Sports Top Stories
By LOUIE PASCULLI
March 29, 2025
HAMILTON, NJ – Hamilton West Tennis opens its season against Lawrence High School on Monday. The team, led by longtime head coach James “Jimmy” Ditmars who enters his 26th season at the helm, is looking to improve on a winless 2024.West will field a four-player roster this year with co-captains ...
MADISON, NJ – The 2024 season did not end the way that the Madison Dodgers had envisioned. As the No. 2 seed in the sectional tournament, Madison was expecting to go on a deep run and perhaps bring home a sectional title at the end of it. However, the Dodgers were upset in the quarterfinals by No.
HAMILTON, NJ – The Nottingham/Hamilton West co-op softball season begins against Pennsauken later today with the first pitch scheduled for 11 a.m. Now in its third year as a co-op program, Nottingham/West looks to continue its growth under head coach Gabriella “Gabby” Bennett. Since taking over the ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ – This week marks the beginning of Mike Teshkoyan's 39th year as the head coach of the Caldwell softball team.The Chiefs are coming off a 19-9 season that boosted the legendary coach's career record to 746-254, a .746 winning percentage.The battery of twins Sophia Rodriguez and ...
VAUXHALL, NJ – New York Red Bulls (NYRB) midfielder and lifelong New Jersey resident Daniel Edelman will be appearing at Kicks N Sticks, the family-owned soccer and lacrosse specialty store located on Vauxhall Road in Vauxhall on Sunday, April 6, from 4 p.m. – 6 p.m.Daniel, who led the Red Bulls in ...
WOOD-RIDGE, NJ – Coming off a 6-2 season a year ago, Wood-Ridge flag football coach Michael Larkin is confident his team is set to compete for an NJIC title. And in season three of the girls flag football program, the Lady Blue Devils have established themselves as a mature program. The time for ...
RED BANK, NJ -- The Holmdel girls lacrosse team opened its season with a 9-7 victory over Red Bank Catholic on Thursday! The game was held at the Count Basie Field in Red Bank. Tessa Pinnero and Charlotte Wall connected for two goals apiece for the Hornets and Avery Dubin also scored a goal in the ...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ -- Coming off a 22-win season, the South Plainfield baseball team will open its 2025 campaign at home against Edison on Tuesday, April 1.And a lot of the same players who spearheaded the Tigers to the championship games of both the Greater Middlesex Conference and North 2, ...
CHATHAM, NJ – As the three-time defending NJSIAA Group 3 state champion, the Chatham girls lacrosse team anticipates its opponents will come at them aggressively in 2025.Chatham faced that reality in its season opener vs. county rival Mountain Lakes on Friday at Haas Field, where the Lakers were ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Long-time assistant and second-year Phillipsburg High School head boy’s tennis coach Donny Smith is optimistic his team can win a few more matches this season after going 2-16 overall and 0-9 in the Skyland Conference Raritan Division a year ago. Smith announced his ...
HOLMDEL, NJ -- The Holmdel softball team opened its season with a 13-1 victory over Toms River North on Thursday.Julia Henderson went 3 for 4 with three runs batted in for Holmdel, which scored eight runs in the third inning after the teams were tied, 1-1, through two-and-a-half frames.Natalie ...
LINDEN, NJ — After struggling in the second half of last season, the JFK-Iselin baseball team would certainly welcome a fast start in 2025.It's not likely to ever get any easier for the Mustangs than it was in their opener Friday afternoon, when the first 18 batters they sent to the plate in the ...
HOWELL - Southern lost a tight contest to Howell on Thursday by one stroke, 168-167. Southern was led by Paul Reilly with a 40. Cody Grob scored a 41 and Justin Bodony shot a 42 in the Rams effort. Southern (1-4)168Howell (3-0)167Match OverviewCourse ParMatch FormatHoles Played36Stroke9Match ...
MADISON, NJ – With the season opener less than a week away, the Madison softball team is looking to build off their semifinal run in last year’s state tournament. The Dodgers finished the regular season in 2024 with a solid 12-10 record but pulled off an upset over second-seeded Passaic Valley as ...
SAYREVILLE, NJ – The Sayreville War Memorial Boys Lacrosse team opened the 2025 season with a big win at home on Thursday, March 27, defeating Montgomery 13-8.Senior Donovan Halm scored five goals in the Bombers' win on Thursday, followed by four goals from senior Filip Luczynski, two goals from ...
PISCATAWAY, NJ — The Piscataway Chiefs boys golf team, led by head coach Pete Reynolds, opened the season with two impressive victories over Spotswood before falling narrowly to Metuchen in their third match. The Chiefs now hold a 2-1 record overall and in the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) ...
WOODLAND PARK, NJ - Two Woodland Park Competition Cheer (WPCC) teams both took home national titles last weekend.Not only did the minis and juniors teams bring home national titles, but the juniors were the highest-scoring recreation team of the entire competition, held at Kalahari Resort in ...
NEWTON, NJ - Both Sparta High School golf teams came away with a win on Wednesday against the Newton teams playing at Newton Country Club. Spartan boys took the round 179 – 183. The girls won 230-243. Sparta boys results:Calvin Kirchner and Ryan Grycuk both finished on top with a 43. Newton ...
COLONIA, NJ — Colonia had the most improved baseball team in all of Middlesex County last spring.But that doesn't mean there still isn't more room for improvement for head coach Mike Scialfo's Patriots, who went from 9-14 two years ago to 19-7 last season.Colonia opens its 2025 season at home ...
South Plainfield Varsity Tigers lost a close game verse a top ranked opponent Middletown North 1-0. The Tigers lost despite outhitting the Lions four hits to their three. Emily Luersen #21 led the Tigers with two hits. Erin Townley #17 took the circle for three innings; she surrendered one hit ...
HILLSIDE, NJ - The Hillside Varsity Baseball Team came to play in their season opener on Thursday, scoring 22 runs, including 14 in the third inning of a 22-1 victory over Orange. Zachary Hasan led the Comets with six RBIs. Hasan also had three hits and three runs scored. Christian West had five ...
MATAWAN, NJ - It was a tough loss on Thursday for the Spotswood High School golf team to Old Bridge High School. Spotswood narrowly lost to the Knights 192-196 at the Rose Golf Course. The Chargers' Mia Masarik led the leaderboard with a 41. It is the first season in the Greater Middlesex ...
MANASQUAN, NJ – The Manasquan boys lacrosse team opened their season with an impressive home victory against Ridge, one of New Jersey’s top-tier programs. From the opening whistle, the Warriors played with the intensity and precision of a team that hadn’t missed a beat since last spring.It didn’t ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ - The Morristown boys volleyball team ended the second game in a tie. The Colonials and Voorheess ended in a 0-0 tie.Voorhees Sets PlayedKBDASPAcesJoseph Pasquale2806000Garrett Stem2010000Nishant Vellanki2006002Logan Zappa2005000Julian Kuffo2014000Liam Beck2002000Kyle ...
BASKING RIDGE, NJ - The Ridge 4x800 relay team, consisting of Joseph Dachnowicz, Brenden McMahon, Ryan Swan, and Kaleb Huang, has been named the Valairco Heating and Cooling Ridge Athlete of the Week following their impressive victory at the Meet of Champions (MOC), where they secured a dominant ...
SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD, NJ – After an exciting 2024 season, which ended with an 18-9 record and a county finals appearance, the Scotch Plains-Fanwood Softball team will begin their 2025 season on Tuesday, April 1, at home against David Brearley.“Last season was one of the best seasons SPF softball ...
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ - Chelsea Kieswetter has been a part of countless championship celebrations during her four years as a varsity starter for the Governor Livingston softball team. But as the career of one of the greatest players in GL history creeps to a close, she realizes that she has been on ...
SAYREVILLE, NJ – After finishing 2024 with a 13-8 record, their first winning season in 9 years, the Sayreville War Memorial Softball team will begin a new season on Tuesday, April 1, against John P. Stevens High School.“Last season was a success, as we finished with a strong overall record of ...
WARREN, NJ — After an 18-0 first half, Watchung Hills Flag Football rolled to a 30-0 victory in their first ever game. Junior quarterback Zoe Gallic hit speedsters Junior Alysha Yang and Sophomore Lexi Cohen for multiple scores.“Awesome to be a part of that and I’m so happy for the girls,” said ...
MADISON, NJ – As the Madison boys tennis team gets set to kick off the 2025 season against Mountain Lakes on Thursday, head coach Anton Carrera is hoping the team’s veteran leadership will bring more success and consistency than last year. 2024 was an up and down campaign for Madison as the ...