Sports Top Stories
By GABRIELLA DRAGONE
April 16, 2026
PATERSON, NJ - Eastside's baseball team defeated Kennedy, 6-5, on Wednesday. The Ghosts (5-3) scored four runs in the seventh inning to take the lead after entering the frame trailing. The team finished with eight hits.Angel Liranzo led Eastside with two hits, while Samuel Pena and Anthony De La ...
WEST LONG BRANCH, NJ – Finn Buchan scored four goals to lead Holmdel to a 13-9 boys lacrosse victory over Shore Regional on Wednesday.David Perrotti finished with three goals and Jack Cannon had a goal and a team-high four assists for Holmdel (6-2).Tyler Carri, who had one assist, won 14 of 26 ...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ - On another picture-perfect afternoon for golf, the South Plainfield High School golf team was back in action at the West Nine Golf Course on Wednesday. The Tigers defeated South Brunswick High School 148-151 in a Greater Middlesex Conference Red Division match. South ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Ellie Zechman led the way for the Phillipsburg High School girl’s golf team with a second place score of 16-over par 52 in the Stateliners 218-221 victory over Voorhees in a Skyland Conference Raritan Division match at High Bridge Hills on Wednesday.McKenna Cooper finished fourth ...
MONROE TOWNSHIP, NJ - Chargers golfers ended a two-match slide on Wednesday with a 170-174 victory over Woodbridge High School at the Rossmoor Golf Club. Spotswood High School opened the 2025-26 golf season with three straight victories before losing to Old Bridge High School last week. The ...
LIVINGSTON, NJ — The Livingston boys volleyball team defeated Bloomfield in straight sets, 25–19 and 25–23, in an SEC–American Division matchup on Tuesday.Senior outside hitter Ignas Giusti powered Livingston’s offense with a match‑high 10 kills.Branden Zhao finished with seven kills, eight digs ...
CHATHAM, NJ – Tyler Jacobs describes himself as a “slap hitter” who is just trying to make hard contact and hit the ball on a line. No one doubts he's telling the truth, but the results he's putting up for the Chatham baseball team this season are making it harder to believe.“My approach is to stay ...
LITTLE FALLS, NJ - Passaic Valley's softball team used an early offensive surge and a strong all-around performance to defeat West Milford, 5-0, on Wednesday.The Hornets (6-1) jumped out to a three-run lead in the first inning and added two more runs in the sixth to secure the win. The team totaled ...
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J. — Gov. Livingston High School’s three-game winning streak came to an end Tuesday afternoon as AL Johnson pulled away for a 10-1 victory in a UCC–Watchung Division matchup on April 14.AL Johnson set the tone early, scoring four runs in the top of the first inning and building ...
ROXBURY, NJ – By defeating rival Randolph twice this week, the Roxbury High School baseball team improved its overall record to 6-3 and kept intact its undefeated record in the Northwest Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC).The Gaels beat the Rams 9-7 on April 15 and 11-1 on April 13.In the more ...
MILLBURN, NJ – Oliver Becker scored four goals and passed for two assists to lead Millburn to a 10-9 boys lacrosse victory over Gov. Livingston on Wednesday.Nick Ferraro finished with two goals and two assists and Chase Plotkin also scored two goals for the Millers (5-2).Hunter Rabinowitz and Cole ...
SAYREVILLE, NJ – After powering the Bombers boys volleyball team to a trio of wins, Veer Desai has been named the TAPinto Raritan Bay Athlete of the Week.Desai played a key role in Sayreville’s recent success, helping the boys secure victories over North Plainfield, Thomas Edison Energy Charter, ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Olivia Miles, a Sts. Philip and James elementary school graduate who also played in the Lady Liners AAU program, was picked second overall on Monday by the Minnesota Lynx in the WNBA player draft at The Shed at Hudson Yards in New York City.Born in Summit N.J. before moving to ...
MADISON, NJ – Madison softball marked Senior Night with an offensive outburst Wednesday, rolling to a 13-4 victory over Lenape Valley behind a 16-hit attack.The seniors celebrated include: Anna Bochner and Cameron Takafuji.Lenape Valley grabbed an early 2-0 lead in the top of the first, but ...
MADISON, NJ – The Madison boys golf team turned in a strong showing at the Green Knights Invitational on Wednesday, finishing tied for 12th place in a competitive 18-team field.Madison posted a team score of 324, matching Chatham for 12th at the tournament. The Dodgers entered the event at 4-1 on ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ – Morristown baseball came up just short in a wild offensive battle Wednesday, falling to Parsippany Hills, 16-15, in a game that featured 31 combined runs and 26 hits.Parsippany Hills built an early 7-0 lead after the first two innings, but Morristown responded with six runs in the ...
BRANCHBURG, NJ – After falling by an average of just eight strokes in its first five matches of the 2026 season, the Hunterdon Central Regional High School boys’ golf team achieved its first victory of the season on Tuesday evening.While Bridgewater-Raritan High School (0-4, 0-3) produced its best ...
BRANCHBURG, NJ – After falling by an average of just eight strokes in its first five matches of the 2026 season, the Hunterdon Central Regional High School boys’ golf team achieved its first victory of the season on Tuesday evening.While Bridgewater-Raritan High School (0-4, 0-3) produced its best ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ — The Hunterdon Central boys' tennis team defeated Phillipsburg, 5–0, in a Skyland Conference Raritan Division matchup.The Red Devils (3–2) controlled the match from start to finish, winning all five positions in straight sets. Senior Jake Christensen powered Hunterdon Central out ...
LAWRENCE, NJ – Bridgewater-Raritan snapped a recent slump with a 13-4 baseball victory over Lawrence on Wednesday.Bridgewater-Raritan (2-5), which had lost five straight, hit five triples in the victory. Steve Pikulin went 3-for-4 with a triple and three runs batted in.Kellan Komline was 2-for-4 ...
NORTH CALDWELL, NJ – Daniel Gorab struck out 13 batters to help West Essex complete a series sweep of Livingston with a 6-4 baseball victory on Wednesday.Gorab went 6 ⅔ innings, allowed three hits and walked one. None of the three runs against him were earned.CJ Fogg went 3-for-4 with a triple, ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ – Caldwell ran its unbeaten streak to eight with a nine-inning, 8-7 victory over West Orange on Wednesday.Ryan Keenan's sacrifice fly in the bottom of the ninth scored Rich Musser with the tiebreaking run. Musser had walked, gone to second on a wild pitch and then advanced to ...
WEEHAWKEN, NJ - A four-run sixth inning lifted Hasbrouck Heights to a 7-5 victory over Weehawken in a NJIC Meadowlands Division softball game on Tuesday in Weehawken. Hasbrouck Heights is now 6-2 overall, 1-2 in the Meadowlands with the win. Weehawken falls to 1-5 overall, 0-3 in the ...
EMERSON, NJ – Lucas Mendoza limited Emerson to three hits as Wood-Ridge defeated the Cavos, 5-1 in a NJIC Meadowlands Baseball game on Tuesday in Emerson. The Blue Devils are now 6-3 overall, 2-1 in the Meadowlands, and have won four straight games. Emerson is now 2-8 overall, 1-2 in the ...
MONTVILLE, NJ – The Millburn boys tennis team remained undefeated with a 5-0 victory over Montville on Wednesday.Millburn has won its first seven matches of the season now.At first singles, Jake Li turned in a 6–0, 6–2 victory over Eric Davis. Shaurya Tanna followed with a steady 6–3, 6–3 win at ...
CHATHAM, NJ – Chatham bunched its runs in the third inning and made the plays in the field they needed to make in backing senior left-hander Justin Zigon as the Cougars won a 5-2 “Senior Night” baseball game vs. Morris Hills on Wednesday at Shunpike Field.Senior right fielder Luke Leskauskas made a ...
LONG BRANCH, NJ – Long Branch High School baseball senior Kellen Campbell recently announced his commitment to continue his playing career at Fairleigh Dickinson University as a pitcher this fall.“Kellen is the ultra-competitor and wants to do the best to his ability,” head coach Ben Woolley said ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ - The Somerset Patriots lost to the Reading Fightin Phils 8-6 at TD Bank Ballpark on Wednesday night. Somerset, down 6-0 after three innings, tied the game up 6-6 in the sixth inning, before allowing back-to-back home runs in the ninth inning to drop its first game to Reading this ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ - The Somerset Patriots lost to the Reading Fightin Phils 8-6 at TD Bank Ballpark on Wednesday night. Somerset, down 6-0 after three innings, tied the game up 6-6 in the sixth inning, before allowing back-to-back home runs in the ninth inning to drop its first game to Reading this ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ - The New York Yankees have scheduled RHP Gerrit Cole for an MLB rehab assignment with the Double-A Somerset Patriots on Friday, April 17.when the Patriots take on the Reading Fightin Phils (Philadelphia Phillies) at TD Bank Ballpark at 6:35 pm.Cole was placed on the 15-day injured ...