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By TAPINTO CHATHAM STAFF
November 3, 2024
MORRIS PLAINS, NJ -- Nicolette Grossman, Arwen Ellis and Maisie O’Donnell were the top finishers for the Chatham girls’ cross-country team on Saturday when the Cougars placed fifth in the NJSIAA North Jersey, Section 2, Group 3 race held on the Greystone course. Junior Grossman finished 11th in ...
Brought to you by:WAYNE, NJ – Can you dig this month’s Wayne Valley’s Athlete of the Month? She sure can. In fact, senior captain Reese Antonio had 200 digs this past month as the girls’ volleyball team’s defensive specialist, also known as a libero. And she just recently achieved her 1,000th dig ...
SPOTSWOOD, NJ - The Memorial Middle School boys soccer team concluded its 2024-25 season this week. Memorial finished with a 9-2-0 record. Special Education teacher Michael Hyland has been coaching the Colts for the past seven years. The 2024-25 Colts included sixth graders Brandon Luna and Chase ...
KATONAH, N.Y. - The student-athletes on Harvey’s cross country team capped off their season on Friday, Nov. 1, in true championship form with the girls team winning the first-place trophy in the HVAL Championships and Ally Zimmerman and Felipe Torres each capturing the top prize in their respective ...
SPRINGFIELD, NJ – The Dayton boys soccer team will open play in the NJSIAA Section 2, Group 1 tournament on Tuesday.The Bulldogs are seeded 12th and will play at fifth-seeded Cedar Grove in the first round.The winner gets either Whippany Park or Wallington in the quarterfinal round on Friday.Dayton ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ – Before its 2-1 victory over Mount St. Dominic on Tuesday, Caldwell honored its three Class of 2025 players on Senior Day.Lia Fernandez, Ella Pasquarelli and Tatumn Lattimer took part in pre-game ceremonies with their families.Caldwell has a record of 11-9-1.
ST. BONAVENTURE, NY— The St. Bonaventure men’s soccer team lost, 5-1, against the University of Massachusetts on Saturday. With the loss, the Bonnies ended their season with a 2-4-2 record in Atlantic 10 conference play and eight points. They fell to 10th place in the A-10 table, two points behind ...
CALDWELL, NJ – The Mount St. Dominic Academy girls volleyball team stands at 12-13 after a road win against Villa Walsh, 2-0. In that match, junior Ariana Rivera led the way with 10 kills; sophomore Skylar Dang registered 23 assists and Alexci Greene recorded 2 blocks. Next up for the Mount is an ...
CEDAR GROVE, NJ - The Cedar Grove Panthers opened up postseason play triumphantly, defeating Wallkill Valley 38-6 in the Quarterfinal Round of the NJSIAA Section 2 Group 1 Tournament. Quarterback Stephen Paradiso continued to show why he is one of the best in Essex County, completing 15 of 22 ...
MORRIS PLAINS, NJ – The Hasbrouck Heights boys and girls cross-country teams captured the North 2, Group 1 sectional titles on Saturday morning at Greystone-Central Park in Morris Plains.Both teams scored narrow wins, as the girls beat out Weehawken, 48-49, (remember low score wins), while the boys ...
HOLMDEL, NJ -- Holmdel advanced in the opening round of the NJSIAA South Jersey, Group 3 playoffs with a 35-12 football victory over Oakcrest on Saturday night.Junior quarterback Jack Cannon scored all five of Holmdel's touchdowns, finishing with 160 yards on 19 carries.Holmdel (8-1) took a 7-0 ...
WOOD-RIDGE, NJ -Wood-Ridge boys soccer team fell to Westwood, 3-1, in the Bergen Invitational Tournament 2 Championship game on Saturday afternoon at the Wood-Ridge Athletic Complex.Westwood's Braulio Avila scored the only goal in the first half, taking a 1-0 lead into halftime.The Cardinals ...
SPARTA, NJ – Sparta High School cheerleading squad celebrated their seniors before the game against Jefferson High School.Alana Brown was escorted by dad Darryl Brown, mom Tiffany Charles and stepmom Alyse Brown. She thanks her parents for the structure they gave to her life and for pushing her to ...
CHESTER, NJ – Senior forward Allie McCaffrey converted a pass from sophomore forward Erin Flynn in the second quarter and sophomore goalie Georgia Lee made it stand up in Chatham's 1-0 field hockey win vs. West Morris in an NJAC American contest played Saturday.It was McCaffrey's team-leading 27th ...
Junior Meya Ranges placed 10th in a time of 20:21.44 to pace Nutley at the NJSIAA North Jersey, Section 2, Group 3 sectional championships on Saturday afternoon at Greystone Park in Morris Plains. Ranges was the lone competitor for the Lady Raiders. On the boys side, Matthew Lee led Nutley by ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - An up-and-down season ended for the Nutley High football team on Friday night as the Raiders were blanked by top-seeded Phillipsburg, 42-0, in the first round of the NJSIAA North Jersey, Section 2, Group 4 tournament in Phillipsburg. With the loss, Nutley, seeded eighth, ended ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Addy Davis and Anthony Pettinelli continued their fantastic sophomore seasons of cross country running as each qualified to advance to the Group Championships at Saturday’s NJSIAA North 2 sectional meet at Greystone Central Park in Morris Plains.Davis, in her first year competing ...
LINWOOD - Mainland, the defending Group 4 champion, took a significant step towards a third consecutive sectional title with a decisive 49-14 victory over Barnegat in the first round of the NJSIAA South Jersey, Group 3 Playoffs on Friday night in Linwood. Mainland was seeded second and Barnegat ...
NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ -- T.J. Munn and A.J. Whitehead spent the sun-splashed afternoon breaking tackle after tackle, and, eventually, they broke Boonton.New Providence fell just short of scoring 50 points in honor of head football coach Chet Parlavecchio Jr.'s 50th victory at the school, defeating ...
LITTLE FALLS, NJ - Passaic Valley's (PV) football team secured a 27-0 victory over Snyder in the NJSIAA North Jersey quarterfinals on Friday. The Hornets, now 7-2 on the season, were propelled by the standout efforts of Dante Benvenuti, who contributed four touchdowns—two rushing and two ...
MORRIS PLAINS, NJ – Senior Finn Valli ran 15:51 in the 5K race to become the first Chatham runner to ever win the state sectional boys cross-country competition, highlighting the Cougars' team victory that gave them the 2024 NJSIAA North Jersey, Section 2, Group 3 state crown on Saturday over the ...
MAHOPAC, N.Y.—Ninth-seed Mahopac ended its season with a tough loss at No. 8 Pelham on Friday (Oct. 25) in the first round of the playoffs to finish a strong 9-6-1.Kayleigh Pontillo and Erin Harney scored for Mahopac, with assists coming from Anastasia Villani and Sophia Perillo. Goalkeeper Talia ...
CHATHAM, NJ – Seniors Milind Talwalkar, Declan Leahy and Demir Cetinkaya each netted a goal for the Chatham boys soccer team in its 3-1 win vs. Mendham on “Senior Day” held Friday at Cougar Field.All three goals for Chatham (9-8-1) were set up by senior classmates. Talwalker scored off a feed from ...
STAFFORD - The Rams of Southern hosted a Group 5, Central Jersey playoff game on Friday night. The fourth-seeded Rams hosted fifth-seeded and undefeated Cherry Hill East. Southern put up a good fight against Cherry Hill East, but the Cougars ultimately came out on top 28-21.Southern got off to a ...
STAFFORD - The Rams of Southern hosted a Group 5, Central Jersey playoff game on Friday night. The fourth-seeded Rams hosted fifth-seeded and undefeated Cherry Hill East. Southern put up a good fight against Cherry Hill East, but the Cougars ultimately came out on top 28-21.Southern got off to a ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ – There will be at least one more Bridgewater-Raritan High School football game in November.While Panthers were defeated in each of what ended up being just three regular-season home games in 2024 due to renovations at John Basilone Memorial Field, their stacked schedule and 3-3 ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—In playoff football, the two Central Bucks high schools won their games on Friday night, advancing to the second round of the PIAA District One 6A playoffs.The game between the CB South Titans and the visiting Spring-Ford Rams wasn’t even close, with the Titans beating the Rams 49-7.
DENVILLE, NJ – Kenzie Comprelli scored her second three-goal hat trick in three games as Morris Knolls beat Sparta, 7-0, in a high school field hockey game played Friday, Nov. 1, at Knolls.Comprelli opened her scoring rampage quietly enough, adding an assist to Lily MacNaughton’s first-quarter goal ...
DENVILLE, NJ – Morris Knolls dominated the first and third sets and lost a second-set squeaker in a 2-1 high school girls volleyball victory over Villa Walsh played at Knolls on Friday, Nov. 1.The Golden Eagles took a 1-0 lead with a 25-10 victory in the first set; dropped a 26-24 verdict in the ...
WESTFIELD, NJ – The Westfield High School field hockey team has seen a great deal of success this fall.The Blue Devils are 16-4 on the season and won their first division title since 2016. Westfield went undefeated in the Essex/Union Blue Division with a perfect 12-0 mark. The team has scored 79 ...