Sports Top Stories
By ED BARMAKIAN
December 24, 2024
CHATHAM, NJ – Chatham basketball fans will get a chance to see some history being made and benefit those in need at the same time when the annual “Cougar Classic” kicks off Friday at CHS.Chatham senior guard Mia Semioli comes into the post-Christmas tournament with 980 career points and will have a ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - The Spotswood High School girls varsity basketball team took the court against East Brunswick High School on Monday in the 2024 Noppenberger/Visokay Cup. This is an annual game between the Chargers and the Bears. Spotswood came out on top, defeating East Brunswick 41-36 to keep ...
MILLBURN, NJ – Ever since her freshman year at Millburn High School, senior Sammy Reiter has been a dedicated member of the school’s Boys’ Hockey Team. Now that Girls’ Ice Hockey is an officially-sanctioned sport of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA), the district ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Senior Jason Abbott and junior Shamari Lavacia had career games, and Phillipsburg High School held off a furious fourth-quarter rally by Warren Hills to lift the Stateliners to their first victory of the season, 60-58 in a Skyland Conference cross-division boys Basketball game on ...
CEDAR GROVE, NJ - The Cedar Grove Panthers Varsity Basketball Team had their two-game win streak snapped on Saturday, losing a close contest to West Orange 55-52. Nick Russo led Cedar Grove with 20 points. Jermaine Russell had 15 points. Owen Greene recorded 9 points. Next up for Cedar Grove is the ...
ROXBURY, NJ – The Roxbury High School girls basketball team gave itself some pre-Christmas good cheer on Dec. 23 by reaching 3-0 in the young season.The Gaels did it by trouncing 2-2 Princeton Day School 51-19 in non-conference action. The victory followed a 54-14 pummeling of Hopatcong on Dec. 21 ...
ROSELLE, NJ - The Roselle Boys Varsity Basketball Team earned their first victory of the 2024-2025 season on Saturday, defeating Brearley 73-11. Na’Ki Jefferson led the Rams with 16 points, adding three steals. Zaire Hopson had 13 points, six assists, and two steals. Joseph Soto had 12 points and ...
Coach Lisa Kukoda faced a challenging situation heading into the third game of the season, with leading scorer Olivia Shaughnessy out with an injury. On top of that, the Ranney Panthers featured standout player Haley Poser, known for her scoring prowess.Despite these hurdles, the Lady Warriors came ...
ELIZABETH, NJ - The Elizabeth Boys Varsity Basketball Team improved to 3-0 following a 65-45 victory over Paramus Catholic on Sunday. Jayden Johnson led the Minutemen in scoring with 17 points, adding four rebounds, two assists, and two steals. Jordan Torres recorded a 13-point and 10-rebound ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Senior guard Brooke Leonardi had a career-game with 21 points and five 3-point field goals to lead Phillipsburg High School to its first girl’s basketball victory of the season, 45-38, over Warren Hills in a Skyland Conference cross-division game at Thomas Fisher Court.Leorardi ...
HACKENSACK, NJ – The Bergen Tech bowling team has been busy heading into the Christmas holidays. Coming off a pair of third place finishes in the Charles Simon Baker Bonanza in Hopelawn, the Knights defeated Union City, 7-0, 6-1 in an independent bowling match on Monday afternoon in Hackensack.The ...
HACKENSACK, NJ – The Bergen Tech bowling team has been busy heading into the Christmas holidays. Coming off a pair of third place finishes in the Charles Simon Baker Bonanza in Hopelawn, the Knights defeated Union City, 7-0, 6-1 in an independent bowling match on Monday afternoon in Hackensack.The ...
𝙻𝙸𝙽𝙳𝙴𝙽, 𝙽𝙹 — The Linden Tigers football team closed out the 2024 season with several players earning postseason recognition for their standout performances. Led by senior standout Tyrone Hinton Jr., the Tigers’ honors reflect the talent and determination that defined their season, which ended with ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Marvin Jaquish will go down as one of the best bowlers since coach Jason Kish helped reestablish the bowling program eight seasons ago.And he’s only a junior.Jaquish, the first bowler to average 200 during a season last year, rolled a career-best 697-series with scores of ...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ — While the team's slow starts to games are something that South Plainfield boys basketball coach John Greco would like to remedy, they have not led to a slow start to the Tigers' season.South Plainfield won its third consecutive game to open the season, breaking away from ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — Westfield head wrestling coach Glen Kurz notched his 300th career victory on Saturday, Dec. 21 in a 60-22 win over Roselle Park, part of a tri-match with Woodbridge.With the achieved milestone, Kurz now has the most wins of any active head coach in Union County.“We were on our way ...
WEST ORANGE, NJ - AJ Albanese is proving to be a game-changer for the Nutley/Bloomfield/Columbia tri-op ice hockey team. Albanese, a junior forward, struck for three goals as the Raiders snapped a five-game losing streak with a 4-3 victory over Whippany Park on Sunday night at Codey Arena in West ...
CROSS RIVER, N.Y. - On Tuesday, Dec. 17, John Jay hosted Suffern at the high school, and changing things up, the match began in the middle at 124 pounds. After John Aniello got the Wolves off to a technical default, the Mounties reeled off three straight pins. 18-5, Austin Omin was not thrown off ...
WAYNE, NJ – Jake McCloud scored two goals and assisted on two others as Morris Knolls beat Lakeland, 5-2, in a high school ice hockey game at Ice Vault Hockey Arena on Monday, Dec. 23.Zach Florio got the Golden Eagles (2-3) started with an early first-period goal and, after Lakeland (2-5-1) tied it ...
Monday, Dec. 23 – Austin Workman scored 27 points, Cristian Nicholson added 19 and Kyle Dixon finished with 17 as the Crusaders (2-1) defeated St. Joseph (Montvale), 85-71, in a boys basketball game.The ice hockey team lost a 9-2 decision to Roxbury as Mercer Acuna had a goal and an assist; Andrew ...
Monday, Dec. 23 – No games scheduled.Tuesday, Dec. 24 – No games scheduled.Wednesday, Dec. 25 – No games scheduled.Thursday, Dec. 26 – No games scheduled.Friday, Dec. 27– Tech’s boys basketball team (1-2) took a 12-11 edge after one quarter but couldn’t hold the lead and went to lose to unbeaten ...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ -- While the team's slow starts to games are something that South Plainfield boys basketball coach John Greco would like to remedy, they have not led to a slow start to the Tigers' season.South Plainfield won its third consecutive game to open the season, breaking away from ...
WAYNE, NJ – Addison Keenan scored 25 points to lead Caldwell to a 57-16 girls basketball victory over Wayne Valley on Monday.Tea Fiore finished with 12 points, five steals and four rebounds for Caldwell (3-1). Keenan had three assists and three steals.Fallon Fiore led Caldwell in assists with five ...
HACKENSACK, NJ – The Bergen Tech bowling team has been busy heading into the Christmas holidays. Coming off a pair of third place finishes in the Charles Simon Baker Bonanza in Hopelawn, the Knights defeated Union City, 7-0, 6-1 in an independent bowling match on Monday afternoon in Hackensack.The ...
SOMERSET, NJ -- Franklin rallied in the second half for a 63-57 boys basketball victory over East Brunswick on Monday.Jah'naad Cady collected 28 points, eight rebounds, five assists and five steals for Franklin (2-1), which trailed, 29-25, at halftime.Roger Diaz Isabel had nine points and six ...
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – Morristown opened an 11-point lead after one quarter and went on to a 54-31 girls basketball victory over Columbia on Monday.Nawel Lefebvre poured in 36 points for Morristown, which outscored Columbia, 17-9, in the second quarter to take a 34-15 halftime lead.Gabriella Ervin scored ...
SPARTA, NJ — Watchung Hills notched their first win of the season on Monday, topping Pope John, 62-21. Zach Patetta led the Warriors with 13 points.“Happy Holidays to our Watchung Hills community family... happy to get a win right before the boys get a couple of days off,” said WHRHS head coach ...
WEST ORANGE, NJ - AJ Albanese is proving to be a game-changer for the Nutley/Bloomfield/Columbia tri-op ice hockey team. Albanese, a junior forward, struck for three goals as the Raiders snapped a five-game losing streak with a 4-3 victory over Whippany Park on Sunday night at Codey Arena in West ...
SOMERSET, NJ -- Franklin rallied in the second half for a 63-57 boys basketball victory over East Brunswick on Monday.Jah'naad Cady collected 28 points, eight rebounds, five assists and five steals for Franklin (2-1), which trailed, 29-25, at halftime.Roger Diaz Isabel had nine points and six ...
STAFFORD - Southern Regional High School defeated Mainland 54-42 in a first round contest in the “Score at the Shore” Boys Basketball Tournament on Monday afternoon.Southern was led by the dynamic duo of Nick Perna with 15 points and Jake Sliwinski with 14. Cooper Dempsey scored nine for the ...