Sports Top Stories
By TAPINTO CHATHAM STAFF
December 15, 2024
MONSEY, NY – Luke Brendle scored to tie it for Chatham in the third period before David Kliger won it with his overtime goal, 2-1, for undefeated Northern Highlands in a boys ice hockey game played Sunday night at Sport-O-Rama.Sophomore forward Brendle's third goal of the season for Chatham (2-3) ...
PISCATAWAY, NJ – Piscataway bowling is on a roll this season, with both the girls and boys teams off to a strong start for 2024-2025. Both started last week with 4–0 wins over New Brunswick on Monday before recording their first losses on Thursday when they were edged out by South Plainfield, 3-1 ...
MADISON, NJ – Senior Adam Petitjean won the featured race, the 600-meter run, in 1:23.94 to highlight the Chatham boys' team win at the Jack O'Leary Lid Lifter indoor track & field meet held Saturday at Drew University.Chatham topped the field of teams with 66 points as the Cougars made it a ...
NEWTON, NJ—The Newton High School girls basketball squad is ready to get back on the court, under the direction of second year head coach Billy Connors.“We are looking to compete for the League Title, as well as advance in county and state tournaments,” Connors said.There were two key players lost ...
STOCKHOLM, NJ - Missing four players to a travel team tournament, the United Ice Hockey dropped their home opener against Morristown 3-2 on Friday. Morristown put two in the net in the second period to the United’s one. Each team scored in the third.Michael Pandiscia and Cody Sutton got past the ...
MONTVILLE, NJ - Montville football coach Rick DeBonta knew he had a special player in Anthony Feaster from the moment he first set foot on the practice field as a freshman four years ago.It's very rare that DeBonta and his coaching staff opts to bring a freshman up to the varsity level to play. But ...
BARNEGAT - The Barnegat High School wrestling team won their opening match of the season on Wednesday, December 11, at home. They defeated Point Pleasant Beach by a score of 43-26. Match Results285: Allan Micheletti (PPBH) over Cuinn Pascavage (BARN) (Dec 6-3) 106: Michael Baccigalupi (BARN) over ...
MAHWAH, NJ - The Passaic Valley wrestling team finished in second place at the Harry McLaughlin Invitational on Saturday, with 162.5 points. Northern Highlands clinched the team title with 171.5 points, while Glen Rock rounded out the top three with 115.5 points. The Hornets' success was bolstered ...
PATERSON, NJ - The Kennedy Knights began their season with a tough 55-43 loss to the Ramapo Raiders in the Tyron Collins Tip-Off Classic on Saturday. Kennedy’s standout of the night was Micah Pierce, who led all scorers with 25 points. Pierce also added four rebounds and two blocks to his stat ...
LONG BRANCH, NJ – The Long Branch High School Boys’ Basketball team wrapped up their preseason this past Saturday with a scrimmage against Keansburg High School. As they prepare to open their regular season on Thursday, the Green Wave is determined to turn the tide after a tough 4-19 record last ...
WALL TOWNSHIP, NJ – The Manasquan Warriors ice hockey team entered their fourth game of the season on a high note, fresh off an 8-2 victory over Colonia on December 11, where Giovanni Scaglia recorded a hat trick. However, missing several key starters due to other hockey commitments, Coach John ...
CLARK, NJ — On Wednesday, December 4, Clark Crusader Youth Football (CYF) held its annual post-season awards banquet.The president of CYF, Gus Kalikas, presided over the event as athletes were honored for their contributions to Crusader Youth Football. All athletes received awards for their ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ -- The Caldwell boys basketball team will open its season Tuesday night at home against Millburn.Millburn reached the NJSIAA Section 2, Group 3 final last year, and Caldwell won the Section 2, Group 2 title two years ago.Last season, the Chiefs had a 13-12 record, and veteran head ...
MADISON, NJ – Olivia Capala, Alicia Ramos, and Bennett Zollers brought home the gold and the Morris Knolls girls winter track team finished second and the boys team finished fourth at the Jack O’Leary Lid Lifter Invitational held Saturday, Dec. 14, on Drew University’s indoor track. The Lady Eagles ...
LINDEN, NJ – The Morris Knolls High School bowling team came back home with more than a fifth-place finish after competing in the Westfield Bowling Classic at Jersey Lanes on Saturday, Dec. 15.Much more.The total tournament pinfall for Morris Knolls was 2,771, one point behind fourth-place Saint ...
LITTLE FALLS, NJ - Clifton United, a boys' hockey team composed of players from Clifton, Cedar Grove, and Passaic Valley High Schools, continued its undefeated streak with a 6-1 victory over Fair Lawn on Friday evening.The game started with Fair Lawn’s Alex Rankov putting the visitors on the board ...
SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ – The Kicking Out Cancer Fundraiser was held on Sunday, Oct. 27, at Southside Soccer Field in Scotch Plains, NJ.This one-day event included 60 kids in grades 3-4 and grades 5-6 all participating in fun, small-sided soccer scrimmages together to raise money for breast cancer ...
SAYREVILLE, NJ – The Sayreville War Memorial Girls Basketball team will look to improve this season after finishing the 2023-24 season with just one win.After only losing two seniors from the class of 2024, head coach Janet Cook will keep much of last year's roster intact, including her top two ...
SPRINGFIELD, NJ – Three members of the Dayton High School girls soccer team were selected to the Union County Conference's Valley Division First Team for 2024.Penelope Krieger, Isabella Pintado and Ava Weckstein of Dayton were all named to the division's first team in a vote of the conference's ...
SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD, NJ – The Scotch Plains-Fanwood Winter Track team began their season on Dec. 9, with the Ridge Winter Invitational in Staten Island, NY, and will look to have a successful 2024-2025 season.The Raiders this year are without nine seniors from last year's class of 2024, including ...
HAMILTON, NJ -- Nottingham opened the boys basketball season with a 46-35 victory over Steinert on Saturday afternoon.Chris Dormevil scored 15 points for the North Stars, who outscored the Spartans, 15-7, in the fourth quarter to add to a 31-28 advantage.Anthony Santucci led Steinert with nine ...
HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, NJ - Veteran girls' basketball coach Cherryl Bott-Melfa takes over the reins of the Hasbrouck Heights High School girls' basketball program, and inherits a team that went 17-8 a season ago, including a win in the North 1 Group 1 NJSIAA playoffs in 2023-24.“Being the first-year ...
LINDEN, NJ – The Bergen Tech Girls bowling team captured first place at the Westfield Blue Devils Tournament at the Jersey Lanes in Linden on Saturday. Senior Samantha Seneres led the way, rolling the high series (214-246-195), and also the second-highest individual series. Kaitlyn Zens rolled a ...
SKILLMAN, NJ – As the season grows older and both teams run through respective schedules, Chatham's 52-50 season-opening girls basketball win vs. Hudson Catholic might look more impressive than it did at first glance on Saturday at Montgomery High School.“I just told (my players) that that's a ...
UNCASVILLE, Conn. — The St. Bonaventure Bonnies added a win against a Big East team to their 10-1 record Saturday night, defeating Providence in the Mohegan Sun Arena 74-70 in a game that wasn't decided until the final seconds.“I thought it was a great college basketball game,” St. Bonaventure ...
STOCKHOLM, NJ – The Newton Lenape Valley high school ice hockey team beat Mountain Lakes on Saturday 3-2 on their home ice at Skylands Ice World. Ty Dellicker earned natural hat trick with a goal in each period. Dellicker got NLV on the board in the first period, while they held the Lakers to ...
ALBANY, NY — A slow start in the Broadview Center plagued the St. Bonaventure University women’s basketball team in a 64-48 loss to the University at Albany. The Great Danes limited the Bonnies to just 2-of-11 shooting in the first quarter, building a 16-6 lead. Albany closed the half on an 18-2 ...
MADISON, NJ – The Chatham girls indoor track 4x200 relay of senior Daryn Foertsch, junior Abby Dowling, sophomore Jackie Horan and freshman Fiona Jackson ran 1:58.19 to win the event at the Jack O'Leary Lid Lifter Invitational on Saturday at Drew University.Foertsch also placed second in the ...
LITTLE FALLS, NJ - Clifton United, a boys' hockey team composed of players from Clifton, Cedar Grove, and Passaic Valley High Schools, continued its undefeated streak with a 6-1 victory over Fair Lawn on Friday evening.The game started with Fair Lawn’s Alex Rankov putting the visitors on the board ...
SKILLMAN, NJ -- Eager to challenge itself with a demanding schedule, the Colonia boys basketball program got its season started against a St. Peter's Prep team that had a 26-3 record last season and which has since added a 7-foot-1 center to its starting lineup.And, after falling behind by ...