Sports Top Stories
By TAPINTO BAYONNE STAFF
December 22, 2024
JERSEY CITY, NJ – Bayonne remained undefeated with a 60-29 girls basketball victory over St. Dominic on Saturday.Penelope Feeney scored 11 points and pulled down nine rebounds for Bayonne (3-0).Giselle Davis finished with 10 points, 11 rebounds, four assists and two steals. Ailani Dasher netted ...
MEDFORD, NJ -- A big second quarter carried Shawnee to a 36-32 girls basketball victory over Hunterdon Central on Saturday.Bethany Ramos scored 10 points for Hunterdon Central (0-3), which trailed, 9-8, after one quarter before Shawnee (2-0) outscored them, 14-5, in the second quarter to take a ...
SPOTSWOOD, NJ - The Spotswood High School boys varsity basketball team is still looking for its first victory of the season after losing a tough one to Dunellen High School on Saturday in the Chargers' home opener. Spotswood lost to Dunellen 73-71. The Chargers took a 42-39 lead into the halftime ...
MANASQUAN, NJ – As the Manasquan High School winter sports season kicks into gear, so does our Athlete of the Week column, where we spotlight outstanding performances across the winter programs throughout the season and playoffs. This week, the honor goes to Giovanni (Gio) Scaglia, a standout ...
CALDWELL, NJ – Charlee Perna scored a game-high 19 points as Morris Knolls took the lead early en route to a 56-44 victory over Caldwell in a girls high school basketball game played Saturday, Dec. 21, at Caldwell High School.The Lady Eagles remained unbeaten at 3-0 with the victory while Caldwell ...
SPOTSWOOD, NJ - The Spotswood High School wrestling team is off to a strong start for the 2024-25 season. Spotswood defeated Highland Park High School on Friday 60-15 for the Chargers' third victory of the season. Spotswood's Jake Tessein, Malcolm Ballard, Brandon Snyder, Colton Schmitz, Aidan ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ – Andrew Lahey and Jake Danish each won two individual races and were part of relay teams that won and placed second when Morris Knolls beat Delbarton, 92-77, in a high school boys swim meet Friday, Dec. 20, at Morristown-Beard School.Lahey won the 50-meter freestyle and 100 back; ...
ROCKAWAY, NJ – It was an up-and-down week for the Morris Knolls this past week – more “up” than “down”, but the “down” was more than a bit disappointing.First off, the unbeaten Golden Eagles won all three of their dual meets to improve their record to 5-0. The opponents were Montville, Morris ...
DENVILLE, NJ – Luke Shivas won the 165-pound title and Morris Knolls finished in seventh place at the 10-team Morris Knolls Christmas Wrestling Tournament held Saturday, Dec. 20, at Knolls.South Plainfield won three individual titles to capture the team championship with 148.5 points with Warren ...
MADISON, NJ – Olivia Capala and Rehanna Syed brought home the gold as the Morris Knolls girls track team finished third in the Varsity Girls Division of the Tony Passarelli Invitational held Friday, Dec. 20, at Drew University.Capala won the 500-meter dash and Syed finished first in the 3200-meter ...
NORTH SALEM, N.Y. - North Salem’s winter track team got off to a fast start when they headed to the Section 1 opening meet on Sunday, Dec. 15. Bringing their talents to The Nike Armory in Manhattan, the Tigers ran well against tough competition with standout performances from Zoe Elias, Emma ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — The New Brunswick High School boys basketball team held on for its first victory of the season, 69-68, over JFK of Iselin on Friday night.Senior Christopher Moronta scored 25 points for New Brunswick (1-1), which broke out to an 11-point lead after one quarter.Michai Coffee ...
NEW EGYPT, NJ – Liam Cox scored 18 points to lead Nottingham to a 55-49 boys basketball victory over New Egypt on Saturday.Jayden Williams finished with 14 points for the North Stars (3-1), who outscored New Egypt, 20-17, in the third quarter after the game was tied, 21-21, at the half.Chris ...
MADISON, NJ – Chatham senior Adam Petitjean set a school and meet record in winning the 1,000-meter run in 2:34.35 at the Passarelli track & field invitational held at Drew University on Friday.Chatham placed second as a team behind Montville.The Cougars had a strong showing in the 1,000 with ...
MADISON, NJ – Chatham junior Sarah Nacinovich set a school and meet record in the 300-meter dash, and also took gold in the 55-meter dash on Friday at the Tony Passarelli track & field invitational held at Drew University.Nacinovich won the 300 in 41.0 (see below), breaking the Chatham school ...
MONTVILLE, NJ – It's the most wonderful time of the year to be a member of the Chatham boys basketball team.Forget about holiday cheer, the Cougars are making their followers and teammates smile with joy with the way the offense is pouring in the points and dominating the opposition with their ...
MOON TOWNSHIP, Penn. — The St. Bonaventure University women's basketball team struggled to score Saturday afternoon and dropped a game, 65-41, to the Colonials at Robert Morris University. Eleven seconds into the first quarter, Colonials senior guard Jada Lee hit a 3-pointer, and Robert Morris did ...
RIDGEWOOD, NJ – It was a successful season opener for the Ridgewood Maroons as they defeated Passaic Tech, 38-29. Saturday afternoon’s affair was emblematic of the adage that basketball is a game of runs as the first two quarters could not have gone differently for either team. The Maroons got off ...
UNION, NJ – The Union girls basketball team recorded its first victory of the season with a 61-9 drubbing of Hillside on Saturday.Keira Miller-People scored 21 points and came up with eight steals for Union (1-1), which scored 33 points in the first quarter to put the game out of reach early.Jalah ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - The Madison boys basketball team defeated Phillipsbury 62-58 in the Toys for Tots Showcase on Saturday. The game was tied 11-11 after the first but Madison continued the pressure and ended the first half leading by four. Phillipsburg outscored Madison in the third and was ...
MADISON, NJ - The Madison boys ice hockey tournament shut out Oratory Prep 4-0 in the second game of the Essex County Tournament. Ryan McSherry scored in the first period off Lucas Gero and Patrick Layng. In the second period, Jonathan Erickson scored off Chris Palawasta.Lucas Gero scored on a ...
WAYNE, NJ – The United Ice Hockey team of Sparta, Jefferson and Kinnelon players, defeated the Lakeland Lancers on Thursday 12-3 at the Ice Vault. Jake Prunty had an incredible six goals and two assists. Cormac Gibbons put up two. Braydon Sisco, Eddy Brown, Ryan Saletto and Michael Pandiscia all ...
HILLSBOROUGH, NJ - The Madison girls basketball team fell to HIllsborough 66-61 on Saturday. The Dodgers are now 1-1 on the season. Hillsborough was up by one after the first but Madison was able to take the lead heading into the half. The Dodgers kept up the pressure and led by five heading into ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ - The Morristown ice hockey team fell to Passaic Tech 1-0 on Saturday afternoon. The Colonials fell to 2-4 on the season. The game remained scoreless through the first two periods. Passaic Tech was able to break through and score the winning goal in the third and final ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ - The Morristown wrestling team defeated Union City 53-21 on Friday afternoon. The Colonials took 10 out of 14 matches. At 113 pounds, Nestor Bedoya defeated Jacob Munoz 13-8. Gavin Rivera (120 pounds), Collin McDonald (126 pounds), Ben Garodnick (132 pounds), Sean Curnow (157 ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ - The Morristown boys basketball team bounced back and defeated Bergen Charter 66-30 on Saturday afternoon. The Colonials are 2-1 on the season. Thirteen Morristown players contributed to the win. Chase Bright had 10 points, while teammate Jeremiah Moreau added eight. Jack Hayes ...
CLARK, NJ — The Arthur L. Johnson (ALJ) High School boys varsity basketball team is off to a great start, winning its first two games, including its first home game on Saturday, against Wardlaw-Hartridge.The Crusaders' first game of the season was away, against Governor Livingston.In a game that ...
SPARTA, NJ – The Morristown Colonials made a successful early trip to Sussex County on Saturday morning as they defeated the Sparta Spartans, 36-34. Evidence of a low-scoring game was clear early on with both teams struggling offensively out of the gate. Sparta got out to a quick 6-0 lead as ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ – Bridgewater-Raritan High School senior Emily Leppert scored her first points when it mattered the most Thursday night.Even though North Hunterdon Regional High School kept her off the scoreboard for almost all 32 minutes of regulation, in the highest pressure situation a ...
NEWTON, NJ—The Newton High School girls basketball team won 49-20 over Sussex Tech, when they played them away in the second game of the season on Thursday, December 19.Newton put 13 points on the board in the first quarter, another 12 points in the second and 13 in the third, and then added a ...