Sports Top Stories
By TAPINTO MADISON STAFF
February 12, 2025
MADISON, NJ - The Madison boys basketball team defeated Mountain Lakes 77-43 on Tuesday. With four games remaining, the Dodgers improved to 16-5 on the season.Madison was on fire, scoring 20 and 29 points respectively in the the first half. The Dodgers led Mountain Lakes by 21 points heading into ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ - The Morristown girls basketball team defeated Mendham 45-32on Tuesday night. The Colonials improved to 16-6 on the season. The Colonials dominated in the first half, leading Mendham by 16. Mendham outscored Morristown in the second half but could close the deficit to win. Freshman ...
LODI, NJ – Hasbrouck Heights defeated Wallington, 2-0, in the opening round of the North 2, Group 1 Boys bowling tournament in Lodi. The Aviators advance to bowl NJIC rival Rutherford on Thursday.(Editors note: Unlike during the regular season when teams would bowl three games, with wins counting ...
MIDDLETOWN, NJ – The Middletown North wrestling team advanced to the NJSIAA North 2, Group 4 finals with victories over Westfield and Watchung Hills on Monday.Middletown North (20-1) defeated Westfield, 50-25, in the quarterfinals and then advanced past Watchung Hills, 34-32, in the semis.The Lions ...
BRICK TOWNSHIP, NJ – Brick Township pulled away in the second overtime for an 86-79 boys basketball victory over Raritan on Monday night.Sean Burnett and Eric Berg each scored 18 points for Raritan (8-15), which rallied from an 11-point deficit in the first quarter.Xavier Nunez finished with 16 ...
NORTH ARLINGTON, NJ – Wood-Ridge defeated Hoboken, 2-1, in the opening round of the North 2, Group1 Boys Bowling championships in North Arlington on Tuesday afternoon. They will advance and bowl against West Caldwell Tech on Thursday afternoon in West Caldwell.After splitting the first two games ...
HOLMDEL, NJ – The Holmdel boys swim team advanced in the semifinal round of the NJSIAA Central Group C tournament with a 93-77 victory over Haddon Heights on Monday.Holmdel (6-3) will swim against Haddonfield in the sectional finals on Thursday at The College of New Jersey. Monday's event winners ...
COLTS NECK, NJ – The Colts Neck wrestling team advanced to the NJSIAA Central Jersey, Group 3 finals with victories over Freehold Borough and Hightstown in the quarterfinals and semifinals on Monday.Colts Neck (12-11) defeated Freehold Borough, 33-32, then advanced past Hightstown, 42-31, to reach ...
COLTS NECK, NJ – Colts Neck advanced in the preliminary round of the Shore Conference Tournament with a 47-33 girls basketball victory over Freehold Borough on Tuesday.Katie Dichter and Emily Donahue scored 12 points apiece for Colts Neck (12-7), which outscored Freehold, 16-5, in the third quarter ...
BRICK TOWNSHIP, NJ – Holmdel advanced in the preliminary round of the Shore Conference Tournament with a 51-44 girls basketball victory over Brick Township on Tuesday.Mackenzie Teevan scored 24 points and came down with 16 rebounds for 20th-seeded Holmdel (8-12), which had a 23-19 halftime lead.
LIVINGSTON, NJ – Senior forward Sam Winitch scored 18 points to lead Livingston to a 68-65 boys basketball victory over West Essex on Tuesday night.Ben Langer finished with 14 points for Livingston (14-6), which had a seven-point lead at halftime.Zach Smith sank four 3-pointers and totaled 13 ...
NEWTON, NJ—The clock stopped with just a little over two minutes left in the fourth quarter after Maxwell Maslowski had gone in for a lay-up and hit his career milestone; 1,000 points.The Newton High School boys basketball team hosted Mount Olive on Monday, February 10 and lost by five with a final ...
NEWTON, NJ—The Newton High School wrestling team started the NJSIAA North Jersey, Section 1, Group 1 Team Tournament as the sixth-seeded team.They played against third-seeded Pompton Lakes in the quarterfinal round of the tournament in New Milford, but lost 38-36.The results of the matches are as ...
NEWTON, NJ—The Newton Lenape Valley high school ice hockey team lost 6-4 to Parsippany Hills on Thursday, February 6 in the quarterfinal round of the Haas Cup tournament.The Braves started the tournament in the fifth-seeded spot and took on fourth-seeded Parsippany Hills in the quarterfinals.NLVs ...
CHATHAM, NJ – One very good quarter of basketball and three not-so-great quarters added up to Chatham's eighth straight win of the season on Tuesday at CHS.The Cougars canned seven 3-pointers - four by Will DesMarais - in building a 20-point lead in the first quarter of their 80-69 win vs. Union ...
CHESTER, NJ - On Tuesday evening, the Sparta girls basketball team traveled south to face NJAC National divisional foes in the West Morris Central Wolfpack.In the first quarter, the Wolfpack jumped out to an early 9-2 lead. Following a Sparta timeout, senior Katie Sutton drained two three-point ...
MAHOPAC, N.Y.—A sloppy second quarter cost the Mahopac HS boys basketball team last Friday night at Yorktown, with the Cornhuskers taking advantage and pulling away to a 54-42 league victory. The Pac also lost a heartbreaker the prior Tuesday night at home on Senior Night, falling, 73-72, to John ...
CARTERET, NJ – The Carteret girls basketball team advanced in the preliminary round of the Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament with a 35-14 victory over Mother Seton on Monday.Jahaysia Ledesma scored 13 points for Carteret (15-6), which outscored Mother Seton, 13-2, in the second quarter to ...
MONROE, NJ – Monroe advanced in the preliminary round of the Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament with a 48-43 boys basketball victory over South Brunswick on Tuesday.Joe Porpora scored 13 points and sank 6 of 8 free throws for Monroe (7-16), which outscored South Brunswick, 13-7, in the third ...
The road to the team sectional finals for the Phillipsburg High School wrestling team wasn’t quite as easy this season compared to last season. But not by much.The top-seeded and host Stateliners defeated No. 8 Leonia/Palisades Park 72-6 in the NJSIAA North Jersey Section 1 Group 4 quarterfinals ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ – The East Brunswick boys basketball team advanced in the preliminary round of the Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament with a 78-56 victory over JFK-Iselin on Tuesday night.Junior guard Matt Mikulka scored 30 points for the ninth-seeded Bears (13-10), who had a 43-35 lead at ...
STAFFORD - The Rams hosted the quarterfinal and semifinal rounds on Monday night in the South Jersey Group V tournament. Southern defeated Cherokee 69-0 in the quarterfinal round and Kingsway Regional in the semifinal round. The top-seeded Rams host third-seeded Washington Township at 5:30 p.m.
STAFFORD - The Southern Rams defeated the Henry Hudson Admirals 64-56 in the opening round of the Shore Conference Tournament, played in Manahawkin on Tuesday. This victory propels the 14th-seeded Rams (now 16-5) forward in the tournament, while the 19th-seeded Admirals' season takes a hit, falling ...
HACKENSACK, NJ – Bergen Tech swept Paterson Eastside, 7-0, 7-0, in Big North Liberty Division bowling on Monday in Hackensack. The boys improved their record to 18-3 overall, 10-0 in the Liberty Division. The girls improved to 22-0 on the season, and 10-0 in the Liberty.Collin Zens 200 led the ...
NEWARK, NJ – Nate Kirby scored 18 points, grabbed five rebounds and handed out four assists to lead Columbia to a 60-48 boys basketball victory over West Side on Tuesday.Earl Hart collected 17 points, six assists and five steals for the Cougars (7-15), who outscored West Side, 22-9, in the third ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ – Give the Caldwell boys basketball team a close game in the fourth quarter, and the Chiefs have been virtually unbeatable.Put them on their home court in a close game, and they have been literally unbeatable this season.Senior swingman Marco Sozio scored a season-high 21 points ...
BARNEGAT - Barnegat advanced in the Shore Conference Tournament Preliminary contest 67-63 over Freehold Township on Tuesday. The Bengals were again without Emma Thornton with injury. Zemiral Enalls scored a whopping 33 points and grabbed 22 rebounds in the victory. Riley Fitzpatrick scored ...
WEST ORANGE, NJ – The Scotch Plains-Fanwood ice hockey team won its first ever Kelly Cup with a 4-1 victory over Montclair Kimberly Academy (MKA) at Codey Arena. The two teams played a scoreless first period before Ethan Kilcullen broke the ice for MKA early in the second period. The Cougars held ...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ -- The South Plainfield girls basketball team advanced in the preliminary round of the Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament with a 54-43 victory over J.P. Stevens on Monday afternoon.The Tigers (14-8), seeded 15th, will play at second-seeded Monroe in the round of 16 on ...
UNION, NJ – The Bayonne wrestling team advanced to the NJSIAA North 2, Group 5 finals with a 45-27 victory over Union in the sectional semifinals on Monday night.Bayonne (22-3) will wrestle against top-seeded Bridgewater-Raritan on the road in the sectional final on Wednesday evening.Bayonne got ...