Sports Top Stories
By TAPINTO CHATHAM STAFF
May 9, 2025
CHATHAM, NJ – The Chatham High Athletic Department held celebratory signings on Wednesday for 17 senior student-athletes who will continue to compete at colleges and universities. Two Cougars, Will Allen and Adam Petitjean, joined the 13 CHS student-athletes who signed national letters of intent in ...
VERNON, NJ – The Sparta girls softball team is battling through the Hunterdon/Warren/Sussex bracket. On Thursday the Spartans, ranked 13, beat the number five seed Vernon Vikings 7-4.Sparta struck first, scoring in the second inning. Vernon took the lead in the fourth with three runs. In the ...
CHATHAM, NJ – Sophomore Roger Rice shot an even-par 35 and senior Will DesMarais turned in a 37, leading Chatham to a 151 to 169 boys golf win vs. Madison on Thursday at the Fairmount Country Club.Rice evened out his round when he countered a bogey with a birdie on the 149-yard, par-3 fourth hole.
RANDOLPH, NJ – The doubles tandem of Chris Allen and Ranvir Iyengar came back from a set down to win a decisive pro-set tiebreaker in Chatham's 5-0 boys tennis win vs. Randolph on Thursday.Allen and Iyengar dropped the first set to Randolph's Siddharth Vadali and Ben Karol, 5-7, before coming back ...
SPARTA, NJ – The number two seed Sparta girls lacrosse team took is headed to the finals after beating third seed Delaware Valley 20-8 in the semifinal round of the Hunterdon/Warren/Sussex tournament on Thursday.The Spartans put the hammer down in the first period putting seven goals on the board ...
FLANDERS, NJ – It took a sub-par round by Randolph’s Brayden to beat Morris Knolls, 158-159, in a boys golf match played at Flanders Valley Golf Course on Thursday, May 8.Brayden Meditz shot a 1-under-par 35 on Flanders’ Blue Course to pave the way for Randolph (7-4). Each of Meditz’ three ...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ - The South Plainfield High School golf team picked up a big victory on Thursday, defeating Woodbridge High School 137-161 in the first round of the Greater Middlesex Conference Golf Tournament. South Plainfield's Tanush Bedi, Samuel Ballinger and AJ Butrico finished in the top ...
RANDOLPH, NJ – The streaking Morris Knolls softball team had to work overtime for its 12th straight victory but, thanks to Kaylee Rolph, the Golden Eagles’ extra shift wasn’t a long one.Rolph’s two-run home run in the top of the eighth inning gave Knolls the runs it needed for a 4-2 victory over ...
DENVILLE, NJ – For the second time in as many days, Morris Knolls lost a baseball game to Mendham.On Thursday, May 8, the Golden Eagles scored their only two runs of the game in a too-little, too-late rally in the final inning of a 5-2 loss at Knolls, the Eagles’ fourth straight loss.A day earlier, ...
PARSIPPANY, NJ - The Hanover Park girls golf team earned another conference win on Tuesday, defeating Parsippany 228–244 in a nine-hole match at a par-37 course.With the victory, Hanover Park improves to 6-5 overall and 4-3 in NJAC South 2 play, while Parsippany remains winless at 0-7.Hanover ...
PARSIPPANY, NJ - The Hanover Park girls golf team earned another conference win on Tuesday, defeating Parsippany 228–244 in a nine-hole match at a par-37 course.With the victory, Hanover Park improves to 6-5 overall and 4-3 in NJAC South 2 play, while Parsippany remains winless at 0-7.Hanover ...
ROXBURY, NJ — Watchung Hills’ Unified Flag Football team claimed their first victory of the season defeating Roxbury in a thrilling match that showcased the spirit, teamwork, and determination of the Warriors. The game, held Thursday, delivered an exciting experience for both players and ...
LIVINGSTON, NJ – Livingston scored four runs in the fourth inning and went on to a 7-2 softball victory over Scotch Plains-Fanwood on Thursday.Valentina Dilanni went 3-for-3 with two runs batted in and Allie Nankivell was 3-for-4 with two runs scored for Livingston (6-12).Sophie Rothfeld had two ...
NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ -- The New Providence softball team has won eight of its first 11 games this season, and a big reason has been the defensive stability and offensive spark provided by junior shortstop Haley Kessler.After playing second base as a sophomore, Kessler now handles shortstop, and she ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Riya Capizzano of Hillsborough was match-medalist with a six-over par 41 but Phillipsburg High School took the next six placements to give the Stateliners a 221-238 victory in a Skyland Conference girl’s golf match at Architects Golf Club on Thursday.Sophomore McKenna Cooper came ...
ROXBURY, NJ — Watchung Hills’ Unified Flag Football team claimed their first victory of the season defeating Roxbury in a thrilling match that showcased the spirit, teamwork, and determination of the Warriors. The game, held Thursday, delivered an exciting experience for both players and ...
NORTH CALDWELL, NJ – Three members of the West Essex High School Class of 2025 recently signeds letters of intent to attend colleges where they will continue to play football.Brady Phillips will attend Middlebury College, Mikey Cerisano will attend Muhlenberg College and Yeshua Cuello will attend ...
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 ...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ -- Woodbridge was awarded the top seed, and South Plainfield received the No. 2 seed, for the Greater Middlesex Conference baseball tournament, which gets underway with preliminary round games on Saturday.Woodbridge (13-3) will host the winner of a Saturday preliminary game ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ -- Woodbridge was awarded the top seed, and South Plainfield received the No. 2 seed, for the Greater Middlesex Conference baseball tournament, which gets underway with preliminary round games on Saturday.Woodbridge will host the winner of a Saturday preliminary game between (16) ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ -- East Brunswick has drawn the fourth seed for the Greater Middlesex Conference baseball tournament, which gets underway with preliminary round games on Saturday.Woodbridge was awarded the top seed, and South Plainfield received the No. 2 seed.Woodbridge will host the winner of ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ -- East Brunswick has drawn the fourth seed for the Greater Middlesex Conference baseball tournament, which gets underway with preliminary round games on Saturday.Woodbridge was awarded the top seed, and South Plainfield received the No. 2 seed.Woodbridge will host the winner of ...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ - The South Plainfield High School girls lacrosse team was back in action on Thursday, hosting East Brunswick High School at the PAL. South Plainfield lost to East Brunswick 16-5. Charlotte Taber scored two goals for the Tigers and earned an assist for three points in the game.
MILLTOWN, NJ - The Spotswood High School varsity softball team defeated Perth Amboy High School 12-2 under the lights at Gloria Bradford Borough Park for the Chargers' annual night game in Milltown on Thursday. A six-run fourth put the game out of reach for Perth Amboy. Ava Mormile picked up the ...
MIDDLESEX, NJ - The frustration on the court continued for the Spotswood High School boys tennis team on Thursday. Spotswood lost a tough 3-2 match to Middlesex High School at Mountain View Park. Ryan Thompson took his second singles match and Brendan Harmon and Joshua Rifkin won their first ...
SUMMIT, NJ – Summit boys lacrosse is a perennial power, a top team in all of New Jersey. Still, the Hilltoppers are not looking past the competition closest to home, as they still very much want to capture another Union County title. They took another step in that direction on Thursday evening, as ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – The New Brunswick High School baseball team salvaged a split of its two-game series against East Brunswick Magnet with a 5-3 victory on Thursday.Kelvin Heuston went 2 for 2 with a run scored and a run batted in for New Brunswick (11-2), which scored four runs in the second inning to ...
MILLBURN, NJ – Livingston scored all its runs in the first inning and held on for a 6-3 baseball victory over Millburn on Thursday.Nick Mullin singled in one run, Ben Lubetsky hit a two-run single, Andrew Yang hit a sacrifice fly and Julian Schultz cracked an RBI double for Livingston (14-5) in the ...
CLARK, NJ — This week, Raiders coach Nick Miceli told TAPinto that in order to beat Westfield, one of the area's elite lacrosse programs, in the Union County tournament semifinal, Scotch Plains-Fanwood needed to play a full 48 minutes at their peak performance. Unfortunately for the Raiders, their ...
SOMERSET, NJ – The Franklin baseball team evened its record for the season with a 13-0 victory over Rahway on Thursday.Patrick Ziegler hit a triple and drove in three runs for Franklin (7-7), which scored four runs in the third inning to take a 7-0 lead.Stanley Madera ripped a double and knocked in ...