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April 25, 2025

CHATHAM, NJ – Davis Zhang, Roger Lin and Tyler Lasky all won their singles matches at Chatham won every set in its 5-0 win vs. Montville on Friday at the Colony Courts.Garrett Feher and Aidan Wong won at first doubles and Chris Allen and Ranvir Iyengar took their second doubles match for Chatham ...

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SPARTA, NJ – The girls lacrosse squad took down West Essex on Friday morning 16-7 on Cassels Field. Uma Kowalski led the Spartan effort with six goals and an assist. Moira Sweeney and Joey Roque each added three.  Roque had three assists as well. Sophie Ku netted two with an assist. Grace Johnson ...

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MAPLEWOOD, NJ – Columbia built an eight-run lead after five innings and withstood a furious rally by Montclair in the last two innings for a 13-12 baseball victory on Friday.Zac Calveric went 4-for-4 with a home run and three runs batted in for Columbia (6-5), which scored five runs in the bottom ...

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EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ – Bella Stagliano pitched a five-inning one-hitter to lift East Brunswick to a 10-0 softball victory over Old Bridge on Friday.Stagliano struck out seven batters and walked one.Christina Lee and D'Liah Kercado each went 3-for-3 with two runs scored and Kercado ripped a pair of ...

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SPRINGFIELD, NJ – Michael Ramirez drove in four runs to lead Dayton to a 14-1 baseball victory over Roselle Park at Ruby Park on Friday.Ramirez went 2-for-2 with a double and two runs scored for the Bulldogs (3-7), who scored four runs in each of the first two innings.Winning pitcher Frank Dasti ...

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MORRISTOWN, NJ -  The No. 10 seed Morristown baseball team defeated No. 23 seed Dover 12-0 in the Preliminary Round of the Morris County Tournament on Friday afternoon. The Colonials will advance to face the winner of No. 7 seed Randolph vs No. 26 seed Kinnelon.Dominic Correale was on the mound ...

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MOUNT OLIVE, NJ -  The No. 20 seed Madison softball team was eliminated from the Morris County Tournament after falling 11-1 to No. 13 seed Mount Olive on Friday afternoon. Mount Olive will advance to Face No. 4 seed Morris Knolls in the First Round on Monday April 28.  

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PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Senior and four-year player Marissa Kozak tied her career high with a four-goal game and junior goalie Jordan Nonnemacher made five saves in posting the shutout as the Phillipsburg High School girl’s lacrosse team gave Madison Mitchell her first victory as head coach in a 16-0 ...

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CRANFORD, NJ -- After finally getting to play on its home field for the first time this year earlier in the week, the New Providence baseball team went back on the road on Friday.Gabe Arato pitched a four-hitter and held New Providence off the scoreboard until the seventh inning as Cranford ...

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WEST CALDWELL, NJ – Caldwell overcame an erratic day in the field with a big day at bat, scoring seven runs in the first two innings on its way to a 9-5 baseball victory over West Orange on Friday.Dante Placenti went 3-for-4 with three runs batted in for the Chiefs, who led, 7-1, after a five-run ...

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WEST CALDWELL, NJ – Caldwell overcame an erratic day in the field with a big day at bat, scoring seven runs in the first two innings on its way to a 9-5 baseball victory over West Orange on Friday.Dante Placenti went 3-for-4 with three runs batted in for the Chiefs, who led, 7-1, after a five-run ...

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SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ - On Thursday, April 24th, 2025, with by far the nicest weather of the season, the Tigers took a short ride to Saint Thomas Aquinas in Edison for a 10 am game. Senior pitcher Erin Townley #17 took the circle for the Tigers and threw four innings, only allowing three hits and ...

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NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ -- The New Providence girls lacrosse team may be young, but the Pioneers are off to a robust start, winning seven of their first nine games.Senior Megan McPoland is one of the few "veterans" in this cast, and she's helped spearhead New Providence's early-season success with 19 ...

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CALDWELL, NJ — Taylor Dzama scored five goals and passed for three assists to power Livingston to an 18-7 girls lacrosse victory over Mount St. Dominic on Thursday.Casey Conklin finished with four goals and two assists and 12 draw controls for Livingston (2-4), which outscored Mount St. Dominic, ...

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SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ - The South Plainfield High School girls lacrosse team lost a tough one to Sayreville War Memorial High School at the PAL on Thursday. South Plainfield and the Bombers went to overtime after being tied at 11 at the end of regulation. The Tigers lost in OT to the Bombers 12-11.

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RANDOLPH, NJ- On Wednesday, April 16, the Randolph Lady Rams varsity softball team hosted the Madison Lady Dodgers in a morning matinee. Randolph was looking to halt their two-game losing skid and did so in a big way.Jumping on their opponent early, Randolph took down Madison 10-0 in five innings, ...

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HAMILTON, NJ – Madison Monkowski scored four goals and assisted on four others to lead South Brunswick to an 11-8 girls lacrosse victory over Hamilton West.Olivia Shaw scored three goals for South Brunswick (5-5). Dulcinea Solomons had two goals and one assist and won seven faceoffs.Nayla Mincey ...

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The Phillipsburg High School boy’s golf team had three players tie for match medalist honors but Montgomery took the next four places to squeak by the Stateliners, 150-153, in a Skyland Conference match on Thursday at Architects Golf Club.Connor Blum, David MacIsaac and Eddie O’Neil all shot ...

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SUMMIT, NJ— Four standout senior student-athletes from Summit High School have announced their commitments to continue both their academic and athletic careers at the collegiate level.The Hilltoppers' athletic program celebrated the achievements of:TJ Flack, who will play baseball at Babson College ...

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SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ -- Junior left-hander Aidan McCarthy pitched a two-hitter to lift South Plainfield to an 8-2 baseball victory over South Brunswick on Thursday.McCarthy needed only 65 pitches to complete seven innings. He struck out six batters, walked none and only one of the runs against him ...

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CARTERET, NJ – Eric Thompson and Lucas Rivera combined on the shutout for Carteret in its 5-0 baseball victory overJFK-Iselin on Friday.Thompson went six innings, scattering seven hits, walking two and striking out nine. Rivera pitched one inning, struck out one and allowed one hit.Nick Kee went ...

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After losing to visiting three-time defending Class D state champion Cold Spring Harbor 13-9 on April 18, Yorktown was looking to bounce back on April 22 at rival Mahopac. The Huskers did just that.Yorktown jumped out to a 5-0 halftime lead and didn’t look back in a 16-3 victory against the ...

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WESTFIELD, NJ — Twenty-one Westfield High School student-athletes signed Letters of Intent with colleges and universities this month, Westfield Public Schools announced Friday.This brings the total number of student athletes from the Class of 2025 who will compete at the college level to 34, the ...

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The Phillipsburg High School boy’s tennis team got back to their winning ways with a 3-2 victory at Bound Brook on Thursday in a Skyland Conference match to improve to 5-3 overall on the season.Matt Romero, at second singles, came back to defeat Jay Dominiguez after losing the first set 6-4 with a ...

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SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ -- Junior left-hander Aiden McCarthy pitched a two-hitter to lift South Plainfield to an 8-2 baseball victory over South Brunswick on Thursday.McCarthy needed only 65 pitches to complete seven innings. He struck out six batters, walked none and only one of the runs against him ...

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SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ - South Plainfield High School Varsity Softball Coach Antonia Pacillo hosted a Youth Softball Camp on Wednesday, April 23rd, 2025, at the High School softball field.  The SPHS Tigers softball team assisted and guided the 26 girls between the ages of 7 and 12 that attended a ...

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BRIDGEWATER, NJ -- A year ago in a regular-season game, Hunterdon Central pitcher Anthony Petino started a road game against Bridgewater-Raritan.Petino pitched three no-hit innings in that game, but Bridgewater-Raritan got to him in the fourth inning and went on to win the game.On Thursday, Petino ...

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ROBBINSVILLE, NJ – Robbinsville got strong pitching from Tyler Bunnell and a big day at the plate from Gavin Hopkins in a 5-2 baseball victory over Steinert on Thursday.Bunnell pitched 6 ⅔ innings, allowed four hits and two unearned runs, struck out nine batters and walked one. Josh Yoo threw two ...

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SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ -- Gov. Livingston hit four home runs and went on to overpower Scotch Plains-Fanwood in a 19-0 baseball victory on Thursday afternoon.The home runs came from Michael Novotny, who hit a grand slam in the second inning; Michael Basile, Anthony DeNora and Matty Diskin.Novotny went ...

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MANASQUAN, NJ — The Manasquan boys lacrosse team entered Wednesday’s game against Red Bank Regional riding a wave of momentum — up two spots to No. 9 in New Jersey and undefeated through nine games. That momentum showed from the opening faceoff, as the Warriors delivered a dominant 15–2 win over ...

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