Sports Top Stories
By CHRIS MANDERIOLI
February 25, 2025
RANDOLPH, NJ- The 2024-25 season has been a bit of an up-and-down affair for the Randolph boys’ basketball team, who played their final regular season game on the road at Whippany Park on Thursday, Feb. 2. It was a good finish for the Rams, as they took a 74-66 win over the Wildcats. With the win, ...
TOMS RIVER, NJ – Senior Adam Petitjean won gold at the Group 3 state championships in the 800 and will be one of four Chatham High athletes representing the school in the upcoming boys and girls NJSIAA Indoor Track & Field Meet of Champions.Petitjean won the Group 3 title in the 800 in 1:56.79 ...
ROSELLE, NJ - The No. 9 seed Madison faced off against No. 8 seed Summit in the First Round of the 2025 NJSIAA Girls Ice Hockey Tournament on Tuesday night. The Dodgers fell to Summit 2-1.Summit's Kennedy Sears scored in the first period with neither team finding the back of the net in the ...
WAYNE, NJ – Eric Bourdon picked the right time to score his first goal of the season.Bourdon, a junior forward, scored the winning goal with 8:35 left in the game and Jake McCloud scored twice as Morris Knolls-Hills opened defense of it NJSIAA North, Public Co-Op sectional ice hockey title with a ...
Monday, Feb. 24 – Mia Pauldo scored 30 points, including six 3-point field goals, as the unbeaten Lady Crusaders (23-0) beat Rutgers Prep, 90-52. Tuesday, Feb. 25 – The boys basketball team (24-4) won its 16th straight game by holding off 15-10 Union Catholic, 64-56, behind the scoring of Cristian ...
Monday, Feb. 24 – Tech’s girls basketball team lost to Vernon, 45-41, when Vernon (12-10) went on a 21-11 run in the final quarter. Alicia Boscarino led Tech (11-12) in scoring with 11 points.Tuesday, Feb. 25 – No games scheduled. Wednesday, Feb. 26 – In girls basketball, No. 10 seed Tech (11-3) ...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ -- In their final regular-season game before the state tournament, the South Plainfield girls basketball team had two comebacks in them, but they couldn't get over the hump against a North Plainfield opponent that has given the Tigers trouble in the recent past.After South ...
After defeating Paul VI twice earlier in the season, the Camden High Panthers suffered a stunning loss to an energetic Eagles squad, 58-54, in the final of the Camden County basketball tournament at Rutgers-Camden on February 24, 2025.After trailing through most of the game, the Panthers became ...
HOWELL, NJ - Having gone to the NJSIAA Sectional finals last year, only to lose to Gov. Livingston 2-1, the Manasquan Warriors Ice Hockey team (10-13-3) entered the season hoping to get another shot at winning the Sectional finals this season. With an up and down season this year, and two tight ...
CRANFORD, NJ - The Cranford High School Junior Varsity Ice Hockey team has won the Union County Ice Hockey League Championship for the second time in school history. This is the sixth year of a formal junior varsity-level ice hockey league in Union County and to win the championship a second time ...
WARREN, NJ – Watchung Hills Buddy Ball is ready for new sluggers. This year, they are trying to expand the program to include games with other towns throughout our area. WHBSA created a Youth Advisory Board to help facilitate research and scheduling. These student athletes have been a part ...
WARREN, NJ – Watchung Hills Buddy Ball is ready for new sluggers. This year, they are trying to expand our program to include "games" with other towns throughout our area. WHBSA created a Youth Advisory Board to help facilitate research and scheduling. These student athletes have been a part ...
SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ – Congratulations to the Scotch Plains-Fanwood boys JV basketball team for winning the Union County championship over Plainfield 60-56 on Friday, Feb. 21. It is only the second time in school history that boys JV has claimed the title.Players: Tristan BaumgartnerJoe CorderoZach ...
MILLTOWN, NJ - It was an exciting season of basketball for the Joyce Kilmer Lady Knights. JK's middle school girls' basketball team finished the 2024-25 season with a 10-4 overall record. The Lady Knights are coached by Isabella Macaro and Taylor Iasparro. Macaro has been teaching seventh grade ...
HAMILTON, NJ - Assemblyman Wayne DeAngelo, in collaboration with the Hamilton YMCA, led a group of local youth on a ski trip aimed at promoting outdoor recreation, teamwork, and personal growth. The trip provided participants, many of whom had never skied before, with the chance to experience the ...
UNION, NJ – Ariel Azeredo, a junior from Union High School, won the 138-pound championship at the NJSIAA District 14 wrestling tournament last weekend.Azeredo pinned Bridgewater-Raritan's Logan Levine in 1:45 in the title bout after advancing in the semifinals with a 10-6 decision over Kearny's ...
SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ – Three wrestlers from Columbia High School won championships in their weight classes at the NJSIAA District 13 tournament last weekend.Jared Van Allen won the 113-pound championship, August Katz was the winner at 150 pounds and Samuel Memo claimed the title at 165 pounds.Oliver ...
VERNON, NJ – Sparta High School was represented on the mat by now two time champion Paige Weiss North 1 girls division. Weill took home her second title in the 120 lbs class.“She pinned her way through the tournament and didn’t give up a point,” Coach Daniel Trappe said.Weiss' regional ...
SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ – The Gov. Livingston girls basketball team fought until the final buzzer but fell just short in a hard-fought 44-38 overtime loss to Union Catholic on Monday afternoon. In their regular-season finale, the Highlanders engaged in a back-and-forth battle before Union Catholic seized ...
TRENTON, NJ – The Long Branch High School Wrestling team participated in the NJSIAA District Tournament in District 22 at Trenton Central High School this past Saturday. The Green Wave had participants in every weight class, with two participants taking home District titles. Overall, five wrestlers ...
Barnegat, NJ – A moment of pride for the Barnegat community as the varsity cheerleading coach was recently honored with an award at the New Jersey State Cheerleading Competition. The recognition comes as a testament to the coach’s dedication, leadership, and the remarkable achievements of the ...
NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ - After running for the New Providence girls' cross-country team last fall, senior Miranda Bournique has spent the winter showing that her athletic success translated very nicely to the faster indoor events of this track season.Bournique set the New Providence High School record ...
PARSIPPANY, NJ - Registration for the Spring season of Par-Troy West Little League is ending on Saturday, March 1st.See details below.
Senior guard Matthew Scerbo Jr. scored 25 points to lead Phillipsburg High School to a 64-56 victory over host Newark East Side in an independent boy’s basketball game on Monday night. Fellow seniors Jason Abbott added 10 points and Ethan White-Philpot chipped in with eight for the Stateliners, who ...
SAYREVILLE, NJ – Natalia Glazewski, freshman on the Sayreville War Memorial Girls Basketball team, was named to the Greater Middlesex Conference All-Division Team. Glazewski is now one of 10 players from Sayreville War Memorial High School in the past decade who have been named to the GMC ...
MADISON, NJ -Madison's Michael Liddy finished with 18 points in Madison's 67-45 victory over Oratory Prep on Monday evening. Gavin Randall added 15 points and Cal Regan contributed 12.The Dodgers led Oratory by 14 points heading into the half. Madison had an impressive third quarter, adding 24 ...
CROSS RIVER, N.Y. - John Jay’s defeat of Lakeland in the last game of the regular season closed the Wolves out with a .500 record and earned an 11 seed in the first round of the sectionals. Clarkstown South on the other side, a three-point second quarter lead looked like the girls might bust the ...
MORRIS TOWNSHIP, NJ - The No. 10 seed Morristown ice hockey team upset No. 7 seed Chatham in the First Round of the 2025 NJSIAA North, Public Ice Hockey Tournament on Monday afternoon. Noel Gaynor scored for Morristown before the fire alarm went off and everyone was instructed to exit Mennen ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ – The Caldwell boys basketball team closed out the regular-season portion of its season with a 70-38 victory over Parsippany on Monday night.Senior guard Joe Giannetta scored 15 points for Caldwell (21-3), which led, 33-18, at halftime.Brodie Cook finished with 10 points for the ...
LIVINGSTON, NJ – The West Essex-Caldwell ice hockey co-op opened play in the NJSIAA North Public Co-op Tournament with a 3-2 overtime victory over Tenafly on Monday.Patrick Devaney scored his second goal of the game in overtime to give West Essex (14-10-1) the win. Sam O'Hern, who had assisted ...