Sports Top Stories
By TAPINTO CHATHAM STAFF
March 2, 2025
NEW YORK – Senior Adam Petitjean and junior Marcus Valenzuela each placed fourth in the state at the NJSIAA Meet of Champions track & field meet held Sunday at Ocean Breeze on Staten Island.Petitjean set a Chatham school indoor record in the 800 with a time of 1:52.93 and Valenzuela crossed ...
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ – Five wrestlers from Caldwell High School and four from West Essex qualified for the NJSIAA State Championships at Atlantic City next weekend.There are 448 wrestlers in all who will be competing in the annual event at Boardwalk Hall.Among them will be:Matt Ruane, Caldwell (106 ...
UNION, NJ – Senior Mark Marsigliano trailed by four points early in his win-or-go-home preliminary bout as a double-digit seed.Sophomore Trent Levash and senior Lerrod Smalls both needed to win their first consolation bouts to clinch state tournament berths.Senior Matt Di Eduardo: the lone ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Seedings ran true to form as Phillipsburg High School senior wrestlers Gavin Hawk and Luke Geleta brought home championships as top-seeds at the Region 1 championships at West Milford High School on Saturday.In all, the Stateliners will send six boys wrestlers to the state ...
WAYNE, NJ – The season for a wrestler is long, arduous and filled with necessary discipline, but four seniors from the Wayne Township Public School system, had put their wills to the test this season and were rewarded with their ultimate goal of competing at the state individual championship ...
NEWTON, NJ—The Newton High School girls basketball team started in the first round of the North Jersey, Section 1, Group 2, NJSIAA tournament as the fifth-seeded team.They took on 12th-seeded Leonia on Thursday, February 27 at Newton’s gym, where they lost, 51-40.Newton took the early lead, scoring ...
YORKTOWN, N.Y.—Getting to the Westchester County Center in White Plains once is an incredible achievement.Doing it three years in a row just puts you at a different level.That’s what second-seeded Yorktown earned the right to do when it defeated seventh-seeded Horace Greeley 64-61 in the ...
SEWELL, NJ — Members of the Westfield High School boys and girls swim teams competed in the Meet of Champions at Gloucester Tech over the weekend. The boys’ 200 free relay team of Owen Waibel, Hudson Wilcomes, Logan Swenson and Danny Pierce took first with a time of 1:23.78. Bridgewater-Raritan was ...
WEST MILFORD, NJ – Four Ridgewood wrestlers made the trip to Passaic County to compete in regional competition at West Milford High School this weekend. Among the quartet of wrestlers that competed for the Maroons on Friday, only Charlie Shaddow advanced to Saturday’s semifinals. The senior was one ...
WALDWICK, NJ – Hasbrouck Heights rallied from a four-point halftime deficit to defeat Waldwick, 41-31, in the quarterfinal round of the NJSIAA North 1 Group 1 girls basketball playoff bracket. They will advance to play Park Ridge on Tuesday in Park Ridge.The Lady Aviators led 12-11 after one ...
DENVILLE, NJ – They won’t be putting away the basketball at Morris Knolls just yet … and it might not be anytime soon, either, the way the Lady Eagles are playing these days.Morris Knolls, seeded No. 2 in the 16-team bracket, defeated No. 7-seed Old Tappan, 51-50, in overtime in an NJSIAA North ...
BLOOMFIELD, NJ-- After a grueling weekend of wrestling, the Bloomfield number of Bloomfield wrestlers vying for a spot in the NJSIAA State Championships in Atlantic City was whittled down from 6 to 1. Senior Gabe McCulloch was the lone Bengal to finish in the top four of his region, placing 4th in ...
ST. BONAVENTURE, NY — The Bonnies women's basketball team (6-23, A-10 2-16) dropped their final game of the regular season to the Dayton Flyers (17-12, A-10 11-7) 67-57.Guard Dani Haskell scored 20 points with two assists and a rebound. Guard Zoe Shaw dropped 16 points in 38 minutes of action.
EWING, NJ -- The Middletown South girls basketball team advanced in the quarterfinal round of the Central Jersey, Group 3 tournament with a 58-47 victory over Ewing on Saturday.Samantha Orlando and Ava Loucopoulos each scored 16 points for Middletown South (15-11), which outscored Ewing, 31-23, in ...
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, ...
CHATHAM, NJ – Quinn Burke saved one of his best games for what was likely to be his last home game in a Chatham basketball uniform on Saturday night.The 6-7 senior poured in a career-high 38 points and was a force on the defensive end with his blocked shots and rebounding as the Cougars moved past ...
HOLMDEL, NJ – The Holmdel girls basketball team advanced in the first round of the Central Jersey, Group 2 tournament with a 53-39 victory over Spotswood on Thursday.Claire Gillespie finished with 15 points, eight rebounds and five steals for Holmdel (12-14), which established a 23-5 lead after one ...
COLTS NECK, NJ -- The Colts Neck boys basketball team rallied from a nine-point halftime deficit for a 40-38 victory over Hopewell Valley in the quarterfinal round of the NJSIAA Central Jersey, Group 3 tournament on Saturday.Junior guard Dillon Younger's putback of an offensive rebound at the ...
MONSEY, NY – The United ice hockey players from Sparta, Kinnelon and Jefferson ranked eighth in the NJSIAA North Public Co-Op tournament got passed second seed Pascack Valley on Thursday, winning 6-2 in the quarterfinal round.The United netted three unanswered goals in the first period. Jake Prunty ...
CHATHAM, NJ – Fast starts have made for dominating wins for the Chatham girls basketball team in the first two rounds of the state tournament in 2025.Senior guard Arden Alvarez had the hot hand again early, scoring 10 of her game-high 17 points in the first quarter as top-seeded Chatham ran past ...
SUMMIT, NJ – The Summit High School wrestling team delivered an impressive performance at the 2025 NJSIAA District 13 Championships held at Nutley High School, securing a fourth-place team finish with 100 points—the highest total since 2015.“We had a great weekend at NH for the Districts,” said ...
LACEY- Five Southern Regional wrestlers won Region 7 championships on Saturday.113: 1-Anthony Mason (Southern) d. 2-Michael DiBiase (Red Bank Catholic), 3-2138: 1-Scottie Sari (Southern) md. 2-Riley Gutierrez (Lacey), 12-2144: 3-Attila Vigilante (Southern) by injury default over 1-Jake Zaltsman ...
LACEY- Five Southern Regional wrestlers won Region 7 championships on Saturday.113: 1-Anthony Mason (Southern) d. 2-Michael DiBiase (Red Bank Catholic), 3-2138: 1-Scottie Sari (Southern) md. 2-Riley Gutierrez (Lacey), 12-2144: 3-Attila Vigilante (Southern) by injury default over 1-Jake Zaltsman ...
FRANKLIN LAKES, NJ – The West Essex girls basketball team upset Ramapo, 52-50, to advance in the quarterfinal round of the NJSIAA North 1, Group 3 tournament on Saturday.Junior guard Madelyn Schlosser scored a season-high 21 points and grabbed six rebounds for fifth-seeded West Essex (18-10), which ...
HILLSBOROUGH, NJ - The Hillsborough Dukes JV Cheerleading Squad, along with the Mitey Mites Squad and the Pee Wee Squad, impressed the judges wherever they competed this past year, bringing home dozens of awards and trophies from state, regional and national competitions.Each of the three squads ...
WEST ORANGE, NJ - Three Madison wrestlers made it to regions with one Dodger wrestler advancing to Saturday match. At 113, David Defillippis fell to Joseph Rowinski of Hackettstown in the Wrestleback Quarterfinals. On Friday, Defillippis defeated Gabriel Reyes 6-0 in the First Round before falling ...
WEST ORANGE, NJ - Four Morristown wrestlers advanced to the second day of Regions. Colonial wrestlers who advanced to Saturday's matches were Collin McDonald (126 pounds), Dimitrios Mihalakakos (175 pounds), Henry Saxon (190 pounds) and Greydon Carcich (285 pounds) At 126, Collin McDonald fell to ...
NUTLEY, NJ - Raiders Boys / Girls basketball end successful seasons in states. Boys Basketball Ryan Ibrahim scored 14 points and Tim Gordon added 11 but the 14th-seeded Raiders bowed to third-seeded Payne Tech, 91-48, in the opening round of the NJSIAA North Jersey, Section 2, Group 3 tournament ...
BASKING RIDGE, N.J. – In girls basketball, Pingry (19-7) cruised past Parsippany (17-9), 76-32 in the opening round of the NJSIAA Girls Basketball Tournament on Tuesday, powered by Taylor Francis’ 17 points and four steals.Pingry took control early, outscoring Parsippany,39-14 by halftime. Rowan ...
MIDDLESEX, NJ -- New Providence sank 14 3-pointers on its way to a 78-69 boys basketball victory over Middlesex in the quarterfinal round of the NJSIAA Central Jersey, Group 1 tournament on Saturday.It was the second consecutive victory in the tournament for the 10th-seeded Pioneers, who came into ...