Sports Top Stories
By CHIP ARMONAITIS
December 14, 2024
HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, NJ – The Hasbrouck Heights varsity wrestling team kicks off its season on Saturday morning at the Garfield Holiday Tournament at Garfield High School. “Our team is hungry to repeat a league title, and return to the NJIC Final and fourth consecutive state sectional final,” stated ...
UNION, NJ – Two members of the Union High School girls soccer team were named to the Union County Conference Mountain Division First Team for 2024.Courtney Lamadieu, a freshman midfielder, and Gabriella Romero, a sophomore midfielder, were both selected to the team in a vote of the conference's ...
HACKENSACK,NJ – Bergen Tech swept Passaic Tech on Friday in a Big North bowling match in Hackensack.“It was a tough fought match tonight versus rival Passaic County Tech who really brought their all,” stated Bergen Tech coach Hank Kuipers. The boys defeated PCTI by a 5-2 score, dropping the first ...
LIVINGSTON, NJ — The Livingston High School boys basketball team will open its season on Tuesday, Dec. 17 at home against Orange.The Lancers' first season under new head coach Joe Gill produced a 13-14 record last winter. Gill took the reins from Dave Cohen, who had moved up to the athletic ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ – Dominant performances by Alex Donoghue and Sydney Sparks lifted the Chatham-Millburn girls ice hockey team to its first win of the young season, 3-1 vs. Summit on Friday night at Mennen Sports Arena.Junior defenseman Donoghue scored all three goals, including a shorthanded tally in ...
HOBOKEN, NJ -- The Hoboken ice hockey team scored three goals in the second period and went on to a 5-1 victory over Morris Catholic on Friday.Ian Fu scored two goals for the RedWings (3-1), who led, 4-1, going into the third period.Luke Batcha had one goal and two assists, Jair Rodriguez had one ...
RANDOLPH, NJ- The Randolph girls basketball team faced a bunch of obstacles in their 2023-24 campaign, but still managed to gut out a good record just one win shy of .500 at 13-14. It was a bit of a transition year for the Lady Rams after they had graduated some multi-year key players, had to ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ - Following an exciting overtime victory over Princeton on Wednesday, the Chargers-Bears-Rams ice hockey team fell short against Colonia High School on Friday. CBR lost to Colonia 5-2. James Garfinkle got the scoring going for CBR in the first period. Garfinkle found the back of the ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ - Following an exciting overtime victory over Princeton on Wednesday, the Chargers-Bears-Rams ice hockey team fell short against Colonia High School on Friday. CBR lost to Colonia 5-2. James Garfinkle got the scoring going for CBR in the first period. Garfinkle found the back of the ...
SPOTSWOOD, NJ - After defeating Keyport High School in the season opener, the Spotswood High School wrestling team won it's second in a row over South Brunswick High School on Friday. Spotswood took down the Vikings with a 63-18 victory. Justin Witt, Brandon Snyder, Colton Schmitz, Aidan Rizzuto, ...
UNION , NJ – Dante Gallucci scored two goals and had one assist to lead West Essex-Caldwell to a 5-2 ice hockey victory over Summit on Friday.Connor Maniscalco finished with one goal and two assists, and Patrick Devaney and Cale White each scored a goal in the victory.Winning goalie Evan Zieminski ...
MENDHAM, NJ – The Chatham girls' and boys' fencing teams got the NJAC Conference season kicked off with road wins at Mendham on Thursday.The Chatham boys team reeled it in with a final score of 19 to 8. This year's starters put in solid performances in the first and second rounds to see an early ...
NEWTON, NJ—The Newton High School bowling team won their second match of the 2024-2025 winter season with a 5-2 win over Sussex Tech.“We have high hopes this year. We look to be very competitive in every match. We hope to give Jefferson and Sussex Tech a run for their money at the conference ...
KATONAH, N.Y.—Mahopac resident Ally Zimmerman hit the ground running—literally—as an eighth-grader at the Harvey School in Katonah, where she emerged as the girls cross country team’s No. 1 competitor. Zimmerman helped Harvey win the Hudson Valley Athletic League championship meet while finishing ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - The Phillipsburg High School girl’s bowling team kept up its perfect season while the boys split a pair of Skyland Conference matches this week. GirlsThe Stateliners improved to 3-0 on the season with its second and third 7-0 victories of the season over Bridgewater-Raritan (1-2) ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Phillipsburg High School swept its swimming meets with Voorhees on Thursday as the boys were 115-50 winners while the girls defeated the Vikings, 110-54, in Skyland Conference meets at Phillipsburg’s Elementary School pool. BoysSeniors Luke Tipton, Matt Beaney and junior Nick ...
NORTH SALEM, N.Y. - The temperature outside might be dropping, but things are heating up in Tiger town. The winter season got off to a fast start with boys basketball notching a tournament win and the girls team picking up their first win under the team’s new coach. Boys BasketballNorth Salem 63, ...
SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ -- The South Brunswick boys basketball team will open its season this Saturday, Dec. 14 at Hillsborough.Head coach Ben Badeen begins his second season at South Brunswick with a large cast of returning players, though the Vikings will miss the inside scoring of Class of 2024 ...
MADISON, NJ - The Madison girls and boys swim teams defeated Hackettstown on Thursday afternoon. The boys defeated Hackettstown 120-45 and the girls also won 124-14.Boys Results:200 MR (yards) TimePlaceNino Dudley, Oliver Liu, Jacob Lee, Kaden Chou (Madison)1:55.012Jacques Chemaly, Anuthra ...
HAMILTON/ROBBINSVILLE, NJ - Mercer United FC (MUFC) has been making a name for itself over the last few years as a competitive soccer club focused on player development within a reasonable budget. As an affiliate of the Philadelphia Union and Real Central, MUFC has multiple player pathways, and ...
HACKENSACK, NJ - The Hackensack Comets Boys and Girls Bowling Team opened the season with a clean sweep over Ramapo High School. The Comets also bowled in two tournaments recently, claiming some individual honors. “This was a great start of the season,” head coach Nancy Wallace said. “As a coach, I ...
Basking Ridge, NJ – Ridge field hockey standout Jenna Narleski signed a letter of intent last month to continue her academic studies and play Division One field hockey for one of the top programs in the country, at the University of North Carolina.A varsity starter since her freshman year and a ...
BRANT BEACH - The Barnegat Girls and Boys swim teams opened their season on Tuesday, December 10. Both teams lost, but the future is bright this 24-25 season. One of the team coaches wrote:Kicked off the season with 31 Personal Bests, 4Shores QT, and a lot of people stepping outside their comfort ...
ROBBINSVILLE, NJ - Registration for Robbinsville Lacrosse Association’s Spring 2025 youth lacrosse season will close on January 1! If you’ve already signed your child up, they are in for a great season, which would be made even better to be playing alongside more of their friends, so please spread ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ – Last year was a season for the ages for the Morristown girls basketball program. The team captured its first sectional title since 2017 and appeared in the Group 4 State Final for the first time since 2002. It was quite the sendoff from Morristown head coach, Jim Pisciotto, who ...
BOONTON, NJ - The Madison bowling team fell to Chatham 7-0 on Thursday afternoon. The Dodgers are now 0-3 on the young season after loosing to Delbarton and Kinnelon.Chatham's Toby Monks scored a 214.Madison's Brennan Cullis scored 170 followed by Sam Bedoya Madison will look to rebound on ...
ELIZABETH, NJ - Another season of Elizabeth Boys Varsity Swimming is under a week away, with the team looking to improve upon a 4-7-1 finish in 2023-2024. Below is the full schedule for the 2024-2025 season: December 17 vs. Oratory Prep at 4:15 p.m. December 18 vs. Johnson at 4 p.m. January 3 vs.
VILLANOVA, PA – Former Bridgewater-Raritan High School runner Marco Langon, in November, earned a 15th place individual finish in the NCAA Nationals in the 1000-meter, earning All-American status.Langon, who graduated from BRHS in 2022, is currently a junior at Villanova University.“I wasn’t even ...
ROSELLE, NJ - Basketball season is back in the Borough of Roselle, with the Rams Girls Varsity Basketball Team set to hit the court for their 2024-2025 season.The Rams are coming off a 2023-2024 season in which they finished with a 13-9 overall record. They made an appearance in the First Round of ...
BOONTON, NJ - The Morristown bowling team fell to Montville 7-0 on Thursday afternoon. The Colonials are now 0-3 on the young season after loosing to Chatham and Delbarton.Morristown will look to rebound on December 17 when they face Kinnelon.