Sports Top Stories
By DAWN MILLER
September 1, 2025
SPOTSWOOD, NJ - Spotswood High School's fall student-athletes have been gearing up with practices and scrimmages the past two weeks, but as the calendar switched to September on Labor Day, it signaled the start of the 2025-26 season. The Chargers football team played its first game on August 28, ...
The section II High School football season kicks off this weekend with nearly a full set of games.Thursday, Sept. 4The #20 ranked La Salle Institute Cadets travel to Poughkeepsie to face Our Lady of Lourdes.Friday, Sept. 5#16 ranked Hoosick Falls/Tamarac Wildcats host 17th ranked ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ – For any high school program, the loss of graduating players can be difficult to deal with. The talent and leadership that leaves the team can be hard to replace and can determine how good a program is from year to year.For the Colonials in 2025, they will have to find a way to ...
MADISON, NJ – With less than 24 hours before the start of the season, the Dodgers are looking to repeat the success they had during a historic 2024 campaign. Madison is coming off an incredible 19-2 season that saw the program reach new heights under long-time head coach Richard Vasquez. The ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — With 14 returning players, highlighted by nine starters coming back, the Westfield field hockey team is prime and ready to make a state tournament run.Westfield returns 14 players, including nine starters, from a 16-5 record a season ago. Last year, the Blue Devils won eight of ...
PISCATAWAY, NJ – As Piscataway students head back to school, many are also returning to athletic fields and courts for fall sports season. With more young athletes participating in competitive games than ever before, parents are keeping a close eye on player safety. To help guide families, Dr.
SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD, NJ – The Scotch Plains-Fanwood girls' volleyball season will get underway on Sept. 3, coming off a 17-9 season that saw the team reach the state semi-finals. This year, however, brings new challenges as the team reenters the UCC: Watchung Division, facing a ...
SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD, NJ – The Scotch Plains-Fanwood girls tennis team season began on August 25, and have started off strong with a 3-0 record. The Raiders so far have come out on top in all their matches against Union Catholic, Roselle Park, and Dayton.The Raiders team that went 8-10 last year ...
LONG BEACH TOWNSHIP,– The 3rd Annual Cardboard Boat Regatta is fast approaching, and community members of all ages are invited to build their own cardboard boats and race them in the bay. The event promises a day of fun, creativity, and friendly competition.The regatta will take place at the bay ...
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J. — The Governor Livingston girls volleyball team enters the 2025 season with high expectations under ninth-year coach Steve Hess, now in his fourth year as head coach, despite graduating a decorated senior class that led the Highlanders to a 26-4 record last fall.The ...
RAVENA-COEYMANS-SELKIRK — The RCS boys’ soccer team took its first loss of the season on opening day, falling to the La Salle Cadets 3-0 in a home game.The Ravens held the Cadets scoreless in the first quarter despite La Salle spending a majority of the quarter in Ravens’ territory, but the ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Three players are returning starters for the Phillipsburg High School girl’s tennis team although two of them will be in new positions this season.Back at No. 1 singles is three-year starter and junior Alessandra Tolentino who fought back from a 1-5 start last year to finish the ...
MANASQUAN, NJ — After a strong 21–7 campaign, Coach Bruno brings back her entire starting lineup as Manasquan girls field hockey steps into the tougher A Division. With experience across the board and momentum on their side, the Warriors aim not just to build on last year’s success, but to raise ...
LONG BRANCH, NJ – The Long Branch High School boys soccer team will look to continue its success from last season in 2024.The following is the schedule for the 2025 season for the Green Wave boys’ soccer team.• Saturday, September 6 vs. Rumson-Fair Haven High School at 10:00 a.m.• Monday, September ...
SAYREVILLE, NJ -- The Sayreville girls tennis season opens with a game against Edison at home on Friday, Sept. 5, at 4:00 p.m.Last year, the Bombers were 6-11, so Coach Michael Provenza and his team will be looking to improve on that record this season.Key losses to the team include seniors Reya ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ - A team of rising eighth grade girls from Bridgwater went undefeated all summer in the Hoop Heaven Basketball Summer League, taking the title of top team in the league. Games took place from late June until early August at the three Hoop Heaven locations in Whippany, Branchburg and ...
RIDGEWOOD, NJ – As the calendar turns to September, it brings with it another Ridgewood football season. Aspirations are always high for the Bergen County school, with their last state championship coming in 2019, and this year is no exception for the Maroons who are entering year three under head ...
WEST ORANGE, NJ – The Bayonne football team opened its season with a competitive 21-14 loss to perennial state contender Morris Knolls at neutral site West Orange High School on Friday.Morris Knolls broke a 14-14 tie in the third quarter on Luke Shivas' 3-yard touchdown run.Chance Fischer scored ...
HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, NJ – Coming off a 10-8 season in 2024, Hasbrouck Heights head tennis coach Suzanne Caines will be relying on three returning players as they all move up a spot in this year’s lineup. First Singles will once again be the domain of junior Anna Christopoulos who returns to the spot ...
SPRINGFIELD, NJ – The Jonathan Dayton High School football team will open its regular season on Friday night, Sept. 5, at South Hunterdon.And, while the loss of Class of 2025 quarterback Jon Jon DeSarno and some of his classmates will have an impact, Bulldogs' third-year head coach Nick Iannacone ...
NUTLEY, NJ - The Raiders defeated the Hasbrouck Heights Aviators 14-12 in the August 21 scrimmage game. On Thursday night, the Raiders traveled to River Dell and defeated the Golden Hawks 32-27, lThis coming Friday, Sepetember 5, the Nutley Raiders take on the Bloomfield Bengals on Tangorra Field ...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ - This season, South Plainfield High School’s varsity field hockey team is welcoming a new head coach. Kelly Watson will be taking over the reins as varsity head coach after being an assistant coach for the past three seasons. South Plainfield finished last season with an ...
BINGHAMTON, NY - The Somerset Patriots were defeated by the Binghamton Rumble Ponies in the finale of a six-game set at Mirabito Stadium on Sunday by a score of 4-1. Binghamton pitching struck out 17 Somerset batters. In Somerset's 39 games since the All-Star break, 34 have been decided by three ...
BINGHAMTON, NY - The Somerset Patriots were defeated by the Binghamton Rumble Ponies in the finale of a six-game set at Mirabito Stadium on Sunday by a score of 4-1. Binghamton pitching struck out 17 Somerset batters. In Somerset's 39 games since the All-Star break, 34 have been decided by three ...
MONMOUTH JUNCTION, NJ – Bridgewater-Raritan High School launched its new boys’ soccer season with a vengeance.Although the Panthers posted a 4-12-1 record and netted just 14 total goals in their 17 games last fall, the returning players’ experience in close games is set to pay dividends in 2025, as ...
CLARK, NJ — Though it was just a scrimmage, the Crusaders defeated the Brearley Bears 2-0 on Thursday, Aug. 28.TAPinto Kenilworth looks forward to the season and to covering the games. In the meantime, here are some photos courtesy of TAPinto Clark's Thursday's scrimmage.The Bears are working ...
LONG BEACH TOWNSHIP,– The 3rd Annual Cardboard Boat Regatta is fast approaching, and community members of all ages are invited to build their own cardboard boats and race them in the bay. The event promises a day of fun, creativity, and friendly competition.The regatta will take place at the bay ...
SAYREVILLE, NJ -- The Sayreville soccer season kicks off with a game against Colonia at home on Saturday, Sept. 6, at 9:00 a.m.Last year, the Bombers’ record was a disappointing 4-13-1, and Coach Nick Cifelli’s squad will look to improve. He returns a veteran roster that did not lose any key ...
MONTVILLE, NJ - There were a lot of questions about what the Montville football team would look like going into the 2025 season.After graduating several key contributors from last year's sectional semifinalist, including one of the most dynamic players in the area in Anthony Feaster, many doubted ...
SPARTA, NJ – To say it is a rebuilding year for the Sparta girls volleyball team, may be an understatement. Twelve varsity athletes graduated with the Class of 2025, though the team has a strong history of winning to support them, according to Coach Caitlin Jozefczyk.“We are hoping to surprise ...