Sports Top Stories
By CHUCK O'DONNELL
January 17, 2025
NEW BRUNSWICK – Maurice Ffrench’s destiny as a New Brunswick football legend was decided during, of all things, a recreation youth basketball game in Bridgewater.Ffrench, maybe all of 12 or 13 at that time, was coming down court when a brave (foolish?) defender thought he would jump in his path and ...
The Mahopac High School wrestling team delivered strong performances during the quad duals on Dec. 16 and 17, earning victories over Mamaroneck and John Jay East Fishkill before falling in a close contest to BBHVW. The event began with Mahopac dominating Mamaroneck, winning 55-18. One of the ...
SPOTSWOOD, NJ - After losing two games in a row, the Spotswood High School girls varsity basketball team returned to the win column with a 55-40 victory over JP Stevens High School. Spotswood took a tight 27-26 lead into the halftime break, and outscored JP Stevens in the final two quarters 28-14 ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — Plainfield (12-1) was set to face Elizabeth (9-2) in a showtown of two of the best teams in New Jersey on Sunday, January 19 at 3pm. Due to the impending forecast of snow on Sunday, the game has been moved a day earlier.Plainfield and Elizabeth will face off in the same location on ...
BAYONNE, NJ – In a game that was close throughout, Hoboken came through with a 65-63 boys basketball victory over Bayonne on Thursday night.Jake Ellis scored 22 points to lead four scorers in double figures for Hoboken (8-4) and handed out three assists.Noah Shaw of Bayonne (4-5) led all scorers ...
RIDGEWOOD, NJ – It was tough, physical clash on Thursday afternoon as Ridgewood defeated Pascack Valley, 44-40, in the matchup between the two Bergen County foes. Ridgewood jumped out in front early against the Panthers starting the game on a 7-0 run in the game’s opening minutes. Pascack Valley ...
PATERSON, NJ - Eastside’s boys and girls basketball teams both secured victories against Bergen Tech on Thursday.The Eastside girls basketball team edged out the Knights with a 41-34 win. The game remained tight in the first half, with the Ghosts holding a narrow 14-13 lead at halftime. However, ...
PATERSON, NJ - On Thursday, Kennedy’s boys and girls basketball teams secured victories over Passaic. The girls’ team extended their record to 8-3 with a 50-28 win. The Knights were led by My’shayla Clancy, who delivered 23 points, 14 rebounds, four assists, and two steals. Juliana Odum added 11 ...
ROBBINSVILLE, NJ – Robbinsville opened a six-point lead at the half and went on to a 42-35 boys basketball victory over Princeton on Thursday.Tyler Bunnell accounted for more than half the Ravens' offense with a game-high 22 points. Robbinsville (7-7) outscored Princeton, 10-6, in the second ...
LINDEN, NJ – The Dayton bowling team won for the third time this season, defeating Hillside, 7-0, in a match on Wednesday at Jersey Lanes.Jesse Weinberg had the high series for Dayton (3-7-1) with a 367, topped by a 160 in his third game.Payton Santiago and Jack Kessler also contributed to the ...
SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD, NJ – The Scotch Plains-Fanwood Boys Basketball team's game against Oratory came down to the wire on Thursday, Jan. 16, with the Raiders winning the game 70-67.The first quarter ended in a tight score with both teams trading baskets. SPF junior Caleb McDowell and sophomore ...
SUMMIT, NJ – The SUMMIT girls hockey team announced its Salerno Duane Players of December. Lucy Zacharias After graduating a large senior class and opening the season on a long road trip at Trinity Hall, sophomore Lucy Zacharias immediately stepped up for the team on both ends of the ice. She ...
CLARK, NJ — The Arthur L. Johnson (ALJ) High School ice hockey team is currently holding a NJ Devils ticket raffle.Winners of the raffle will receive four semi-private tabletop tickets to the April 8th Devils vs. Bruins game and a parking deck pass.Puck drop is at 7 p.m. at the Prudential ...
LODI, NJ – Hasbrouck Heights defeated Hackensack, 5-2, in an independent boys bowling match on Wednesday afternoon at Lodi Lanes. Hasbrouck Heights improves to 8-5 on the season, while Hackensack slips to 6-3.“Hackensack is a powerhouse that is led by two of the best bowlers in the state in John ...
HACKENSACK, NJ – Bergen Tech boys bowling snapped a two-match losing streak and the girls' team continued their undefeated season, as the Knights swept Fort Lee, 7-0, 7-0 in Big North non-divisional bowling action on Wednesday. The boys' team improved to 10-3 on the season while the girls improved ...
HACKENSACK, NJ – Bergen Tech boys bowling snapped a two-match losing streak and the girls' team continued their undefeated season, as the Knights swept Fort Lee, 7-0, 7-0 in Big North non-divisional bowling action on Wednesday. The boys' team improved to 10-3 on the season while the girls improved ...
MONTVALE, NJ – Bergen Tech split their match with Pascack Valley on Tuesday, with the boys losing 4-3, and the girls sweeping 7-0 in Big North non-divisional action. The boys' team fell to 9-3 on the season with the loss. The girls improved to 13-0. The boys lost the first game by one pin when ...
HACKENSACK, NJ – Bergen Tech boys bowling snapped a two-match losing streak and the girls' team continued their undefeated season, as the Knights swept Fort Lee, 7-0, 7-0 in Big North non-divisional bowling action on Wednesday. The boys' team improved to 10-3 on the season while the girls improved ...
NEWARK, NJ - The Madison girls ice hockey team remains undefeated after the 7-1 victory over Newark Eastside on Thursday night. The Dodgers are 7-0 on the season.Newark Eastside's Askeley Sivla scored in the first, lifting them to an early lead. Madison's Brook Gundlach scored in the second, tying ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ - The Madison boys ice hockey team fell to Whippany Park 3-2 on Thursday night. Whippany Park's Dylan Gnardellis scored first followed by Andrew Steinberg but Madison tied up the game with two goals from Ryan McSherry.The Wildcats added a third and final goal in the third, securing ...
DENVILLE, NJ - It was a nail-biter as the Morristown boys basketball team topped Morris Hills 38-36 on Thursday night. Morristown scored eight points in the first quarter but Morris Hills answered with 11 of their own in the second. Morris Hills led by one heading into the half.Morris Hills came ...
SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ – Union Catholic scored the last nine points to pull away from Dayton for a 59-43 girls basketball victory over the Bulldogs on Thursday.Dayton (4-5), after trailing by 15 points early in the fourth quarter, had rallied to close to within seven points, 50-43, on Payton Turnbull's ...
EAST HANOVER, NJ - The Madison girls basketball defeated Hanover Park 46-22. During Thursday night's game, Charlotte Tuhy hit her 2000th point. She finished with 22 points, seven rebounds and two blocks for another outstanding performance.Gabby Mariani added 11 points in the contest and Mallory ...
CRANFORD, NJ - The 2023-24 season was one of the most successful for Cranford’s Boys’ basketball team, as Cranford posted a remarkable 21-7 record. This was enhanced with semifinal runs in both the county and state tournaments. So far in the 24-25 season, the Cougars have not had the same good ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - The high-flying act was on the other foot this time when Rutgers Prep invaded Thomas Fisher Court on Thursday night in a Skyland Conference Delaware Division boy’s basketball game and in the process ended Phillipsburg High School’s nine-game winning streak.Trailing by five points ...
RANDOLPH, NJ - The Morristown girls basketball team defeated Randolph 41-38 on Thursday night. The Colonials improved to 10-3 on the season. Morristown led by two after the first quarter but Randolph answered, tying the game at 16 a piece heading into the half. Morristown edged the Rams in the ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ - She has been playing soccer since she was 4 years old, and now Bridgewater-Raritan Middle School seventh grader Cat Brown has taken her sport to another level, having competed over Thanksgiving week in Spain.Brown is a goalkeeper, and plays with the 2011 PDA South ECNL team. She ...
BASKING RIDGE, NJ - This past Sunday, the Ridge High School Girls Indoor Track and Field team won the Somerset County Relay Championship. Although Hillsborough was predicted to have the slight edge, the girls worked hard to score top three in every event ultimately beating Hillsborough by 22 ...
CLARK, NJ — It’s been a week and a half of tough wrestling for the Crusaders, filled with plenty of ups and downs. Despite losses to very talented teams from Cranford and Middletown South, the Crusaders lost a couple of heartbreaking matches to Demarest and Governor Livingston, dominated Roselle, ...
SOMERS, N.Y. - Somers wrestlers had a busy start to 2025! In addition to squaring off with Lakeland/Panas this past week, the squad was also put to the test in a pair of tournaments this past weekend. The action on the mat also saw junior captain Ryan Ball achieve a pair of incredible ...