Sports Top Stories
By TAPINTO HOBOKEN STAFF
September 5, 2025
JERSEY CITY, NJ -- The Hoboken girls tennis team opened its season with a 3-2 victory over McNair Academic on Thursday.1st SinglesLiana Lall (M) def. Laura Scott (H), 6-2, 6-1. 2nd SinglesSylvie Strell (H) def. Anisha Kodali (M), 6-2, 6-1. 3rd SinglesLila McDonough (H) def. Simran Randhawa ...
BAYONNE, NJ – The Bayonne girls soccer team opened its season with a 7-0 victory over Union City on Thursday.Jenna Gaetani finished with two goals and one assist and was one of three Bayonne players who scored two goals in the game.Julieta Hernandez and Kylie Galano also scored two goals apiece.
PATERSON, NJ - Kennedy boys’ soccer opened its season with a 2-1 victory over Passaic on Thursday.The Knights trailed 1-0 at halftime after Passaic scored in the 39th minute, but the second half belonged to Kennedy. Junior forward Gabriel Paulino scored twice after the break, first converting off ...
HAMILTON, NJ – Marlboro came back from a halftime deficit to rally for a 2-1 boys soccer victory over Steinert in the opener for both teams on Thursday.Jordy Valdiviezo scored the goal in the first half for Steinert, but Marlboro shut the Spartans out after that.Dean Allegretta scored both ...
RAHWAY, NJ — Mayor Raymond A. Giacobbe and the Rahway City Council are proud to invite residents and visitors to the inaugural Mayor’s Cup, a 3-on-3 outdoor adult basketball tournament taking place Saturday, September 6, at the newly renovated Madden Field basketball courts.The double-elimination ...
SPOTSWOOD, NJ - The Spotswood High School boys varsity soccer team opened its season on Thursday at Chargers Stadium against North Plainfield High School. Spotswood came back twice in the game to tie the score before losing to North Plainfield 3-2 on a goal by Jonathan Quiquintuna. North ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ — The Morristown girls volleyball team opened its 2025 season on Thursday afternoon, dropping a straight-sets decision to Sparta, 25–22, 25–16.The Colonials battled hard in the opening frame, keeping pace with Sparta through long rallies and strong defensive play. Morristown trailed ...
MADISON, NJ — The Madison girls volleyball team started its 2025 season on a high note Thursday, defeating Hackettstown in straight sets, 25–22, 31–29, to earn a 2–0 match victory.The Dodgers edged out Hackettstown in the opening set, 25–22. Strong hitting from Sophia Christoffers, who notched ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – The Rutgers Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2025 includes a 10-year veteran of the WNBA, an NCAA wrestling champion, the first All-American in the softball program’s history and a former major-leaguer-turned-baseball-coach.Matee Ajavon, Anthony Ashnault, Colleen McNamara and ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ — The Morristown boys soccer team showed grit and determination in its 2025 season opener on Thursday, but the Colonials came up just short in a 2–1 loss to Montville.The first half was a defensive stalemate, with both sides creating chances but unable to find the back of the net.
COLONIA, NJ — In the season opener for both boys' soccer teams, Woodbridge rallied from a two-goal halftime deficit to defeat Colonia, 4-3, in overtime on Thursday night.Dylan Bases scored two minutes into the overtime session to give the Woodbridge Barrons a victory after they'd trailed, 3-1, at ...
MADISON, NJ — The Madison boys soccer team earned its first victory of the season on Thursday afternoon, defeating Mountain Lakes, 2–1, in a tightly contested match.Both teams struck in the first half. Mark Holynskyj gave Mountain Lakes the early lead, finishing off a pass from his brother Julian ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ — The Morristown girls soccer team opened their 2025 season on the road Thursday, falling to Randolph, 3–1. The Colonials showed flashes of promise in the second half thanks to a goal from Maggie Fitzgerald and a strong effort from goalkeeper Sydney Lyons.Randolph built a 2–0 ...
MADISON, NJ — Senior forward Anna Gominiak scored a hat trick to lead the Madison Dodgers to a 4–1 victory over Mountain Lakes in their season opener on Thursday afternoon.Mountain Lakes jumped out to an early lead when Kristine Squeglia found the back of the net just 2:13 into the game. But ...
CHATHAM, NJ – The Chatham boys cross-country team pulled off the Triple Crown by winning the conference, county and state sectional meets last fall, but the returning Cougars are looking for more in 2025.Senior tri-captains Brady Byrne, Thomas Haines and Marcus Valenzuela, head up a ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ — The Morristown Colonials opened their 2025 field hockey season with an impressive 6–1 victory over Randolph on Thursday afternoon.Randolph and Morristown were tied after the opening quarter. Daniella Gizienski scored Randolph's lone goal.The Colonials added a goal in the second ...
SAYREVILLE, NJ - The South Plainfield High School varsity field hockey team traveled to Sayreville War Memorial High School on Thursday to take on the Bombers in the Tigers first road game of the 2025-26 season. Following a 6-0 shutout over Piscataway High School on Tuesday, the Tigers defeated ...
SPOTSWOOD, NJ - Spotswood High School's girls tennis team continued to roll on Thursday, winning the Chargers' third match in a row to start the 2025-26 season. The Chargers defeated South Amboy High School 5-0. All the Chargers players won their matches in straight sets.Evolet Ion won her first ...
BERKELEY HEIGHTS/MOUNTAINSIDE, NJ — After a challenging 2-15-2 season last year, Governor Livingston boys soccer is ready to bounce back under Head Coach Kevin Fontana, entering his fifth year leading the program following three years as an assistant. The team finished last season struggling in the ...
Wayne, NJ - The Wayne Boy's Club football and cheer program — the Wayne Panthers — will officially kick off their 2025 season this Saturday with a highly anticipated home opener against Randolph.The 2025 Wayne Boys & Girls Club Football Panthers - Photo Credit: BG&C PanthersWith more than ...
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ – The Gov. Livingston girls soccer team opened their 2025 campaign with a hard-fought 2-1 loss at home to powerhouse Westfield on Thursday afternoon. The Highlanders took the lead in the second half when senior forward Kyra Polizzi buried a shot off a deflection from an ...
SPRINGFIELD, NJ – Three first-half goals propelled Dayton to a 4-2 boys soccer victory over Hoboken on Thursday afternoon.Jordan Estrada scored two goals for the Bulldogs (1-1), who led, 3-1, at halftime.Khepro Ngassa and Jacob George each scored one goal for Dayton. Winning goalie Kevin Harter ...
HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, NJ - Hasbrouck Heights dropped a 4-1 decision to Park Ridge in a NJIC non-divisional match Thursday afternoon at the Neal McCarthy Tennis Courts in Hasbrouck Heights. Hasbrouck Heights falls to 0-2 on the season, while Park Ridge improves to 3-0 on the season.“Although we're ...
HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, NJ – Hailey Welton scored two goals to lead Lyndhurst to a 2-1 victory over Hasbrouck Heights in a NJIC non-division girls soccer game on Thursday afternoon at Hitchcock Field in Hasbrouck Heights. It was the season opener for both schools.Welton scored both her goals in the ...
HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, NJ – It is a word that is rarely heard when speaking about the Hasbrouck Heights cross-country program – rebuilding. Both the boys and girls teams, which were triple crown (league, county and sectional) champions, have been hit hard by graduation. Under head coach Mike Ryan, the ...
LYNDHURST, NJ – Lyndhurst defeated Wood-Ridge, 2-0, in a NJIC non-divisional girls volleyball match to open the season on Thursday afternoon in Lyndhurst.The Bears won the first game 25-8 and the second one 25-7 to take the victory.Natalia Nieves had four digs to lead the Lady Blue Devils ...
LIVINGSTON, NJ — The Livingston High School girls' soccer team opened its 2025 season with a 5-0 victory over Millburn on Wednesday night.That is certainly a hopeful note on which to open a campaign for one of the premier public school girls' soccer programs in New Jersey, but getting off to a good ...
CHATHAM, NJ – Senior co-captain Nicolette Grossman hasn't run in a girls cross-country meet in 2025 yet, but she's already excited about the competition provided by her own team.“We have some fast runners,” Grossman said. “I like the competition on the team. It makes me run faster and it makes the ...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ - The South Plainfield High School Varsity Gymnastics Team has been hard at work the last two weeks of August preparing for the upcoming competition season. For 2025, the five-member team includes all returning student-athletes. Juniors Ashyln Butrico and Victoria Sacco ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ - The Somerset Patriots defeated the New Hampshire Fisher Cats in game three of a six-game set at TD Bank Ballpark on Thursday by a score of 4-1. The game began under a two hour and eight-minute delay and was called in the middle fifth inning due to rain. Somerset improved to 19-2 ...