Sports Top Stories
By GUY KIPP
March 29, 2026
HAMILTON, NJ — The Steinert baseball team, which opened its season on Saturday with a 6-4 victory over Nottingham, posted a 14-13 record last season largely on the strength of a tremendous effort by its pitching staff.But the Spartans are down some arms to start the 2026 season, with three of those ...
ALLENTOWN - In a statement win for the program, Southern (2-0) knocked off defending Group 2 state champion and No. 10 ranked Allentown (1-1) with a gritty 7-4 road victory. The Sininsky Show Sophomore midfielder Mackenzie Sininsky was the focal point of the Rams' offense, exploding for a ...
ROXBURY, NJ – Spring fever manifests itself differently in everyone. For Roxbury High School Athletic Director Stuart Mason, it’s about the excitement of outdoor sports.Stu Mason“As the winter snow has finally melted, and the days grow longer, I am excited for the start of the 2026 spring athletic ...
SUMMIT, NJ — On a brisk Saturday morning in Summit, the Hilltopper baseball fans got a little drama to start the 2026 season as Charlie Rosoff delivered a walk-off single in the bottom of the seventh inning, scoring Alex Schwark to give the Hilltoppers a 7–6 victory over visiting Brearley.The game ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ – The Caldwell baseball team will open its season Monday afternoon at Montclair-Kimberley Academy.The Chiefs are coming off a 14-10 season in 2025 that included the championship of the Super Essex Conference's Liberty Division. But head coach Ryan Smith still feels like there were ...
MIDDLEBURGH – Middleburgh recognized its winter sports athletes at an awards night in the school auditorium on Tuesday, March 23.Following opening remarks by Athletic Director Gregg Johns, coaches took the stage with their respective teams: modified girls’ basketball, modified boys’ basketball, JV ...
SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD, NJ – Coming off a 20-win season and a county title, the Scotch Plains-Fanwood softball team returns a lot of its power from last season on the quest to go back-to-back. The Raiders graduated four seniors in June: Olivia DiSalvo, Angelina Valente, Samantha Friscia, and ...
SPARTA, NJ – The Caldwell boys lacrosse team opened its season with a 9-4 victory over Pope John on Saturday.Jordan Gruzas and Ryder Weintraub each scored two goals and passed for two assists for Caldwell, which led, 6-2, at halftime.Logan Mooney also scored two goals. Logan Galper, Riley ...
MADISON, NJ — Madison boy lacrosse stayed unbeaten Saturday morning, cruising to a 16-2 boys lacrosse victory over Glen Rock to improve to 3-0 on the season.The Dodgers took control early, building a 6-0 lead after the first quarter. Glen Rock scored twice in the second, but Madison still carried a ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ — Morristown fell to Randolph, 12-3, on Saturday morning in boys lacrosse action, dropping the Colonials to 0-3 on the season.The box score listed both teams as scoreless by quarter, despite a final score showing Randolph with 12 goals and Morristown with three.Morristown got two ...
CRANFORD, NJ — The Cranford baseball program begins Year Two of the Ryan Matlosz era with a home game against Dayton.The Cougars were 14-11 in their first year under Matlosz in 2025 after he'd previously served as the assistant varsity coach to Dennis McCaffery, who is now coaching at St. Joseph of ...
HAMILTON, NJ – Stephen Wright's two-run double highlighted a three-run sixth inning rally for Steinert in a 6-4 baseball victory over Nottingham on Saturday.Wright's double gave Steinert (1-0) a 5-4 lead. Marco Giambrone hit a home run and drove in three runs for the Spartans.Joe Maglione got the ...
NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ — The New Providence Pioneers girls golf team enters the 2026 spring season with history in its crosshairs.For the first time in program history, qualifying for the State Tournament is the primary goal — and fifth-year head coach Mike Sudberg believes this group has earned the ...
SPRINGFIELD, NJ – The Dayton boys lacrosse team opened its season with a 15-5 victory over Long Branch on Satutrday.Austin Klein scored four goals and passed for three assists for the Bulldogs, and Marcello Matute had three goals and three assists.Mateus Correia also scored three goals, Reid Huber ...
MANASQUAN, NJ — Entering the 2026 season, Coach Lasda emphasized growth, chemistry, and finishing games as the foundation for a young Manasquan Girls Lacrosse squad. “We have so much potential we’ve yet to tap into,” she said. “It’s about getting 1% better every day and playing strong through all ...
WEST ORANGE, NJ – Four members of the West Orange boys basketball team have been named to the Super Essex Conference Independence Division post-season teams.Junior guard Jaden Then was selected to the first team in a vote of the conference's coaches. Then averaged 18.5 points and 7.1 rebounds for ...
WARREN COUNTY, NJ - Centenary University wrestlers and Phillipsburg High School graduate’s Joey Innamorato and Kayla Melsky have been named National Wrestling Coaches Association academic Division III All-Americans for the 2025-26 season.Innamorato, a junior from Stewartsville who is majoring in ...
NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ — The New Providence Pioneers boys golf team enters the 2026 spring season with clear ambitions and the experience to back them up.In his fifth year as head coach — and ninth overall with the program — Scott Murphy returns a strong core of varsity contributors and has set a ...
SAYREVILLE, NJ – After going 3-14 last season, including a 1-7 mark in the GMC Blue Division, Sayreville boys volleyball enters its third year as a program—and second at the varsity level—looking to take a step forward. The Bombers will also be under new leadership this spring, as head coach Heimir ...
WEST ORANGE, NJ – The Millburn baseball team opened its season with a 13-3 victory over Freehold Borough on Saturday on the turf at West Orange High School.Asher Holland went 3-for-4 with a home run and five runs batted in for Millburn, which scored five runs in the third and five runs in the fifth ...
HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, NJ – There will be a very new look down at Depken Field this season for Hasbrouck Heights High School baseball. The Aviators, after sharing a Meadowlands Division Championship in 2025, have been shifted to the Colonial Division for 2026, joining Glen Rock, Pompton Lakes, ...
PISCATAWAY, NJ – Chatham senior defender Lochlan Mahoney was looking pretty much at home on Saturday night at a place he'll be calling home for the next four years.The Rutgers commit gave a glimpse of what Scarlet Knights lacrosse fans can look forward to when he produced two goals — the second an ...
NEWTON, NJ—The Newton High School boys tennis team, under the coaching of Michael Muller, hit the court for the 2026 season on Wednesday, March 25 with their home opener against Vernon.The Braves hosted Vernon on Wednesday in the first match of the season and won 5-0. The results are as ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — In a classic rivalry showdown that lived up to the hype, the Scotch Plains-Fanwood boys lacrosse team went into enemy territory and edged Westfield, 9–8, in a thrilling early-season match-up at Gary Kehler Stadium on Saturday, March 28.The Raiders shook off the cold morning start ...
CHATHAM, NJ – With the high standards the Chatham girls' lacrosse team has established under coach Helen McCutcheon Oliver, there are always questions about how the lineup will be filled when the seniors move on.The 2026 season opened for Chatham on Saturday with the same questions and Oliver got ...
HOLMDEL, NJ – Some traditions are temporary.Established as a varsity sport at Bridgewater in 1980, so far, the Bridgewater-Raritan High School boys’ lacrosse team has produced seven Somerset County tournament crowns, seven state championships, and three more trophies from the NJSIAA’s Tournament of ...
HACKETTSTOWN, NJ — The Hackettstown High School Varsity Boys Baseball and Varsity Girls Softball teams have returned home after an incredible trip to Ripken Experience Myrtle Beach—bringing back not just valuable game experience, but memories that will last a lifetime.This year’s trip was even more ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Sophomore midfielder Emma Butler scored six goals and junior attacker Kayla Hikade contributed four to lead Phillipsburg High School to a 15-3 victory over Kittatinny in a season-opening non-conference girl’s lacrosse game on Thursday on Bellis Field at Maloney Stadium.Senior ...
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ — On an early and frigid opening day to the high school baseball season, Gov. Livingston was putting its 34-game winning streak on the line, and New Providence was looking to establish a strong foundation after going 7-16 last year.To that extent, both teams achieved their ...
SCOTCH PLAINS-FANWOOD, NJ – SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ — In temperatures barely fit for man or beast, but deemed just fine for varsity baseball players, Scotch Plains-Fanwood scored eight runs in its last three turns at bat to overcome an early deficit and defeat Union, 9-3, in 37-degree conditions on ...