Sports Top Stories
By TAPINTO HOLMDEL & COLTS NECK STAFF
January 29, 2025
COLTS NECK, NJ – Colts Neck broke open a close game in the third quarter and went on to a 43-26 girls basketball victory over Marlboro on Tuesday night.Julianna Jasina scored 18 points for Colts Neck (10-4), which outscored Marlboro, 17-3, in the third quarter to open a 36-20 lead. Jasina made 10 ...
KEANSBURG, NJ – Raritan opened a 10-point lead after one quarter and rolled to a 61-39 boys basketball victory over Keansburg on Tuesday.Xavier Nunez scored 15 points for Raritan (8-9), which outscored Keansburg, 18-15, in the second quarter to take a 35-22 halftime lead.Eric Berg had 10 points, ...
WARREN, NJ —Watchung Hills Regional High School boys' basketball team faced off against Rutgers Prep in a Senior Night matchup on Tuesday falling to the Argonauts, 78-41.Fans filled the stands to honor the seniors who have poured their hearts into the program over the years. The evening kicked off ...
WARREN, NJ —Watchung Hills Regional High School boys' basketball team faced off against Rutgers Prep in a Senior Night matchup on Tuesday falling to the Argonauts, 78-41.Fans filled the stands to honor the seniors who have poured their hearts into the program over the years. The evening kicked off ...
RED BANK, NJ: The RBC hockey team, after a slow start, came roaring back with two wins against formidable opponents. RBC vs HowellLast week saw Catholic get off to a strong start with a huge upset by taking down number-4 ranked Howell. Catholic initially went down 1-0 at the end of the 1st period ...
NEW YORK, NY – The Hasbrouck Heights boys track team captured the Bergen County Relays Small School Championship on January 22 at the Armory in New York City. The girls team finished second in the small school division behind Ramsey.Matthew Murillo finished first in the boys high jump, jumping 6’0, ...
HACKENSACK,NJ – Bergen Tech swept Passaic Tech in the Big North Liberty Division bowling action on Tuesday afternoon at Bowler City Lanes in Hackensack. The boys team won a 6-1 decision, while the girls won 7-0, improving their record to a perfect 18-0 overall, 6-0 in Liberty Division ...
NORTH ARLINGTON, NJ – Hasbrouck Heights swept Harrison 7-0 in a NJIC Meadowlands bowling match on Tuesday afternoon in North Arlington. Hasbrouck Heights improved to 10-6 overall, 9-7, in the NJIC Meadowlands. Harrison falls to 1-12 overall and in the Meadowlands.The Aviators won a tight game one, ...
ST. BONAVENTURE, NY — The St. Bonaventure University men's basketball team honored long-time radio voice Don Scholla with a dominant performance Tuesday, overwhelming Dayton University 75-53 in the Reilly Center. Scholla, who was the Bonnies' radio color commentator for 14 years, died earlier in ...
SPARTA, NJ – The Sparta Unified basketball squad beat West Milford on Monday, 47-45. Grady Gaines led the Spartans with 20 points on 10 baskets. Nikolas Cucciniello added 10 points.Jake Sabo, Theo Peirce, Sarah Darmiento, John Ferrara and Zach Frisnia all put points on the board in a game where ...
CHATHAM, NJ – The Chatham girls basketball team will get the day off on Wednesday. The Cougars earned their one-day break after their impressive 68-43 win vs. Pope John on Tuesday night at CHS.“It was a long weekend,” Chatham coach Joe Gaba said. “We had two long bus rides to Bergen County (for ...
PISCATAWAY, NJ - South Plainfield (147.5 points) finished third at the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) Tournament in Piscataway on Saturday, Jan. 25. The Tigers finished with the second-highest total of wrestlers who placed in the top six in the tournament with nine (9). Those were Logan ...
NEWTON, NJ—The Newton High School girls wrestling team hosted Morris Hills on Monday, January 27 during a night match and won 39-25.The following are the results of the matches:100 lbs. Addison Petersen (N) won over Mya Bush (MH) with a pin at 3:00107 lbs. Emely Diaz Santos (MH) won due to a Newton ...
NEWTON, NJ—The Newton High School bowling team shut out Lenape Valley 7-0 when they hosted them on Monday, January 27.The high scores from the match are as follows:Brad Williams with a total score of 580Cera Steinwand with a total score of 508Devlin Schmid with a total score of 480Salvatore Serillo ...
HACKETTSTOWN, NJ—The Newton High School wrestling team played away at Hackettstown on Monday, January 27 and lost by 20 with a final score of 47-27.The results of the matches are as follows:106 lbs.: Steven Vidal (H) won over Ozzy Ciuzio-Pelt (N) with a pin at 2:52113 lbs.: Joseph Rowinski (H) won ...
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – Columbia rallied from an eight-point halftime deficit for a 64-56 girls basketball victory over Payne Tech on Tuesday.Gabriella Ervin scored 19 points for Columbia (8-9), which outscored Payne Tech, 20-6, in the third quarter to surge to a 45-39 lead.Myra Defreitas finished with 13 ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ – Woodbridge outscored South Brunswick by 10 points in the third quarter, taking control of a boys basketball game the Barrons would go on to win, 49-36, on Tuesday night.Senior guard Derek Anderson scored 17 points and hit four 3-pointers for Woodbridge (10-6), which outscored South ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ – Woodbridge outscored South Brunswick by 10 points in the third quarter, taking control of a boys basketball game the Barrons would go on to win, 49-36, on Tuesday night.Senior guard Derek Anderson scored 17 points and hit four 3-pointers for Woodbridge (10-6), which outscored South ...
CHESTER, NJ – Senior forward Quinn Burke scored 17 points to lead three players in double figures as Chatham won its fourth straight boys basketball game, 59-48 vs. West Morris on Tuesday night.Junior swingman Michael MacAniff hit for 13 points and junior point guard Ryan Leach scored 10 points for ...
ROSELLE, NJ — The Livingston ice hockey team skated to a 2-2 tie against Gov. Livingston/New Providence on Monday night.Trailing, 1-0, Livingston (12-2-3) tied the game, 1-1, on a goal by Daniel Furman with 2:38 left in the second period assisted by Rhys Bernstein.Dylan Gibbs gave the Lancers a 2-1 ...
NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ -- In their first meeting of the girls' basketball season earlier this month, both forward Brenna Slattery and guard Annie Conover did equal damage in leading New Providence to a road victory over arch-rival Westfield.When they met again on Tuesday night, Westfield's defensive ...
MONTVILLE, NJ – The Montville Township High School boys basketball team is the No. 5 seed in the upcoming Morris County Tournament.The Mustangs have a bye in the preliminary round and will host the winner of the No. 21 seed Boonton and No. 12 seed Morris Hills in the first round of the ...
MADISON, NJ - Madison girls basketball defeated Pequannock 76-28 on Tuesday. Charlotte Tuhy finished the game with 28 points followed by Devon Johnson who had 12. Caitlin Weller added eight points while Gabby Mariani contributed seven.Madison led Pequannock by 20 points heading into the half. The ...
CALDWELL, NJ - The Morristown girls basketball defeated Mount St. Dominic 48-34 on Tuesday afternoon. Nawel Ibazatene Lefebvre finished with 19 points on the day. Caroline Condon contributed seven points, Emma Balzano had six points and Ella Watson and Kacie Bush each had five.Morristown entered ...
PARKLAND, FL- The Stoneman Douglas High School Boys Soccer Team defeated Boca Raton High School in convincing fashion on Monday evening, advancing from the District Final by a score of 4-0. Aquiles Ybirin scored two goals and Coby Alhadeff and Liam Ulinski also scored for the Eagles, who are now ...
IRVINGTON, NJ – Joe Giannetta and Santiago Garces each sank two free throws in the final 15 seconds of overtime as Caldwell scored the last four points of the game for a 68-64 boys basketball victory over Irvington.Caldwell had a nine-point lead in the fourth quarter, but Irvington scored 10 points ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - It’s been a week of career record-setting performances in boy’s basketball and girls swimming at Phillipsburg High School.Now it’s wrestling’s turn after senior middleweight Gavin Hawk broke the school record for career victories after pinning his opponent in 38 seconds in the ...
JERSEY CITY, NJ- Registration is now open for Winter Rugby, according to the Jersey City Department of Recreation and Youth Development. The program, hosted at P.S. #16 at 96 Sussex Street, is co-ed and open to ages 7 to 15.One of the fastest-growing sports in the world, the “Play and Learn Rugby” ...
ROCKAWAY, NJ – The challenge was delivered quietly, slowly, but firmly – very, very firmly.Morris Knolls bowling coach Erik Bradley gathered his team together after its disappointing fifth-place finish in the county meet, and he had a quick discussion with his bowlers.“I just asked them what they ...
NEWARK, NJ – Nick Adams and Jazzi Lopez each captured their second career championships at the Essex County Wrestling Tournament, leading the way for the Mountaineers who finished 7th overall on the boys' side and 3rd overall on the girls' side.Adams (138) went 4-0 in the tournament, capping his ...