Sports Top Stories
By GUY KIPP
May 2, 2025
WEST CALDWELL, NJ – A young Caldwell baseball team passed its biggest test of the season, rallying for a 6-5 victory over West Orange in the first round of the Greater Newark Tournament under the lights on Friday night.Caldwell (9-6) rallied for three runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to take ...
SPARTA, NJ – With a few minutes left in the first quarter, Sparta senior varsity lacrosse player Uma Kowalski netted her fourth goal of the game to set an “all-time Sparta girls lacrosse points record.”The game was paused for a few minutes to celebrate Kowalski’s milestone, achieved during their ...
SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD, NJ – In a seesaw battle that saw Scotch Plains-Fanwood open the scoring with two runs and then fall behind 4-2, before tying the game and sending it to extra innings on Thursday, the Raiders lost to Cranford, 7-6, in the resumption of the darkness-shortened game on Friday ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ – A young Caldwell baseball team passed its biggest test of the season, rallying for a 6-5 victory over West Orange in the first round of the Greater Newark Tournament under the lights on Friday night.Caldwell (9-6) rallied for three runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to take ...
CHATHAM, NJ – The Chaham girls lacrosse team, ranked No. 1 in the state by NJ.com and No. 17 nationally by USA Lacrosse, scored eight goals in the opening quarter and eased to a 17-4 win vs. Mount Olive in the quarterfinal round of the Morris County Tournament on Friday at Haas Field.Senior attack ...
BARNEGAT - Despite a hard-fought 5-3 victory for Brick Memorial, the day belongs to Barnegat, who have definitively captured the Class C South title. Even with this being their second loss to the Mustangs, Barnegat's stellar 8-2 division record secures their championship by a decisive one-game ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ – Chatham's second doubles tandem of Chris Allen and Ranvir Iyengar outlasted Alex Choi and Dylan Scarpati of Delbarton in a pro-set tiebreaker to highlight the Cougars' 3-2 boys tennis victory vs. the Green Wave on Friday.Allen and Iyengar won the first set 6-2, dropped the second ...
BAYVILLE - Southern Regional High School's softball team defeated Central Regional High School by a score of 4-2. Southern (now 8-5 on the season) built an early lead by scoring one run in each of the first three innings. They added a crucial insurance run in the top of the seventh. Pitcher Emily ...
Gabriella Mariano went 3-for-4 with a double, two RBI and two runs, Kaitlyn Nellegar was 2-for-2 with a double, a walk, two RBI and two runs, Gigi Liloia went 3-for-4 with a double, two RBI and two runs and Camryn Ortega tripled in a run and scored to lift the ninth-seeded Nutley High softball team ...
PARSIPPANY, NJ — The Parsippany-Troy West Little League (PTWLL) will host a special day of baseball this Sunday, celebrating inclusion, community, and the love of the game with two Challenger League matchups at Smith Field.Festivities begin at 2:00 p.m., when PTWLL “buddies” will team up with ...
NORTH CALDWELL, NJ – Third-seeded West Essex advanced in the first round of the Greater Newark Tournament with a 10-0 baseball victory over 14th-seeded St. Benedict's Prep on Friday.Caden Lozito went 3-for-4 with a run scored and two runs batted in for the Knights (9-4), who scored two runs in the ...
LACEY - Barnegat defeated Lacey 25-15 and 25-17 on Friday in Lacey. The Bengals record improves to 13-1 on the season. Barnegat (13-1)25250002Lacey (7-7)15170000Player StatsBarnegat Scoring StatsPlayerSets PlayedKBDASPAcesJack Buscaglia24162032Trey DeMeo2804000Ian Soberano2528350Corey ...
HIGHTSTOWN, NJ – Seventeen student-athletes from Hightstown High School signed letters of intent on Friday morning to continue their athletic careers at the college level.Joined by family, friends and teammates, the students signed their letters on May 2 at Hightstown High School, committing to ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - The Phillipsburg High School baseball team was 2-for-15 with runners in scoring position before senior designated player Amman Bokhari stepped to the plate with his team down a run in the bottom of the seventh inning with one-out and the bases loaded.Bokhari came through big time ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – Devin Heuston collected three hits to help power New Brunswick High School to a 15-0 baseball victory over Timothy Christian on Thursday.Heuston went 3 for 3 with three runs scored, two runs batted in and four stolen bases for New Brunswick (10-1).Ronaldy Peralta drove in three runs ...
OLD BRIDGE, NJ - The Tigers traveled to beautiful Mannino Park in Old Bridge to take on the Old Bridge Knights on Thursday. South Plainfield High School defeated Old Bridge 6-3. Senior pitcher Nicole Swatko was in the circle for South Plainfield and recorded the win for her efforts. Swatko threw ...
PISCATAWAY, NJ - On a beautiful day for golf, the South Plainfield High School golf team took part in a multi-school meet with East Brunswick and Edison High Schools at the Rutgers Golf Course on Thursday. South Plainfield lost to the Greater Middlesex Conference Red Division-leading East Brunswick ...
NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ -- The New Providence boys lacrosse team resides in one of the most competitive counties in New Jersey in the sport, but one of the reasons that the Pioneers are off to a 7-3 start this season has been the production of Ryan Knight.The junior midfielder leads New Providence with ...
BELMAR, NJ - Baseball fans and history enthusiasts are invited to Memorial Field on Saturday, May 10, for a rare and entertaining glimpse into the past. Monmouth Furnace will take on the Hoboken 9 in an Old Time Baseball Game played entirely under 1864 rules. The first pitch is scheduled for 12:00 ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Senior Eddie Adiele came up with Phillipsburg High School’s best performance in the Hunterdon-Warren-Sussex boy’s track and field championship meet at Wallkill Valley High School on Thursday when he leaped 41.5’.25” to take second place in the long jump.Senior Elvin Decius, who ...
LONG BRANCH, NJ – The Long Branch High School baseball team suffered a tough 14-4 mercy rule loss to Holmdel High School on a warm, breezy afternoon this past Tuesday. The Green Wave were without a few players for different reasons. Long Branch struck first on the scoreboard in the bottom of the ...
SPOTSWOOD, NJ - The South Plainfield High School boys tennis team ended a two-match slide on Thursday with a 5-0 victory over Spotswood High School. South Plainfield completed the season sweep of the Chargers and improved the Tigers' overall season record to 7-3. All the Tigers won their matches in ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Freshman catcher Olivia Buthmann-Sinoy had the best day of her blossoming career with a pair of home runs and five RBI and senior third baseman Kayla Melsky kept up her hot hitting to lead Phillipsburg High School past host Bernards, 8-3, on Thursday in a Skyland Conference ...
MANASQUAN, NJ - With the Manasquan Warriors boys lacrosse team coming off a critical win this past Saturday against rival CBA, one of the top seeds in the shore conference and state, the undefeated Warriors were right back at it again, going up against highly ranked Moorestown in an attempt to ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - The Phillipsburg High School baseball team was 2-for-15 with runners in scoring position before senior designated player Amman Bokhari stepped to the plate with his team down a run in the bottom of the seventh inning with one-out and the bases loaded.Bokhari came through big time ...
COLONIA, NJ - The winning streak continued for the Spotswood High School golf team on Thursday. Spotswood completed the home-at-home sweep over Woodbridge High School at the Colonia Country Club with a 167-185 victory. Mia Masarik topped the leaderboard for the Chargers, who had three golfers ...
SPOTSWOOD, NJ - The Chargers' on-court woes continued on Thursday with a 5-0 loss to South Plainfield High School. This is the Spotswood High School's boys tennis team's first season back in the Greater Middlesex Conference's Blue Division after winning consecutive Gold Division titles. It's been a ...
MONROE, NJ - The Spotswood High School varsity softball team was shut out by Monroe Township High School on Thursday 5-0. Lily Cunningham took the loss on the mound for the Chargers. Cunningham pitched 3.2 innings, giving up three runs on five hits and striking out five. Ava Mormile also spent time ...
STAFFORD - Southern Regional High School, ranked No. 5 in the Jersey Shore, dominated their matchup against No. 9 Toms River East, securing a decisive 16-6 victory in girls' lacrosse. Delaney Falk spearheaded the Rams' offense with an outstanding performance, tallying 5 goals, 3 assists, and ...
SOMERS, N.Y. - After losing to Horace Greeley last year as heavy favorites in the sectionals, Somers hosted the Quakers on April 29 for what was still just another game on the schedule. “Yeah, sure,” Bret Kennedy joked sarcastically, and there was a lot more laughing by the time the day was ...