Sports Top Stories
By JENNIFER DERICKS
September 28, 2025
VERNON, NJ – The Spartan football team took another win, beating the Vikings on Friday, 34-20. Sparta controlled the first three quarters, putting up 27 points while holding Vernon to seven. The Vikings got 13 points in the fourth quarter to Sparta’s seven.Spartan quarterback Shane Hoover ...
SPARTA, NJ – It took two extra periods to determine the winner of the Sparta v Morris Knolls girls soccer game. In the evenly matched battle, neither team scored in the first frame. Both put one in the net in the second. It stayed even until the Golden Eagles were able to get through the Spartan ...
SPARTA, NJ – The Sparta field hockey team fell to Morristown on Saturday with a 5-1 loss. The Spartan goal came in the third quarter fromSPARTA, NJ – The Sparta field hockey team fell to Morristown on Saturday with a 5-1 loss. The Spartan goal came in the third quarter from Caroline Weiss off the ...
METCHUEN, NJ - Spotswood High School's girls varsity soccer team was one of 20 Greater Middlesex Conference teams to take the field at Metuchen High School on Saturday at the fifth annual Soccer for a Cause. The annual event raised $12,000 for The Marisa Tufaro Foundation and Go4theGoal. It also ...
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ — The community came together in stride for the annual Berkeley Heights 5K for Mental Health, benefiting the Kimberly Anne Wilson Foundation and the school programs it supports. TAPinto Berkeley Heights was on hand to cover the event — and Bob Coletta Photography captured the ...
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J. — Gov. Livingston football didn’t just win a game Friday night; it put on a show for Highlander Country.On the most anticipated night of the season — “Friday Night Lights” — the bleachers at Frey Field were packed with students, alumni, neighbors, and the PAL pipeline. The ...
PISCATAWAY, NJ - The Spotswood High School boys varsity soccer team traveled to Piscataway on Saturday to take on the Chiefs in an out-of-division game. Spotswood was looking to pick up a victory following Thursday's loss to Perth Amboy High School. After a scoreless first half, the Chiefs scored ...
The Camden High School Panthers bested Rancocas Valley 8-6 in high school football on the Red Devils' turf on September 26, 2025.The Panthers, now 4-1, handed Rancocas Valley its first loss of the season. With only one touchdown per team, Camden High managed to hang onto the lead when Panther ...
WAYNE, NJ – During the last Wayne Town Council and Board of Education meetings, young, talented athletes were celebrated who have brought pride to the township — from the Wayne Little League 12U All-Star team to brothers Joel and Vincent Thornton, fresh off national competition at the Junior ...
WANAQUE, NJ – Caldwell took 23 more shots on goal than Lakeland and rolled to a 3-0 field hockey victory on Saturday.Abby Anemone scored two goals for Caldwell (6-2). She gave the Chiefs a 1-0 lead 13 minutes into the first quarter with an assist from Morgan Manriquez.Anemone's second goal was also ...
SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ — Piscataway’s defense shut down South Brunswick on Friday night, powering the Chiefs to a 28-0 road victory and their third straight win in Big Central Conference play.After a scoreless first quarter, the Chiefs (4-1, 2-0 National Gold) broke the game open in the second. Zaire ...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ - The South Plainfield High School Gymnastics Team won their third consecutive competition this week, bringing their current record to 3-1 with four more regular-season meets to go. On Thursday, Sept. 25 at South Brunswick, the Lady Tigers defeated the Vikings (2-4) by a score ...
CALDWELL, NJ -- Livingston broke a scoreless tie in the third quarter and held on for a 1-0 field hockey victory over Mount St. Dominic on Friday.Riley Schultz scored the only goal for Livingston (5-1) with an assist from Zoey Culver. Schultz leads Livingston with eight goals this season.It was the ...
LIVINGSTON, NJ -- Chatham rallied from an 11-point third-quarter deficit for a 24-14 football victory over Livingston on Saturday night.After Chatham took a 3-0 lead with a first-quarter field goal, Livingston (2-3) went ahead on a 4-yard keeper by quarterback Troy Naylor with 10:42 left in the ...
MIDDLETOWN, NJ -- Elizabeth Eckelman scored four goals to lead Middletown South to an 8-2 girls soccer victory over Colts Neck on Saturday.Eckelman also had an assist for Middletown South (5-2), which had a 2-0 lead at halftime before erupting for four goals in the second half.Bea Tinoco collected ...
WEST NEW YORK, NJ – Fiona Helly had three goals and Lucy McLean made eight saves as Wood-Ridge defeated Memorial (West New York), 7-0, in an independent girls soccer game on Saturday morning in West New York. Wood-Ridge improves to 4-6 on the season, while Memorial is now 5-2.Molly Ramasier had two ...
LIVINGSTON, NJ – Nothing seemed to be going right for the Chatham football team on Saturday night, so coach Evan Picariello decided to “Let Shep Boyd Cook.”Down by 11 points in the third quarter, Picariello gave the signal to Boyd for the fake punt and the senior running back/punter did the rest.
GLEN COVE, NY – Short Hills Pingry senior Rayee Feng scored the final point at the 13th Junior Ryder Cup in Glen Cove, New York on Sept. 25. The United States won a 17 ½ - 12 ½ victory over Team Europe. Feng was one of 12 junior golfers competing against Europeans in the Junior Ryder Cup team.
MORRISTOWN, NJ – When it comes to the girls Morris County Tournament Tennis Championships, it's a stage where Chatham comes ready to play its best.Needing to win three of four matches in the finals to out-point rival Mendham, the Cougars impressively won all four courts to win their 12th ...
BASKING RIDGE, NJ – Junior forward Molly Chazen scored three goals and senior winger Emma Shushansky netted her team-leading 18th goal as the Chatham field hockey team posted a 5-2 win at Pingry on Saturday.Chazen's hat trick boosted her career goal total to 30 for Chatham (7-1), which received a ...
PATERSON, NJ – Nico Sampson Jr. completed nearly 87 percent of his passes and threw for three touchdowns to lead Bayonne to a 33-13 football victory over Paterson Eastside on Saturday.Sampson was 13 for 15 for 176 yards for Bayonne (2-3), which led, 20-7, at halftime.Chance Fischer rushed for 228 ...
RANDOLPH, NJ- Over the past 12 years, when Randolph and West Morris met on the football field, it has been a clash between two of the top teams in Morris County. This year, however, due to a rash of injuries and school transfers, the Rams roster has been gutted — leaving the two teams at opposite ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ — Morristown field hockey got back in the win column on Saturday after defeating Sparta 5-1. The Colonials fell to Morris Knolls 3-1 on Friday afternoon. But on Saturday, the Colonials set the tone with two first-quarter goals, then broke the game open with three more in the third ...
MADISON, NJ — Madison showcased depth and tempo on Saturday, rolling past Morristown-Beard, 7–0, to move to 7–1 on the season.The Dodgers set the tone early in the first quarter. Celia Stuart opened the scoring at 9:26, and Grace Garrity doubled the lead five minutes later off a feed from Bella ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ — Morristown went punch-for-punch with unbeaten Mount Olive for three quarters Saturday, taking a 17–13 lead midway through the third, before the Marauders exploded for 21 fourth-quarter points to pull away, 41–17.The Colonials (2–3) opened with a haymaker: Weston Elms dropped a ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Mike Bracco kept up his early season heroics as the Bracco-to-Bracco pass connection delivered for the second straight week and his fourth interception in the last two weeks led to another score as Phillipsburg High School annihilated host Hillsborough, 59-20 in a Big Central ...
BASKING RIDGE, NJ -- The Bridgewater-Raritan football team played its first four games at home this season, and won all of them.But when the Panthers finally took to the road for the first time, their destination was Ridge High School, and that's never been an enjoyable road trip for any group of ...
FLEMINGTON, NJ -- Hunterdon Central built a three-touchdown lead by halftime and went on to a 28-14 football victory over Union on Friday night.After a scoreless first quarter, the Red Devils scored three times in the second quarter. Drew Cella's 9-yard TD pass to James Mongno and the first of four ...
Junior first-singles player Alessandra Tolentino won the only match that went to a third set tiebreaker to help the Phillipsburg High School girl’s tennis team shutout host Warren Hills, 5-0, in a Skyland Conference Valley Division contest on Tuesday.Tolentino improved to 6-1 on the season with a ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Mike Bracco kept up his early season heroics as the Bracco-to-Bracco pass connection delivered for the second straight week and his fourth interception in the last two weeks led to another score as Phillipsburg High School annihilated host Hillsborough, 59-20 in a Big Central ...