJ — On Thursday, October 9, the Johnson girls tennis team (9-6) defeated Rahway, at home, in its second consecutive win against the Indians. The Crusaders had just defeated Rahway, away, the previous Friday. The October 9th matchup was especially noteworthy because the Johnson girls also ...
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ- The No. 7 seed Madison football team leaned on a powerful run game and a swarming defense Friday night, shutting out No. 6 Becton 35–0 in the Semifinal Round of the NJSIAA Section 2, Group 2 Football Tournament.Madison (7–3) controlled the ball on the ground from the opening ...
MADISON, NJ - The No. 3 seed Madison boys soccer defeated No. 6 Becton 4-1 in the Quarterfinal Round of the NJSIAA North Jersey, Section 2, Group 2 Boys Soccer Tournament on Friday afternoon. Madison led 2–1 at half and doubled the margin after the break. Justin Macrina, Gui Dos Santos, Jake ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Andrew Johnson scored a pair of goals as host Westfield ended Phillipsburg High School’s boy’s soccer season with a 4-0 victory on Friday in a North 2 Group 4 sectional quarterfinal round game.The Stateliners came into the game after winning five of its previous six matches with ...
CORAL SPRINGS, FL — The refurbished courts, including new ones for pickleball, at Forest Glen Middle School in Coral Springs opened this week as city officials marked the occasion with a ribbon cutting ceremony. The city and school district agreed that the city would pay $70,100 for the ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - The Phillipsburg High School school-record setting girl’s volleyball team won the second set after dropping the first before Union City came back to win the next two to eliminate the Stateliners from playoff contention in a North 2 Group 4 sectional semifinal game on Friday ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Phillipsburg High School executed its offensive game plan to perfection in the first half and Tyler Wargo and Sam Dech combined for five rushing touchdowns to lead the Stateliners to a 35-7 victory over Colonia on a rainy Friday night in a North 2 Group 4 sectional semifinal ...
ROSELLE, NJ — Citing an increased demand for ice time that the current facility is not equipped to handle, the Union County Board of County Commissioners recently broke ground on a new indoor ice skating rink at Warinanco Park.According to county spokeswoman Kelly Martins, groundbreaking on the ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — Plainfield defeated Watchung Hills in the North 2, Group 4 sectional quarterfinal match at the Hub Stine Sports Complex under the Friday night lights. In doing so, the Cardinals set up a rematch with a county rival next Tuesday.Senior forward Elias Aceituno had one goal in Friday's ...
ELIZABETH, NJ - The Elizabeth Girls Varsity Soccer Team opened up playoff play with a 5-1 victory over Watchung Hills on Wednesday. Giovanna Echavarria and Emanii Melendez scored two goals each for the Minutemen. Brianna Concepcion scored a goal and had two assists. Olivia Felix had two ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — Plainfield defeated Watchung Hills in the North 2, Group 4 sectional quarterfinal match at the Hub Stine Sports Complex under the Friday night lights. In doing so, the Cardinals set up a rematch with a county rival next Tuesday.Senior forward Elias Aceituno had one goal in Friday's ...
MANALAPAN, NJ – Middletown North advanced in the semifinal round of the NJSIAA Central Jersey, Group 4 football playoffs with a 20-14 victory over Manalapan on Friday night.Middletown North (5-4) will play Brick Memorial in the sectional final next weekend.The first of Matthew Belenko's two ...
HOLMDEL, NJ — Senior quarterback Jack Cannon had a hand in all nine of his team's touchdowns as Holmdel defeated Neptune, 65-42 in the semifinal round of the NJSIAA Central Jersey, Group 3 football playoffs on Friday night.Cannon passed for six touchdowns and ran for three for Holmdel (8-2), ...
ROBBINSVILLE, NJ – Robbinsville advanced in the quarterfinal round of the NJSIAA Central Jersey, Group 2 boys soccer tournament with a 1-0 victory over Holmdel on Friday.Max Goldberg scored the only goal with an assist from Henry Honeywood in the second half. Alex Rusk of Robbinsville (14-7-1) made ...
CHATHAM, NJ – The Chatham girls soccer team might be playing its best team soccer of the season and that was on display Friday in its 7-1 win vs. North Hunterdon in the NJSIAA North Jersey, Section 2, Group 3 state tournament quarterfinals at Haas Field.“We're where we want to be and we want to ...
MONTVILLE, NJ - The Montville girls soccer team has enjoyed a terrific season, and a big part of it has been the team's 16-player senior class.Those seniors were celebrated last Wednesday, as the team knocked off Pope John, 2-1 in its annual “Senior Night” game.Eden Brodsky (2), Kayla Capobianco ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — Plainfield defeated Watchung Hills in the North 2, Group 4 sectional quarterfinal match at the Hub Stine Sports Complex under the Friday night lights. In doing so, the Cardinals set up a rematch with a county rival next Tuesday.Senior forward Elias Aceituno had one goal in Friday's ...
EAST ORANGE, NJ - The City of East Orange invites players of all skill levels to participate in its Red Ball Tennis Extravaganza. From 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, players can test their skills at Elmwood Park, located at 128 Oak Street. The event is free for all participants. For more ...
WEST ORANGE, NJ – West Orange advanced in the semifinal round of the NJSIAA North 1, Group 5 football playoffs with a 21-0 victory over Livingston on Friday night.The Mountaineers (9-2) took control of the game with two touchdowns in the second quarter.Brandon LaBanca threw a 19-yard TD pass to ...
HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, NJ – New Providence running back Jack Fitzgerald rushed for three touchdowns and kicked four extra points to lead the Pioneers to a 28-21 overtime win over Hasbrouck Heights in the North 2, Group 1 semifinals on Friday night in Hasbrouck Heights. The senior running back rushed ...
POMPTON LAKES, NJ - Pompton Lakes defeated Hasbrouck Heights, 3-0, in the quarterfinal round of the NJSIAA Boys Soccer Playoffs on Friday morning in Pompton Lakes. Hasbrouck Heights ends it season with a 12-7 mark.Josh Baez, Marcelo Novoa and Biedin Toska scored for the Cardinals, who led 1-0 at ...
CHATHAM, NJ – At least it didn't end with a penalty kick shootout. That might be the only consolation the No. 2-seeded Chatham boys soccer team can take from its 2-1 sudden-death overtime loss to No. 7-seeded Millburn in the NJSIAA North Jersey, Section 2, Group 3 state tournament quarterfinals on ...
SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD, NJ –Top seed Scotch Plains-Fanwood played a solid all-around game against No. 8 Columbia High School (Maplewood, NJ) and came away with a 2-0 victory at home on Friday night.Aarav Akarte scored a first-half goal and Jayvon Young buried a ball past Columbia goalkeeper Rafi ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — Montgomery rallied from a nine-point first-half deficit and held Woodbridge to one first down in the second half to beat the Barrons, 20-15, in the semifinal round of the NJSIAA North 2, Group 4 football playoffs on Friday night.Montgomery, which trailed, 15-6, midway through the ...
RANDOLPH, NJ- On Thursday, November 6, the Randolph Lady Rams volleyball team hosted Mount Olive on the heels of defeating Morris Knolls in the NJSIAA North Jersey Section 1, Group 3 tournament.Against Morris Knolls, the Lady Rams did what they have done pretty much all season long. Strong serving, ...
LEWISTON, NY — The St. Bonaventure University women’s basketball team controlled their first away game on Friday, scoring 74-56 against Little Three rival Niagara University at the Gallagher Center.Niagara opened the game with a quick layup by freshman guard Kararina Vejovic. A minute later and for ...
WESTWOOD, NJ – Westwood avenged a regular-season loss to Caldwell with a 24-8 victory over the Chiefs in the semifinal round of the NJSIAA Section 1, Group 2 football playoffs on Friday night.Caldwell had beaten Westwood, 17-14, in overtime in the regular season on Sept. 19.Westwood (10-1) took an ...
KENILWORTH, NJ- Kenilworth's Mackenzie Seifried, a member of the Brearley Bears Girls Varsity Soccer team, enjoyed a memorable match in the first round of the Central Jersey, Group 1 playoffs netting two goals, earning her 100 career goal mark in the process.Mackenzie is a senior at Allied ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ – The state tournament often brings a penchant for drama as teams play for a chance for postseason glory. That theme rang true on Thursday afternoon in Morristown’s 1-0 victory over Scotch Plains-Fanwood in the North Jersey, Group 4 Quarterfinals. With the Colonials ahead in the ...