Sports Top Stories
By GREG FALLON
May 9, 2025
NEWTON, NJ - The Morristown boys lacrosse team traveled to Newton on Thursday afternoon to face Kittatinny High School. The Colonials defeated the Cougars 14-3.Henry Moronski led Morristown with four goals and an assist. Alex Davis followed, scoring three goals and an assist. Luke Simon and ...
MOUNTAIN LAKES, NJ - The No. 6 seed Madison boys lacrosse team fell to No. 3 Mountain Lakes, 6-3 in the Quarterfinal Round of the Morris County Tournament. Mountain Lakes will advance to face No. 2 Chatham in the Semis.Mountain Lakes scored three in the first quarter where as Madison added one.
MORRISTOWN, NJ - Morristown baseball defeated Paterson Eastside 9-4 on Thursday afternoon. Luca Pedalino had himself a day. The junior Colonial scored three runs on three hits and had an RBI.Six Colonials scored; Ryan Lavin, Christian Smith, Drew Friday, Ben Andrade, Sam Bromage and Derrick ...
SPRINGFIELD, NJ – The Dayton baseball team will take a five-game winning streak into its first game in the Union County Tournament after beating Barringer, 13-3, on Thursday afternoon.Jackson Babiarz, Michael Ramirez and Frank Dasti each collected three hits and Nico Sieminski drove in three runs ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ – Even professional writers could not have scripted a better Senior Day for the Bridgewater-Raritan High School softball team.On Thursday evening, not only did retiring Bridgewater-Raritan head coach Sandy Baranowski lead her final pregame ceremony honoring the Panthers’ graduating ...
WATCHUNG, NJ - Allie Prickett scored six goals and passed for one assist to lead Bridgewater-Raritan to a 21-5 girls lacrosse victory over Mount St. Mary on Thursday.Giada Catanzaro finished with four goals and five assists for the Panthers (12-3), who led, 13-4, at halftime.Ella Daehnke scored ...
FLEMINGTON, NJ – Hunterdon Central broke a scoreless tie in the bottom of the eighth for a 1-0 softball victory over Jefferson on Thursday.Julia Duggan led off the bottom of the eighth inning with a single. Pinch-runner Cambria Tucker stole second. She took third on a single by Sara Czarnecki.With ...
HAMILTON, NJ – Steinert rallied for an 11-8 boys lacrosse victory over Nottingham in the first round of the Colonial Valley Conference Tournament on Thursday.Matt Iraca scored six goals and assisted on one for Steinert (5-7), which outscored Nottingham, 6-1, in the third quarter after trailing, ...
ROBBINSVILLE, NJ - Would you stand in front of a ball coming at you at upwards of 70 miles per hour? Probably not.Not only has Robbinsville's Ben Parrott done just that countless times in his young career with the Robbinsville Lacrosse Association (RLA), he has also stopped that ball more than 500 ...
STAFFORD, NJ - Two Southern Varsity Softball players achieved significant individual milestones within one week of each other. Senior Emily Evans recorded her 100th career hit against Paul VI High School at the Hammonton Invitational on May 3. Evans went 4-5 in the contest with two runs scored and ...
HOBOKEN, NJ – Hoboken rallied but fell short in a 3-2 baseball defeat to Bloomfield on Thursday.The RedWings (12-7) trailed, 3-0, before scoring one run in the sixth inning and one in the seventh.Max Casazza went 2-for-4 with one run batted in for Hoboken. Evan Ojeda stole two bases 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 ...
MIDDLETOWN, NJ – Ryan Colacichi scored four goals and assisted on one to lead Middletown South to a 14-8 boys lacrosse victory over Barnegat on Thursday.It was only the second loss for Barnegat. Middletown South is 8-7.Kenny Rodriguez won 11 of 12 faceoffs and Ian MacQuillan won 10 of 13 faceoffs ...
CHATHAM, NJ – Five different players scored in the first quarter for the Chatham boys lacrosse team, jump-starting the Cougars to a 14-7 win vs. Kinnelon in the quarterfinal round of the Morris County Tournament on Thursday at Cougar Field.Sophomore attack Nick Lagunowich scored early and late for ...
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – Columbia scored two runs in the bottom of the seventh to force extra innings, then played to a 4-4 tie with St. Peter's Prep in baseball on Thursday.With two outs and Columbia trailing, 4-2, Luke Davenport hit a 1-2 pitch for a two-run single for the Cougars to tie it, 4-4.Davenport ...
HOLMDEL, NJ – Holmdel scored five unanswered goals in the second quarter and went on to a 12-3 boys lacrosse victory over Northern Burlington on Thursday.Finn Buchan collected two goals and four assists and David Perrotti scored three goals for Holmdel (6-7), which had a 9-2 lead at halftime after ...
OCEAN TOWNSHIP, NJ – Nick Hardy took a shutout into the seventh inning and Colts Neck hung on for a 4-2 baseball victory over Ocean Township on Thursday.Hardy pitched 6 ⅔ innings and allowed three hits and three walks and struck out eight. Neither of the two runs he allowed were earned. Nick Hayden ...
WEST NEW YORK, NJ – Bayonne scored five runs in the sixth inning and went on to a 7-3 baseball victory over Memorial on Thursday.Brayden O'Connor's two-run triple highlighted the Bees' five-run sixth, when they erased a 3-2 deficit. Bayonne has won four consecutive games.Christopher Cunningham went ...
LIVINGSTON, NJ — Following their second-place team finish at the prestigious Essex County Relays three days prior, the Livingston High School boys track and field team challenged the Super Essex Conference, American Large School Division teams and took second place overall in a difficult ...
LIVINGSTON, NJ — The Livingston High School girls track and field team recently delivered strong performances at the Essex County Track and Field Relay Championships held at Schools Stadium and Super Essex Conference Championships.The Lancers showcased their depth and talent across various ...
PISCATAWAY, NJ – The Piscataway Chiefs saw success on the courts on Wednesday with both the boys tennis and volleyball teams claiming victories, while baseball faced a setback at home. Earlier in the week, the boys golf team represented Piscataway at the NJSIAA North Jersey, Group 4 ...
SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ – Senior Grace Mulligan scored a 43 and classmate Alex Caruso shot a 48 for Chatham in its 190 to 207 girls golf win vs. Westfield at the Shady Rest Golf Club on Thursday.Freshman Chloe Souza contributed a 49 and junior Megan Cincotta shot a 50 for Chatham.
MONTVILLE, NJ - For the second time in the last four years, the Montville softball team is one of the last two teams standing in the Morris County Tournament.The Mustangs continued their improbable run through the tournament as the seventh seed, as it took down sixth-seeded Jefferson, 2-0 in the ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ – Senior right-hander Wes Maksimow struck out nine and pitched one-hit ball over five innings and also drove in three runs, two with a two-out triple in the sixth inning, leading Chatham to a 7-1 baseball win vs. Montville at Somerset Patriots ballpark on Thursday night.Senior ...
AKRON, OH - Somerset was shut out in back-to-back-to-back games for the first time in franchise history Thursday night losing to the Rubber Ducks by a score of 5=0. The Patriots have not scored in their last 28 innings, a stretch that began in the ninth inning on Sunday in a win at Richmond. RHP ...
NEWTON, NJ—The Newton High School baseball team played back-to-back games against Hopatcong, one on Wednesday, May 7, where they won 11-0 and one on Thursday, May 8, where they won 10-0.In the game on Thursday, Brandon Taylor went 2-for-2 at-bat with two singles and two runs scored. James Marotta ...
ST. BONAVENTURE, NY — The university’s decision to part ways with men’s lacrosse head coach Randy Mearns surprised some in the lacrosse community. Mearns served as the head coach of the St. Bonaventure men’s lacrosse program since its inception in 2017, leading the team to the Metro Atlantic ...
AKRON, OH - Somerset was shut out in back-to-back-to-back games for the first time in franchise history Thursday night losing to the Rubber Ducks by a score of 5=0. The Patriots have not scored in their last 28 innings, a stretch that began in the ninth inning on Sunday in a win at Richmond. RHP ...
NEWTON, NJ – The Newton High School boys golf team hosted Kittatinny on Wednesday, May 7, winning 167-178 and then competed in the Hunterdon/Warren/Sussex tournament on Thursday, May 8, finishing fifth with a total score of 334.Braves’ boys results against Kittatinny:1st Andrew Niemynski with a 41 ...
RANDOLPH, NJ- The Randolph girls softball team lost an extra-inning heartbreaker of a game to Morris Knolls on the afternoon of Thursday, May 8, by the score of 4-2. While low scoring, the game was an exciting battle and saw both teams make some great plays in the field. ( link to photos at end of ...