Sports Top Stories
By TAPINTOSPF STAFF
May 12, 2025
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ – Fresh off a second-round Union County Conference tournament win over Kent Place this past weekend, the Scotch Plains-Fanwood softball team kicked off a tough slate of games with a Monday night faceoff against the reigning Greater Middlesex Conference champion South Plainfield ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ – South River, the No. 16 seed, scored a run in the top of the ninth inning and held on for a 2-1 upset of top-seeded Woodbridge in the second round of the Jim Muldowney Greater Middlesex Conference baseball tournament on Monday.Jeremiah Sanchez walked with the bases loaded and two ...
HAWTHORNE, NJ - Joey Stauss is swimming his way through college after competing in high school and attending Passaic County Technical Institute (PCTI) and graduating in 2024.Stauss, a Hawthorne resident, has just completed his freshman year at the University of Maine, his first season as a member ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ – Franklin scored the tiebreaking run in the top of the sixth inning and went on to a 4-3 baseball victory over Bridgewater-Raritan in the second round of the Somerset County Tournament on Monday.Elijah Zavatsky hit a solo home run in the sixth to give 11th-seeded Franklin (8-7) a ...
SPOTSWOOD, NJ – Bella Stagliano pitched a three-hitter to lead East Brunswick to a 5-1 softball victory over Spotswood on Monday.Stagliano struck out 10 batters and walked five in seven innings.Makenna Gay singled in drove in two runs and Eva Munoz knocked in a run with a single. Munoz and Maria ...
UNION, NJ – New Providence scored a run in the top of the ninth inning and held on for a 7-6 softball victory over Union on Monday.Union rallied with three runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to tie the game, 6-6.Alessandra Silvestre went 3-for-5 with two doubles and three runs batted in for ...
PARKLAND, FL- The Stoneman Douglas Baseball Team is headed back to the State Semifinals, and are within two wins of an incredible 5th consecutive Class 7A State Title.MSD swept West Broward High School two games to zero in the Regional Final, capping off the sweep with a walk-off home run by junior ...
MONTVILLE, NJ - Here is a look at how Montville Township High School sports teams fared this past week.BASEBALLThe Mustangs went 1-3 in the past week to fall to 6-12 on the season. It lost to Delbarton, Chatham, and then Delbarton once again, before rolling to a resounding 6-0 win over Mendham on ...
FLEMINGTON, NJ – Liam Goyette pitched five innings of one-hit ball and Hunterdon Central went on to an 8-1 baseball victory over Bayonne on Monday.Goyette struck out three batters and walked two in his 70-pitch outing.Jesse Allen tripled and drove in three runs for Hunterdon Central (13-5). Soren ...
ABSECON - Southern Regional High School's lacrosse team dominated Holy Spirit High School by a final score of 19-1 on Monday afternoon. Sophomore Shea O'Donnell had a standout performance, scoring a personal-best six goals and contributing two assists for the Rams, who now hold an 11-4 ...
ROSELLE PARK, NJ - The Roselle Park Varsity Softball Team continued their winning ways in the second round of the Union County Tournament on Saturday, defeating Elizabeth 17-7 to advance. Madelyn Hemenway led the Panthers with four hits and four RBIs. Angela Leonardis had three hits and four RBIs.
COLONIA, NJ -- It was an exceptionally attractive matchup for a first-round tournament baseball game.In fact, it may have actually been a little too good a matchup for the opening round.Chris Kozak pitched a five-hitter as 10th-seeded Middlesex outdueled seventh-seeded Colonia and Cory Pascarella, ...
MAHOPAC, N.Y.—Lacrosse is a game of runs, and the Mahopac High boys showed they can reel off a string of goals with the best of them last week, taking down Carmel and Arlington with big runs that decided both games. The Wolf Pac turned a 5-1 game into a laugher last Friday at Arlington, dropping a ...
RIDGEWOOD, NJ - After leading the Ridgewood High School Hockey team to an historic 2025 season, coach Michael Lucchesi has been named "Coach of the Year", celebrating his outstanding leadership and the team’s remarkable achievements.In his 16th season as Head Coach and 23rd overall coaching at ...
NEW JERSEY- Madison boys golf team won the Group 1 State Championships. Alex Patel was the Group 1 medalist for Group 1. Overall, the Dodgers captured fifth place as a team after shooting a combined 306.St. Joseph of Montvale won top honors with a score of 286. Delbarton came in 2nd place with ...
MORRIS COUNTY, NJ - The Morristown boys volleyball team has received the No. 2 seed in the 2025 Morris County Tournament. The Colonials will face No. 7 seed Dover on Monday May 12 in the Quarterfinal Round.The seeds and match-ups are as follows:No. 1 seed Randolph (bye)No 2 seed Morristown vs No.
OLD BRIDGE, NJ – The Sayreville War Memorial HS Spring Track team competed in the 2025 Greater Middlesex Conference Championships at Carl Sandberg Middle School in Old Bridge from Tuesday, May 6 to Wednesday, May 7.The Bombers took home five top-3 medals from last week's championship meet, ...
JERSEY CITY, NJ – Short Hills’ Aphrodite Deng won the junior title at the 2025 Mizuho Americas Open with 140 points in the Stableford-format event.She was a point behind overnight leader Alice Ziyi Zhao of Irvine, California. Deng played alongside 2024 Mizuho Americas Open LPGA champion Nelly Korda ...
SUMMIT, NJ — Summit High School’s Gavin Schnall has been named the Salerno Duane Player of the Week after a standout offensive performance that helped propel the Hilltoppers.Gavin Schnall Schnall, a consistent force in the Summit lineup, went 5-for-10 at the plate last week, with four of his hits ...
AKRON, OH - The Somerset Patriots were defeated by the Akron RubberDucks in the finale of a six-game series at Canal Park in Akron, Ohio on Sunday by a score of 2-1. Somerset went 5-7 on its two-week road trip. RHP Bailey Dees (5.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 8 K) tied his season high in strikeouts and ...
WAYNE, NJ - The top-seeded Wayne Valley boys lacrosse team earned its third straight Passaic County title with a 10-8 victory over West Milford (No. 3) in Saturday's tournament final. The victory gives the Indians their sixth boys lacrosse county title - the most of any school (2014, 2016, 2021, ...
MONTCLAIR, NJ – In about 13 months, the first games of the FIFA World Cup 2026™ will kick off. Canada, Mexico and the United States are hosting the biggest World Cup ever, with a total of eight games to be played at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ, including the final match of the ...
AKRON, OH - The Somerset Patriots were defeated by the Akron RubberDucks in the finale of a six-game series at Canal Park in Akron, Ohio on Sunday by a score of 2-1. Somerset went 5-7 on its two-week road trip. RHP Bailey Dees (5.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 8 K) tied his season high in strikeouts and ...
SALT LAKE CITY, UT – Dexter Lam, a Millburn Middle School sixth grader, won the gold medal in vaulting and is the United States Vault National Champion! He shared, “Despite a very difficult year, many health issues, bad injuries, lengthy recovery, not being able to train or compete the entire ...
NEWTON, NJ—The Newton High School boys lacrosse team hosted Pequannock on Saturday, May 10 and won 13-12, after Max Faye shot the winning goal during overtime, on a pass from Joey Gallucci.Ty Guzzo was the lead scorer of the game, putting five in the net with one assist. Matt Ellsworth contributed ...
LIVINGSTON, NJ — With a mission to increase youth exposure to different sports, inspire involvement in local athletic programs and enhance the relationship between high school athletes and their younger counterparts, Livingston High School (LHS) juniors Tvisha Reikhy, Sophie Rothfeld, Kiera D’Souza ...
JERSEY CITY, NJ – Short Hills’ Aphrodite Deng won the junior title at the 2025 Mizuho Americas Open with 140 points in the Stableford-format event.She was a point behind overnight leader Alice Ziyi Zhao of Irvine, California. Deng played alongside 2024 Mizuho Americas Open LPGA champion Nelly Korda ...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ - For resident Sophia Salvatore, years of training came to fruition this past weekend, and she has the medal to show for it. On May 10, Sophia, a freshman at South Plainfield High School, competed against the top athletes in the country in the USA Gymnastics (USAG) 2025 Women's ...
SOMERSET, NJ — Franklin High School celebrated the achievements of 16 senior student-athletes on Friday, May 9, during its annual College Commitment Day ceremony. The event recognized members of the Class of 2025 who will continue their academic and athletic journeys at colleges and universities ...
BLOOMFIELD, NJ– Steven Jenkins was not new to Bloomfield when he began working at Bloomfield High School in 1994. Jenkins hadn’t planned to become a teacher, the now athletic director said. He went to school for business and worked in the industry for some time before realizing that his passions ...