Sports Top Stories
By KENNETH SIMMONS
November 7, 2025
PISCATAWAY, NJ – The Piscataway Chiefs will look to continue their playoff momentum when they host the Bayonne Bees this Saturday in the NJSIAA North 2, Group 5 semifinal round.Bayonne (7-3) comes into the matchup riding a six-game winning streak, during which they’ve averaged 40.8 points per game ...
EGG HARBOR TWP – The Southern Regional Rams (14-6-2) continued their quest to defend their South Jersey Group IV title, securing a hard-fought 2-0 victory over the Egg Harbor Eagles (13-4-3) in a sectional quarterfinal match on Friday.The decisive win punches the Rams' ticket to the NJSIAA ...
MOUNTAINSIDE, NJ - The Mountainside Elks invites young residents ages 8 to 13 to participate in its annual free-throw contest. The contest will be held at Deerfield School on November 22 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.The Elks Hoop Shoot is a national tournament in partnership with the Naismith Basketball ...
EGG HARBOR TWP – The Southern Regional Rams (14-6-2) continued their quest to defend their South Jersey Group IV title, securing a hard-fought 2-0 victory over the Egg Harbor Eagles (13-4-3) in a sectional quarterfinal match on Friday.The decisive win punches the Rams' ticket to the NJSIAA ...
ROSELLE PARK, NJ - The playoff run continues for the #14 seed Roselle Park after they upset the #3 seed Florence 5-3 on Wednesday in the First Round of the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group 1 Tournament. Brianna Appello scored three goals for the Panthers. Alessandra Chavez provided the other two goals.
MIDDLETOWN, NJ – Middletown South advanced in the quarterfinal round of the NJSIAA Central Jersey, Group 3 boys soccer tournament with a 1-0 victory over Long Branch on Friday.Luke Strada scored off a throw-in from the corner with 22 minutes to go in the first half for Middletown South (14-3-1). It ...
COLTS NECK, NJ – The Colts Neck boys soccer team advanced in the quarterfinal round of the NJSIAA Central Jersey, Group 3 tournament with a 2-1 victory over Lawrence on Friday.With one second left in regulation, Ben Kazani converted a penalty kick to give Colts Neck (18-2) the victory.Lawrence ...
NUTLEY, NJ – Colonia advanced in the quarterfinal round of the NJSIAA North 2, Group 3 boys soccer tournament with a 3-2 shootout victory over Nutley on Friday.Colonia (11-9-1) had a 2-1 lead in the second half before Nutley (11-7-3) tied it on a goal by Sebastian Henao with seven minutes left in ...
ROXBURY, NJ — Resilience. It is more than one word. It is the motto, culture and lifestyle of the 2025 Jr Gaels Football program. Coming off a great 2024 campaign, program leadership wanted to ensure that the mindset of not giving up under any circumstances remained at the forefront. “Our football ...
CEDAR GROVE, NJ - The Cedar Grove Boys Varsity Soccer Team played in the NJSIAA Section 2 Group 1 Tournament First Round on Tuesday. The Panthers defeated West Caldwell Tech 6-1 and booked their ticket to the Quarterfinal Round. Jermaine Russell scored two goals. Will Taggart, Michael Palmieri, ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ - The Bridgewater-Raritan sixth grade Panthers football team is preparing for its first-ever playoff appearance Saturday against South Plainfield.The team finished its regular season with a 6–1–1 record, earning the number three seed in the New Jersey Youth Suburban Football League ...
LONG BRANCH, NJ – With the football season now behind us, TAPinto Long Branch is continuing our senior athlete series to allow Long Branch High School seniors to reminisce on their players' careers, growth, favorite memories, and much more. Today, we spoke with Green Wave football running back ...
LIVINGSTON, NJ — Livingston advanced in the quarterfinal round of the NJSIAA North 1, Group 4 girls soccer tournament with a 3-0 victory over Passaic Tech on Friday.Senior forward Dina Bojkovic scored all three goals for the Lancers, increasing her season total to 36 goals and her career total to ...
WAYNE,NJ - The Wayne Hills girls soccer team started its state tournament run with authority, defeating Paramus 2–0 in the first round on Wednesday afternoon. Behind two early goals and a poised defensive showing, the Patriots moved to 14–4–1 on the season and punched their ticket to the next ...
WAYNE, NJ - The Wayne Valley boys soccer team wanted a statement to start the state tournament, and on Tuesday afternoon, they delivered one. In a tight, physical first-round matchup, the 12th seed Indians battled past 5th seed Northern Highlands, 1-0, to move on in the NJSIAA North Jersey Section ...
SUMMIT—The Summit defense tied a program record in last Saturday’s 24-21 playoff win over Warren Hills, picking off Blue Streaks junior QB Cohl Stevens five times. For that effort, the Hilltoppers’ four ballhawks—Jake Reimold, Ben Cohen, Gavin Schnall and Matt Rosoff—have collectively been named ...
LIVINGSTON, NJ – The Livingston field hockey team advanced in the quarterfinal round of the NJSIAA North Jersey, Group 4 tournament a 4-3 overtime victory over Hillsborough on Thursday.Riley Schultz scored the tiebreaking goal for the Lancers (13-4-1), her fourth goal of the game and her 29th goal ...
NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ — The New Providence High School boys soccer team, enjoying one of its strongest seasons in recent years at 14-5-1, will host sixth-seeded Whippany Park in the NJSIAA North Jersey, Section 2, Group 1 quarterfinals Friday at 2 p.m.Head Coach Chris Calveley, in his first year ...
Like his fellow co-captains for the Bloomfield High football team, Tyler Frantantoni takes a lot of pride in that the 2025 Bengals enjoyed its best season in eight years.A senior lineman, Tyler has been the epitome of consistency since he broke into the starting lineup three years ago.And now, as ...
KINNELON, NJ - Kinnelon Varsity Football opened up the NJSIAA North Jersey Section 1 Group 1 Tournament with a 26-7 victory over Park Ridge on Halloween Night. Running back Wyatt Sisco rushed for 180 yards on 23 attempts with two touchdowns. Quarterback Matthew Siciliano added 43 rushing yards and ...
CLARK, NJ — The Arthur L. Johnson (ALJ) High School varsity field hockey team (18-4) continues to make an entire school district and community proud as it defeated Mountain Lakes (14-5-1) on Thursday in the quarterfinals of the NJSIAA North Jersey, Group 1 tournament.Alisia Hamm scored in the ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ - The Bridgewater-Raritan seventh grader Panther football team is heading to the playoffs Saturday after securing the number two seed with a 7–1 regular season record.The team is set to face the number three seed Scotch Plains team, which has a record of 6–2.The two teams also met ...
SPARTA, NJ - Wednesday evening, it was a battle of the Spartans in the Sparta Main Gym. The Paramus Spartans took on the Sparta Spartans in what turned into a five-set thriller. Sparta took down Paramus 3-2 (25-13, 20-25, 25-16, 23-25, 15-10).In the first set, Sparta utilized an 8-1 scoring run to ...
NUTLEY, NJ - When reflecting upon the recently ended season, it doesn’t take Chris Helm, the head coach for the Nutley High School football program to note a very impressive triumph on the gridiron.“Upsetting preseason North Jersey powerhouse River Dell (32-27 on August 28) was an incredible win ...
NORTH CALDWELL, NJ – For the second time in three years, the West Essex football team's quest for a sectional championship will take the Knights through Summit.West Essex (6-3) will play Summit (8-2) on the road Saturday in the second round of the NJSIAA North 2, Group 3 playoffs at 1 p.m. at ...
NEPTUNE TOWNSHIP - In advance of tonight's semifinal game at Holmdel, TAPinto Neptune talked to Neptune Township High School football coach Mike Seber.We asked Coach Seber to tell us about his coaching experience and interests, and one thing came through very clearly — Coach Seber is Neptune ...
CALDWELL, NJ – After 17 years of playing football, spanning from flag to high school and then to sprint football in college, Kevin Campen will take the field for the final time on Friday night as a football player, against Navy. On November 1, Campen played his final home game for Caldwell, where ...
WAYNE, NJ – The most successful coach in the history of Wayne Hills football returned home on Halloween night to a hero’s welcome. Chris Olsen, who led the Patriots to eight state titles and a state-record 55-game winning streak, became the first inductee into the high school’s new Ring of Honor — ...
WESTWOOD, NJ – Westwood defeated Wood-Ridge/Wallington, 7-1, in the first round of the NJSIAA North 1, Group 2 girls soccer playoffs on Thursday evening in Westwood. Westwood Coach Steve Gretz recorded his 300th girls varsity soccer win in the game.Westwood jumped out to a 3-1 lead before putting ...
CHATHAM, NJ – It would take quite some time for Todd Drevitch to bring people who don't know his history up to speed on his extensive ice hockey coaching experience.Suffice it to say, the new head coach for the Chatham-Millburn-Livingston girls ice hockey team is either on the ice or on his way to ...