Sports Top Stories
By TAPINTO HOLMDEL & COLTS NECK STAFF
January 25, 2025
UNION CITY, NJ – Lukas Sloane scored 23 points to lead Colts Neck to a 63-61 boys basketball victory over Union City in overtime on Saturday.Colts Neck, which outscored Union City, 10-8, in the overtime period after the teams were deadlocked, 53-53, after four quarters, hit 89 percent of its free ...
SPOTSWOOD, NJ - The Spotswood High School boys varsity basketball team won their fourth game in a row Friday night with an 81-71 victory over Old Bridge's Calvary Christian High School. Friday was also the program's annual Senior Night. Chargers seniors, Zeyad Elshazly, Maxwell Yee, Brayden ...
NEWARK, NJ – Madison took a trip to Essex County on Saturday afternoon as they faced off against Payne Tech. Although it was a close game at the start, the Lions proved to have too much firepower for Madison to handle as the host came out with a 64-48 victory. “I am really happy with our compete ...
MONMOUTH JUNCTION, NJ - The Chargers-Bears-Rams rebounded from a 3-0 deficit to defeat South Brunswick High School 5-4 on Friday night. Friday's game was also a celebration of the program's seniors. CBR recognized the contributions of seniors Dominic Spicuzzo, Robert Connelly, Daniel Novoselov and ...
MONMOUTH JUNCTION, NJ - The Chargers-Bears-Rams rebounded from a 3-0 deficit to defeat South Brunswick High School 5-4 on Friday night. Friday's game was also a celebration of the program's seniors. CBR recognized the contributions of seniors Dominic Spicuzzo, Robert Connelly, Daniel Novoselov and ...
OAKHURST, NJ – The Long Branch High School Boys Basketball team defeated Ocean Township High School 49-34 this past Thursday to secure their third straight win after a rough start to the season.The opening quarter was a back-and-forth affair, with both teams displaying great defense and effective ...
NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ -- For the second consecutive Saturday, there was a milestone reached in a New Providence girls' basketball victory.Senior forward Brenna Slattery surpassed 1,000 career points in New Providence's 59-28 victory over Oak Knoll on Saturday.Last Saturday, Pioneers head coach Cap ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ – The New York Yankees have announced the 2025 coaching staff for the Double-A Somerset Patriots, led by manager Raul Dominguez.Dominguez enters his third consecutive season as manager for the Patriots, 11th overall as a manager and 19th coaching in the Yankees organization. In his ...
SPARTA, NJ – Molly Chapman put 19 points on the board, leading the Spartan girls basketball team to a 48-43 overtime win over Morris Hills on Friday.Chapman sunk eight foul shots, three from 3-point territory and a two-pointer. Brooke Shust, Katie Sutton, Abby Connors, Moira Sweeney and Carly List ...
SPRINGFIELD, NJ – Senior forward Amiel Dillard scored a career-high 29 points to lead Dayton to a 52-35 girls basketball victory over Union on Saturday.Sophomore guard Charley Badalamenti finished with 12 points and four steals for Dayton, which started to pull away in the fourth quarter after ...
ROCKAWAY, NJ – The Morris Knolls bowling team has been on quite a roll this season and brought some impressive numbers into the Morris County Tournament held Friday, Jan. 24, at Rockaway Lanes.The Golden Eagles were 12-1 in match play and on a five-match winning streak, a winning streak that ...
SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD, NJ – The No. 1 seed Scotch Plains-Fanwood bowling team won their second straight Union County Championship, defeating Elizabeth 3-1 on Thursday, Jan. 23. While this is the fifth county title in Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School history, this is the first county championship ...
WAYNE, NJ - Hills celebrated the 30th Anniversary of its 1995 Group 4 State Sectional Championship team at halftime of the Wayne Valley at Wayne Hills boys basketball game this past week - Valley won 54-34. They are the only boys basketball team to win a State Sectional Championship in Wayne Hills ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ – East Brunswick opened a 14-point lead by halftime and went on to a 67-40 girls basketball victory over North Plainfield on Friday.Ava Catanho scored 22 points and handed out three assists for East Brunswick (8-7), which outscored North Plainfield, 25-16, in the second quarter ...
SOMERS, N.Y. - On Tuesday, Jan. 21, Somers welcomed Byram Hills, and the Tuskers definitely had a lot to contend with. Height, shooting and speedy guard play were all on the docket, but the undoing began early and came largely from the home team’s own hands.After Chris Spano opened the scoring with ...
LINDEN , NJ — A cold second quarter and costly turnovers spelled defeat for Linden as they fell to Elizabeth, 53-38, in front of a packed and energized home crowd. The Tigers started strong but lost momentum, scoring just three points in the second quarter, a slump that allowed the Minutemen to ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ – The Union wrestling team defeated Plainfield, 53-27, on Friday night.Union (9-4) won the match with five of its wrestlers recording pins in the match.106 Union Jeremy Rivas (U) — Pin 2:38 Oliver Cruz (P)113 Plainfield Jefry Carvajal (P) — Pin 3:36 Hermelo Verga ...
NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ – The Morris Knolls girls swimming team came into its meet with unbeaten Chatham on Thursday, Jan. 23, needing one victory in its last two outings to finish its season with a winning record.The Golden Eagles couldn’t have picked a tougher opponent than Chatham, winners of all six ...
NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ – It didn’t take long for the Chatham High School boys swim team to show why it was unbeaten, had won the Morris County championship, and captured the Northwest Jersey Athletic Conference’s American Division title this season when the powerful Cougars faced Morris Knolls.Chatham ...
DENVILLE, NJ – The Morris Knolls swept a fencing doubleheader from Morris Catholic as the Golden Eagle boys and girls team won their respective matches on Thursday, Jan. 23, at Knolls. The boys improved to 4-4 on the season with a 19-8 victory over the visiting Crusaders (0-9). The Lady Eagles ...
There’s a new addition to the Kisselbach wrestling family at Phillipsburg High School.Her name is Ellie and she’s a freshman 114-pounder who raised her record to 16-2 on the season with a 14-second pin in the Stateliners 60-9 loss to undefeated Newton in a girl’s match on Friday night in P’burg’s ...
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ - Gov. Livingston Boys Basketball edged out a thrilling 61-59 victory over Brearley, captured in an exclusive photo gallery by Stephen O'Keefe. Relive the action and intensity of the game through Peak Reaction Photography—follow on Instagram @Peak_Reaction_Photography.
KINNELON, NJ - The Morristown fencing teams faced off against Kinnelon on Friday afternoon. The boys won 15-12 while the girls lost 14-13.On the boys side- MKWeapon ResultsSaber Wins54Saber Losses45Foil Wins45Foil Losses54Epee Wins63Epee Losses36On the girls side- Weapon ResultsSaber Wins54Saber ...
HOBOKEN, NJ – Aiden Stamm scored three goals and passed for two assists to lift Hoboken to a 7-2 ice hockey victory over Fair Lawn on Friday night.Connor Michalkovich scored two goals for Hoboken (10-4-2), which broke a 2-2 tie with three goals in the third period.Sean Meaney had one goal and one ...
WHIPPANY, NJ - The Morristown boys basketball team defeated Whippany Park 57-47 on Friday night. It was a total team effort for the Colonials as nine players combined for the win. Nathan Bain finished with nine points, Jeremiah Moreau had eight, Chase Bright added seven, Kenneth Sharperson, Kaidan ...
MONTCLAIR, NJ - The Morristown ice hockey team tied 3-3 with Montclair Kimberly on Friday night. The Colonials are now 3-10-2 on the season. Jake Buonocore, Willem Kerr and Conrad Caroee-Henningsen all scored for Morristown. Charlie Dvorscak, Lucien Petros, Luke Williams, Kerr, and ...
WEST WINDSOR, NJ – Jake LaChance scored the last three goals of the game, all in the third period, to give Robbinsville-Allentown a 4-1 ice hockey victory over Princeton on Friday.Kane Tomczyk scored the other goal for Robbinsville-Allentown (13-5), which trailed, 1-0, after neither team scored in ...
DENVILLE, NJ - The Madison girls basketball team defeated Morris Tech 67-23 on Friday night. Madison was on fire, scoring 20 points in the first quarter and another 19 in the second. The Dodgers led by 30 points heading into the half.The second half was much of the same which saw another double ...
WEST ORANGE, NJ – It was a Group 4 heavyweight clash on Friday afternoon as the Morristown Colonials to a trip to Essex County to face off against the West Orange Mountaineers. A close game through three quarters, West Orange used a strong final period to pull ahead and come away with a 55-32 win.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – The Bergen Tech girls bowling team captured the New Jersey Technical Athletic Council Tournament title on Thursday at Bowlero-North Brunswick. The Lady Knights, who are ranked third in the state among girls' bowling teams, captured the title ahead of Gloucester Tech, 2,507 to ...