Sports Top Stories
By TAPINTO STAFF
December 11, 2024
ROCKAWAY, NJ. – Senior Nathan Bord bowled a 670 series on games of 208, 205, and 257 to lead Morris Knolls to a 7-0 victory over Dover in a high school bowling match held on Tuesday, Dec. 10, at Rockaway Lanes. Junior Mike Safkan posted a 216-202-192–610 as the Golden Eagles (2-0) finished with ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — The Woodbridge boys basketball team will open its season on Thursday, Dec. 19, at North Brunswick. The Barrons' program has made measurable strides in each of head coach Jonathan Toczynski's seasons, going 16-8 last winter.Toczynski will continue to have his team push the ball up ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ – The Morristown ice hockey team fell to Chatham 4-2 on Tuesday evening. The Colonials fell to 0-2 on the young season. Morristown (0-2) took a 1-0 lead in the second period with a 5-on-3 power play goal by Luke Williams. Dunn evened the score when he skated toward the blue line and ...
BREWSTER, N.Y. - The combined BYSNS (Brewster/Yorktown/Somers/North Salem) hockey team picked up a pair of big wins as the season kicked into gear. BYSNS 7, Mount Pleasant 5Friday, Dec. 6, Westchester Skating AcademyTrailing 5-3, Brewster/Yorktown/Somers/North Salem (BYSNS) scored four straight ...
FLEMINGTON, NJ – The Hunterdon Central girls swim team won its first meet of the season, 93-68, over Bernards on Tuesday.The Red Devils finished first in the following events:200 MR (yards)Isabella Chanin, Elisabeth Vargas, Olivia Piazza, Dhyana Abeysinghe (Hunterdon Central)2:08.23200 Free ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ – The Bridgewater-Raritan girls swim team got its season off to a winning start with a 92-78 victory over Ridge on Tuesday.Winners for Bridgewater-Raritan were:200 Free (meters)Gregory Yukhvid (Bridgewater-Raritan)1:55.8450 Free (meters)Jaden Lee (Bridgewater-Raritan)0:24.41100 Free ...
ROSELLE, NJ – Something special may be cooking on the ice rink for Bridgewater-Raritan.Coming off of its first win over rival Hunterdon Central Regional High School in nearly 10 years on Friday night, the Bridgewater-Raritan High School ice hockey team delivered another marquee win to begin the ...
HACKENSACK, NJ – Bergen Tech boys and girls bowling teams opened their regular season with convincing 7-0 wins over Clifton in Big North Liberty Division Bowling on Tuesday afternoon in Hackensack.Kayla McManus had the high series of the day, rolling a 664, which was highlighted by a 277 game three ...
KEYPORT, NJ -- The Keyport boys basketball team will open its season on Monday, Dec. 16 at Koinonia Academy in Plainfield.Three starters return for the Red Raiders this season, including top scorer Nico Dispenza, who averaged 18 points a game and 4.5 rebounds last season. Coach Phil Recco, who is ...
UNION, NJ -- The Union High School boys basketball team will be one of the first ones in all of the county to open their season when the Farmers host Hillside at 1 p.m. this Saturday.Head coach Kevin Feeley has three players with varsity experience from last year's team, including two returning ...
MILLBURN, NJ – Senior Quinn Burke admits he wasn't exactly thrilled with the idea at first, but after Tuesday's first competitive action of the Chatham boys basketball team, he was all in on the game plan to run the break as much as possible.Michael MacAniff led the way with 14 points, Will ...
MIDDLETOWN, NJ – The Middletown North ice hockey team scored all its goals in the second period and hung on for a 4-3 victory over Middletown South on Tuesday.Landon Hopwood, Kellen Harris, Caden Kirk and Dominiks Marnauza scored goals for Middletown North, which had a 4-1 lead heading into the ...
SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD, NJ -- The Scotch Plains-Fanwood boys swim team took on Summit in the team’s home opener at the Fanwood-Scotch Plains YMCA on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024, and the visitors ended up on top, 94-76. Although the Hilltoppers won the meet, there were some shining moments for the Raiders ...
HAWTHORNE, NJ - Something impressive that the Hawthorne High School basketball programs (boys and girls teams) have in common is not only the idea, but indeed the desire and willingness to improve at every given opportunity.Let’s take a closer look at each team:Hawthorne Girls Basketball:With first ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ – It feels good when hard work pays off in a game and that was the sentiment after the Chatham boys ice hockey team scored a 4-2 win vs. Morristown on Tuesday night at Mennen Sports Arena.Charlie Dunn, Tripp Connor and Owen Young each scored a goal in the second period when the ...
The following article originally appeared on the Jersey High School Sports Blog (www.jerseyhighschoolsports.com) which is run by Plainfield resident and high school sports enthusiast Noel Pyne.PLAINFIELD, NJ — Plainfield opened the season to an upgraded Rico Parenti Gymnasium. The large new video ...
NORTH ARLINGTON, NJ – Hasbrouck Heights defeated Secaucus,7-0,in a NJIC Meadowlands Division match-up on Monday afternoon in North Arlington.Willam Munoz led the Aviators with a 591 series, while Samuel Montanez finished with a 575 series, including a team high 214 game in game three of the ...
SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD, NJ – Summit spoiled the Scotch Plains-Fanwood girls swim team's home opener with a 113-57 victory at the Fanwood-Scotch Plains YMCA on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024.Summit dominated by winning all the individual events with the exception of the 100 Butterfly, which was taken by ...
BAYONNE, NJ – The Bayonne ice hockey team erupted for six goals in the second period and went on to defeat Vernon, 11-1, on Monday.Alex Firemonte scored five goals for the Bees (2-0), including two in Bayonne's 6-0 second period.Nate Farkas and Ryan Villavert each had one goal and two assists.
LAKELAND, NJ - Clifton United, a hockey team comprising players from Clifton High School, Cedar Grove High School, and Passaic Valley High School, secured an 8-6 victory over Lakeland on Sunday. Clifton came out strong, scoring three unanswered goals in the first 12 minutes. Tom Nicol opened the ...
To say the Nutley/Bloomfield/Columbia ice hockey team got off to a fast start on Saturday night would be an understatement. The Raiders struck for five first-period goals to earn a 6-1 victory over Millburn at Codey Arena in West Orange. The Raiders received three goals and an assist from Angelo ...
To say the Nutley/Bloomfield/Columbia ice hockey team got off to a fast start on Saturday night would be an understatement. The Raiders struck for five first-period goals to earn a 6-1 victory over Millburn at Codey Arena in West Orange. The Raiders received three goals and an assist from Angelo ...
YORKTOWN, N.Y.—This past fall, senior setter Nicole Dennison finished her third year playing for the Yorktown girls varsity volleyball squad, including the last two, in which she served as a team captain.Dennison was named All-State sixth team this fall in addition to garnering All-Section and ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ - The Morristown swim teams faced off against Randolph in the 2024-25 season opener. The boys defeated Randolph 89-80 but the girls fell to the Rams 58-112.Morristown boys results:Morristown took 1st, 2nd and 3rd in the 200 MR race. First place was awarded to the team of Sebastian ...
HAMILTON, NJ -- The Steinert boys basketball team will open its season this Saturday, Dec. 14 at home against Nottingham.With 10 returning varsity letter winners and contributions from younger players, the Spartans bring a mix of experience and youth heading into the season.Senior swingman Anthony ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - The Phillipsburg High School boy’s basketball team enjoyed one of the best seasons in school history last year.The Stateliners won a school-record 24 games, including a school-record 20 consecutive victories, after losing their season opener. They reached the semifinals of the ...
VERONA, NJ - The Verona Boys Varsity Basketball Team is returning to the hardwood. The Hillbillies are coming off a 2023-2024 campaign in which they finished with an overall record of 8-17. Below is the full schedule for the 2024-2025 season. December 17 vs. Barringer at 4 p.m. December 19 vs. Glen ...
MONMOUTH JUNCTION, NJ - After winning a preseason tuneup 10-0 over South Brunswick High School last week, the Chargers-Bears-Rams ice hockey team took the ice at the ProSkate Ice Arena for the program's third season opener on Monday. CBR lost to Hillsborough High School 12-2 in the team's first ...
MONMOUTH JUNCTION, NJ - After winning a preseason tuneup 10-0 over South Brunswick High School last week, the Chargers-Bears-Rams ice hockey team took the ice at the ProSkate Ice Arena for the program's third season opener on Monday. CBR lost to Hillsborough High School 12-2 in the team's first ...
LONG BRANCH, NJ – The Long Branch High School Girls’ Basketball team kicked off their season with a strong showing in their first scrimmage on Monday against Henry Hudson Regional High School. The Green Wave, coming off an 8-16 record last year, ended their previous season with a first-round NJSIAA ...