Sports Top Stories
By AYESHA IRSHAD
April 14, 2025
After a strong season last year, expectations are high for Roselle Park’s Track Team. With 97 athletes this year, including a large group of committed freshmen, the team is full of promise.The track team is led by head coach Shannon Martinez and assistant coaches Peter Pascerella and Dominik Silva.
PARSIPPANY, NJ - The Morristown softball team defeated Parsippany Hills 15-5 on Monday morning. The Colonials improved to 3-1 on the season.Morristown exploded in the second inning, scoring seven runs. The Colonials didn't stop there and added runs in the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh ...
MANASQUAN, NJ - The No. 11-ranked Manasquan Warriors remain unbeaten after powering past local rival Wall Township 17–8 in a rain-soaked, wind-whipped battle on Saturday. What began as a tense, back-and-forth affair turned into a rout in the final quarter as the Warriors surged for eight unanswered ...
SUMMIT, NJ – Summit High School senior Ryan Barber has been named the Salerno Duane Player of the Week after a standout performance that helped ignite the Hilltoppers' offense.Barber, a member of the Class of 2025, went 6-for-10 at the plate, drew two walks, and was hit by a pitch, culminating in ...
MADISON, NJ – Competing in what Morris Knolls girls track coach Peter Staluppi described as “challenging” conditions, the Lady Eagles varsity finished fifth in a field of 21 teams at the Dodgertown Relays held on Saturday, April 12, at Madison High School.“It was cold with freezing rain and hail, ...
Monday, April 14 – Sofia Reisinger pitched a three-hitter with 10 strikeouts and Gia Bonsignore was 3-for-3 with three RBI as the Lady Crusaders (3-2) beat Sparta, 10-1, in softball. Eric Lora’s three-run home run in the final inning accounted for all the Crusaders (3-5) runs in a 7-3 loss to ...
Monday, April 14 – In baseball, Tech (0-6) fell to Mountain Lakes, 8-2, with Connor Campbell and Eddie Lamperti driving in Tech’s runs. The Tech softball team was shut out, 10-0, by Parsippany.Tuesday, April 15 – No games scheduled.Wednesday, April 16 – The baseball team’s five-run rally in the ...
SOUTH BRUNSWICK – The Morris Knolls baseball team was held to three hits in a five-inning mercy-rule 10-0 loss to Red Bank Catholic in a game played at the Autism Awareness Showcase at Rowland Park in South Brunswick on Saturday, April 12.Red Bank Catholic (4-1) put away the game early, scoring six ...
NORTH BRUNSWICK, NJ - A rainy Friday postponed the Spotswood High School varsity baseball team's annual Autism Awareness Challenge game with Somerville High School. Friday evening's game was rescheduled for Sunday afternoon at noon. The raindrops had stopped, but the cool weather continued. No one ...
SUMMIT, NJ — Looking for something to do over Spring Break? Look no further! Several Hilltopper teams will be in action this week, providing plenty of opportunities to catch some exciting games.Please check the online schedule for the most up-to-date game time information, as times and locations ...
BLOOMFIELD, NJ-- Although the season is in its early stages, the Bengals softball team has shown some bright spots with two consecutive victories.Bloomfield senior Madison Simone threw a perfect game last week against Belleville in a 10-0 Bengal win. In addition to the gem she pitched, Simone ...
SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ -- The top of South Plainfield's order spent the morning getting on base and starter Mike Castagna pitched into the seventh inning as Tigers held off a Millburn rally for a 5-3 victory over the Millers in the Autism Awareness Challenge at Union Catholic on Sunday.The game was ...
BERNARDSVILLE, NJ — Senior midfielder Kayla Davi has been named the Valairco Heating & Cooling Bernards Athlete of the Week for her leadership, versatility, and all-around contributions to the Bernards girls lacrosse team.Davi has been a dominant presence early this season, posting 11 goals and ...
Basking Ridge, NJ – Jenna Narleski, a senior co-captain and standout on the Ridge field hockey team for the past four years, has been selected to the 2025 U.S. U-18 Women’s National Field Hockey Team. Narleski departs April 14th for a week-long tour in England where team USA will compete in the ...
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ — Junior Lily Sandholm is off to a blazing start for the Gov. Livingston softball team, earning recognition as the Valairco Heating & Cooling Highlander Athlete of the Week for her strong performance at the plate and growing leadership role.Through the team’s first six ...
OCEANPORT, NJ – Rainy conditions forced Long Branch Little League to cancel its opening day parade at Manhasset Creek Park, but the show went on indoors at Hot Pink Studio Photography in nearby Oceanport this past Saturday. Teams started showing up at 10:00 a.m., with each team given a 30-minute ...
YORKTOWN SOFTBALL (4-1)Yorktown 15, Mahopac 1Thursday, April 10, Mahopac Falls FieldEva Destito (extra-base hit, 2 RBI), Katie Piehler (hit, 2 walks, 3 runs), Penny Einhorn (hit, run, walk, RBI), Alicia Cinicolo (3 hits, 2 extra-base hits, RBI, 2 stolen bases), Ally Pace (hit, run, stolen base), ...
KATONAH, N.Y. - Future basketball players at The Harvey School will be well aware of the name Jonah Kass.The Katonah native recently finished his high school career with a phenomenal senior season that saw him write his name into the record books. Kass is now part of an elite group of players who ...
MAHOPAC, N.Y. — After falling behind 7-4 with 9:00 left in the third of last Thursday’s meeting vs. Fox Lane, the Wolf Pac boys lacrosse team responded with an 8-2 run to close the game, sending the Foxes home a 12-9 loser in a game played at Mahopac High School.Mahopac started the turnaround with ...
SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ -- Gov. Livingston scored seven runs in the third inning to overcome an early deficit and went on to an 11-4 baseball victory over Delbarton in a meeting of Top 10 teams in the Autism Awareness Challenge at Rowland Park on Sunday.Ryan Pappas hit a two-run single in the second ...
ORADELL, NJ – Despite the miserable conditions the past several days, the Hasbrouck Heights boys and girls track teams took home team titles at the Jack Yockers Bergen County Relays, held Friday and Saturday at River Dell High School. Both teams came in first place overall in the Group D ...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ -- The annual opening day parade was rained out, but that couldn't put a damper on the anniversary reunion of the 2015 South Plainfield varsity baseball state championship team by the South Plainfield Junior Baseball Club on Saturday morning.Nine members of that Tigers' ...
NEWTON, NJ—The Newton High School boys lacrosse team hosted Morris Hills on Wednesday, April 9 and won 8-7, then they played away against Roxbury on Friday, April 11 and won 6-5.Matt Ellsworth was on fire against Roxbury, scoring four goals for Newton and assisting on one goal himself.Ty Guzzo and ...
CHATHAM, NJ — At just 11 years old, Chatham fifth grader Alice Wang is taking the junior squash world by storm.In just the past year, Wang won the 2025 U.S. Junior Squash Championship, the 2024 U.S. Junior Open, and earned an impressive third place finish at the 2025 British Junior Open, one of the ...
SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ – South Brunswick scored in every inning but the second and John Koch pitched a six-inning no-hitter as the Vikings went on to a 14-2 baseball victory over Gill-St. Bernard's in the Autism Awareness Challenge at Rowland Park on Sunday.Colin Perna went 3-for-4 with a double, four ...
RANDOLPH, NJ- Things just keep getting better and better for the Randolph boys volleyball program. Every season the program seems to do something special that has not been done before.So far this season, the special thing the Rams have done is put together a double-digit season-opening win streak ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ - The Somerset Patriots fell to the Reading Fightin’ Phils in the series finale at TD Bank Ballpark on Sunday by a final score of 8-7. RHP Trent Sellers (4.1 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 1 BB, 4 K) made his second start of the season and did not factor into the decision. RHP Luis Pacheco (1.0 IP, ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ - The Somerset Patriots fell to the Reading Fightin’ Phils in the series finale at TD Bank Ballpark on Sunday by a final score of 8-7. RHP Trent Sellers (4.1 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 1 BB, 4 K) made his second start of the season and did not factor into the decision. RHP Luis Pacheco (1.0 IP, ...
BARNEGAT - Barnegat High School's Cheer and Dance Coach Diana Stanton was recently honored as Coach of the Year by the New Jersey Cheer and Dance Coaches Association. She leads a tremendous program at the High School and Middle School level at BarnegatCoach Stanton wrote:I am honored to have ...
ROXBURY, NJ – The Roxbury High School ice hockey team was honored in recent weeks by two groups of elected officials as both the Roxbury School Board and the Roxbury Mayor and Council invited the athletes to meetings.The reason for the invitations was the team’s winning the Morris County Secondary ...