Sports Top Stories
By KENNETH SIMMONS
January 21, 2025
PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Piscataway High School girls basketball had a week of highs and lows, falling to Monroe in a tight matchup on Tuesday before dominating Colonia on Saturday.Piscataway 46, Monroe 52On Tuesday evening, the Chiefs traveled to Monroe for a closely contested GMC-Red Division game.
Camden High School, led by David Munro's 37-point performance, easily defeated Timber Creek 88-56 at home on January 20, 2025. Torrey Brooks ended the game with a 12-point, 11-rebound double-double with five steals.The win gave Camden High a 5-5 record. Next up for the Panthers is a January 21 ...
BAYONNE, NJ - Registration for the 10th season of the Bayonne Division of Recreation’s special needs baseball league is now open. The “Buddy Baseball League” is a program for developmentally and physically challenged youth and adults, ages 4 to adult, helping them to enjoy the full benefits of ...
UNION, NJ – The Governor Livingston Varsity Wrestling Team had an impressive showing at the 2025 Union County Tournament this past weekend, finishing second overall as a team. With a score of 173.5, the Highlanders demonstrated their strength, falling only to Cranford, which secured its 10th ...
ROSELLE PARK, NJ - The Roselle Girls Varsity Basketball Team continued their undefeated streak, defeating Koinonia Academy 58-24 on January 17 for their ninth consecutive victory. Sidney Smith had a team-high 31 points for the Panthers, adding four rebounds, three assists, and nine steals. Madison ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ - The Madison boys ice hockey team fell to Mendham 3-1 on Monday January 20. The Dodgers have lost nine games in a row. Mendham scored one goal each period whereas Madison got on the board in the final period when Ryan Mc Sherry found the back of the net.Lucas Gero and Patrick Layng ...
SOMERS, N.Y. - On Jan. 15, Somers traveled to Yorktown, and in terms of taking any dual meet, there’s no getting around the Tuskers' biggest deficiency. With no big guys to fill out the lineup, the forfeits really tally the points against, and a 41-29 loss followed. But Somers still made some ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — Former major-league catcher and Chicago White Sox manager Jeff Torborg died Sunday morning, according to a statement from Major League Baseball. He was 83 years old.A catcher, coach, manager and then national broadcaster, Torborg spent five decades in Major League Baseball.Before ...
NEPTUNE TOWNSHIP - Neptune Township's Ruler of the Court 2K25 Tournament will be held on Saturday, 2/1/25. This event is open to Neptune Township High School Students only- a valid NTHS ID is required to attend. Players will compete in a 16-player 1V1 blacktop-mode tournament from 1:30 to 4:30 PM ...
RED BANK, NJ: The Navesink Maritime Heritage Association is offering a free presentation of the history of iceboating on the Navesink and Shrewsbury Rivers. Join iceboating enthusiast, historian, and photographer Jeff Smith for a fascinating presentation exploring the rich history of iceboating on ...
GARFIELD, NJ – Hasbrouck Heights finished first in Group E of the Bergen County Coaches Association George Jockish Bergen County Championships held at Garfield Middle School on Saturday and Sunday.The Aviators had four individuals medal county wide, as Nico Carvajal finished fourth at 113 pounds, ...
CHATHAM, NJ – The Chatham boys basketball team had the height advantage in its matchup with Sparta and 6-7 Quinn Burke and 6-3 Marco Mannino made it count in the first half of the Cougars' 77-40 win on Monday night.Burke scored all of his game-high 15 points in the first two quarters and Mannino ...
SPARTA, NJ – The Spartan girls basketball defeated the Mount Olive Marauders 66-35 on Monday night. Molly Chapman led the team with 13 points and Kaelyn Sabanosh had 12. Chapman had four 2-pointers, a 3-point shot and two foul shots. Sabanosh scored 10 from inside the paint and one from the foul ...
NEWTON, NJ—The Newton High School bowling team won 5-2 over Wallkill Valley when they hosted them on Thursday, January 16.The high scores from the match are as follows:Brad Williams with a total score of 527Cera Steinwand with a total score of 452Salvatore Serillo with a total score of 491Devlin ...
MADISON, NJ - The Governor Livingston High School Varsity Fencing Team delivered an outstanding performance at the renowned Santelli-Cetrulo Fencing Tournament, held January 11-12, 2025, at Drew University. This tournament is recognized as one of the largest and most prestigious high school fencing ...
Each year at their annual awards dinner, aptly named Night of Champions, Special Olympics New Jersey (SONJ) awards 13 athletes with the Outstanding Athlete Award for their respective county or group of counties. SONJ divides the state into 13 individual or groups of counties, run by the tireless ...
WARREN, NJ —Watchung Hills fell to Immaculata on Monday, 59-50. The game was tied at 46 after regulation before the Spartans used a 13-4 run in OT to win, 59-50. Riley Gorman scored a game-high 20 points for Immaculata. Will Randolph led the Warriors with 15 points.“Our guys keep battling,” said ...
WARREN, NJ —The game was tied at 46 after regulation before the Spartans used a 13-4 run in OT to win, 59-50. Riley Gorman scored a game-high 20 points for Immaculata. Will Randolph led the Warriors with 15 points. “Our guys keep battling,” said WHRHS head coach Justin Salton. “Would have been a ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - A physical and aggressive Rumson-Fair Haven wrestling team took it to host Phillipsburg High School in a 44-25 beatdown on Monday night in an independent match.It represents the Stateliners' first regular-season loss under second-year coach Tim Longacre and also breaks ...
WEST ORANGE, NJ – Nikta Gorshkov scored two goals and the Livingston ice hockey team played to a 3-3 tie against Ridge on Monday.Ryan Lelia scored with 5:43 left in the third period to give Livingston (11-2-2) a 3-2 lead, but Ridge (9-6-2) came back to tie it, 3-3, on a goal with 55 seconds to go ...
JERSEY CITY, NJ – Bayonne broke the game open with a big third quarter on its way to a 67-41 boys basketball victory over McNair Academic in the MLK Showcase on Monday at County Prep.Christian Hampton scored 18 points for Bayonne (6-5), which outscored McNair, 28-11, in the third quarter to open a ...
JERSEY CITY, NJ – Lamir Boxley scored 26 points, handed out three assists and came up with three steals to lead Hoboken to a 72-61 boys basketball victory over Newark Central in the MLK Showcase at County Prep on Monday.Nick Petruzzelli finished with 13 points, six rebounds and five assists for the ...
MADISON, NJ – Last Thursday against crosstown rivals Hanover Park, Madison’s Charlotte Tuhy made history and cemented her status amongst Dodgers’ athletics royalty. With a layup roughly halfway through the first quarter, joined an elite club amassing 2,000 career points as part of a game-high ...
BARNEGAT - The Barnegat Wrestling team hosted a quad match on Saturday. Barnegat won two out of three contests. Against Pinelands, the Bengals completed a remarkable rally. They were down 17 points to Pinelands with three bouts to go, and the Bengals closed it out with a pin from Nicolas Santos, ...
STAFFORD - Big news has recently been released. The Southern Regional High School's Goldberger Memorial Stadium is getting a major upgrade. The school board has approved plans to replace the natural grass football field with a state-of-the-art turf field and resurface the aging track.This project, ...
MONTVILLE, NJ – Senior guards Arden Alvarez and Ella Kreuzer led undefeated Chatham's 3-point attack, finishing with 15 points apiece in the 64-31 girls basketball win during an NJAC American contest played Monday.Chatham (14-0, 6-0 NJAC American) connected for nine 3-pointers, getting three from ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - The Phillipsburg/Belvidere swim teams had a successful day at the Skyland Conference championships Saturday at Mongomery High School.Pingry won the girl’s championship with 237.5 points with Phillipsburg/Belvidere finishing 11th out of 15 teams.The 200-medley relay team of Violet ...
CLARK, NJ — The Arthur L. Johnson (ALJ) High School wrestling team entered 11 wrestlers in the Union County Tournament on Saturday and came away with three place winners, including one gold and one silver.Senior Zac Belverio, sophomore Matty Ortega, and junior Keegan Parkhill each reached the ...
SOMERS, N.Y. - On Jan. 13, Somers hosted Fox Lane for a rematch on the court. Falling in the final seconds at the Pelham Memorial Tournament, the Tuskers had to be hoping they could get over the top. But making up the difference proved to be a very tall order.Long interior play and strong outside ...
CRANFORD, NJ – On January 18, Cranford was on a roll with an 11-2 record entering the Union County Wrestling Tournament, aiming for a historic tenth-straight win under head coach Pat Gorman, a first for a Union County team. This would be their 13th in history, including championships in 1981, 1982, ...