Sports Top Stories
By JAKE NEMCEK
February 3, 2025
WARREN, NJ —Watchung Hills fell to South Plainfield on Monday, 53-46. Junior Zoe Gallic led Watchung Hills with 18 points and 8 rebounds while senior Madison DiSarno chipped in 9 points and 10 rebounds for the Warriors (8-11). Senior Stella Sweeney paced the South Plainfield Tigers with 16 points ...
BRANT BEACH - Southern Regional High School's Girls Swimming Team defeated Eastern Regional 97-73 on Monday. Southern dominated many of the events, taking the top three spots in several races.This was the first round contest in the NJSIAA Tournament, South, Group A division. The Lady Rams will ...
ELIZABETH, NJ - The Elizabeth Girls Wrestling Team brought their A-game to the Union County Tournament, finishing fourth overall as a team with 113 points. Elizabeth Athletics says the Minutemen had five medalists including: Valeria Ramirez: 138 lb. Union County ChampionJayleen Barrett: 165 lb.
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - The annual Phillipsburg-Easton swimming rivalry brought intense competition indoors on Saturday, February 1, 2025 at Phillipsburg Elementary School. While the Phillipsburg boys’ team captured multiple individual victories, it was Easton’s depth that secured a 92-78 victory.
MORRISTOWN, NJ – Chatham cut loose with 40 shots on Morris Knolls goaltender Nick Trento and came away with a 4-2 victory over the Golden Eagles in a quarterfinal game of the Mennen Cup Hockey Tournament played Monday, Feb. 3, at the Mennen Sports Arena.Jake McCloud and Zach Florio scored goals for ...
SUMMIT, NJ – The Summit High School boys hockey team has named Arjun Dev its Salerno Duane Player of the Week following an outstanding performance in games against Cranford and Marlboro.Dev, a junior winger, registered his first two varsity points of the season, contributing two assists and ...
WALL TOWNSHIP, NJ - The Manasquan High School Girls’ Basketball Team went into Wall and delivered a commanding 42-22 victory over Wall High School’s Crimson Knights. As always, the Lady Warriors’ defense set the tone early. From the opening buzzer, they applied relentless full-court pressure, ...
SPOTSWOOD, NJ - Registration is open with spots filling up for the Spotswood Recreation Department's popular spring flag football league. The co-ed league is for kids in grades kindergarten through eighth grade and runs from March 23 through June. All games are played on Sundays from 10 a.m. until ...
SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD, NJ – The Raiders' Wrestling and Girls Wrestling teams dominated the weekend for SPFHS, with a combined eight meets on Saturday, Feb. 1, winning seven of them.WrestlingSPF Wrestling won all four contests in the quad meet on Saturday, Feb. 1, defeating Summit 64-17, Paterson ...
SAYREVILLE, NJ – This weekend in sports for Sayreville War Memorial High School included five wins for the Bombers, two from wrestling, two from girls basketball, and one from boys basketball.Boys BasketballWith their win over East Brunswick on Tuesday, Jan. 28, the Sayreville Boys Basketball team ...
SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ — South Brunswick opened a 10-point lead by halftime and went on to a 51-37 boys basketball victory over Carteret on Saturday.Logan Rogers scored 18 points and sank four 3-pointers for South Brunswick (4-16), which outscored Carteret, 14-9, in the second quarter to take a 26-16 ...
WEST ORANGE, NJ - Alex Benkert totaled three goals and an assist and AJ Albanese had two goals and two assists as the Nutley/Bloomfield/Columbia tri-op ice hockey team settled for a 5-5 tie against Montclair on Sunday night at Codey Arena in West Orange. The Raiders held a 5-2 lead on Benkert's ...
BASKING RIDGE, NJ - Ridge High School's standout fencer, Maya Zamlynny, has been named this week's Valairco Heating & Cooling Ridge Athlete of the Week after an exceptional performance that secured her second consecutive County Championship title in foil fencing. Boasting an impressive 18-1 ...
HACKENSACK, NJ – Bergen Tech swept Passaic by 7-0, 7–0 scores in Big North Liberty Division bowling action on Wednesday afternoon in Hackensack. The boys team improved to 15-3 on the season, 7-0 in the Liberty Division. Passaic falls to 1-11, 1-7.The girls improved to 19-0, 7-0 in the Liberty. ...
NORTH SALEM, N.Y. - North Salem girls basketball made a statement when they hosted Haldane on Friday, Jan. 31. The Tigers’ offense was bolstered by a standout performance from junior Noemi Torres, who put up 36 points to help scorch the Blue Devils. Torres’ efforts sparked the team to a decisive ...
MONTCLAIR, NJ - The Montclair High School Girls Swim Team, holding the No. 2 seed in the 2025 NJSIAA North 1, Group A Tournament, is set to continue with a postseason journey.After receiving a first-round bye, the Mounties will face the winner of the No. 6 Livingston vs. No. 7 River Dell matchup.
BAYONNE, NJ – McKenzie Neal scored 16 points, grabbed 11 rebounds and passed for three assists to lead Bayonne to a 58-53 girls basketball victory over Union City on Saturday.Tatyanna Watson finished with 14 points and two assists for Bayonne (16-5), which had a 28-24 lead at halftime.Janaya Meyers ...
HOLMDEL, NJ – Holmdel established a nine-point lead at halftime and went on to a 50-39 girls basketball victory over Notre Dame in the Coaches Choice Shore Challenge on Sunday.Senior center Mackenzie Teevan collected 29 points, 20 rebounds and three blocked shots for Holmdel (7-10). Teevan was ...
MONTVILLE, NJ - It may not have been the outcome it hoped for, but the Montville ice hockey team accomplished a major season goal on its Senior Night.Despite seeing a three-goal lead slip away, which led to the team leaving Mennen Arena with a 3-3 tie against Madison, the Mustangs earned a critical ...
SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD, NJ – If you think you're seeing double when you attend a Scotch Plains-Fanwood boys swim meet, you're right. Although the likelihood of having identical twins is about 1 in 250 (about 0.5%), the Raiders boast two sets — Luke and Matthew Iannotta and Connor and Ryan Scarpa – ...
NEWTON, NJ—The Newton High School girls wrestling squad took home their second consecutive NJAC Championship win when they competed in the NJAC Girls Championship at Vernon on Saturday and won with a team score of 158.The Braves had four champions:138 lbs. Eva Barry (N) won over Olive Rhodes (PA) ...
NEWTON, NJ—The Newton High School boys basketball team won 53-48 when they hosted 15-seeded Lenape Valley in the first round of the Hunterdon/Warren/Sussex tournament on Friday.The Braves, who started in the tournament as the 14-seed, scored 22 points before the halftime buzzer to Lenape Valley’s ...
GLEN GARDNER, NJ – There will be more fencing for the Morris Knolls girls fencing team after its regular season ends this week … ditto for Jamie DaSilva of the boys team. The Lady Eagles qualified for the NJSIAA Team Championships by finishing third in the NJSIAA District 3 Championships held ...
UNION, NJ -- Scotch Plains-Fanwood and Woodbridge were both coming into Sunday afternoon's Citizens Bank Scholarship Games showcase at Kean University off of subpar performances in their previous games on Thursday night.On Sunday, Scotch Plains-Fanwood regained its stride, while Woodbridge ...
STOCKHOLM, NJ - The United high school ice hockey players of Sparta, Jefferson and Kinnelon got a big win for their seniors on Friday, beating Bernards 6-0 at Skylands Ice World. Braydon Sisco earned a hat trick plus two with five goals.Jake Prunty had a goal and four assists. Matthew Stack, ...
SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ – South Brunswick opened a 10-point lead by halftime and went on to a 51-37 boys basketball victory over Carteret on Saturday.Logan Rogers scored 18 points and sank four 3-pointers for South Brunswick (4-16), which outscored Carteret, 14-9, in the second quarter to take a 26-16 ...
ST. BONAVENTURE, NY — The St. Bonaventure women’s basketball team struggled throughout Sunday’s game, losing by 34 points to Atlantic 10 opponent Duquesne in the Reilly Center. The 80-46 loss was the Bonnies’ seventh consecutive defeat.The Bonnies only had the lead once, which came with six minutes ...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ -- Trailing by seven points late in the first quarter, South Plainfield ran off 21 points in a row to take command of the game on its way to a 70-44 boys basketball victory over Woodbridge on Thursday night.The victory clinched second place in the White Division of the Greater ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ -- South Plainfield built a nine-point lead after one quarter and went on to a 63-51 girls basketball victory over Woodbridge on Thursday night.Stella Sweeney scored 17 points for South Plainfield (10-8), which outscored Woodbridge, 18-7, in the second quarter to open a 20-point ...
UNION, NJ -- Scotch Plains-Fanwood and Woodbridge were both coming into Sunday afternoon's Citizens Bank Scholarship Games showcase at Kean University off of subpar performances in their previous games on Thursday night.On Sunday, Scotch Plains-Fanwood definitely regained its stride, while ...