Sports Top Stories
By JENNIFER DERICKS
May 8, 2025
SPARTA, NJ – With family, coaches and school administrators at their side, several Sparta High School student athletes signed their letters of commitment to continue their athletic career at college. Luke Brown will be attending Bentley University to play football.Tyler Conlee will be attending ...
UNION, NJ – Union rolled to a 25-9, 25-5 boys volleyball victory over Roselle Catholic on Wednesday.Evan Espino finished with seven kills, two digs and an assist for Union (10-7).Joshua Campbell Boucher led the Farmers in digs with seven and Josiah Archelus had six digs. They each had one ...
SAYREVILLE, NJ – The South Brunswick boys lacrosse team advanced in the quarterfinal round of the Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament with a 6-5 victory over Sayreville on Thursday.Viren Patel scored three goals for the Vikings (9-5), who led, 4-0, at halftime.Albert Sleiman dominated the goal ...
CEDAR GROVE, NJ - Cedar Grove Varsity Baseball scored 12 runs on Wednesday, defeating Clifton 12-2. The win moves the Panthers to 12-5 on the season. Nick Russo led the way with three hits and three RBIs, adding two runs. Xavier Andujar walked twice and reached base on an error, scoring three runs ...
BASKING RIDGE, NJ -- There's general agreement throughout baseball circles that Seton Hall Prep is on the short list of the very best high school teams in New Jersey.If he wasn't there already, Thursday should have confirmed that Aidan Stieglitz of Ridge belongs on everybody's short list of the ...
WARREN, NJ — Watchung Hills came back from a 5-0 deficit in the 5th inning to top South Plainfield 7-6 in 8 innings on Thursday. Jake Keirstead hit the go ahead run with a single in the top of the 8th scoring Stef DiGeronimo. Max Payne was 2 for 4 with an RBI. Keirstead finished 2 for 5 on the day ...
WARREN, NJ — Watchung Hills came back from a 5-0 deficit in the 5th inning to top South Plainfield 7-6 in 8 innings on Thursday. Jake Keirstead hit the go ahead run with a single in the top of the 8th scoring Stef DiGeronimo. Max Payne was 2 for 4 with an RBI. Keirstead finished 2 for 5 on the day ...
LANDING, NJ – The Morris Knolls softball team ran its winning streak to 11 when the Lady Eagles beat top-seed Morris Catholic, 3-1, in a Morris County Tournament semifinal played at Landing Park on Wednesday night, May 7.Knolls, the tourney’s No. 4 seed, will now face No. 7 seed Montville in the 7 ...
DENVILLE, NJ – The Morris Knolls boys tennis team bounced back from its first loss of the season with a 5-0 victory over Roxbury at Knolls on Wednesday, May 7, and is now 10-1 for the 2025 season.Unbeaten freshman Jacobo Dussan kept his season-long winning streak alive with a 6-0, 6-0 victory at ...
ROCKAWAY, NJ – The foursome of Makenzie Adams, Wendy Graziani, Alicia Ramos, and Elena Ramos won the 4x100-meter relay to bring home the only gold medal for Morris Knolls at the Northwest Jersey Athletic Conference’s Track and Field Championships held Tuesday and Wednesday, May 5-6, at Morris Hills ...
MENDHAM, NJ –Morris Knolls was held to four hits and no runs by Mendham pitcher Ryan Nelson and suffered a 3-0 defeat at the hands of Mendham in a baseball game played at the high school here on Wednesday, May 7. Nelson struck out seven and walked but one batter in his complete-game victory over ...
MADISON, NJ – Top-seed Chatham roared out to a 10-4 halftime lead that Morris Knolls could not overcome as the Lady Eagles were eliminated, 13-9, from the Morris County Girls Lacrosse Tournament in a semifinal match played at Drew University on Wednesday, May 7.The victory puts Chatham (12-1) into ...
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ - Governor Livingston High School once again hosted the annual Union County Conference (UCC) Championships, bringing 22 schools from throughout Union County to The Hill on May 1-2. To make the event extra special, GL’s new Head Track & Field Coach, Mickey Cassu, organized ...
WARREN, NJ — On a night filled with emotion and excitement, the Watchung Hills Regional High School (WHRHS) Flag Football team clinched a hard-fought victory against Ridge High School, winning 12-7 in a memorable Senior Night match. The atmosphere was electric as players, families, and fans ...
FLANDERS, NJ – Morris Knolls junior Adam Goldstein shot an even-par 36 on the Flanders Valley Golf Course’s Blue nine-hole layout when the Golden Eagles boys golf team lost to West Morris, 151-162, on Wednesday, May 7.Goldstein and Mendham’s Bryan Rainforth tied for best score of the day as Knolls ...
Junior Eddie O’Neil won the individual title at the Hunterdon-Warren-Sussex boy’s golf tournament on Thursday at Farmstead Golf and Country Club to help Phillipsburg High School to a third-place finish.O’Neil collected three birdies, 11 pars and four bogies to finish with a score of 72 on the ...
WARREN, NJ — On a night filled with emotion and excitement, the Watchung Hills Regional High School (WHRHS) Flag Football team clinched a hard-fought victory against Ridge High School, winning 12-7 in a memorable Senior Night match. The atmosphere was electric as players, families, and fans ...
Senior second baseman Felix Matos went 3-for-4 with two triples and two RBI and junior Wyatt Garrison pitched a complete game eight-hitter to lead seventh-seeded Phillipsburg High School past host and second-seeded High Point, 4-1, in a Hunterdon-Warren-Sussex Tournament quarterfinal baseball game ...
Senior sprinter Elvin Decius was a champion in two races and Mateo Barrow was also a high place winner to lead Phillipsburg High School’s contingent in the Skyland Conference Divisional track and field meet on Tuesday at Hillsborough High School.Decius was the Delaware Division champ in the ...
WHIPPANY, NJ - The Madison softball team fell to Whippany Park 7-4 on Wednesday afternoon. Madison (1–11) jumped out to an early lead in the first inning, scoring two runs. But the momentum was short-lived. Whippany Park (7–7), responded immediately in the bottom of the inning and then took the ...
LONG BRANCH, NJ – Despite a week in which the Long Branch High School Softball team went 1-3, one player stood out by playing a key role in its lone win. This week’s (April 28-May 3) Long Branch Athlete of the Week honor goes to senior left fielder Jaidyn Turner. The Green Wave started the week ...
FLORENCE, NJ - The Spotswood High School varsity baseball team was shut out by Florence Township Memorial High School on Wednesday in an out-of-conference game. Spotswood lost 1-0 to Florence. The Chargers and Florence played four innings of scoreless ball before Christian Bernhard scored the only ...
SPOTSWOOD, NJ - The Spotswood High School varsity softball team put together another big victory on Wednesday with a 15-0 shutout against Manville High School. Spotswood had a 10-0 lead after the first inning and closed out the game with five more runs in the second. Lily Cunningham picked up the ...
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 ...
RUMSON, NJ – In a late-afternoon showdown shrouded in fog and fading light, the Warriors faced off against a gritty Rumson-Fair Haven (RFH) squad (9-8 overall, 5-2 Shore Conference). After seizing a commanding lead late in the first half, the Warriors were stunned by a relentless RFH comeback. The ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ – Bella Stagliano scattered five hits and East Brunswick wrapped up its White Division schedule with a 4-1 softball victory over Woodbridge on Wednesday.\Stagliano struck out four batters and walked none in seven innings for the Bears (15-1), who went 11-1 to finish first in the ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ – Bella Stagliano scattered five hits and East Brunswick wrapped up its White Division schedule with a 4-1 softball victory over Woodbridge on Wednesday.\Stagliano struck out four batters and walked none in seven innings for the Bears (15-1), who went 11-1 to finish first in the ...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ - The South Plainfield High School boys tennis team returned to the courts in Spring Lake Park on Wednesday. South Plainfield defeated North Plainfield High School 5-0 for the Tigers' second straight. The Tigers also swept the season series with North Plainfield. Wednesday's ...
SUMMIT, NJ – The Disc After Dark event, where participants play a round of disc golf under the stars, is on again this year, to be held on Friday, May 16, at the Summit Municipal Golf course on 189 River Road.The event begins at 8:00 p.m. and the last tee time will be 9:30 p.m. Attendees can either ...
CHATHAM, NJ – His father put the lacrosse stick in his hand at an early age and his three older brothers tested him as he was growing up.Shepard Boyd has been immersed in the sport since he was born to lacrosse-playing parents, Justin and Colleen, and battled for family bragging rights in the ...