Sports Top Stories
By MARC RUSSINOFF
September 3, 2025
BRIDGEWATER, NJ - The New York Yankees have promoted LHP Kyle Carr to the Double-A Somerset Patriots. He is scheduled to make his Double-A debut on Wednesday night as the starting pitcher against the New Hampshire Fisher Cats (Toronto Blue Jays) at TD Bank Ballpark at 6:35 pm.Carr is ranked as the ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ - The New York Yankees have promoted LHP Kyle Carr to the Double-A Somerset Patriots. He is scheduled to make his Double-A debut on Wednesday night as the starting pitcher against the New Hampshire Fisher Cats (Toronto Blue Jays) at TD Bank Ballpark at 6:35 pm.Carr is ranked as the ...
PATERSON, NJ - The Ozone Park Fighters clinched the 2025 Bangladeshi American Soccer League (BASL) championship on August 30, edging Garden State FC 5-4 in penalty kicks after a 1-1 draw at Pennington Park.The championship match capped off the league’s eighth season, which was founded in 2018 by ...
HAMILTON, NJ – Steinert High School boys soccer opens its 2025 campaign at home on Thursday against Marlboro High School and will look to take another step forward after back-to-back strong seasons.The Spartans finished 2024 undefeated in Colonial Valley Conference play and posted an overall ...
SPARTA, NJ – Sparta High School’s girls soccer team is getting ready to take the field for the 2025 season. Along with a many new players, they will be competing in the “very competitive NJAC American division” this season, according to Coach Daniel Trappe.“The team lost a strong senior group but ...
MADISON, NJ — The Madison boys soccer team opened its 2025 season with a hard-fought 1–1 tie against Scotch Plains-Fanwood on Tuesday, as both sides traded second-half goals in an evenly matched contest.After a scoreless first half, Scotch Plains-Fanwood broke through when Jayvon Young finished a ...
COLONIA, NJ – Shaun Jackson had a monster game as he scored four touchdowns to lead Sayreville to a 26-18 victory over Colonia in the opening football game for both teams on Thursday night.Jackson carried 14 times for 150 yards, including a 31-yard touchdown run with 6:36 left in the game to give ...
NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ — The New Providence girls volleyball team enters the 2025 season with optimism and a strong returning offense, according to Head Coach Alessandra Finis, now in her eighth year leading the program. After finishing 11-13 last season, Finis believes the Pioneers are poised to start ...
MADISON, NJ – Repeating as champions is always hard to do no matter how different the team is from year to year. For Madison in 2025 they have all the makings to repeat as champions. The Dodgers return all but one player from last year’s team that captured a sectional championship under head coach ...
TINTON FALLS – Jayla Duff factored into all three goals, scoring twice and adding an assist, to lead Barnegat to a tight 3-2 victory over Monmouth in a hard-fought contest on Tuesday. The win keeps Barnegat's early-season record perfect at 2-0.The game was a back-and-forth battle from the opening ...
LONG BRANCH, NJ – The Long Branch High School girls soccer team will look to improve from its 5-12 season in 2024.The following is the schedule for the 2025 season for the Green Wave girls’ soccer team:Friday, September 5 vs. Monmouth Regional High School at 4:00 p.m.Tuesday, September 9 @ Keyport ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ – The last two seasons for Morristown have been some of the best in the history of the program. The Colonials were nearly undefeated in 2023, only losing in the Group State Final to Southern and posting a 23-1 record with a Morris County and state sectional tournament championships.
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ – It was expected to be a tough season opener for the Chatham girls volleyball team, with host Gov. Livingston coming off a 24-win campaign that ended in the 2024 NJSIAA Group 2 state final.The Highlanders showed they may be poised for another strong season, sweeping the ...
MADISON, NJ - The Madison girls tennis is now 1-2 on the season. The Dodgers started off the season strong, defeating Parsippany Hills 3-2. The Dodgers then fell to Whippany Park 3-2 and Randolph 4-1.During their most recent match up against the Rams, the Dodgers won the 3rd singles match after ...
MADISON, NJ — The Madison boys soccer team opened its 2025 season with a hard-fought 1–1 tie against Scotch Plains-Fanwood on Tuesday, as both sides traded second-half goals in an evenly matched contest.After a scoreless first half, Scotch Plains-Fanwood broke through when Jayvon Young finished a ...
SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD, NJ – The Scotch Plains-Fanwood boys soccer team, coming off a 19-2-2 season, a county and section title, and a state championship runner-up season. As the season is upon us as they look to replicate the season they put together last year and chase redemption in the state.The ...
ROBBINSVILLE, NJ - The Robbinsville Little League Softball 10's Eastern Region Champions will be feted with a townwide parade on September 11.The team defeated Maryland by a score of 15-0 to advance to the Eastern Regional finals and took care of Connecticut 4-0 on the same day. The celebration ...
WOOD-RIDGE, NJ – The Wood-Ridge girls volleyball team has a new coach, a new divisional setup and plenty of new players as they head into the 2025 season. Ashley Gareffa takes over the Lady Blue Devils, who went 15-12, 7-3 in the Meadowlands a season ago under coach Ally Paskas.That team was ...
MIDDLETOWN, NJ -- The Colts Neck girls tennis team took care of business in straight sets to defeat Middletown North, 5-0, on Tuesday afternoon.Colts Neck advanced to 2-0 on the season. Middletown North dropped to 1-1.FIRST SINGLES: Veronika Matulskaya def. Paige Peyton, 6-0, 6-0.SECOND SINGLES: ...
MIDDLETOWN, NJ -- The Colts Neck girls tennis team took care of business in straight sets to defeat Middletown North, 5-0, on Tuesday afternoon.Colts Neck advanced to 2-0 on the season. Middletown North dropped to 1-1.FIRST SINGLES: Veronika Matulskaya def. Paige Peyton, 6-0, 6-0.SECOND SINGLES: ...
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ – It was expected to be a tough season-opening match for the Chatham girls volleyball team with host Gov. Livingston coming off a 24-win season that ended in the NJSIAA Group 2 state final in 2024.The Highlanders signaled another banner season might be in the offing with a ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ -- The Union girls soccer team opened its season with a 6-0 victory over Woodbridge on Tuesday.Isabella Runa scored three goals for the Farmers, who had a 3-0 lead at halftime.Brianna Sequeira, Victoria Abranches and Suzie Machada each scored a goal for Union, and winning goalie ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ - The Somerset Patriots defeated the New Hampshire Fisher Cats in game one of a six-game set at TD Bank Ballpark on Tuesday by a score of 1-0. With a time of game of 1 hour and 50 minutes, it was Somerset’s shortest nine-inning game in Double-A franchise history. The Patriots earned ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ - The Somerset Patriots defeated the New Hampshire Fisher Cats in game one of a six-game set at TD Bank Ballpark on Tuesday by a score of 1-0. With a time of game of 1 hour and 50 minutes, it was Somerset’s shortest nine-inning game in Double-A franchise history. The Patriots earned ...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ — The Piscataway High School field hockey team dropped its season opener Tuesday afternoon, falling 6-0 to South Plainfield in a non-conference matchup.The host Tigers (1-0) came out strong in the first quarter, scoring all six of their goals before the Chiefs (0-1) were able ...
RANDOLPH, NJ- After a 2024 campaign that saw the Randolph girls varsity volleyball team finish with a record of 11-11 (6-6 NJAC National), the Lady Rams are poised to take the next step in 2025. Make no mistake about it–this roster is one of the most talented ones from top to bottom in recent ...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ - South Plainfield High School's field hockey season got rolling on Tuesday in a big way. The Tigers shut out Piscataway High School 6-0 for the team's first victory of the season at the PAL. South Plainfield was up 6-0 by the end of the second period. The Tigers also kept the ...
NORTH CALDWELL, NJ – Chatham won all five matches in straight sets in scoring a 5-0 girls tennis win vs. West Essex on Tuesday. The Cougars improved to 2-0 on the young season.Kayla Agar won at first singles vs. Siena Jacobs, 6-4, 6-2; Joyce Zhang defeated Morgan Cronin at second singles, 6-1, 6-0, ...
PARSIPPANY, NJ – The Parsippany Hills Vikings Football team opened its 2025 football season with a nail-biting 14–13 home game loss to Roxbury Friday night.The game featured momentum swings from the start. Roxbury struck first when quarterback Frankie Falco broke free for a 75-yard touchdown run on ...
SOUTH RIVER, NJ - After winning just one match last season, the Spotswood High School girls tennis team won its season opener against South River High School on Tuesday. Spotswood defeated the Rams 4-1. The Chargers' second and third singles, along with their doubles teams, won in straight sets to ...