Sports Top Stories
By JAKE NEMCEK
March 30, 2025
NORTH BRUNSWICK, NJ – In an impressive display of teamwork and skill, the Watchung Hills Girls Lacrosse team secured a commanding 15-1 win against North Brunswick on March 30th. This victory marks a significant turnaround for the team, improving their season record to 1-1.Leading the charge for ...
NEWTON, NJ—The Newton High School boys lacrosse team hosted High Point in their first match of the season on Thursday, March 27 and won 15-3.Scoring for Newton was Ty Guzzo, who had six goals and one assist throughout the game. Following close behind him was Matt Ellsworth with four goals.Alex ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - Senior Matt Kurczeski had two goals, including the game-winner with 1:01 left in overtime, to lead East Brunswick boy's lacrosse to a 6-5 home win against Old Bridge in the season opener for both teams. It made a winner of new Bears coach James Wendell in his debut. Junior Matt ...
SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD, NJ – The Scotch Plains-Fanwood boys tennis team looks to make it two consecutive winning seasons in a row in 2025, after finishing last year with an 11-6 record, their first winning season in nearly a decade.Head coach Barbara Joyner noted three key losses to the program in ...
PISCATAWAY, NJ — Registration for the 2025 Spring season of free youth tennis and Intro to Pickleball lessons will open on Tuesday, April 1st for Piscataway residents. Don’t miss out on these opportunities for youth and adults to develop their tennis and pickleball skills.The youth tennis lessons, ...
NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ -- The New Providence baseball team will open its 2025 season at Union High School on Tuesday.That's the first of three inter-divisional Union County Conference games on the schedule before the Pioneers host Union Catholic in their first Watchung Division game of the season on ...
STAFFORD - In a highly anticipated opening day clash, the Southern Regional Rams (0-1) fell to the Marlboro Mustangs (1-0), 6-2 on Saturday.Despite the Rams' efforts, a standout performance from Marlboro's Junior Emily Gaudio, who went 3-for-4 with a home run, proved decisive. Marlboro's offensive ...
SAYREVILLE, NJ - The Sayreville War Memorial boys' tennis team will look to improve heading into 2025, after finishing 9-12-1 last season. Going into his 20th season, head coach Michael Provenza is excited about this new season as the team is ready to go “full speed ahead.”Although the team will be ...
YORKTOWN, N.Y.—Coaches like it when their players share the ball, and Yorktown certainly did that in its 17-3 opening-day win against visiting Albertus Magnus on March 25.Yorktown had 11 of its players score at least one goal, which put a smile on the face of Yorktown coach Heather Raniolo after ...
MAHOPAC, N.Y.—Mahopac HS has been blessed in recent seasons, having had a stretch of at least six years with some top-flight pitching within the circle, including Notre Dame hurler Shannon Becker, the 2021 Section 1 Player of the Year, NYS Gatorade Player of the Year, and 2024 grad and Sacred Heart ...
PRINCETON, NJ – Sam Wesson had a big week individually, but his instinct after Summit boys lacrosse’s season-opening victory was to credit his teammates. The senior midfielder/attacker registered a hat-trick on Saturday as the Hilltoppers took down Princeton, 15-3, in the same week that Wesson was ...
RED BANK, NJ – The Manasquan High School boys lacrosse team delivered a commanding performance this past Saturday, crushing Red Bank Catholic High School 18-3 in a dominant road victory.The Warriors wasted no time asserting their control, with senior and Monmouth University commit Matt Schneider ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — The Westfield softball team will be looking to build off last season and go a bit further when the postseason rolls around.The Blue Devils (14-11) won four of their last six games to end last season. However, it concluded with a 7-1 road loss as the sixth seed at second-seeded ...
FLANDERS, NJ. – The Morris Knolls High School golf program opened its season on Thursday, March 27, by playing host for the Morris Knolls Invitational held at Flanders Valley Golf Club.The Lady Eagles, sparked by sophomore Olivia Gaglione’s tournament-best round of 77, won the girls tournament with ...
HAMILTON, NJ - While Nottingham girls’ lacrosse opened its season with back-to-back losses to Neptune and Gateway, the program hs high hopes of building around sophomore goalie Madison Lipman in her second varsity season. The North Stars finished the 2024 season with a 2-10 record and went winless ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ. – Julian Vogel and Robert Brickner each scored two goals and Dylan Ralston added a goal and three assists when Morris Knolls opened its boys high school lacrosse season with an 8-2 victory over Morristown-Beard on Thursday, March 27, on the Mo-Beard campus.Knolls scored the only ...
HIGHTSTOWN, NJ – Steinert opened its baseball season with a 4-3 loss to Hightstown on Saturday.Hightstown (2-0) scored a run in the bottom of the sixth inning to snap a 3-3 tie.Steinert scored all of its runs in the top of the fourth inning, highlighted by RBI singles by Vinny Condurso and Jace ...
DENVILLE, NJ – Morris Knolls High School boys basketball coach Matt Brogan refers to his recently-completed 2024-25 season as “… a roller coaster ride” but, from the looks of things going forward, next season’s “ride” could very well be much, much smoother.The Golden Eagles closed out their season ...
DENVILLE, NJ – Yes, the spring season is upon us, but the individual all-star selections and team highlights are still with us since Morris Knolls athletes and teams performed so well during the recently-completed high school winter seasons.The All-Division teams in the Northwest Jersey Athletic ...
FAIR LAWN, NJ – Watchung Hills Boys Lacrosse team delivered an impressive performance, defeating Fair Lawn with a final score of 18-6 in an away game on Saturday.Leading the charge for Watchung Hills was:- Stephen Prisco was a force with six goals and one assist, contributing significantly to the ...
FAIR LAWN, NJ – Watchung Hills Boys Lacrosse team delivered an impressive performance, defeating Fair Lawn with a final score of 18-6 in an away game on Saturday.Leading the charge for Watchung Hills was:- Stephen Prisco was a force with six goals and one assist, contributing significantly to the ...
FLEMINGTON, NJ -- The Hunterdon Central boys lacrosse team opened its season with an 11-2 victory over Phillipsburg on Saturday.Frankie Scally scored three goals and passed for two assists for the Red Devils, who scored four goals in the second quarter to take a 6-0 halftime lead.Trey Capoli and ...
WESTCHESTER, N.Y. - A group of turkey vultures is called a committee, and that’s what I ran into the other day, six or seven of these buzzards, gathered for some sort of sketchy roadside Zoom call, skulking on tree branches by the edge of Lake Katonah, pestering the water fowl and giving me the ...
SPRINGFIELD, NJ – The Dayton High School baseball team, the reigning Section 2, Group 1 champions, opens the 2025 season on Tuesday at Ruby Park against Summit.The Bulldogs' lineup is anchored by four-year starter Frank Dasti, who will play shortstop and head the pitching rotation. At the plate ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ – The Caldwell baseball team will open its season on Tuesday at home against Livingston, the reigning champion of the Super Essex Conference's American Division.Caldwell was a member of the American Division last year, but, after realignment, the Chiefs will play in the Liberty ...
HAMILTON, NJ – Nottingham boys’ lacrosse opened its season with an 11-0 victory over Neptune High School on March 27, marking the start of a new chapter for the program. This season, Nottingham is competing on its own after no longer being part of a four-year co-op with Hamilton West. The ...
HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, NJ – Hasbrouck Heights baseball coach Sean Mansfield is confident in his team’s chances heading into the season opener on Monday in Park Ridge.“We feel if we stay healthy we can compete for a league title and possibly a State Championship,” Mansfield stated. "We want to be ...
WAYNE, NJ - A young Wayne Valley baseball team took its lumps last season, going 12-14 with an exceptionally young team, comprised mainly of underclassmen. The extremely young and inexperienced 2024 Indians did not boast many returning starters from the team that went 14-10 in 2023. But now, the ...
WAYNE, NJ - The Wayne Hills baseball team has improved markedly each year during head coach Mike Abate’s tenure as head coach. After going 8-16 in his first season (2022), the team completely turned its fortunes around to go 13-9 and to win the Big North Independence Division the following year ...
MONTCLAIR, NJ - Renaissance Middle School’s Esports Team, the Renaissance Rebels, has claimed the title of Garden State Esports (GSE) Middle School State Champion following an undefeated season and a thrilling championship performance. The team secured their victory at the 2025 GSE Winter ...