Sports Top Stories
By DAWN MILLER
September 14, 2025
SPOTSWOOD, NJ - It was a tough loss for the Spotswood High School girls varsity soccer team on Saturday at Chargers Stadium. Spotswood has endured a difficult start to the 2025-26 season after winning three straight division titles. The Chargers moved to the Greater Middlesex Conference's Red ...
PHILLIPBSURG, NJ - Junior Addy Davis won the girls race and classmate Anthony Pettinelli took second place in a time of 17:06 in the boy’s event to lead the Phillipsburg High School cross-country team to victory over arch-rival Easton in both races Sunday afternoon.The girl’s won by a score of ...
HAMILTON, NJ – Isaac Pate scored four touchdowns to lead Steinert to a 34-14 football victory over Hightstown on Saturday afternoon.Pate, a senior halfback, gave the Spartans a lead with a 1-yard touchdown run with 4:23 left in the first quarter after he had set up the TD with a 42-yard run deep ...
HAMILTON, NJ -- Brian Boswell scored two touchdowns and Hamilton West defeated Trenton, 20-7, in football on Saturday.Boswell's 15-yard TD run on the first play of the second quarter broke the scoreless tie. On the play, he took a handoff, started to his right and then completely reversed field and ...
READING, PA - The Somerset Patriots were defeated by the Reading Fightin Phils in the regular season finale at FirstEnergy Stadium on Sunday by a score of 7-4.Somerset scored three unanswered runs from the sixth to eighth innings. Somerset ends its season series against Reading with an 11-7 record.
READING, PA - The Somerset Patriots were defeated by the Reading Fightin Phils in the regular season finale at FirstEnergy Stadium on Sunday by a score of 7-4.Somerset scored three unanswered runs from the sixth to eighth innings. Somerset ends its season series against Reading with an 11-7 record.
ISELIN, NJ — Gov. Livingston’s football team earned an exciting 36-28 overtime victory over John F. Kennedy Memorial Friday night, with standout performances from senior running back Dominic Labisi.The scoring see-sawed throughout the game. Iselin Kennedy struck first with a 60-yard touchdown run ...
SUMMIT, NJ – The Summit offensive line is all business, and it showed Saturday afternoon. The Hilltoppers’ front five was magnificent in the trenches in their home opener, providing reliable protection in Alex Schwark’s breakout passing game and spearheading a 255-yard team rushing performance as ...
WAYNE, NJ - On September 11, 2025, Wayne Valley defeated crosstown rival Wayne Hills, 1–0, in a matchup that also commemorated mental health awareness and celebrated local youth clubs. Wayne Hills entered with momentum after a dominant 5–1 victory over Clifton.Wayne Valley Girls Soccer Junior ...
Denville, NJ — The Morris Knolls Golden Eagles came out strong in front of a home crowd, but couldn’t hold off a surging Randolph squad, falling 2–1 (25-22, 14-25, 19-25) in a hard-fought matchup on Friday afternoon.Despite the loss, Morris Knolls (2-4) showed flashes of dominance, taking the ...
Sparta, NJ – From the opening whistle to the final buzzer, Morris Knolls dominated both ends of the field, riding a red-hot start and a multi-goal performance from senior Abigail Gerdes to a convincing 5–2 road win over Pope John on Saturday.Morris Knolls wasted no time getting on the board. Just ...
WAYNE, NJ - As summer winds down, excitement is building in Wayne for another season of PAL Wolfpack football and cheer. With strong participation across every division, returning talent, and fresh faces eager to contribute, the Wolfpack are poised for an action-packed fall.The 2025 Wayne Wolfpack ...
Denville, NJ – A first-half strike from senior forward Anthony Delgado proved to be the difference as Morris Knolls opened their season with a gritty 1–0 victory over Mountain Lakes on Saturday afternoon.Delgado found the back of the net midway through the first half off a sharp assist from Jackson ...
Bridgewater, NJ – In a back-and-forth clash marked by explosive runs and clutch passing, Bridgewater-Raritan held off a late Morris Knolls surge to win 27–21 on Saturday.The game opened with a rare score—a safety by the Bridgewater-Raritan defense, putting them up 2–0 and giving them early ...
MANASQUAN, NJ — The Manasquan boys’ soccer team entered Wednesday’s matchup with Mid-South knowing it would be a battle — both squads came in undefeated at 3-0. What followed was exactly that: a hard-fought, back-and-forth contest that tested the Warriors at every turn. In the end, Manasquan rose ...
CLARK, NJ — The Johnson girls varsity soccer team is now 3-0-1, following a win over Kenilworth's Brearley High School (0-3) on Saturday.The Crusaders defeated the Bears, 7-1.Gabriella Wandling scored twice for Clark. Jessica Koepfler, Ava Velovic, Clare Brighouse, Sophia Brower, and Laney ...
SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD – Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School evened its football record at 1-1 with a 24-8 home victory over New Brunswick at Perry Tyson Field on Friday, Sept. 12. Sophomore Gabe Gutierrez (14 carries, 150 yards, 1 TD) and senior Callum Fynes (8 carries, 90 yards, 2 TDs) created all ...
LONG BRANCH, NJ – The Long Branch High School boys’ soccer team defeated Red Bank Regional High School 4-0 behind a big second half on Thursday, September 11.The first half began with Red Bank Regional getting off to a fast start, living in the Green Wave zone and generating multiple offensive ...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ -- South Plainfield held North Plainfield to three net yards in the first half and went on to a 27-7 football victory over the Canucks on Friday night.Senior halfback Dom Massaro scored three touchdowns for the Tigers (2-1). In the first quarter, Massaro scored from 4 yards out ...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ - The South Plainfield High School girls tennis team returned to action this week and picked up the Tigers' first victory of the season on Tuesday. South Plainfield defeated North Plainfield High School 3-2 on September 9 behind victories from Megan Gaffney at second singles, ...
Success in athletics, and academics, has always looked easy for Bloomfield native Mike Carter Jr.The eldest of five children, born to the late Geri Carter and Mike Carter Sr., Mike Jr. was recently named an assistant baseball coach at New Jersey City University (NJCU). He will begin his coaching as ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ – Adelaide Minnella scored three goals and assisted on two others to lead West Essex to a 7-0 field hockey victory over Phillipsburg on Saturday.A senior forward, Minnella now has 101 assists in her career to go with 113 goals.Jillian Breslin, Alex Agostini and Angelina Tartara ...
SOMERSET, NJ - The TAPinto Franklin/Somerset Fantasy Football League is more than just bragging rights this season. Each of the 12 teams is playing for a cause close to the manager’s heart, with local nonprofits and community initiatives set to benefit from the competition.This week, we begin ...
SPRINGFIELD, NJ – The Dayton girls soccer team earned its second victory of the season, 2-1, over Woodbridge on Saturday.Aria Molinelli scored a goal and passed for one assist for Dayton (2-3) and Maya Smith scored a goal. Julia Stratakis contributed one assist in the win.Dayton has now won two in ...
NUTLEY, NJ - Meya Ranges clocked a time of 20:46.60 to finish first and teammate Maia Gonzalez was fifth in 23:39.40 to pace the Nutley girls cross country team at the first Super Essex Conference batch meet on Tuesday, Sept. 9 at Branch Brook Park in Newark. Kennan Bilotta was the highest ...
CHATHAM, NJ – Three days before its game against Montville, Chatham football coach Evan Picariello stopped football practice and huddled with his team for a talk.“It was a long week; we weren't executing, so I stopped practice and brought the guys in,” Picariello said. “I just told them that ...
HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, NJ – Saddle Brook rallied for three goals in the second half to defeat Hasbrouck Heights, NJ, 4-3, on Friday afternoon in a NJIC Colonial Division girls soccer game. Hasbrouck Heights falls to 2-2 on the season, while Saddle Brook improves to 4-1.Madison Lahullier and Gina ...
MIDDLETOWN, NJ – Matthew Belenko rushed for 167 yards and two touchdowns as the Middletown North football team rolled to a 37-7 victory over Marlboro on Friday night.Belenko carried the ball 16 times for an average of 10.4 yards per carry.Owen Robson completed 16 of 20 passes for Middletown North ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Junior forward Christian Martin scored a pair of goals and added an assist and senior linemate Joey Firetto contributed a goal and two assists to lead the Phillipsburg High School boys’ soccer team to a 4-0 whitewash of Hillsborough in a Skyland Conference Raritan Division game ...
ROXBURY, NJ – Sparta football beat Roxbury on Friday night. Playing on the Gaels' field the Spartans won 28-13. Sparta’s quarterback Shane Hoover went to the air 25 times completing 18 for 268 yards and two touchdowns.On the ground Brady Shagawat took it 137 yards on 22 carries including a trip ...