Sports Top Stories
By GUY KIPP
April 9, 2025
LIVINGSTON, NJ – The predominant weather story in Tuesday's baseball game between West Essex and Livingston may have been the fierce and frigid wind at The Oval, but it also could have been the late-inning Lancer lightning that has become a distinct pattern early in the 2025 season.Livingston ...
SAYREVILLE, NJ – J.C. Escarra, backup catcher for the New York Yankees, will be signing autographs for the Little League of Sayreville on Sunday, April 13, at Sayreville Little League Park from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.At 29 years old, Escarra has become quite a popular name among Yankees fans due to ...
SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD, NJ – In a match-up between two of the top boys volleyball teams in the state, Scotch Plains-Fanwood defeated Bridgewater-Raritan, 2-0 (25-19, 25-20) in a contest that could have gone either way. Daniel Ennis had 12 kills and three digs. John Laudman had four digs. Brody ...
NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ -- The New Providence girls lacrosse team extended its unbeaten streak to four games to start the season after beating Cranford, 11-8, on Monday.Freshman attack/midfielder Addy Fitzgerald scored three goals and assisted on six others for the Pioneers, who outscored Cranford, 5-1, ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ - The Morristown boys tennis team defeated Pope John 4-1 on Tuesday afternoon. The win keeps the Colonials undefeated on the season.Morristown took 1st Singles, 2nd Singles, 1st Doubles and 2nd Doubles.1st Singles Charlie Beyer (M)66 Adam Komosinski (PJ)11 2nd Singles Alper Kumlu ...
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ -- Gov. Livingston erased an early two-run deficit and went on to a 6-3 baseball victory over Summit on Tuesday.Junior shortstop Zach Geertsma went 4-for-4 with two doubles, three runs scored and one run batted in for Gov. Livingston (3-0), which scored five runs in the bottom ...
JEFFERSON, NJ - The Morristown boys volleyball team fell to Jefferson 25-17 and 25-21 on Tuesday afternoon. The loss is the first this season for the Colonials.Rex McDowell led Morristown with nine kills and six digs. Alex Kalfoglou finished with seven kills and three digs. Jack Ploshnick finished ...
PEQUANNOCK, NJ - The Madison boys tennis team has extended their winning ways after defeating Pequannock 4-1 on Tuesday afternoon. The Dodgers improved to 5-1 on the season.Pequannock took 1st singles, but Madison was victorious in the four remaining matches.Bryce Curey defeated Russell Eddeh 6-1, ...
CHATHAM, NJ -Caroline Condon and Shannon Collins led the offense with four goals for Morristown in its 11-5 girls lacrosse loss vs. Chatham on Tuesday at Haas Field.Colonial freshman Keira Van Zile finished with one goal.Peyton Furst led the offense with four goals and an assist, and also ...
SPRINGFIELD, NJ – The Springfield Minutemen 9U baseball team secured a victory on Sunday afternoon with a 10-6 win over Chatham. The game was the first for both teams in the Spring 2025 travel season. The offense was led by Beckett Pittenger, who broke the game open in the second inning. With two ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ – Giada Catanzaro racked up 10 assists and scored three goals to lead Bridgewater-Raritan to a 17-8 girls lacrosse victory over Watchung Hills on Tuesday.Emma Ciocon was the goals leader for the Panthers with seven to go with one assist. Ella Daehnke and Allie Prickett each scored ...
GLEN GARDNER, NJ – Dalton Klaus scored four goals to lift Hunterdon Central to a 14-2 girls lacrosse victory over Voorhees on Tuesday.Kadyn Brandt totaled three goals and one assist for the Red Devils (5-0), who scored seven goals in the third quarter to take a 12-1 lead.Jocelyn Sponzo had two ...
SKILLMAN, NJ - A balanced showing lifted the Bridgewater-Raritan High School boys golf team to the Cougar Classic Cherry Valley Invitational at the Cherry Valley Country Club in Skillman April 7.Bridgewater-Raritan carded a 299 to win the 19-team field. Pingry School was the runner-up with a score ...
HAMILTON, NJ - For golfers this spring, sand traps aren’t the only hazards to avoid. “Low back pain is common, especially in golfers over 50,” says Marc J. Levine, MD, Chief of Orthopedic Surgery and Director of Spine Surgery at Robert Wood Johnson University (RWJUH) Hamilton, a member of ...
ELIZABETH, NJ - The Elizabeth Varsity Baseball Team secured its fourth victory of the season on Saturday, defeating North Bergen 7-5. Eliezer Cepeda led the way for the Minutemen with three hits, two RBIs, and a run scored. Jamie Tamayo and Derek Guzman had two hits and a run scored. Derek Escobar, ...
LIVINGSTON, NJ — The Livingston High School boys track and field team is off to a winning start in its spring season with convincing wins in dual meet match-ups against Montclair High School and East Orange Campus. Standout Early-Season Performances:In the Shot Put, the Lancers had strong ...
WAYNE, NJ - Like their sister/rival team across town, the Wayne Hills girls lacrosse team is looking to bounce back this year. The Patriots three-peated as Passaic County Tournament Champions in 2019, 2021 and 2022 (2020 was canceled due to COVID). They went 48-13 over that stretch and then dropped ...
RIDGEWOOD, NJ – Chatham had 23.8 seconds left to pull off one of the greatest comebacks in the history of the boys lacrosse program and got three excellent chances to make it happen. Unfortunately for the Cougars, Ridgewood's senior goalie Eli Pounds wasn't willing to cooperate.Pounds denied ...
CRANFORD, NJ – There is a saying in baseball that it’s not over until the fat lady sings. On Tuesday evening, she was warmed up and ready to take center stage in Cranford. However, Jack Sponheimer wasn’t ready to go home even on a brutally cold and windy evening. The Raiders trailed 4-2 in the top ...
CHATHAM, NJ – Junior middie Peyton Furst led the offense with four goals and an assist, and also contributed four draw controls and two forced turnovers for undefeated Chatham in its 11-5 girls lacrosse win vs. Morristown on Tuesday at Haas Field.Senior middie Grace Hallahan scored a goal and was ...
NEWTON, NJ—The Newton High School baseball team won 12-1 over Lenape Valley when they played them away on Monday, April 7.The Braves came out strong, putting four runs on the board in the first inning. They added one more in the second, two in the third and a whopping four more in the fourth. They ...
NEWTON, NJ—The Newton High School boys lacrosse team played away against Hackettstown over the weekend on Saturday, April 5 and won 16-1, but then lost 14-1 against Pope John when they hosted them on Monday, April 7.Scoring the only goal for Newton against Pope John was Max Faye with an assist from ...
NEWTON, NJ – The Newton High School boys golf team hosted Lenape Valley on Monday, April 7 and hosted Kinnelon on Tuesday, April 8 despite the rainy weather conditions. They won both matches.Newton played Lenape Valley and won 173-192. The Braves boys' results:2ndAndrew Niemynski with a 41 in a ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ – Senior Grace Mulligan registered the low score as the Chatham girls golf team posted a 45 to 61 win vs. Madison in a round shortened to six holes because of poor weather conditions on Tuesday at the Morris County Golf Club.
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ – Woodbridge erupted for 10 runs in the top of the sixth inning and went on to a 13-4 baseball victory over East Brunswick on Tuesday.Derek Oxner and Mike Gurovich each went 2-for-3 with three RBI for Woodbridge (5-0), which trailed, 3-2, after five innings.Derek Anderson went ...
CHATHAM, NJ – Grayson Rivera won at third singles, and Chris Allen and Ranvir Iyengar won at second doubles for Chatham in its 3-2 boys tennis setback to Delbarton on Tuesday at the Colony Courts.
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ – Woodbridge erupted for 10 runs in the top of the sixth inning and went on to a 13-4 baseball victory over East Brunswick on Tuesday.Derek Oxner and Mike Gurovich each went 2-for-3 with three RBI for Woodbridge (5-0), which trailed, 3-2, after five innings.Derek Anderson went ...
RANDOLPH, NJ – Braden Faust had four kills and three digs and Shreyan Lingampalli collected a kill, a block, a dig and 11 assists for Chatham in its 2-0 boys volleyball loss to undefeated Randolph on Tuesday.Braden Faust finished with four kills and three digs for Chatham (2-2), which also got ...
UNION, NJ – Union scored six runs in the third inning and went on to a 12-4 baseball victory over Roselle Park on Tuesday.Nick Goncalves went 2-for-3 with two runs batted in, Johnny Velez went 2-for-3 with two runs scored and an RBI, and Jayden Walton was 2-for-3 with two runs scored for Union ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ - The Somerset Patriots were defeated by the Reading Fightin’ Phils in their home opener at TD Bank Ballpark on Tuesday night by a final score of 5-4.The loss marked the second time in the Patriots’ first four games where they had a 4-1 lead in the eighth inning or later and lost by ...