Sports Top Stories
By JOHN MOONEY
September 11, 2025
SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD, NJ – The Scotch Plains-Fanwood boys lacrosse team conducted its annual Bleacher Run on Wednesday, Sept. 10, in honor of the victims of the 9/11 terror attacks that occurred nearly a quarter century ago. Coach Nick Miceli believes there are important reasons for the ...
SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ - South Plainfield High School's varsity field hockey team continued its strong start on Tuesday with an 8-1 road victory over South Brunswick High School. The Tigers have won four straight games to open the 2025-26 season, including three shutouts in a row. South Plainfield ...
JERSEY CITY, NJ – The Hoboken boys soccer team pulled away in the second half for a 6-0 victory over Hudson Catholic on Wednesday.Ethan Isenberg scored two goals and had one assist for Hoboken (2-1), which led, 2-0, at halftime.William Henderson, Giovanni Bettocchi, Eric Guglberger and Peter Stehli ...
BAYONNE, NJ – The Bayonne girls tennis team defeated McNair Academic, 3-2, on Wednesday.Bayonne improved to 3-1 on the season. McNair is 1-2.FIRST SINGLES: Liana Lall (M) def. Avery Downey, 6-3, 6-1.SECOND SINGLES: Giselle Quintos (B) def. Anisha Kodali, 6-4, 6-0.THIRD SINGLES: Simran Randhawa (M) ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Phillipsburg High School junior midfielder Paige Zechman scored her first three goals of the season to notch her first career hat trick and Aniyah Gerdes and Riley Senior also scored as the Stateliners defeated Franklin 5-1 on Wednesday in a Skyland Conference Raritan Division ...
HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, NJ – Madison Lahullier scored in the second overtime to lift Hasbrouck Heights to a 4-3 victory over Rutherford in a NJIC Patriot Division girls soccer game on Wednesday afternoon in Hasbrouck Heights. The Lady Aviators improved to 2-1 on the season with the win. Rutherford is ...
BUTLER, NJ - Fiona Helly scored a goal and had an assist as Wood-Ridge/Wallington picked up a 3-0 shutout victory over Butler in NJIC Meadowlands girls soccer game on Wednesday afternoon in Butler.Lia Russo and Isabella Drotos also had goals for the Blue Devils, while Brianna Karabinos, and Molly ...
SECAUCUS, NJ – Secaucus defeated Hasbrouck Heights, 4-1, in a NJIC Meadowlands girls tennis match on Wednesday afternoon in Secaucus. Secaucus improved to 4-0 on the season, while the Lady Aviators fell to 1-4 on the season.Junior Anna Christopoulos captured the Lady Aviators' lone win of the ...
SPARTA, NJ – The Spartan girls soccer squad fell to Randolph 4-1 on Tuesday. Playing on Cassels field only Chenin Wilson was able to get past the Rams keeper in the second half. Sparta’s net minder Riley Molbury had 17 saves in the game. With a record of 1-2, Sparta will host Morristown on ...
NEWTON, NJ—The Newton High School girls field hockey team swept past Kittatinny on Tuesday, September 9, when they hosted local rivals, the Cougars, and won 8-0.The Lady Braves offense was strong against the Cougars, putting three in the net in the first quarter, another four in the second and one ...
NEWTON, NJ—The Newton High School girls tennis team lost 3-2 when they played away against Lenape Valley on Tuesday, September 9.The results of the matches are as follows:Singles: 1st: Sinead Kerrick (N) won over Bailey VanDyke (LV) 5-7, 6-4, 1-02nd: Kylie Gallagher (LV) won over Samantha DuCharme ...
NEWTON, NJ—The Town of Newton’s annual event ‘Taste of Newton’, which is run by the Greater Newton Chamber of Commerce, has been canceled for 2025.The event, which was to take place on Monday, September 29, has been canceled “due to unforeseen circumstances,” according to the post made on the Town ...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ - The South Plainfield High School boys cross-country season just got going last week. James Katsingris finished first in the opening season meet with John F. Kennedy High School with a time of 17:14. Over the weekend, Katsingris ran with the Tigers in the Roxbury Invitational ...
SPARTA, NJ – The Sparta girls tennis team take another win, this time against West Morris 3-2 playing on the Spartan blue courts. Sparta’s wins:Third Singles — Emily Dondero won 6-1, 6-0First Doubles – Maureen Gaines and Emilie Fagen won 6-0, 6-0Second Doubles – Molly Tomko and Juliet Shim won 6-0, ...
READING, PA -The Somerset Patriots were defeated by the Reading Fightin Phils in game two of a six-game set at FirstEnergy Stadium on Wednesday by a score of 5-3 in 11 innings. The Patriots have lost in walk-off fashion for the seventh time this year. Somerset fell to 7-5 in extra-innings games ...
READING, PA -The Somerset Patriots were defeated by the Reading Fightin Phils in game two of a six-game set at FirstEnergy Stadium on Wednesday by a score of 5-3 in 11 innings. The Patriots have lost in walk-off fashion for the seventh time this year. Somerset fell to 7-5 in extra-innings games ...
CHATHAM, NJ – The Chatham girls volleyball team learned a little something about playing under pressure, coming back from a deficit in the second set to close out its 2-0 win vs. Morris Knolls and kick off “Cougar Weekend” on Wednesday evening at CHS.After winning the first set, 25-16, the Cougars ...
WARREN, NJ — Watchung Hills faced a formidable opponent in Ridge on Wednesday , resulting in a 4-1 loss that brought their record to 2-1-1. Despite the scoreboard, the team exhibited resilience and determination throughout the match, particularly in their efforts to claw back into the game after ...
WARREN, NJ — Watchung Hills faced a formidable opponent in Ridge on Wednesday , resulting in a 4-1 loss that brought their record to 2-1-1. Despite the scoreboard, the team exhibited resilience and determination throughout the match, particularly in their efforts to claw back into the game after ...
WARREN, NJ -- The Ridge girls soccer team, coming off an attention-getting overtime win over Livingston two days earlier, scored two goals in each half on its way to a 4-1 victory over Watchung Hills on Wednesday.The Red Devils (4-0) put Watchung Hills (2-1-1) on its heels with two goals in the ...
EAST HANOVER, NJ — The Hanover Park Girls Tennis team continued its strong start to the season with a convincing 4-1 victory over Mountain Lakes on Tuesday afternoon in NJAC Liberty Division girls tennis action.With the win, the Hornets improved to 4-1 overall and stayed unbeaten in conference play ...
WHIPPANY, NJ — The Whippany Park girls soccer team continued its strong start to the season with a decisive 4–0 victory over Dayton on Tuesday afternoon.Senior forward Alexa Bowe was unstoppable, netting a hat trick and adding an assist to account for seven total points on the day. Bowe struck ...
BARNEGAT – A clutch second-half goal from sophomore Emma Freitas was all the Barnegat Bengals needed to secure a hard-fought 1-0 victory over Manchester Township in a tightly contested divisional matchup Tuesday afternoon. The win improves Barnegat's record to 4-1.After a scoreless first half ...
STAFFORD – The Southern Regional Girls Volleyball team continued its dominant start to the season, improving to a perfect 3-0 with a decisive straight-sets victory over Shore Conference rival Central Regional on Wednesday. The Rams won 2-0 win with scores of 25-8 and 25-22.Central Regional ...
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – Columbia hung on after a high-scoring second half to defeat West Essex, 4-3, in boys soccer on Wednesday.The Cougars (1-3) led, 1-0, at halftime before both teams scored three goals apiece in the second half.Flynn Dannheisser scored one goal and had one assist for Columbia. Nico ...
COLONIA, NJ – Colonia scored two goals in each half and went on to a 4-0 boys soccer victory over Perth Amboy on Tuesday night.Daniel Santos collected two goals and one assist. He scored the first goal for the Patriots with five minutes left in the first half, and scored their fourth goal with nine ...
BLOOMFIELD, NJ--Coming off a winning season in 2024, the Bloomfield High girls' soccer team is off to a good start this fall.Head coach Jon Aliaga's squad took a 2-2 record into a game on Sept. 11, at Nutley, beginning at 4 p.m. On Sept. 16, the Bengals visit Payne Tech, also at 4 and on Sept. 18, ...
MERCER COUNTY, NJ – Attendees at the Tuesday announcement of the return of professional hockey to Trenton tried to be as cool as ice. But, the excitement was too hot to contain as dozens of people gathered to celebrate the ECHL's (formerly East Coast Hockey League) approval to bring a team to the ...
MERCER COUNTY, NJ – Attendees at the Tuesday announcement of the return of professional hockey to Trenton tried to be as cool as ice. But, the excitement was too hot to contain as dozens of people gathered to celebrate the ECHL's (formerly East Coast Hockey League) approval to bring a team to the ...
ROXBURY, NJ - The Morristown girls volleyball team were edged by Roxbury, 2–1, during Wednesday's matchup. Morristown (1–3) came out sharp in the opening set, using steady defense and balanced attacking to earn a 25–21 win. Vivian Kim registered 7 kills, 12 digs, and an ace, while Kaylee ...