Sports Top Stories
By TAPINTO MIDDLETOWN STAFF
December 21, 2024
MANCHESTER TOWNSHIP, NJ -- The Middletown North boys basketball team built a seven-point halftime lead and held on for a 45-42 victory over Manchester Township on Thursday.Colin Byrne scored 15 points for the Lions, who led, 25-18, at halftime. Nate Tyburczy finished with 11 points and six rebounds ...
STAFFORD - Southern Regional High School is once again hosting the exciting Score at the Shore basketball tournament this holiday season! Both the boys' and girls' tournaments will feature seven teams and provide plenty of thrilling basketball action.The girls' tournament, held in the 11/12 gym, ...
BAYVILLE, NJ -- The Colts Neck girls basketball team opened its season by defeating Central Regional, 53-40, on Thursday night.Emily Donahue scored 21 points, accounting for all of them with seven 3-point baskets, for Colts Neck, which outscored Central, 23-11, in the third quarter to take a 44-24 ...
NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ -- Sean Mannion, a junior on the New Providence boys swim team, took part in a couple of winning relay events in the Pioneers' first two dual meets.But New Providence swim coach Brian Cooper might have been even more impressed with Mannion's performance in an event in which he ...
Middletown North erupted for six goals in the second period and went on to an 8-4 ice hockey victory over St. John Vianney on Thursday.Brendan Costello finished with two goals and two assists for Middletown North (4-2), which outscored St. John Vianney, 6-1, in the second period to take a 7-2 ...
SOMERSET, NJ -- The Franklin boys basketball team came up with its first victory over the season, 58-55, over Watchung Hills on Thursday night.Senior guard Shaylen Patel scored 15 points to lead Franklin (1-1). He had three 3-pointers and sank four of six free throws.Aaden McGee finished with 12 ...
SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD, NJ – The Scotch Plains-Fanwood boys basketball team began their season with a 58-38 win over the Summit Hilltoppers on Thursday, Dec. 19, at Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School behind active student sections for both schools.The new starting group for the Raiders got off to a ...
RANDOLPH, NJ- The Randolph girls Ice Hockey team took to the ice for their senior night game on Wednesday, Dec. 18, and treated their fans to a wild ride with a back and forth 7-6 win over visiting Princeton. Pre-game, the fans saw the traditional and typical ceremony with parents and senior ...
HANOVER, NJ - The Madison wrestling team defeated Whippany Park 40-34 on Wednesday afternoon. The Wildcats took the first match at 106 pounds by forfeit and then Madison's David DeFillippis (113 pounds) pinned Charles Palmisano, Karl Maurer 9120 pounds) pinned Shawn Haynes and Malcolm Horan (126 ...
SPARTA, NJ – Sparta High School girls basketball dropped their home opener to Morris Knolls on Thursday 42-37. Molly Chapman put up 14 points on three 2-pointers, a three and five foul shots. Carly List had six points. Abby Connors and Katie Sutton each scored five. Moira Sweeney, Brooke Shust and ...
SUMMIT, NJ –The Summit High School Hockey Team secured a decisive 3-0 victory against the Watchung Hills Warriors, improving their season record to 3-2-1.After a scoreless first period, Summit's offense ignited in the second. Brayden Messer opened the scoring with a goal assisted by Robbie Kievit.
SPOTSWOOD, NJ - The Spotswood High School girls varsity basketball team kicked off the 2024-25 regular season with a 47-37 victory over Middlesex High School. It was Spotswood's first White Division matchup. The Chargers moved to the Greater Middlesex Conference's White Division this season after ...
Junior forward Matt Reilly dropped 21 points—including the game-winning bucket with eight seconds remaining—to lift the Mahopac varsity boys basketball team to a 51-50 victory Saturday in a game played at Lakeland High School.Reilly also grabbed 10 rebounds, with senior guard Drew LaRue adding nine ...
BYSNS Ice Hockey (5-1)BYSNS 6, North Rockland 4Friday, Dec. 13, Brewster Ice ArenaBrewster/Yorktown/Somers/North Salem (BYSNS) defeated North Rockland 6-4, led by Lucas Salvatore (4G. 1A), AJ Jones (3A), Kaden Krempler (1G), Henry Rossi (1G), Michael Bonelli (1A), and Patrick Vaughn (26 ...
SPARTA, NJ – The Morris Knolls girls basketball team made two changes – one before the game and one at the half – in its 42-37 victory over Sparta on Thursday, Dec. 19, at Sparta High School.Going into the game, assistant coach Pete Lubrecht had already been declared an emergency substitute for ...
ROSELLE PARK, NJ – The Union girls basketball team opened its season on Thursday with a 64-38 loss to Roselle Park.Sidney Smith scored 33 points and came up with eight steals for Roselle Park, which outscored Union, 18-10, in the second quarter to take a 33-13 halftime lead.Keira Miller-People ...
KEARNY, NJ – Giselle Davis scored 16 points to lead Bayonne to a 61-26 girls basketball victory over Kearny on Thursday.Janaya Meyers finished with 13 points, seven rebounds, six steals and five assists for the Bees (2-0), who outscored the Kardinals, 19-8, in the second quarter to take a 32-12 ...
HOBOKEN, NJ – Hoboken scored four goals in the second period and went on to a 5-1 ice hockey victory over Bayonne on Wednesday.Aiden Stamm scored four goals and assisted on the other for Hoboken (4-2). Ian Fu had the other goal for the RedWings. Phoenix Womack also had an assist in the win.Rohan ...
ELIZABETH, NJ - The 2024-2025 season started in thrilling fashion for the Elizabeth Minutemen Boys Varsity Basketball Team, narrowly defeating rival Plainfield 59-57 on Thursday night. The contest was a close one from the opening whistle. Elizabeth trailed late in the fourth quarter, with a ...
HOBOKEN, NJ – Hoboken scored four goals in the second period and went on to a 5-1 ice hockey victory over Bayonne on Wednesday.Aiden Stamm scored four goals and assisted on the other for Hoboken (4-2). Ian Fu had the other goal for the RedWings. Phoenix Womack also had an assist in the win.Rohan ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - Zachary Gega, a teacher at East Brunswick High School and former Offensive Coordinator, has been approved by the East Brunswick Board of Education to become the head coach for the EBHS Bears for the upcoming 2025 season.Gega was approved at the Thursday, December 19 meeting, ...
SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ – The Scotch Plains Township Council honored several local sports teams at the final regular meeting of 2024, on Tuesday, Dec. 17.The Council celebrated the Scotch Plains Fanwood Soccer Club (SPFSC) EP3 2012 Boys Blue team after they won the 2024 New Jersey Youth Soccer (NJYS) ...
STAFFORD - Southern Regional High School is once again hosting the exciting Score at the Shore basketball tournament this holiday season! Both the boys' and girls' tournaments will feature seven teams and provide plenty of thrilling basketball action.The girls' tournament, held in the 11/12 gym, ...
NEW BRUNSWICK – Just Buy It.That’s the hope of the Rutgers athletics program after the university’s Board of Governors voted Tuesday to authorize a five-year deal worth an estimated $30 million with Nike.Rutgers will work with Dallas-based BSN Sports, a major distributor of Nike products, to ...
BARNEGAT - The Barnegat Girls Basketball team opened the 2024-25 season with a 66-40 victory over Brick Memorial. Emma Thornton led the way with 20 points and 20 rebounds. Newcomer Zemirah Enalls had 18 points and 16 rebounds. Madysen Plescho scored 11 and Riley Fitzpatrick scored nine to lead ...
LONG BRANCH - Senior Guard Mason Krey poured in a game-high 21 points for leading Barnegat to a 53-49 overtime victory over Long Branch. Todd Muhammad added 10 points. Muhammad became the hero of regulation, sinking a clutch three-pointer with just 12 seconds remaining to force overtime. Long ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ – It was never a question of ‘if’ the Bridgewater-Raritan High School girls’ swimming team would light up the scoreboard.It was a matter of ‘when’, and ‘when’ became ‘now’ Thursday afternoon to end the last full day of classes on campus before winter recess.After falling in its two ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ - The Morristown boys and girls swimming faced off against Roxbury on Thursday afternoon. The girls defeated the Gaels 107-57 while the boys lost a close one, 87-82. The Colonials will be back in the water on January 7, 2025 when they face Chatham.Results for girls:200 MR- Emerson ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ - After defeating Pope John in the season opener, the Colonials fell to Montville 58-43 on Thursday night. The game was within five heading into the half. Montville had the edge in the third, leading Morristown by four. In the fourth quarter, Morristown scored only four points to ...
NORTH BRUNSWICK, NJ — The Woodbridge boys basketball team opened its season with a 59-26 victory over North Brunswick on Thursday night.Senior guard Derek Anderson scored 16 points for the Woodbridge Barrons, which outscored North Brunswick, 25-4, in the third quarter to open a 25-point lead.Bryan ...