Sports Top Stories
By PAT SHARKEY
May 13, 2025
RED BANK - The Barnegat Bengals' otherwise stellar 15-3 season took a disappointing turn as they fell 17-7 to the Red Bank Bucs in the Shore Conference Tournament on Tuesday afternoon. Despite entering the game as the tenth seed against seventh-seeded Red Bank, the Bengals couldn't contain ...
Senior first baseman Brady Handwerk’s team-leading third big fly of the season ended the game and junior right fielder Wyatt Garrison’s three-run double highlighted Phillipsburg High School’s 14-3 win over Warren Hills in a Skyland Conference baseball matchup on a picturesque Monday afternoon at ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ - The Somerset Patriots and Portland Sea Dogs game scheduled for Tuesday, May 13th at TD Bank Ballpark has been postponed due to rain. The game will be made up as a single admission double header at TD Bank Ballpark on Thursday, May 15th beginning at 4 p.m. The two games will be ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ - The Somerset Patriots and Portland Sea Dogs game scheduled for Tuesday, May 13th at TD Bank Ballpark has been postponed due to rain. The game will be made up as a single admission double header at TD Bank Ballpark on Thursday, May 15th beginning at 4 p.m. The two games will be ...
MADISON, NJ - The Madison Dodgers continued their winning ways on Monday afternoon with pitching from James Doehner and just enough offensive spark to hold off Hanover Park 4-2. With the win, Madison improved to 14-3 on the season, while Hanover Park dropped to 9-9-1.Madison's James Doehner threw ...
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ — Gov. Livingston senior Taylor Fields officially signed her commitment to play women’s lacrosse at Allegheny College during a celebratory ceremony surrounded by family, coaches, teachers, and administrators.Fields, a transfer student, joined the Highlanders this season and ...
ROSELLE, NJ - The Roselle Catholic Girls Flag Football Team completed its inaugural season on May 7, finishing with a record of 4-4. The first-ever game for the Lions was against Westfield on March 24, a contest in which they had a game-tying touchdown called back and ultimately lost 13-6. The ...
CHATHAM, NJ – Oak Knoll School’s girls lacrosse team completed a season sweep of Kent Place School on Monday with a 10-5 victory in the Prep A final, held at Oak Knoll Fields in Chatham.Oak Knoll’s Lauren Dietrich scored a hat trick plus an assist as the No. 2 Royals improved to 13-3 with the win.
EDISON, NJ - The Spotswood High School boys tennis team took on Woodbridge Academy Magnet on Monday at Roosevelt Park. Spotswood lost to Woodbridge Academy 5-0. Aidan Levy lost his first singles match to Sanjay Gadadas, 6-0, 6-0 and Brandon Buchan dropped his second singles match to Harsha ...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ - On Monday, May 12th, 2025, the Tigers played the SPF Raiders at Ponytail Park for Senior night. The weather was perfect for an evening of softball, and the South Plainfield Ponytail Parents Softball Association hosted the annual Senior Night tradition. As usual, SPPPA had ...
SPOTSWOOD, NJ - The Spotswood High School varsity softball team faced off against East Brunswick High School in the 2025 Mazzola Classic on Monday. Spotswood lost to the Bears 5-1, so the trophy will spend the year at East Brunswick High School. The Chargers have won the past two Mazzola Classics ...
SPOTSWOOD, NJ - The Jim Muldowney Greater Middlesex Conference Baseball Tournament got going for the Chargers on Monday. Eighth-seeded Spotswood High School took on ninth-seeded Monroe Township High School in the first round at the Swamp. Both teams received a play-in round bye. Spotswood defeated ...
CRANFORD, NJ — After a tough loss over the weekend, the Summit High School baseball team bounced back Monday afternoon with a hard-fought 2–1 win over rival Cranford on the road.Thomas Flack played a pivotal role in the Hilltoppers’ victory, delivering on both sides of the ball. Flack tossed three ...
SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD, NJ – The Scotch Plains-Fanwood Girls Flag Football team celebrated their seniors with a ceremony on Thursday, May 8, during their last home game of the season against Plainfield. The following 23 seniors were ...
Junior Eddie O’Neil won Phillipsburg High School’s first individual county title, now called the Hunterdon-Warren-Sussex golf championship, in at least a couple of decades by shooting a one-over par 72 on Farmstead Golf and Country Club’s 6.000-yard layout on Thursday.O’Neil, a fixture in the ...
LIVINGSTON, NJ – Valentina Dilanni collected three hits and Livingston went on to a 5-2 softball victory over West Essex on Monday.Sophie Rothfeld went 2-for-2 with three runs scored, two runs batted in and a double for Livingston (8-10), which scored single runs in three of the first four innings ...
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ — Gov. Livingston senior Taylor Fields officially signed her commitment to play women’s lacrosse at Allegheny College during a celebratory ceremony surrounded by family, coaches, teachers, and administrators.Fields, a transfer student, joined the Highlanders this season and ...
SHRUB OAK, N.Y.—The Yorktown and Lakeland/Panas boys lacrosse teams have played for the Murphy Cup the last 35 seasons, including this current one. The game is named after Charlie Murphy, the founder of the Yorktown boys lacrosse program, who started it with a $500 donation in 1965. The girls at ...
CALDWELL, NJ – The Mount St. Dominic Academy softball team is showing everybody that they’re a team to be feared this season in the Essex County Tournament despite being the third seed.The third-seeded Lions took care of business on Saturday with a dominating 14-1 victory over sixth-seeded West ...
Rain wiped out racing at Albany-Saratoga on Friday and although the forecast for Saturday was bleak, Fonda Speedway was able to complete the special night honoring one of Fonda’s icons, Dave Lape who amassed 99 wins during his career at the track in his famous No. 22.The schedule included two ...
PARAMUS, NJ - The commitment not only to her own self-improvement as a student athlete but the thoughtfulness that Angelia Choi, captain of the Paramus High School girls golf program, shows toward her teammates is to be commended.“Angelia is a four-year player for us,’’ Paramus head coach Joe ...
MANASQUAN, NJ — Gaining confidence and momentum with each outing, the Lady Warrior lacrosse team entered their rivalry matchup against Wall riding a hot streak, having won five of their last seven games. With a young and rapidly improving roster, Manasquan continues to evolve into a force to be ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ — The Westfield boys golf team added another piece of hardware to their trophy case Monday.The Blue Devils (317) won their sixth Group title in school history (1993, 2001, 2003, 2008, 2021), outlasting last year’s champion Cherry Hill East (322) by five strokes at the NJSIAA State ...
LIVINGSTON, NJ – Julian Schultz had a big day at the plate and Tyler Chen pitched four strong innings in relief to lead Livingston to a 10-3 regular-season baseball victory over Columbia on Monday.Schultz went 3-for-4 with two runs batted in and two runs scored for Livingston (16-5), which scored ...
HAMILTON, NJ – Kris Simonka pitched two-hit ball over six innings to propel Steinert to a 9-1 baseball victory over West Windsor-Plainsboro South on Monday.Simonka allowed two walks and struck out two, and the only run against him was unearned. He threw 81 pitches, and Ethan Zimmerman pitched a ...
WARREN, NJ – Ellie Miller pitched a two-hitter to lead Steinert to a 3-0 softball victory over Watchung Hills on Monday.Miller struck out 10 batters and did not walk a batter. She outdueled Mia Simon of Watchung Hills (14-5), who allowed four hits and four walks and struck out 13.Addison Hassan ...
SPRINGFIELD, NJ – Angie Gatto hit a leadoff home run in the bottom of the eighth inning to give Dayton a 2-1 softball victory over Bayonne on Monday.Gatto, a Sacred Heart University commit, launched a 3-1 pitch over the left-field fence for the walk-off winner.Avital Kandel scored on a passed ball ...
PISCATAWAY – Devin Heuston went 3 for 5 with a double and two runs batted in to help New Brunswick to a 21-4 baseball victory over Timothy Christian on Monday.Kelvin Heuston scored four runs and went 2 for 3 with an RBI for New Brunswick (12-2), which broke the game open with 10 runs in the third ...
ROXBURY, NJ – In recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month, Roxbury High School student-athletes last week participated in “The Green Games,” an initiative designed to highlight the importance of mental health and reduce the stigma surrounding it, said Roxbury Schools Athletic Director Stuart ...
CEDAR GROVE, NJ - In a game where the Cedar Grove Varsity Baseball Team looked to be on the brink of defeat, they instead emerged victorious. Powered by seven seventh-inning runs, the Panthers defeated Verona 8-7 in their annual rivalry game on May 9 at Montclair State University. John Reer went ...