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April 28, 2025

MADISON, NJ -  The Madison boys golf team defeated Kinnelon 151-173 on Monday afternoon. The Dodgers improved to 5-2 after today's victory.The Dodgers captured the top three spots in today's match. Alex Patel and Blake Steele tied for 1st after shooting a 36. Theo Bruns shot a 37 which landed him ...

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MAPLEWOOD, NJ – Luke Davenport's RBI single in the bottom of the seventh inning gave Columbia a 5-4 baseball victory over Montville on Monday.With one out in the bottom of the seventh, Nick Secor walked and Owen Belisle got his third hit of the game, a single, advancing pinch-runner Max Dreschler ...

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NORTH CALDWELL, NJ -  The Morristown baseball team fell to West Essex 5-0 on Monday April 28. Morristown's Drew Friday and Ben Andrade were able to get hits but no one could cross the plate.Max Garcia led West Essex with two hits and one run during today's contest. The Colonials will host Morris ...

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ISELIN, NJ -- Grant Lorentzen left school early on Monday because he wasn't feeling well.But by game time at 4 p.m., the junior right-hander felt hardy enough to go out and pitch a two-hit shutout, and the only thing that appeared sick was the wicked slider Lorentzen was throwing past Carteret ...

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MADISON, NJ – Madison started off their county tournament season with aplomb on Monday afternoon as they dominated in their 20-7 victory over Pequannock.  The 12th seeded Panthers had a potential upset cooking in the first half as the score was tied at five with a little over 2:30 to go in the ...

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LIVINGSTON, NJ — Junior Jack Silberman pitched a five-inning no-hitter to lift Livingston to a 10-0 baseball victory over St. Benedict's Prep on Monday.Silberman was making his first career start on the mound after pitching twice in relief earlier in the season. He struck out five batters and ...

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MAHOPAC, N.Y.—After earning a 13-8 win over a solid Westlake team last Thursday ( April 24), the Wolf Pac boys lacrosse team was hoping to carry some momentum into Saturday morning’s rain-soaked trip to Putnam Valley. But the Tigers erased a three-goal deficit in the final minutes and escaped with ...

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BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ — Surrounded by her family, teammates, and coaches, Gov. Livingston senior Mia Firdman celebrated her commitment to continue her basketball career at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) during a special ceremony held at the school.The event opened with remarks from Athletic ...

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PARKLAND, FL- Springs Soccer Club, based in Coral Springs, will be hosting tryouts for all interested soccer players looking to play in a travel and competitive soccer environment for the 2025-26 season. Springs SC plays a majority of their home matches and practices at Cypress Park in Coral ...

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HOBOKEN, NJ – A three-run sixth inning proved to be decisive for North Arlington in itsb 10-7 baseball victory over Hoboken on Saturday.Danny Higgins went 2-for-4 with three runs batted in for North Arlington (6-6), which took a 9-6 lead with three runs in the sixth.William Herrera went 2-for-4 ...

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SUMMIT, NJ – Summit High School baseball standout Gavin Schnall has been named the Salerno Duane Summit Player of the Week after a dominant stretch at the plate helped the Hilltoppers continue their strong run through the heart of the 2025 season.Schnall powered Summit to a 3-1 record last week, ...

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RANDOLPH, NJ – The Morris Knolls girls track and field team won four gold medals – three in the field events – to finish third in the Randolph Relays held on Saturday, April 26, at the high school.The Lady Eagles scored 62 points as a team to finish behind team champion Roxbury (72 points) and the ...

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HAMILTON, NJ – Nottingham scored three unanswered goals in the third quarter and went on to a 7-4 boys lacrosse victory over Vineland on Saturday.August Cassidy finished with four goals and one assist for the North Stars (6-3), who led, 6-2, going into the fourth quarter.Ernesto Ortiz connected for ...

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EDISON, NJ – Amelia Reed and Brielle Crusen scored three goals each to lead Hamilton West to a 13-8 girls lacrosse victory over Edison on Saturday.Isabella Conte finished with two goals and one assist, and Ava Rogalinski and Victoria Masur also scored two goals apiece in the win.Danilynn Conte ...

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 PHILADELPHIA, PA. – Former Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School track star Julia Jackson and her teammate, Aliya Garozzo, couldn't stop smiling.Who could blame them?The two stars from New Jersey, who had always dreamed of one day hoisting up a wheel at the Penn Relays, had just made that dream become ...

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NORTH CALDWELL, NJ – Anthony Drago, a senior on the West Essex boys lacrosse team, reached 200 career goals last week, surpassing the previous school record of 200 career goals set by Michael McWilliams (Class of 2000).Drago's 12 points in the 13-8 Knights victory over Columbia – on four goals and ...

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BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ — Surrounded by her family, teammates, and coaches, Gov. Livingston senior Mia Firdman celebrated her commitment to continue her basketball career at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) during a special ceremony held at the school.The event opened with remarks from Athletic ...

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MORRIS COUNTY, NJ -  The Morristown softball team has received the No. 10 seed in the 2025 Morris County Softball Tournament. The Colonials will host No. 23 Boonton on Thursday April 24.The seeds and match-ups for the Preliminary Round (which will be played on Thursday April 24) are as follows:No.

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BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ - Gov. Livingston, currently ranked No. 3 in the state, continued their impressive unbeaten streak with a dominating 16-5 victory over Columbia on Saturday at Snyder Avenue Park, during a spirited Youth Baseball Day celebration. With the win, the Highlanders improved to a ...

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PARAMUS, NJ - While the borough is making plans to add a cricket field to its list of fields, one local gentleman offered a little extra knowledge of the sport that is somewhat foreign to most Americans.Robin Howard was born in England but grew up in New Zealand, “where cricket is a summer sport ...

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SOUTH RIVER, NJ - The South Plainfield High School boys tennis team's five-game win streak came to an end on Thursday at Veterans Park. South Plainfield lost a hard-fought match to North Brunswick High School 3-2. It was only the Tigers' second loss all season. Two of the Tigers matches went to a ...

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BRIDGEWATER, NJ - Bradley Gardens Little Loop held its opening day ceremony at Ardmaer Field April 26 to celebrate the start of the 2025 season.

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Jimmy Donnelly, Connor Johnson and Noah Bermingham each tallied a pair of goals to lead Phillipsburg High School past Vernon 7-4 in a Hunterdon-Warren-Sussex Tournament first round boy’s lacrosse game on Saturday at Maloney Stadium.The Stateliners (2-8) scored four goals in the fourth quarter to ...

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CROSS RIVER, N.Y. - John Jay's golf season is under way, and before the Wolves took on Yorktown at Waccabuc Country Club on April 24, Coach Artie Blank praised the even keel of his team. “They don’t get too high and don’t get too low,” he said, and that correlates to the roll the team is on.After ...

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CEDAR GROVE, NJ — Powered by strong pitching and timely hitting, the Hanover Park girls softball team rolled to a 7-2 victory over Nutley on Sunday evening at the Black and Gold Invitational at Panther Park.Jules Piano was dominant in the circle for Hanover Park (7-3), striking out 14 batters over ...

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CEDAR GROVE, NJ – West Essex rallied with three runs in the fifth inning and went on to a 4-3 softball victory over St. Mary of Rutherford in the Black & Gold Invitational on Sunday.Olivia Blanco and winning pitcher Briana Gillen each had two hits and drove in one run for West Essex (5-10), ...

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BRIDGEWATER, NJ – Long before Bridgewater-Raritan High School senior Matt Lelli launched his senior campaign on the boys’ lacrosse team, he and his teammates played on the Panthers’ field under the lights as young children during a varsity game.This happened again on Saturday night at halftime ...

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WOOD-RIDGE, NJ – Wood-Ridge defeated Hawthorne, 15-5, in a NJIC non-divisional baseball game on Saturday afternoon at home.  Wood-Ridge improved to 8-6 on the season, while Hawthorne fell to 6-5.It was a high-scoring affair early as Hawthorne scored five runs in the first two innings off Wood-Ridge ...

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HAWTHORNE, NJ - The High School Varsity Lacrosse Team enjoyed two solid league victories last week, first on Tuesday evening over Morris Catholic High School and then on Thursday evening over Union Catholic High School at home in Hawthorne. Both the Bear’s offense and defense were relentless during ...

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HACKENSACK, NJ - Hackensack Mayor John Labrosse and the City Council broke ground last week on the highly anticipated $3.5 million Johnson Park Sports Complex, calling it “a vibrant center for athletic achievement and education.”“We will be the only municipality in North Jersey that has anything ...

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