Sports Top Stories
By ED BARMAKIAN
November 7, 2024
SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ – The Chatham girls volleyball team closed out its season by playing one of its best matches of the year in the quarterfinal round of the state sectional tournament on Wednesday.Unfortunately for the Cougars, after an impressive performance in winning the first set, 25-15, they ...
WHIPPANY, NJ - The Parsippany High Girls Field Hockey team surged to a decisive 9-2 victory over Whippany Park, led by an impressive offensive showing from Georgia Kachulis and a solid performance in goal by Adriana Saco.Parsippany set the tone early, with Ariana Johns scoring twice in the first ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Phillipsburg High School and Chatham will meet on a football field for the first time ever when the Cougars come to town for a North 2 Group 4 semifinal playoff game on Friday night.Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. for the contest on Bellis Field at Maloney Stadium. Fifth-seeded Chatham ...
STAFFORD - Southern hosted Gloucester Tech on Wednesday and won the quarterfinal with a 1-0 victory.Avery Smith scored the game's only goal. Emma Korenthal made two saves for Southern. Southern had six shots on goal and Gloucester Tech had two.Southern's record improves to 15-4. They face ...
STAFFORD - Southern hosted Gloucester Tech on Wednesday and won the quarterfinal with a 1-0 victory.Avery Smith scored the game's only goal. Emma Korenthal made two saves for Southern. Southern had six shots on goal and Gloucester Tech had two.Southern's record improves to 15-4. They face ...
ROSELLE, NJ - The Roselle Rams 13U Pop Warner Football Team is set to play its first game of the postseason this weekend. The Rams will be facing off against the 13U Northeast Bulldogs, a team based out of Western New York. The game will be on Saturday at 2 p.m. in Rochester, NY. More information ...
WARREN, NJ – Watchung Hills rallied for a 3-2 boys soccer victory over Union in the first round of the NJSIAA North 2, Group 4 tournament on Tuesday.After trailing, 1-0, Union (8-10-1) took a 2-1 lead before halftime on goals by Matheus Lopes and Jayson Correa.But Watchung Hills (13-7) came back on ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Sophia Remian and Jackie Miller scored goals as the rampaging 10th-seeded Phillipsburg High School field hockey team pulled off another upset, a shocker actually if you go by the seedings, with a 2-0 victory over second-seeded and host East Brunswick in a North Jersey, Group 4 ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — This dedicated member of the Westfield Blue Devils girls soccer team is a key participant whose tireless contributions have helped rally her teammates and support the squad into the playoffs. Senior Brooke Morrison is this week’s Andy Heinz and The Westfield Legacy Agency’s Allstate ...
NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ - The New Providence Pioneers took a thrilling step forward in the NJSIAA Tournament, Central Jersey, Group 1 quarterfinal round by defeating Jonathan Dayton High School in a hard-fought, three-set match on Wednesday. After dropping the first set 17-25, New Providence regrouped ...
NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ - New Providence fans, it’s time to rally behind our team as they continue their playoff journey! After a thrilling 48-24 first-round victory over Boonton, New Providence (8-2) is set to host Hasbrouck Heights in a sectional semifinal matchup. The game will kick off at 6 p.m.
KENILWORTH, NJ - The Brearley Boys Varsity Soccer Team continues to flourish and after the last four victories, which include winning the first round of the NJSIAA Tournament, the Bears record is now 8-5-1.TAPinto Kenilworth spoke to Head Coach Vincent McGowan to get the latest update.The boys have ...
RANDOLPH, NJ- The Randolph boys soccer team opened the state playoffs with a nail-bitter of a win over Paramus on Tuesday Nov. 5. The No. 7 seed Rams hosted No. 7 seed Paramus, and after a 1-1 double OT tie, they took the victory on penalty kicks.The visitors struck first, scoring just 10-minutes ...
BERNARDSVILLE, NJ -- The undefeated Bernards football team will host another post-season game Friday night at 7 p.m. against Pequannock in the second round of the NJSIAA North 1, Group 2 playoffs at Olcott Field.The Mountaineers (10-0) showed last week that they could take a punch. Rutherford ...
Steve DiGregorio's legacy is well known in Nutley, and throughout Essex County.The third winningest head coach in Nutley High football history, DiGregorio was loved by his players for many years, as well as respected by opposing coaches.DiGregorio, a Nutley High graduate, was Nutley's head coach ...
BASKING RIDGE, NJ -- The Ridge football team will host Ramapo on Friday night in the second round of the NJSIAA North 1, Group 4 playoffs with an eye on getting past the one stumbling block that an otherwise immensely successful program has encountered.In each of the last three years under head ...
HOLMDEL, NJ - Spotswood High School's boys varsity soccer season came to a conclusion on Tuesday. The ninth seeded Chargers were shut out by eighth-seeded Holmdel High School 4-0 in the first round of the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group Two Tournament. Stepan Kapranov, Lucas Hansen and Lucas Nobrega ...
MANASQUAN, NJ -Manasquan boys’ soccer entered the first round of the New Jersey state tournament against South River High School on Tuesday afternoon with high expectations. The Warriors fulfilled their first objective with a 3-0 victory over the Rams. Manasquan struggled to produce consistent ...
MADISON, NJ - The No. 2 seed Madison boys soccer team defeated Parsippany HIlls 4-0 in the NJSIAA North Jersey, Section 2 Group 2 Soccer Tournament on Tuesday afternoon. The Dodgers will advance to face the winner of No. 7 Shabazz vs No. 10 Leonia on Friday, November 8th.During today's contest, ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ – If you haven’t purchased your tickets there’s still time to purchase a ticket or cheer on your favorite team by streaming the game. Ticket InfoTickets are $6.00 for general admission adults, PHS student section and Student General Admission are $3.00. Seniors age 65 and older are ...
MILLBURN -- Junior running back Dominic Massaro had 18 carries for 221 yards and three touchdowns and sophomore running back Jaydon Jones added 10 carries for 102 yards and two touchdowns as South Plainfield cruised to a 42-7 road victory at Millburn in a NJSIAA Postseason Consolation Game on ...
CROSS RIVER, N.Y. - On Monday, Nov. 4, John Jay hosted Tappan Zee in the quarterfinal round, and the goal of winning sectionals has some added juice this year. “We really want to win it for him and go all the way,” said Jaime Bartley-Cohen of Coach Rizzotti, who is retiring after the season. A ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ – Bridgewater-Raritan High School girls’ volleyball second-year head coach Josh Everett was excited to earn at least two more days with his squad.That is because, on Tuesday evening, the Panthers won their state tournament opener for the second time in as many seasons he has been in ...
As the 'second season' of high school soccer commences this week, the Bloomfield High boys' soccer team hopes to make a deep run in the NJSIAA, North 1, Group 4 tournament.The Bengals gained the sixth seed in the very competitive section, and were scheduled to play host to Fair Lawn, in the first ...
NORTH CALDWELL, NJ – The West Essex field hockey team advanced in the first round of the NJSIAA North Jerseym, Group 2 tournament with an 8-0 victory over Cranford on Tuesday.Junior forward Adelaide Minnella scored four goals as West Essex (18-3) built an 8-0 lead by halftime. Minnella surpassed ...
CEDAR GROVE, NJ – The Dayton boys soccer team advanced in the first round of the NJSIAA North 2, Group 1 tournament with a 1-0 victory over Cedar Grove on Tuesday night.Antonio Moccia scored the only goal in the second half with an assist from Sebastian Gaona. Max Glazner made seven saves for the ...
SPARTA, NJ – The girls soccer team with the third seed easily got past 14-seed Jefferson in the first round of the NJSIAA North 1, Group 2 tournament. The Spartans held the Falcons scoreless with an 8-0 win.Sparta netted four in each half with Uma Kowalski scoring three times. Gina Stankiewicz ...
SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD, NJ – The Scotch Plains-Fanwood Boys Soccer team entered the 2024 NJSIAA North Jersey, Section 2, Group 4 Tournament with a 7-0 statement win over Linden on Tuesday, Nov. 5.The No. 1 seed Raiders had a goal scored by seven different players in Tuesday's win; Giovanni Marrese, ...
NORTH CALDWELL, NJ – The West Essex boys soccer team advanced in the opening round of the NJSIAA Section 1, Group 2 tournament with a 3-0 victory over Newton on Tuesday night.Corey Rapkin had two of the goals and Nico Borghini scored the other. Jake DeMarco, Drew Cerqueira and Gabe Adelsberg each ...
DENVILLE, NJ – The Morris Knolls High school girls and boys cross-country teams put on impressive showings this past weekend in qualifying for this weekend’s Group Championships. The girls won the team title. The boys placed second in their meet.It took some extra time to determine that the Lady ...