Sports Top Stories
By TAPINTO BAYONNE STAFF
March 4, 2025
BAYONNE, NJ – Top-seeded Bayonne advanced in the quarterfinal round of the North 2, Group 4 tournament with a 71-40 victory over Elizabeth on Monday.Giselle Davis scored 20 points and came down with 10 rebounds for Bayonne (24-5), which jumped on top, 20-4, after one quarter.McKenzie Neal, a senior ...
ELMWOOD PARK, NJ – Bergen Tech bowling ended the season with a “fun tournament" on Saturday, as the Knights competed in the Wallers Friendship Scotch Doubles Tournament at Parkway Lanes in Elmwood Park.This scotch doubles tournament is three boy/girl couples bowling four games. In games 1 and 3, ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ – A Caldwell girls' basketball team without a single senior on its roster played like a crew of seasoned veterans in dispatching of Becton Regional, 55-42, in the quarterfinal round of the NJSIAA North 2, Group 2 tournament on Monday.The victory sends top-seeded Caldwell (25-3) ...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD - South Plainfield Buddy Ball held a Superhero Dance for team players on Feb. 21 at the Police Athletic League (PAL). Buddy Ball participants meet on Monday evenings during each soccer, basketball, t-ball, and kickball season. To celebrate the continued dedication of the Buddy Ball ...
PARAMUS, NJ – Hasbrouck Heights junior Will Munoz and Bergen Tech senior Theo Zamora and sophomore Liam Zamora were named First Team All Bergen County Bowling by the Bergen County Coaches Association, it was announced on Friday.Bergen Tech junior Sebastian Bray and sophomore Collin Zens were named ...
ELMWOOD PARK, NJ – Bergen Tech bowling ended the season with a “fun tournament" on Saturday, as the Knights competed in the Wallers Friendship Scotch Doubles Tournament at Parkway Lanes in Elmwood Park.This scotch doubles tournament is three boy/girl couples bowling four games. In games 1 and 3, ...
WEST ORANGE, NJ- In what has to be one of the wildest NJ high school boys' hockey games of the 2024-25 season, No. 3 seed Randolph stunned No. 2 seed Livingston when they scored a ridiculous six straight goals in just over nine minutes of ice time, sparking them to a 10-7 win that sends them into ...
PARAMUS, NJ – Hasbrouck Heights junior Will Munoz and Bergen Tech senior Theo Zamora and sophomore Liam Zamora were named First Team All Bergen County Bowling by the Bergen County Coaches Association, it was announced on Friday.Bergen Tech junior Sebastian Bray and sophomore Collin Zens were named ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ – The Caldwell boys basketball team hadn't lost a home game all season.When the Chiefs finally did, it wasn't before blood had been spilled, last rites had been prematurely administered to their chances at least twice, and one final comeback attempt just missed on a 3-point ...
PISCATAWAY, NJ – The Piscataway High School basketball teams saw their postseason runs come to an end on Monday night, as both the boys' and girls' squads fell to Westfield in the NJSIAA North Jersey, Section 2, Group 4 quarterfinals.In the boys' matchup, top-seeded Piscataway (24-6) started strong ...
BARNEGAT - The Barnegat Girls Basketball team defeated Haddonfield 56-46 at home in the South Jersey Group 2 quarterfinals. Barnegat was led by Zemirah Enalls with 19 points and 20 rebounds. Riley Fitzpatrick hit three three-point shots and scored 12 points. Emma Thornton scored 10 points with 13 ...
VERONA, NJ - The Verona Girls Varsity Basketball Team is moving on to the Semifinal Round of the NJSIAA North Jersey Section 2 Group 1 Tournament after defeating Arts 50-47 on Saturday. Cali Giacomazza led the way for the Hillbillies, scoring 12 points, adding two steals. Giada Contorno had 10 ...
CHERRY HILL - Cherry Hill East defeated Southern 77-52 in the NJSIAA South Jersey, Group 4 quarterfinals on Monday afternoon.East was led by Chris Abreu with 21 points, Chris Delgado added 19, and Noahm Marciano had 12 for the Cougars. Jake Sliwinski led Southern with 15 points. Southern's ...
ROSELLE PARK, NJ - The Roselle Park Girls Varsity Basketball Team played its final game of the season on Saturday, losing 58-47 to Bound Brook in the Quarterfinal Round of the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group 1 Tournament. Sidney Smith led the Panthers with 35 points, adding four steals and two blocks.
CLARK, NJ — On Saturday, March 1, the Arthur L. Johnson (ALJ) Crusader football team held its annual post-season awards banquet. Head Coach Anthony DelConte presided over the event as all athletes were honored for their contributions to Crusader Football. In addition, numerous scholarships were ...
SEWELL, NJ – History was made at Glouchester Tech this weekend as Morristown’s Jack MacMillan brought home the first gold medal for the Morristown boys swimming program since 1990. MacMillan won the 50-meter freestyle as the top seed at the Meet of Champions this weekend with a time of 20.97 ...
MOUNT OLIVE, NJ – The phrase in sports that is used when an athlete qualifies for the next round of tournament competition is that he "… punched his ticket” to the town or city where the next level will be held.On Saturday, March 1, Morris Knolls’ junior Luke Shivas punched … and punched … and ...
DENVILLE, NJ – Morris Knolls sophomore Bret Szurko rolled with the best and, even though the experience didn’t go quite the way he would have liked it, he can’t wait to do it again next season.Szurko had been upping his game as the regular high school bowling season was coming to a close and ...
STATEN ISLAND, NY — The Westfield girls indoor track team posted some solid performances at the NJSIAA Meet of Champions 2025 at Ocean Breeze Track and Field Facility in Staten Island, New York on Sunday.Senior Lilly Petrie finished in a two-way tie for 17th (8.57) in the 55-meter hurdles, breaking ...
STATEN ISLAND, NY — Westfield senior Ryan Daly won first place medalist honors capturing the 800-meter final with a personal best and school record of 1:51.62 at the NJSIAA Meet of Champions 2025 at Ocean Breeze Track and Field Facility in Staten Island, New York on Sunday.Toms River North’s ...
ELIZABETH, NJ - The Elizabeth Boys Varsity Basketball Team came to play on February 27, defeating Woodbridge 73-25 in the First Round of the North Jersey Section 2 Group 4 Tournament. Jordan Torres led the Minutemen in scoring with 20 points, adding six rebounds. Cameron McRae recorded a 14-point, ...
JACKSON TOWNSHIP, NJ – The Long Branch High School Wrestling team had five wrestlers participate in the NJSIAA Region 6 Regional Tournament at Jackson Liberty High School this past Friday and Saturday. The Green Wave will have two wrestlers advance to the NJSIAA/IBEW Local 102 State Wrestling ...
SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD, NJ – The No. 13 seed Scotch Plains-Fanwood Girls Basketball team will face off against No. 12 seed J.P. Stevens in the quarterfinals of the NJSIAA North Jersey, Section 2, Group 4 Tournament on Monday, March 3, at 5:30 p.m. at John P. Stevens High School in Edison.Despite ...
HOBOKEN, NJ - Two Hoboken High School students have made ‘Redwing History’ through their athletic achievements recently. Hoboken HS Sophomore Kaelah Dealwis was crowned Girls North 2 Group 1 State Sectional 55-meter champion, completing the race with a winning time of 7.66 seconds, while Hoboken HS ...
LITTLE FALLS, NJ - A new sport is on the rise in northern New Jersey.Gaelic football blends the excitement of soccer, the skills of baseball, and the strategy of football. Little Falls resident Mike Farrelly is making the sport's push into Passaic Valley with the goal of bringing it into the ...
CROSS RIVER, N.Y. - On Tuesday, Feb. 25, GreeleyJay traveled to Hommocks Ice Arena in Larchmont and faced Mamaroneck in a true back and forth. In the quarterfinal round, Mamaroneck scored first, GreeleyJay answered, the Tigers regained the lead and GreeleyJay tied with 1:39 remaining in the game.
KATONAH, N.Y. - The Harvey School Cavaliers are once again the boys basketball champions of the Housatonic Valley Athletic League (HVAL). The Cavs won their second league title in three years with an 86-52 victory over the Watkinson Rams in the HVAL championship game Saturday, March 1 at Harvey’s ...
MAHOPAC, N.Y.—Last Thursday night’s Class AA playoff clash between the Mahopac HS girls and the visiting Foxes of Bedford didn’t look anything like a No. 4 vs. No. 5 seed.In front of a loud, full house in the Wolf Den, the Pac smelled a trip to the Westchester County Center, and they pounced on it ...
MT. OLIVE, NJ – It was a rough day on the mats for the Hasbrouck Heights wrestling team, as no one advanced out of Region 2 to the NJSIAA State Tournament in Atlantic City.Eion Maloney, wrestling at 165 pounds, was the highest finisher for the Aviators, coming in fifth place. Maloney reached the ...
SEWELL, NJ – Chatham senior swimmer Charlie Kulp placed second in two individual events the 200 free and 100 fly and the Chatham girls relay contingent of Madeline Crawford, Sarah Thomas, Gloria Jeng and Kiera Harkins set school records in the 200 and 400 free relays on Sunday at the NJSIAA Meet of ...