Sports Top Stories
By TAPINTO STAFF
December 13, 2024
RANDOLPH, NJ – Score one for the underclassmen! Morris Knolls finished 1-2 in the last race on the card to come from behind and beat Montville, 88-82, in a high school boys swim meet held on Wednesday, Dec. 11, at the County College of Morris.Both the first- and second-place teams were manned ...
NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ -- The New Providence boys basketball team will open its season on Thursday, Dec. 19 at Rahway.This will be the 42nd season for Pioneers' head coach Art Cattano, the dean of Union County boys' basketball coaches.He'll he tasked with shaping a largely remade roster into a ...
ROSELLE, NJ – The Johnson-Dayton-Roselle Park ice hockey tri-op team defeated West Orange, 6-3, on Wednesday night.Logan Paskewich scored two goals and picked up two assists for the tri-op team, which is 1-1. Samny Zaporta had two goals and Nick Ritli and Peter Grabowski scored one each in the win.
FLEMINGTON, NJ -- Junior forward Troy Gorski's hat trick propelled Hunterdon Central to a 5-0 ice hockey victory over Fair Lawn on Wednesday.Gorski scored the middle three goals of the game for the Red Devils (1-1) after Griffin Dunn had given them a 1-0 lead with a goal with 1:51 left in the first ...
HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, NJ – Hasbrouck Heights looks to the 2024-25 boys' season looking to improve off of last year’s 9-16 year. They return a mix of returning players and newcomers looking to break into the lineup, according to head coach Mike Cebula. The leading returning player is senior guard ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ – Chatham's young ice hockey squad is expected to chase Randolph in the Mennen Division this season and on Thursday night that's exactly what happened on the ice in a 5-0 loss to the Rams at Mennen Sports Arena.“This is the first time a lot of them have seen a team this quick and ...
ARLINGTON, NJ _ This past weekend, I had the opportunity to travel to Frisco, Texas, to visit my daughter and granddaughters and made sure to include a visit to AT&T Stadium, home of the Dallas Cowboys.The highlight of the trip was watching Southern Ocean's hometown hero, Mike Gesicki, play for ...
ARLINGTON, NJ _ This past weekend, I had the opportunity to travel to Frisco, Texas, to visit my daughter and granddaughters and made sure to include a visit to AT&T Stadium, home of the Dallas Cowboys.The highlight of the trip was watching Southern Ocean's hometown hero, Mike Gesicki, play for ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ – The Sparta, Jefferson, Kinnelon United ice hockey team has started the season strong with two wins on the road. On Wednesday, December 11, the United shut down Morris Knolls-Morris Hills 6-3 on the ice at Mennen Arena. Braydon Sisco was a scoring dynamo, putting four in the net. ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — After a season-opening 7-1 loss to Summit at Warinanco Park in Roselle Tuesday, the Westfield girls hockey team returns to the ice with a visit to Trinity Hall at 7:30 p.m., Friday, Dec. 13.Sophomore Julette Lerner scored her first goal of the season off an assist from senior ...
RANDOLPH, NJ --The Chatham boys' 200 medley relay of Ryan O'Day, Andrew O'Day, Tirian Chang and Ransom Chang qualified for the NJSIAA Meet of Champions with a time of 1:41.41 on Wednesday when the Cougar boys and girls opened their respective swim seasons with wins vs. Roxbury at the County College ...
SUMMIT, NJ – The Summit High School boys' ice hockey team showed grit and determination as they battled to a 3-3 tie against a formidable Livingston squad on Wednesday night. The Hilltoppers remain unbeaten this season, with a record of 2-0-1.The game started strong for Summit, as John Conniff ...
Summit, NJ – The Summit High School girls hockey team braved the elements Wednesday night in Roselle Park, where rain, wind, and unseasonably warm temperatures couldn’t put a damper on their spirits. The Hilltoppers delivered a dominating 4-0 performance against Cranford, improving their season ...
The Devilfish swim team is a competitive swim program that looks to grow its swimmers in the water as well as outside of the pool. Recently, the team invited Michael Zito, Ph.D., an internationally renowned clinical, sport and performance psychologist to present a series of workshops to the team. ...
RANDOLPH, NJ- In the 2023-24 season, the Randolph boys ice hockey team put up one of the more impressive campaigns in school history. The Rams almost ran the table but came up just short when they suffered their first and only loss of the season in the State Sectional playoffs to a strong and ...
STATEN ISLAND, NY – The Bridgewater-Raritan High School boys’ and girls’ indoor track field teams launched their 2024-25 season at the 41st annual Wayne Gardiner Holiday Relays Dec. 11, at the Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex in Staten Island.According to the online event program, the meet bears the ...
MONMOUTH JUNCTION, NJ - Marcello Ferrari scored in overtime to give the Chargers-Bears-Rams ice hockey team their first victory of the season on Wednesday. CBR defeated Princeton High School 4-3 in the team's first home game of the 2024-25 season. It was a come-from-behind win for CBR. Ferrari's ...
SPOTSWOOD, NJ - Spotswood High School's wrestling season kicked off on a high note on Wednesday. The Chargers defeated Keyport High School 57-24 at the Spotswood High School Gymnasium. Seven Chargers, including Daniel Keelen, Jack Castrovinci, Timothy Hinds, Colton Schmitz, Aidan Rizzuto, Ryan ...
NEW YORK – Chatham's 4x800 boys track relay team of junior Brady Byrne, senior Finn Valli, junior Marcus Valenzuela and senior Adam Petitjean set a meet record of 8:02.21 in winning gold at the season-opening Wayne Gardiner Holiday Relays held at Ocean Breeze on Wednesday.Brady led off with a ...
MONMOUTH JUNCTION, NJ - Marcello Ferrari scored in overtime to give the Chargers-Bears-Rams ice hockey team their first victory of the season on Wednesday. CBR defeated Princeton High School 4-3 in the team's first home game of the 2024-25 season. It was a come-from-behind win for CBR. Ferrari's ...
CROSS RIVER, N.Y. - On Tuesday Dec. 10, John Jay hosted Somers at the high school and the Wolves were very obliging through the first seven matches. A 27-11 lead for the Tuskers, the uphill battle that remained wasn’t worrisome for Austin Omin. “152, 160, 170, we always expect them to pin out,” ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - The Montgomery girl’s swimming team took first place in eight of 11 events and the boy’s depth was the difference in their meet as the Cougars swept Phillipsburg High School in a Skyland Conference meet on Tuesday in Skillman.Montgomery won the girl’s meet 106-64 and the boy’s ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ – Last year was a tale of two seasons for the Morristown Colonials on the wrestling mat. The Colonials lost 10 of their first 14 games before ripping off an eight-match winning streak to end the season. With Morristown set to open their season against county rival Morris Knolls a ...
CLARK, NJ — The Township of Clark is reminding residents that its Clark Family Hockey Night, an opportunity to see the NJ Devils in action, is coming soon, January 14. The Clark Recreation Department invites families to “A Night with the NJ Devils.” The January 14th game will begin at 7:30 p.m.
MIDDLETOWN - Southern lost a tough one on Wednesday night by a score of 2-1 against the Ocean High School and Monmouth Regional co-op team Giovanni Tritto scored the first goal of the game, assisted by Leo Labush.Southern's Andrew Buda tied the contest for the Rams, with an assist from Nicolas ...
DENVILLE, NJ – Eva Critchley and Morgan Mindrabo each won two individual races and swam on two winning relay teams as Morris Knolls opened its girls swimming season by placing first in all 11 races en route to a 128-42 victory over Montville on Wednesday, Dec. 11, at the County College of ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ – Kinnelon broke a 3-3 tie with three third-period goals and went on to beat Morris Knolls-Morris Hills, 6-3, in a high school hockey game played at Mennen Arena on Wednesday, Dec. 11.The MK-MH co-op team, now winless in three games, took a 2-1 lead after the first period only to ...
DENVILLE, NJ – Morris Knolls High School junior Juliana Critchley and seniors Charlee Perna and Kaitlyn Forand were named to the 2024 Morris County Girls Soccer First Team at the Morris County Girls Soccer Coaches Association annual awards luncheon on Tuesday, Dec. 10.Critchley led the Golden ...
MADISON, NJ - Registration for the Madison Jr. Boys Lacrosse Spring 2025 Season is now open! The club invites all boys from Madison and Harding in grades 1-8 to register at this time. Grades 1+ 2 play a modified season with small sided gamesGrades 3-8 season has 12-15 games and participates in the ...
NORTH SALEM, N.Y. - For members of the 2024 boys soccer team, the memories of Nov. 16 will last a lifetime. On that day, the Tigers brought the state championship home to North Salem. The road to the climactic matchup with Allegany-Limestone was paved with dominant victories, capping off an ...