Sports Top Stories
By JOSH WILETS
February 19, 2025
SPARTA, NJ - Tuesday evening, the Sparta girls basketball team welcomed in the Par Hills Vikings for the final regular season game of the year for the Spartans. Prior to the game, Sparta honored their four seniors: Molly Chapman, Katie Sutton, Abby Connors and Carly List.Both teams got off to a ...
PISCATAWAY, NJ — Piscataway Chiefs basketball powered past the Sayreville Bombers, 73-62 in the Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament semifinal round on Wednesday evening at Monroe High School, securing a spot in the championship game.The Chiefs (22-4) entered the final quarter clinging to a ...
ST. BONAVENTURE, NY — The Bonnies women’s basketball team dropped Wednesday’s contest 81-37 to the Virginia Commonwealth University Rams, a team that has an overall 12-15 record and a 6-9 Atlantic 10 record.The Bonnies, with records of 5-20 overall and 1-13 in the A-10, struggled on offense, ...
MONROE, NJ -- The Colonia boys basketball team secured a return to the Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament final with an 85-53 victory over a depleted St. Thomas Aquinas team that dressed just eight players and finished the game with three players on the court.Top-seeded Colonia will face the ...
BOONTON, NJ - The Whippany Park girls basketball secured a 46-24 victory over Boonton on Tuesday night.Alessandra Middleton led the charge for the Wildcats, pouring in a game-high 18 points, including a three-pointer, and knocking down all four of her free throws. Taylor Gasparine added 11 points, ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - The bank was open late on Wednesday night for Freehold Borough when it traveled to Phillipsburg High School for an independent boy’s basketball game on Thomas Fisher Court.The Colonials hit a shot from near the foul line hard off the glass with 2.3 seconds left to lift Freehold ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — Always striving to accomplish her personal best, this motivated senior on the Westfield High School girls swim team led her youthful squad this year to earn unexpected accomplishments. Senior Brooke McAndrew is this week’s Andy Heinz and The Westfield Legacy Agency’s Allstate ...
SOMERSET, NJ – The Franklin girls basketball team has been seeded fifth in the NJSIAA Central Jersey, Group 4 tournament that gets underway next week.Last season, Franklin competed in North 2, but the Warriors have been shifted to Central Jersey in this season's coordinate-based realignment by the ...
TOMS RIVER, NJ – Two Franklin athletes, one in the boys' meet and one in the girls' meet, finished first in their events in the NJSIAA Central Jersey, Group 4 indoor track meet last week.Franklin junior Sinai Kelliehan came in first in the girls' 400-meter dash with a time of 59.78 7.Franklin ...
RANDOLPH, NJ- The Randolph boys basketball team was hovering around the .500 mark in mid-January and hoping to get over the hump into the plus win column. But a long string of games against top tier teams – including three against Delbarton and one each against 19-win teams in Chatham and Mendham, ...
MAHOPAC, N.Y.—The Wolf Pac boys basketball team closed regular-season action last week with a pair of losses, falling to Poughkeepsie, 54-40, last Wednesday on the road, before dropping a 64-62 overtime decision Friday at Carmel.Mahopac’s Matt Reilly tied Friday night’s game at 55-55 with two ...
The Nutley/Bloomfield/Columbia tri-op squad was seeded 14th for the North Jersey, Co-Op tournament and set to play third-seeded Fair Lawn/Dumont/Bergenfield in a first round game on Monday, Feb. 24 at the Ice Arena in Little Falls in 2:10 p.m. Nutley/Bloomfield/Columbia (10-10-3) has scored 108 ...
UPDATE: Unity Express' first practice will be held on March 10. SOMERSET, NJ - For over 15 years, the Unity Express Track and Field Club has been providing a positive outlet for youth in the Franklin Township community and beyond.Led by longtime coach Stacey Field Jr, the club is now looking to ...
YORKTOWN, N.Y.—One couldn’t have had a better senior night than the Yorktown boys basketball team did when it hosted John Jay-East Fishkill on Feb. 14.Led by Brian Hansen (14 points), Aidan Flynn (13 points, 11 rebounds), David Marasevic (11 points), Ryan Duffy (11 points, 8 rebounds), Kaden ...
EAST HANOVER, NJ - The Madison boys basketball team defeated the Hanover Park boys basketball team, 87-53 on Tuesday evening. Gavin Randall led Madison with 34 points in Tuesday's victory. Michael Liddy finished with 16 points and Cal Regan had 10 points on the day. Madison Led Hanover Park by ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Senior Savannah Rutar led Phillipsburg High School with games of 203 and 183 but it wasn’t enough to overcome top-seeded Woodbridge in a 2-0 loss on Tuesday in a NJSIAA North Jersey Group 3 semifinal girl’s bowling match between undefeated teams.The Barrons won game one 905-798 ...
MANALAPAN - Southern defeated Manalapan Wednesday afternoon 55-53. The victory boosts the Rams record to 17-6. The Rams were led by Noah Perna (16 pts), Cooper Dempsey (11 pts), and Jake Swliwinski with 10. The Rams are preparing for the upcoming NJSIAA tournament. Eighth-eeded Southern will host ...
PARKLAND, FL- The four-time defending State Champion Stoneman Douglas Baseball Team opened their 2025 season with two wins in their first three games of the season. MSD defeated Miami Killian 10-0 in their opener, then lost to True North Classical Academy of Miami 1-0 before rebounding with a 6-2 ...
CLARK, NJ — The Clark Youth Lacrosse program has officially opened registration for the spring 2025 season!To learn more, see the attached flyer or click here.Questions can be directed to Gus Kalikas at gkalikas@clarkschools.org.To sign up for the 2025 spring season now, click here.[Don’t miss any ...
NEW JERSEY- The Bloomfield girls basketball team received the No. 11 seed in the 2025 NJSIAA North Jersey, Section 1, Group 4 Tournament. The Bengals will face No. 6 seed Livingston in the First Round of the Tournament on Thursday February 27.The remaining seeds and match ups are as follows:No. 1 ...
The Bloomfield/Nutley/Columbia tri-op squad was seeded 14th for the North Jersey, Co-Op tournament and set to play third-seeded Fair Lawn/Dumont/Bergenfield in a first round game on Monday, Feb. 24 at the Ice Arena in Little Falls in 2:10 p.m. Bloomfield/Nutley/Columbia (10-10-3) has scored 108 ...
RIDGEWOOD, NJ – It was a ceremonious day for the Ridgewood boys basketball program on and off the court as the Maroons celebrated senior day with a resounding 63-30 win over Paterson Eastside. Ridgewood came out firing on all cylinders against an undermanned Paterson Eastside side. The Maroons ...
NEW JERSEY -- The West Orange girls basketball team received the No. 1 seed in the 2025 NJSIAA North Jersey, Section 1, Group 4 Tournament. The Mountaineers will be playing Hackensack – number 16 seed – on Feb. 27 at 4 p.m at home.The remaining seeds and match ups are as follows:No. 1 seed West ...
RAHWAY, NJ – The New Providence High School boys freshman basketball team defeated the Group 4 powerhouse Elizabeth Minutemen by a score of 62-42 on Monday night to earn the Union County Freshman Boys Championship. The scoring was well-balanced, with four players in double figures. Mike Graziano ...
The Nutley/Bloomfield/Columbia tri-op squad was seeded 14th for the North Jersey, Co-Op tournament and set to play third-seeded Fair Lawn/Dumont/Bergenfield in a first round game on Monday, Feb. 24 at the Ice Arena in Little Falls in 2:10 p.m. Nutley/Bloomfield/Columbia (10-10-3) has scored 108 ...
COLTS NECK - Colts Neck rallied in the second half to defeat Barnegat 57-52, led by Emily Donahue's 14 points. Avery Wallace (13 points) and Julianna Jasina (11 points) also contributed to the Cougars' victory. Despite Zemirah Enall's 23-point performance for Barnegat, Colts Neck's strong third ...
The post-season has finally arrived for scholastic winter sports as the seeds were released for various NJSIAA tournaments this week. Here's a breakdown of where and when Nutley teams will play: Boys Basketball The Raiders were seeded 14th for the North Jersey, Section 2, Group 3 tournament and ...
NORTH SALEM, N.Y. - North Salem’s winter track team capped off a strong season at the sectional championship meet at The Armory in Manhattan on Feb. 16.Emma Gautier turned in her best performance of the season, finishing 10th in the 1000M. Fellow junior Zoe Elias came in 7th in the 600M, and ...
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ - The Governor Livingston Highlanders are off to a strong start in the indoor track and field championships season. At the NJSIAA North 2 Group 2 Sectional Championships, held on February 15 at the Rothman Orthopaedics Sports Complex in Toms River, GL's track and field athletes ...
ALLENTOWN, NJ - The Spotswood High School boys varsity basketball team defeated Allentown High School on Tuesday 76-73. Spotswood took a 35-24 lead into the halftime break. The Chargers held off Allentown's second half surge to win Spotswood's second straight game. Allentown outscored the Chargers ...