Sports Top Stories
By STEVEN CUSUMANO
August 12, 2025
PORTLAND, ME. - The Somerset Patriots were defeated by the Portland Sea Dogs in game one of a six-game series at Delta Dental Park at Hadlock Field on Tuesday by a score of 6-3.Somerset pitching allowed three or more home runs in a game for the first time in the second half and the first time since ...
HILLSIDE, NJ - Soccer season is on the horizon in Hillside, with the Boys Varsity Team looking to rebound from a 2024 campaign that saw them finish 4-10-1. Below is a full breakdown of the 2025 season schedule for the Comets: September 8 vs. American History at 4 p.m.September 9 vs. College Achieve ...
STAFFORD - The Southern Regional School District and the wider Ocean County community are mourning the loss of Arthur E. Criss, a foundational figure whose career spanned decades and whose impact is still felt in the institution he helped build. Criss, 87, passed away on July 19, 2025, leaving ...
STAFFORD - The Southern Regional School District and the wider Ocean County community are mourning the loss of Arthur E. Criss, a foundational figure whose career spanned decades and whose impact is still felt in the institution he helped build. Criss, 87, passed away on July 19, 2025, leaving ...
CEDAR GROVE, NJ - The Cedar Grove Recreation Department opened its registration period for Fall Cross Country. Runners in grades 1-3 are invited to register for the Recreation Department’s Fall Cross Country Clinic. The clinic will take place on Tuesdays from September 16 to October 14 at Cedar ...
PISCATAWAY, NJ – The Piscataway High School Chiefs football team has announced its 2025 season schedule, which kicks off with a home game against Edison on Friday, Aug. 29, at 6 p.m. at Kenny Armwood Stadium.The Chiefs will play a mix of home and away games across the region through late ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ – Almost all young hockey players dream of making it to the National Hockey League – local resident Devin Kaplan actually did it.The Bridgewater native made his big-league debut in the Philadelphia Flyers' season-ending 5–4 loss at Buffalo April 18. He recorded one hit and one-shot ...
CHATHAM, NJ – Greg Lusardi's reputation preceded his arrival as the new offensive line coach for the 2025 Chatham football team.“I knew his name as a Morris County coaching legend from his days at Morris Catholic,” Evan Picariello, Chatham head coach, said. “He's a football guy through and through, ...
Woodbridge Township will again serve as host to the New Jersey Senior Olympic games on September 5, 6 and 7, 2025. This is the 19th consecutive year that Woodbridge Township has welcomed the statewide Senior Olympic competition. While last year’s games were tremendously successful with more than ...
Noel Brown, a co-captain of St. Bonaventure University’s 2024-25 basketball team, has signed a contract to play professionally in Bulgaria.Brown, a 6-foot-11-inch center, will play for BC Spartak Pleven.On its Facebook page, BC Spartak Pleven described Brown as “a competitor with an impressive work ...
BAYONNE, NJ -- The Bayonne High School football team will open its season on Friday, Aug. 29 against Morris Knolls at neutral site West Orange High School.Bayonne is coming off a 6-3 season and heads into 2025 with a senior-dominated nucleus guided by fourth-year head coach Jerome Hayes."We are a ...
ST. CATHARINES, ONTARIO - Ridgewood Crew capped an extraordinary 2025 summer rowing season with a historic first—its inaugural international gold medal—at the prestigious 141st Royal Canadian Henley Regatta in St. Catharines, Ontario. The achievement was the highlight of a summer in which the team ...
PATERSON, NJ - The Paterson Board of Education failed to approve the appointment of Jarrod Rogers as head football coach at John F. Kennedy High School at a recent meeting, leaving the position in limbo just over a month before the fall season begins.Rogers, a lifelong Paterson resident and ...
Registration for Paramus Borough's fall 2025 recreation season begins today, Aug. 11. The activities available this season are:Cross CountrySpeed & Agility TrainingGirls VolleyballSoccerTennisPickup BasketballYouth PickleballAdult PickleballLacrosse Information regarding dates, times, ...
The annual Run for the RosesGRAFTON – For 39 years the race at Grafton Lakes State Park, along NYS Route 2 and the around the Town Park, has attracted some of the Capital Region’s premier runners. The 2025 race held this past Sunday, Aug. 10 was no exception.175 runners broke from the starting gate ...
SOUTH AMBOY, NJ – Toni Pepia weighs in at 52 kg. on match day. She is 25 years old, 5 feet tall, and has been obsessed with judo for nearly half her life. And she has wanted to be an Olympian for just as long.“When I first started judo, I told my first coach, ‘I want to go to the Olympics’,” Pepia ...
It has been a tough couple of weeks for the entire Fonda Speedway racing family. One of our own was seriously injured while doing what he loved to do, and the way he loved to do it. We watched as the videos from Canada hit the internet that Stewart Friesen had been involved in a horrific crash in ...
Helios Care’s Annual Chip in Fore Hospice Tournament will be held on Wednesday, September 17, at the scenic College Golf Course at Delhi. This annual event is one of Helios Care’s biggest fundraisers, ensuring that hospice patients and families have access to the care and support they need during ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ - The Somerset Patriots defeated the Binghamton Rumble Ponies in the finale of a six-game series at TD Bank Ballpark on Sunday by a score of 2-0.Somerset recorded its eighth shutout victory of the season and its first against Binghamton. With the win, the Patriots split their series ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ - The Somerset Patriots defeated the Binghamton Rumble Ponies in the finale of a six-game series at TD Bank Ballpark on Sunday by a score of 2-0.Somerset recorded its eighth shutout victory of the season and its first against Binghamton. With the win, the Patriots split their series ...
PISCATAWAY, NJ — The YMCA at the Piscataway Community Center (YPCC) hosted a special event last Thursday, August 7, that brought professional athletes, law enforcement, and local families together for a shared mission: supporting children on the autism spectrum.Detectives Laughlin, Myers, LeBrew, ...
LONG BRANCH, NJ – The Long Branch High School boys soccer team has stayed busy this summer as they gear up for the upcoming fall season.The Green Wave graduated nine seniors from last season (five starters) and will return 14 players for the 2025 season. Long Branch will once again have an ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ The Somerset Patriots defeated the Binghamton Rumble Ponies in game five of a six-game series at TD Bank Ballpark on Saturday by a score of 3-2.Somerset held Binghamton to an 0-for-13 mark with runners in scoring position. The Patriots recorded their fifth walk-off win of the ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ The Somerset Patriots defeated the Binghamton Rumble Ponies in game five of a six-game series at TD Bank Ballpark on Saturday by a score of 3-2.Somerset held Binghamton to an 0-for-13 mark with runners in scoring position. The Patriots recorded their fifth walk-off win of the ...
MILWAUKEE, WI - Mila Siu, an 11-year-old from Short HIlls, traveled to Milwaukee, WI to fence in the biggest USA Nationals competitions, and placed 7th, according to her coach, Nicholas Vomero, owner of Elite Fencers Club. Mila’s mom, Melody, shared that Mila began fencing when she was eight years ...
OCEAN TWP, NJ – With determination in her stride and legacy in her veins, Branchburg’s Madison “Madi” Turash made a commanding debut in the Fit Model division at the NPC Muscle Beach Championships — and she didn’t just show up, she showed out.Competing in her seventh show, Turash took first place ...
MILWAUKEE, WI - Mila Siu, an 11-year-old from Short HIlls, traveled to Milwaukee, WI to fence in the biggest USA Nationals competitions, and placed 7th, according to her coach, Nicholas Vomero, owner of Elite Fencers Club. Mila’s mom, Melody, shared that Mila began fencing when she was eight years ...
EAST ORANGE, NJ - East Orange Campus High School Varsity Football enjoyed a dominant 2024 campaign that included a sectional championship victory over West Orange on November 15. The Jaguars finished with an overall record of 10-3. The schedule for the team’s 2025 campaign has been released. A full ...
LONG BEACH ISLAND REGION - After several days of strong northeast winds and high seas, good fishing conditions have returned for the boats and captains of the Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association as August approaches its midpoint.This is just in time for this week’s Beach Haven Marlin and Tuna ...
LONG BEACH ISLAND REGION - After several days of strong northeast winds and high seas, good fishing conditions have returned for the boats and captains of the Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association as August approaches its midpoint.This is just in time for this week’s Beach Haven Marlin and Tuna ...