Sports Top Stories
By TAPINTO MOUNTAINSIDE STAFF
May 23, 2025
MOUNTAINSIDE, NJ - Flag Football is returning to Mountainside this Fall. The Mountainside Recreation Department and PAL announced 2025 flag football for boys and girls in grades K through six. Games will be held at Our Ladies of Lourdes Fields on Saturdays from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. The season will run ...
FLEMINGTON, NJ – Ethan Washington scored four goals to lead Hunterdon Central to a 9-6 boys lacrosse victory over South Brunswick on Thursday.Nick Terricone added three goals for the Red Devils (4-13) and Joe Rawlins won 16 of 18 faceoffs, 89 percent.Trey Capolli and Tyler Farley also had Hunterdon ...
HACKENSACK, NJ - Seniors Ryan Ober and Aidan Morrow captured first place in their respective races at the 2024 Bergen County Meet of Champions, held on May 21st at Hackensack High School. In the team competition, Hasbrouck Heights finished in third place, behind first place Northern Valley – ...
BOONTON, NJ – Senior mid-distance runner Lauren Tracey finished fifth in the 400 hurdles with a time of 65.33, breaking her own school record by .18 of a second for the Chatham girls track & field team at the Morris County Championships held Tuesday and Wednesday at Boonton High.Tracey set her ...
SUMMIT, NJ – Summit has plenty of weapons on offense, but on a day like Thursday, the Hilltoppers knew they would need to win with defense. They did just that, receiving contributions from all over their lineup and stifling Monroe’s attack from the opening possession. The result was an emphatic ...
PARSIPPANY, NJ - The Parsippany Hills High School baseball team has faced a challenging 2025 season. As of mid-May, the team had a 6–15 overall record and a 1–10 mark in the NJAC National Division. Despite the setbacks, the Vikings showcased moments of promise and individual standout ...
CHATHAM, NJ – The Cougars beat Parsippany Hills in a back-and-forth affair on a cold and wet Wednesday afternoon, with Nick Carles winning the “Senior Day” baseball game for Chatham, 5-4, with a base hit in the bottom of the sixth inning.Senior Will Linn earned the win by pitching a clean top of ...
EAST HANOVER, NJ - The Park Regional girls lacrosse team, led by Head Coach Natalie Contompasis, wrapped up a successful 2025 regular season with a 10-4 overall record and a strong 4-1 mark in the NJIGLL - Independence Blue Division. Blending youth and experience, the team emerged as one of Morris ...
EAST HANOVER, NJ - The Park Regional girls lacrosse team, led by Head Coach Natalie Contompasis, wrapped up a successful 2025 regular season with a 10-4 overall record and a strong 4-1 mark in the NJIGLL - Independence Blue Division. Blending youth and experience, the team emerged as one of Morris ...
SPARTA, NJ – The high school golf teams took on Pope John on Tuesday. The boys won their match 162-167. The girls lost by a slim three points, 216-219.The boys results:Second – Ryan Grycuk with 39Third – John Ferraro, Calvin Kirchner and Matt Stittes in a three-way tie shooting 41Sixth – Matt ...
HILLSIDE, NJ - The Hillside Boys Varsity Volleyball Team emerged victorious for the 11th time on Wednesday, defeating Newark Lab 2-0. The win moves the Comets to 11-14. Gabriel Coelho led the way for the Comets with 10 service points and four aces. Ismael Fils-Aime had a team-high 25 assists. Jesus ...
FLEMINGTON, NJ – Ethan Washington scored four goals to lead Hunterdon Central to a 9-6 boys lacrosse victory over South Brunswick on Thursday.Nick Terricone added three goals for the Red Devils (4-13) and Joe Rawlins won 16 of 18 faceoffs, 89 percent.Trey Capolli and Tyler Farley also had Hunterdon ...
PHILADELPHIA, PA - Ridgewood Crew capped off its spring regular season in impressive fashion at the 2025 Stotesbury Cup Regatta, winning the title of top Boys Junior Quad boat for the second straight year and scoring three other top-three finishes.The Stotesbury Cup is the largest scholastic rowing ...
SOMERVILLE, NJ – When hometown favorite Furman Kugler out-sprinted Johnny Webber of Milwaukee to win the first Tour of Somerville bike race in 1940, the event sponsor was a dairy farm, merchandise prizes were donated by town businesses and race organizer Fred “Pop” Kugler thought “maybe we’ll try ...
PRINCETON JUNCTION, NJ - The 14th-seeded Spotswood High School boys tennis team came to an end on Wednesday with a 5-0 loss to third-seeded Hopewell Valley in the first round of the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group Two Tournament at the Mercer County Park Tennis Courts. Hopewell Valley moves on in the ...
SOMERVILLE, NJ – When hometown favorite Furman Kugler out-sprinted Johnny Webber of Milwaukee to win the first Tour of Somerville bike race in 1940, the event sponsor was a dairy farm, merchandise prizes were donated by town businesses and race organizer Fred “Pop” Kugler thought “maybe we’ll try ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - The Phillipsburg High School baseball team was awarded the fifth-seed in the NJSIAA North 2 Group 4 playoffs for the second straight season and will host 12th-seeded Newark East Side (12-8) tentatively scheduled for May 27 in a first round game at a time to be determined.The ...
SEA GIRT, NJ – In a powerful tribute to athletic excellence and empowerment, the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) has announced its 2025 National Girls & Women in Sports Day honorees. The recognition shines a spotlight on student-athletes, coaches, and leaders ...
ROSELLE PARK, NJ - On April 29th, Roselle Park High School honored five additional students at its annual NCAA Signing Day event: Alfris Garcia, Matt Drada, Liam Griffiths, Sofia Calas, and Angela Leonardis. The event was attended by athletic coaches, families, and key members of the school’s ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — On Sunday, the City of Plainfield Department of Recreation celebrated National Tennis Month with an event called Plainfield Plays Tennis, which took place at the Donald Van Blake Tennis Courts in the Hub Stine Sports Complex.The celebration of tennis came on the same week that Inez ...
NEWTON, NJ – The Newton High School boys golf team played away against Pope John on Monday, May 19, and lost 171-165. They then took on Hopatcong and Dover at home on Tuesday and won both matches.The Braves won 153-185 over Hopatcong. The results are as follows:1st Jack Youngs with a 352nd Nick ...
NEWTON, NJ – The Newton High School girls golf team played away against Pope John on Monday, May 19 and lost 235-192.The Braves’ results of the match are as follows:2nd Haley Morodan with a 456thTamara Taylor with a 617th Kayla Dione with a 629th Romina Garcia with a 6710th Baylie Rawson with a 70 ...
SAYREVILLE, NI - Monday, May 19th was a day the South Plainfield Middle School Track and Field athletes had been awaiting. On a sun-drenched field, the South Plainfield team took to the Sayreville High School track to compete against all the middle schools in the Greater Middlesex County. Going ...
MILLTOWN, NJ - The Spotswood High School varsity baseball team took on Ewing High School on Wednesday in the annual game at Milltown's Michelin Field. Spotswood defeated Ewing 8-3 behind a huge grand slam home run in the bottom of the sixth by Will Buchan in the final game of the regular season.
CHATHAM, NJ – One of Kevin Grundy's goals growing up was to dunk a basketball. Little did he know that it was training for him to excel in other kinds of jumping competitions related to track and field.“I played basketball for a lot of my childhood, from third grade through sophomore year,” Grundy ...
MAHOPAC, N.Y. - They say history repeats itself, but it could be a long time before Mahopac baseball fanatics witness another solo no-hitter in a Section 1 playoff game, considering it's never happened before Wednesday, May 21.Wolf Pac junior Nick Masciarelli now owns that distinction after the ...
LONG BRANCH, NJ – With the end of the school year approaching, we are beginning a series where we sit down with a Long Branch High School senior athlete to reminisce on each’s high school playing career, growth throughout high school, favorite memories and so much more. Today, we spoke with ...
SPOTSWOOD, NJ - The Spotswood High School varsity softball team closed out the regular season on Wednesday at home with a 7-4 victory over Elizabeth High School behind a 17-strikeout performance by Ava Mormile. Mormile went the distance for the Chargers, giving up four runs on five hits. The senior ...
SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD, NJ – Scotch Plains-Fanwood Boys Tennis defeated Iselin Kennedy 4-1 in the first round of the NJSIAA North Jersey, Section 2, Group 3 Tournament on Tuesday, May 20, which is also when they celebrated Senior Day, honoring the following three seniors from the class of 2025:Anand ...
BASKING RIDGE, NJ - The Tigers travelled to Basking Ridge on Wednesday afternoon and braved the cold rain to play an out of Conference game verse a solid Ridge team.Pitcher Emily Luersen #21 started in the circle for the Tigers and earned the victory. She allowed two runs over four innings with ...