Sports Top Stories
By GREG FALLON
December 20, 2024
MONTVILLE, NJ - The Morristown girls basketball team defeated Montville on the road 52-38. Morristown led the Mustangs by 10 heading into the half. Montville outscored Morristown in the third but Morristown put the game away by adding another 15 points in the fourth.Freshman Nawel Ibazatene ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ – Caldwell rallied from a 10-point deficit after three quarters for a 55-50 boys basketball victory over Irvington on Thursday.Marco Sozio and Joe Giannetta each scored 12 points for the Chiefs (2-0), who trailed, 39-29, before outscoring Irvington, 26-11, in the fourth ...
SOMERS, N.Y. - Benny Silk has loved sports since he could remember, and in the last few years, the Somers senior realized talking sports was a career he wanted to pursue. So last spring he decided there was no reason to wait.He met with Ms. O’Shea, who runs the clubs, and pitched the idea for a ...
NUTLEY, NJ – Addison Keenan scored 22 points to lead Caldwell to a 62-53 girls basketball victory over Nutley on Thursday night.Elena Kearns finished with 15 points for Caldwell (2-0), which outscored Nutley, 16-7, in the second quarter to open a 39-24 lead.Tea Fiore had eight points for the ...
DENVILLE, NJ – Morris Knolls jumped out to a 12-point lead after one quarter and then held on the rest of the way for a 60-55 victory over Sparta in a boys high school basketball game Thursday, Dec. 19, at Knolls.The Golden Eagles, now 2-0 both overall and in the Northwest Jersey Athletic ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ – The Morris Knolls wrestling team opened its 2024-25 season with a “pin parade” as the Golden Eagles recorded eight falls in beating Morristown, 57-20, on Wednesday, Dec. 18, at the high school here.Dominic Litterio (106) and Adam Moline (113) opened the meet with first-period pins ...
MADISON, NJ – The Madison Dodgers built off their season-opening win against Kinnelon with another easy victory against a fellow Morris County school. The Dodgers used a big second half to pull away from Roxbury and defeat the Gaels, 57-36. The game was a bit of a grinder in the early stages on ...
NEWARK, NJ – Sasha Resnick collected 21 points and 18 rebounds to lead West Essex to a 60-50 girls basketball victory over Newark Central on Thursday.Talia LeBorgne scored 14 points and Ava Brignola had nine points for West Essex, which outscored Central, 23-8, in the third quarter to take a 47-34 ...
BASKING RIDGE, NJ -- For the second consecutive game, Bridgewater-Raritan fell behind by double-digits in the first half and then outplayed its opponent in the second half.Ridge's 14-2 start was too much for Bridgewater-Raritan to overcome, but the Red Devils' 55-48 victory over the Panthers came ...
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 ...
BASKING RIDGE, NJ -- The Hunterdon Central boys basketball team rallied from an 11-point first-half deficit to defeat Pingry, 51-46, on Thursday afternoon.Senior center Weston Shirk led the Red Devils (1-1) with 23 points, and he came up huge in the second half.Shirk scored the first five points of ...
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ - The Highlanders started their season with meets against two of Union County’s toughest teams: Summit and Westfield. GL traveled to Summit for their first meet. The girls came away with a narrow loss (88-82), and the boys team fell as well with a score of 90-80. Both teams ...
NORTH CALDWELL, NJ – Gaetano Iavarone scored 19 points to lead West Essex to a 46-39 boys basketball victory over Science Park on Thursday night.Therapon Pappatherapontos scored 15 points for the Knights (2-0), who outscored Science Park, 12-7, in the third quarter to take a 35-28 lead.West Essex ...
When Phillipsburg and Warren Hills meet for a bowling match, they prepare for the most intense match of the regular season. The Liners and the Blue Streaks are two dominant bowling programs that look forward to rising to the occasion and striking big when they need it the most. For the first time ...
SPRINGFIELD, NJ – The Dayton boys basketball team opened its season with a 52-39 victory over Roselle Park on Thursday night.The Bulldogs did most of their damage in the second half after trailing, 22-19, at halftime.Lucas Antonio scored 19 points for Dayton, which overtook Roselle Park with a 12-4 ...
LIVINGSTON, NJ -- The Livingston girls basketball team shut out Newark Tech in the second quarter on its way to a 56-21 victory on Thursday night.Aubrey Cohen scored 16 points for the Lancers, who outscored Newark Tech, 18-0, in the second quarter to take a 34-7 halftime lead.Lyla Feldman connected ...
NORTH ARLINGTON, NJ – Hasbrouck Heights continued its hot streak, winning 7-0 over Wallington in a NJIC Meadowlands boys bowling match. The Aviators improved to 4-3 on the season with the win.William Munoz rolled a 496 series to lead the Aviators, who won despite experiencing a down day on the ...
CHATHAM, NJ – The Chatham boys basketball team gave Cougar followers a taste of what the season might look like during their up-tempo, freewheeling 81-43 home-opening win vs. Randolph on Thursday night.Chatham's pressing defense, speed in transition and ability to make shots inside and out were all ...
HACKENSACK, NJ – Bergen Tech’s Samantha Seneres converted a spare in the 10th frame of game one to lift the Lady Knights to a six-pin win in game one of a three-game sweep of Immaculate Heart Academy in Big North bowling on Thursday afternoon.With the win, Bergen Tech improved to 6-0, and has not ...
HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, NJ – Once again, Hasbrouck Heights indoor track expects to be one of the top boys and girls programs in Northern New Jersey.The girls will be looking to defend the indoor NJIC Conference and NJSIAA State North 1, Group 1 Sectional title, led by a strong core of senior ...
WOOD-RIDGE, NJ – Ethan Martinez scored 27 points to lead North Arlington to 82-49 victory over Wood-Ridge in a NJIC non-divisional game Thursday night in Wood-Ridge. Wood-Ridge falls to 0-2 with the loss, while North Arlington improves to 2-0.A big run by North Arlington in the second quarter put ...
WEST ORANGE, NJ – The West Essex-Caldwell ice hockey team advanced in the Essex County Holiday Tournament with a 4-1 victory over Mendham on Thursday.Dante Gallucci scored two goals in the second quarter, when West Essex (3-2) scored three goals to take a 4-0 lead.Noah Toral and Connor Maniscalco ...
BAYONNE, NJ – Bayonne built a 16-point halftime lead and went on to a 61-41 boys basketball victory over Snyder on Thursday night.Noah Shaw scored 18 points, passed for three assists and made three steals for Bayonne (2-0), which led, 31-15, at the half.Dave Kobryn grabbed a team-high 10 rebounds ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ – The East Brunswick boys basketball team opened its season with a 60-57 loss to Manalapan on Thursday night.Aiden Sosinov scored 35 points for Manalapan, which erased a 33-30 halftime deficit.Matt Mikulka led East Brunswick with 24 points and Cam Vick finished with 16 points for ...
NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ – Junior Kiera Harkins set a school record in the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:50.61 to highlight the Chatham girls swimming team's 107 to 63 win vs. Mount St. Mary's on Thursday night at the Jersey Aquatic Center.Harkins broke the record of 1:50.99 held by Cougar teammate ...
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The Columbia wrestling team won its first dual match of the season, 60-24, over Irvington on Wednesday night.Nine Columbia wrestlers recorded pins and one was awarded a victory by forfeit.Results IC106 Daniel Muwanga (I) — Forfeit60113 Oliver Kreizman (C) — Pin 0:43Essien Alleyne ...
NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ -- The New Providence girls basketball team won its opening game on Thursday night, and exacted a measure of revenge in the process.The Pioneers defeated Elizabeth, the team that ended New Providence's long Union County winning streak last February in the semifinal round of the ...
RANDOLPH, NJ --Senior guards Ella Kruezer and Mia Semioli combined to score 39 points and led a 3-point shooting attack that fueled Chatham's 57-36 girls basketball win vs. Randolph on Thursday night.Chatham (3-0) dropped in 10 three-pointers in the game as Kreuzer hit four threes on her way to a ...
WEST ORANGE, NJ – Sophomore forward Charlie Dunn collected a goal and three assists and sparked a four-goal opening period that sent the Chatham boys ice hockey team to a 6-2 win vs. Nutley in the opening round of the Essex Holiday Tournament on Thursday night at Codey Arena.Dunn opened the scoring ...
NEWTON, NJ—The Newton High School wrestling team hosted Wayne Hills in their season opener and won 41-38 on Wednesday, December 18.The results of the matches are as follows:106 lbs.: Ozzy Ciuzio-Pelt (N) won over Brandon Nick (WH) with a pint at 1:56113 lbs.: Jacob McConnell (N) won over Tyler ...