Sports Top Stories
By DANIELLE DUFNER
December 19, 2024
NEWTON, NJ—The Newton High School boys basketball team lost 63-59 when they hosted Hopatcong in their home opener on Tuesday, December 17.The team has been under the direction of teacher, and head coach, Paul Filan for the last three years after head coach Dirk Kelly retired.“We are coming off a ...
NEWTON, NJ—The Newton High School bowling team won back-to-back matches this week when they played against Lenape Valley and Vernon.Newton took on Lenape Valley away on Wednesday and shut them out 7-0. The high scores from the match are as follows:Salvatore Serillo with a total score of 505Devlin ...
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 ...
PISCATAWAY, NJ -- Junior swingman Aiden Derkack scored 32 points, putting him over 1,000 for his career, in Colonia's 80-61 boys basketball victory over Piscataway on Thursday night.One of the most recruited players in the Class of 2026 in New Jersey, Derkack scored 13 points in the first quarter, ...
WARREN, NJ —Watchung Hills dropped their 2024-25 home opener on Thursday falling to Pingry, 63-39. Senior Taylor Francis led the way with 17 points while Rowan Shapiro chipped in 11 points for Pingry (2-0) Junior Zoe Gallic paced the Warriors (1-1) with 13 points and 5 rebounds.“All the credit to ...
WARREN, NJ —Watchung Hills dropped their 2024-25 home opener on Thursday falling to Pingry, 63-39. Senior Taylor Francis led the way with 17 points while Rowan Shapiro chipped in 11 points for Pingry (2-0) Junior Zoe Gallic paced the Warriors (1-1) with 13 points and 5 rebounds.“All the credit to ...
LONG BRANCH, NJ – The Long Branch High School wrestling team kicked off their 2024-25 season with a challenging match-up against Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School, the second-ranked public school team in New Jersey, on Wednesday. Despite a valiant effort, Long Branch fell 54-24.Head coach ...
MANASQUAN, NJ – Fresh off a major victory against the highly competitive and ranked Jackson Liberty wrestling program, Manasquan squared off against Ocean County opponent Cedar Creek at home.The match against Cedar Creek featured 14 individual bouts across weight classes ranging from 106 pounds to ...
TABERNACLE -Gabriella Lum recorded 11 points and 11 rebounds for Southern in its 49-31 loss to Shawnee in Manahawkin. Samantha Russell added 11 points for Southern (1-1). Casey Collins was held to six points.Maggie Lutz led Shawnee with 13 points. Shawnee (1-0)1315101149Southern ...
TOMS RIVER - Andrew Buda led Southern to a 4-1 victory over Brick with a hat trick and an assist. Southern took a 2-0 lead in the first period with goals from Buda and Santino Vilardi. Buda extended the lead to 3-0 in the third period before Matt Morris scored for Brick. Buda completed his hat ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - The Phillipsburg High School girls bowling team has gone 2-0 so far this week to up their season record to 5-0 and the boys went 2-1 to improve to 4-2 on the season. GirlsThe Stateliners shutout both Watchung Hills and College Achieve Central as Savannah Rutar led the way with ...
CRANFORD, NJ - The Cranford boys’ and girls’ varsity swimming teams have gotten off to a flying start. Both teams began their seasons on December 12 at Union, where they dominated their meets. The girls’ team won by a score of 77-0, while the boys won by a score of 84-49. When asked about ...
RED BANK, NJ - The Chargers-Bears-Rams mounted a second and third period comeback against Red Bank Catholic High School on Wednesday at the Red Bank Armory. CBR was down 5-0 after the first period. The comeback fell short with Red Bank's 8-5 victory. CBR's loss dropped the team's early season ...
SPOTSWOOD, NJ - Chargers wrestlers were back on the mat on Wednesday to face North Brunswick High School. Spotswood lost to North Brunswick 48-27 to end the Chargers' two-game winning streak to start the 2024-25 season. Ryan Legakis, Joseph Stanaway, Jake Tessein, Colton Schmitz and Aidan Rizzuto ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Senior guard Francesca Schiro scored a game-high 18 points to give her 1,472 in her career to lead Hillsborough to a 76-33 victory over Phillipsburg High School on Tuesday nigh to spoil the Stateliners season opener in a Skyland Conference Delaware Division girl’s basketball game ...
RED BANK, NJ - The Chargers-Bears-Rams mounted a second and third period comeback against Red Bank Catholic High School on Wednesday at the Red Bank Armory. CBR was down 5-0 after the first period. The comeback fell short with Red Bank's 8-5 victory. CBR's loss dropped the team's early season ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ – Brandon Strunck and Jake McCloud scored goals in the first 5:13 of the third period to break a 2-2 tie and Morris Knolls held on to beat Morristown, 4-3, in a high school ice hockey game played on Wednesday, Dec. 18, at Mennen Arena.The victory was the first of the season for the ...
ROCKAWAY, NJ – Michael Safkan, Nathan Bord, and Joey Agodini each posted 200 games in the third and final game of the match as unbeaten Morris Knolls rallied for a 5-2 victory over Roxbury on Wednesday, Dec. 18, in a high school bowling match at Rockaway Lanes.The Golden Eagles, which improved to ...
RANDOLPH, NJ – The Morris Knolls girls swim team lost its first meet of the young season, falling to unbeaten Randolph, 102-68, on Wednesday, Dec. 18, at the County College of Morris.Knolls is now 2-1 overall and 1-1 in the American Division of the Northwest Jersey Athletic Conference. Randolph is ...
RANDOLPH, NJ – Randolph’s victory in the 400-yard freestyle relay – the last race of the day – gave the Rams the points needed to secure a 92-78 victory over Morris Knolls in a boys high school swim meet held at the County College of Morris on Wednesday, Dec. 18.Knolls, now 2-1 overall and 1-1 in ...
CHATHAM, NJ – Morris Knolls won the saber battle, but Chatham proved to be too strong in the foil and epee weapons and remained unbeaten with a 19-8 victory in a girls high school fencing match held Wednesday, Dec. 18, at the Chatham Middle School here.Natalie Cook and Trisha Patel each finished ...
CHATHAM, NJ – The Morris Knolls boys fencing team is still looking for its first victory of the season after running into an unbeaten Chatham squad and dropping a 17-10 decision on Wednesday, Dec. 18, at the Middle School here.The Golden Eagles (0-2) were led by Cooper Johnson and Aaryan Sharma who ...
HACKENSACK, NJ - Comets bowling is getting into the swing with stellar games in match two of the season. Comets met up with Paramus High School and fired games of 852, 804,780 with a 2436 series, leading them to 7 - 0 victory. High scores for the Comets were from Junior and lead-off Marcelo ...
NORTH ARLINGTON, NJ – It was a birthday like few others. A golden birthday if you wish. (A golden birthday is when age matches the birthdate.)On his 17th birthday, William Munoz rolled the first 300-game in league play in Hasbrouck Heights High School bowling history on Tuesday as the junior led ...
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 ...
CHATHAM, NJ – Alexandra Donoghue felt a tinge of guilt when she missed the first game of the girls ice hockey season while she was in California playing in a soccer tournament with her club team.The Chatham High junior made it up to her teammates last Friday when she scored three unassisted goals - ...
RIDGEWOOD, NJ – The Ridgewood Maroons got the 2024-2025 season started with a convincing 50-29 win over their cross-town rivals Glen Rock. Ridgewood dominated the middle and upper weight class on Wednesday night against the Panthers as from the 138-division until the 190-class the Maroons won all ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ - The Park Regional girls and boys swim teams fell to both Morristown High School swim teams on Tuesday, December 17th. The Morristown boys swim team defeated Park Regional 92-77 while the girls defeated the Park Regional team, 134-36.Results on the boys side:200 MR- Sebastian ...
It was a learning experience for Lakeland’s young squad, which has only four returning players from last season, when it hosted unbeaten Rye on Dec. 17.Visiting Rye (4-0) showed why it is one of the contenders to win the Section 1 Class AA title when it defeated Lakeland 50-11.It was the second ...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ -- The South Plainfield boys basketball team opened its season with a 58-48 victory over Hillside on Tuesday night.Senior guard Jordan Jones paced a balanced scoring effort with 12 points for the Tigers, including eight free throws in 14 attempts at the line.South Plainfield ...