Sports Top Stories
By TOM MUGAVERO
April 23, 2025
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Run scoring hits by winning pitcher Nick Yaccarino and Felix Matos were huge as Phillipsburg High School scored three runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to break a 3-3 tie and the Stateliners went on to defeat Franklin, 6-3, in a Skyland Conference Raritan Division baseball ...
MORRIS COUNTY, NJ - The Parsippany High School softball team has received the No. 12 seed in the 2025 Morris County Softball Tournament. The Parsippany Hills High School Softball team has received the No. 14 seed in the same tournament.The seeds and match-ups for the Preliminary Round (which will ...
MORRIS COUNTY, NJ - The Hanover Park softball team has received the No. 5 seed in the 2025 Morris County Softball Tournament. The Whippany Park Softball team has received the No. 11 seed in the same tournament.The seeds and match-ups for the Preliminary Round (which will be played on Thursday ...
CARTERET, NJ – Nick Kee, a senior right-hander, recorded his 200th strikeout in Carteret's 9-3 baseball victory over Piscataway on Wednesday.Kee pitched six innings, struck out six batters, walked four and allowed three runs to get the victory. He has 201 strikeouts in his career.Drexler Rodriguez ...
MORRIS COUNTY, NJ - The Hanover Park softball team has received the No. 5 seed in the 2025 Morris County Softball Tournament. The Whippany Park Softball team has received the No. 11 seed in the same tournament.The seeds and match-ups for the Preliminary Round (which will be played on Thursday ...
MAPLEWOOD, NJ -- After Leo Dalton of Millburn and Will Iozzio of Columbia had engaged in a brilliant pitchers' duel through seven scoreless innings, there was nobody happier to see Iozzio replaced on the mound than Millburn sophomore Asher Holland.Holland had struck out three times in three at-bats ...
MAPLEWOOD, NJ -- After Leo Dalton of Millburn and Will Iozzio of Columbia had engaged in a brilliant pitchers' duel through seven scoreless innings, there was nobody happier to see Iozzio replaced on the mound than Millburn sophomore Asher Holland.Holland had struck out three times in three at-bats ...
MANASQUAN, NJ — On a near-perfect spring afternoon, the Manasquan girls lacrosse team took the field with hopes of securing their first division win of the season. Their challenge? A matchup against undefeated division rival Rumson-Fair Haven (RFH), entering the game at 3-0. Despite a strong start ...
RIDGEWOOD, NJ - The Ridgewood Baseball and Softball Association (RBSA) Opening Day Parade and Family Fun Day is on Saturday, April 26 at Veterans Memorial Field. The day will feature the parade in addition to music, food trucks, vendors, inflatables, and games for all ages.Ridgewood High School ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — This captain on the young girls flag football team at Westfield High School brings an energetic approach and leads by example to motivate her teammates to reach new heights.Senior Priscilla Dayon is this week’s Andy Heinz and The Westfield Legacy Agency’s Allstate Westfield Athlete ...
CEDAR GROVE, NJ - One week after Xavier Andujar recorded his 100th career strikeout for the Panthers, senior Nick Russo recorded his 100th career hit. The 100th hit came on a triple on Monday against Nutley, a contest Cedar Grove won 17-6. Russo was 3-4 on the day with four runs scored, two RBIs, ...
MORRIS COUNTY, NJ - The Madison softball team has received the No. 20 seed in the 2025 Morris County Softball Tournament. The Dodgers will travel to face No. 13 seed Mount Olive on Thursday April 24.The seeds and match-ups for the Preliminary Round (which will be played on Thursday April 24) are ...
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.
BRIDGEWATER, NJ - The Somerset Patriots were defeated by the Hartford Yard Goats in game two of a six-game series at TD Bank Ballpark Wednesday afternoon by a score of 4-2. Somerset drew a season-high seven walks. RHP Bailey Dees (5.2 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 2 BB, 4 K) made his third start of the season and ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ - The Somerset Patriots were defeated by the Hartford Yard Goats in game two of a six-game series at TD Bank Ballpark Wednesday afternoon by a score of 4-2. Somerset drew a season-high seven walks. RHP Bailey Dees (5.2 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 2 BB, 4 K) made his third start of the season and ...
MIDDLESEX, NJ - South Plainfield High School's boys tennis team continued to dominate on Tuesday, defeating Middlesex High School at Mountain View Park 5-0 for the Tigers' fifth straight victory. The Tigers win improved the team's overall season record to 6-1. South Plainfield has won the Greater ...
EAST WINDSOR, NJ – Area athletes will soon see improvements to East Windsor basketball and tennis courts thanks to the help of state grants. The Township has scored a state grant worth $1.3 million for parks and recreation improvements which will be used to resurface and repair the basketball court ...
SUMMIT, NJ — The Summit High School golf team earned a historic victory on Tuesday, capturing the Union County Golf Conference Championship for the first time in more than a decade.Led by senior Max Shin, who carded a low score of 77, Summit posted a team total of 316 at the Galloping Hill Golf ...
SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD, NJ -- Fresh off a run-rule victory over Middlesex over the weekend, the Scotch Plains-Fanwood softball team faced off against Watchung Division foe Cranford on Senior Day and continued their win streak with a tense 7-4 victory on Tuesday, April 22. The Raiders honored four ...
PISCATAWAY, NJ - The Spotswood High School varsity boys' tennis team was back on the court on Tuesday, taking on undefeated Piscataway High School. Spotswood lost to the Greater Middlesex Conference Blue Division-leading Piscataway 5-0. The loss dropped the Chargers' overall season record to 1-6.
EDISON, NJ - The Spotswood High School girls varsity softball team lost the second of a home-at-home to St. Thomas Aquinas High School on Tuesday 9-1. Ava Mormile took the loss on the mound for the Chargers, pitching five innings and giving up eight runs on 12 hits. Mormile, who earned her 500th ...
SUMMIT, NJ - The Morristown girls lacrosse fell to Kent Place 8-3 on Tuesday afternoon. Caroline Condon added two goals for Morristown. Teammate Emma Cregan added one.Caitlyn Quinn led Kent Place with three goals.The Colonials will travel to face Cold Spring Harbor NY on April 26. Game time is ...
EDISON, NJ - The South Plainfield High School girls lacrosse team was back on the field on Tuesday to take on Edison High School. South Plainfield lost to Edison 9-7. Emily Lopez netted a hat trick after recording her 100th career goal on April 19. Lopez is now at 504 goals and counting. The senior ...
NORTH BRUNSWICK, NJ – The Colonia baseball team turned 21 hits and 12 walks into a 29-4 victory over North Brunswick on Tuesday.A day after pitching a one-hitter against Sayreville, senior Cory Pascarella drove in eight runs against North Brunswick (1-7). Pascarella was 4-for-4 with a home run, a ...
NORTH PLAINFIELD, NJ - North Plainfield High School is proud to announce that seniors Saja Singletary and Anthony Penaranda were recognized at the 24th Annual Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) Sportsmanship Luncheon, held today at the Pines Manor in Edison, NJ. Both students were honored as ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - There's big news from the East Brunswick Cricket Club (EBCC ) !The inauguration of our brand-new cricket ground at Heavenly Farms, East Brunswick, will be held on Friday, April 25 at 6:30. Mayor Brad Cohen will inaugurate the ground. "Join us for this exciting milestone and ...
LIVINGSTON, NJ — Pitchers Adam Goldberg of Livingston and C.J. Bates of Scotch Plains-Fanwood dueled to a draw for five-and-a-half innings before Robbie Lynn's RBI single in the bottom of the sixth delivered the tiebreaking run in Livingston's 2-1 baseball victory over the Raiders on Tuesday ...
EDISON, NJ - The South Plainfield High School girls lacrosse team was back on the field on Tuesday to take on Edison High School. South Plainfield lost to Edison 9-7. Emily Lopez netted a hat trick after recording her 100th career goal on April 19. Lopez is now at 504 goals and counting. The senior ...
HOBOKEN, NJ – Teagan Clark drove in five runs to lead Hoboken to a 12-1 softball victory over Hudson Catholic on Tuesday.Clark went 3-for-4 with a double and a run scored, and Savannah Jones was 2-for-2 with a home run, two RBI and two runs scored for Hoboken (5-3).Charlotte Dobson was 2-for-3 with ...
METUCHEN, NJ - On a beautiful spring afternoon, the South Plainfield High School Varsity Tigers traveled to Metuchen High School to take on the Bulldogs. Lead by Junior Jocelyn Sosa #4 who drove in five runs on three hits, the Tigers won 13-2. Sosa hit a monster home run to center field in the ...