Sports Top Stories
By DAWN MILLER
October 25, 2024
SPOTSWOOD, NJ - After defeating Edison High School's JV team in the first round of the Greater Middlesex Conference Junior Varsity Tournament on Monday, the Spotswood High School girls junior varsity soccer team lost to East Brunswick High School's junior varsity team on Thursday. Spotswood's 4-2 ...
BAYONNE, NJ - The Bayonne Elks Lodge will hold a free throw contest on Nov. 2, starting at 1 p.m. at Bayonne High School.The Elks National Hoop Shoot is funded by the Elks National Foundation. It is a free throw contest for children ages 8 to 13.For more information, contact Johnny Delassalas at ...
JERSEY CITY, NJ – The Hoboken girls tennis team won the Hudson County Tournament, defeating Kearny, 3-2, in the championship round at Lincoln Park on Thursday.Top-seeded Hoboken is 18-2. Third-seeded Kearny is 13-8.First Singles Juliet Olsen (K)76 Abigail Scott (H)51 Second Singles Laura Scott ...
CLARK, NJ — In the end, the season may not have concluded exactly as the Lady Crusaders would have preferred. Faced with the unenviable task of taking on, in the final match of the season, Rahway, which went undefeated in the UCC Valley Division this year, Head Coach Sara Clarkson told TAPinto ...
OLD BRIDGE -- Youth and experience is why the South Plainfield field hockey team is back in the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) championship game on Saturday. Freshman forward Sophia Valle scored in the third quarter to tie the game at 1-1 and senior forward Ava Chapman scored the game-clinching ...
PATERSON, NJ - Eastside's girls soccer team dominated their match against East Orange, securing a decisive 6-0 victory on Wednesday. The Ghosts came out strong from the start, netting four goals in the first half and adding two more in the second to seal the win. Yuleisi Duval-Diaz led the charge ...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ - The South Plainfield High School Varsity Gymnastics Team secured a season high all-around (AA) score last weekend to secure a second-place finish at the 2024 Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) Championship. “Our goal was to place in the top two, so it’s always a good feeling ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ – The Phillipsburg Stateliners are ready to face off against Bridgewater-Raritan on tonight in the finale game of the regular season. Coming into the game with a 6-1 record, Phillipsburg has won four straight games, setting the stage for a strong push toward the state tournament ...
SPRINGFIELD, NJ – The Dayton and Caldwell boys soccer teams battled to a 2-2 deadlock on Thursday afternoon.Antonio Moccia and Sebastian Gaona scored the goals for Dayton (7-6-2), which received assists from Cristiano Richard and Nick Perez. Max Glazner of Dayton made five saves.Caldwell (6-7-4) ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ - Let out a loud cheer to another championship at Bridgewater-Raritan High School.The Bridgewater-Raritan High School cheer team repeated as the Somerset County champion Oct. 23. The Somerset County cheer competition was held at the Vaughn Stapleton Gymnasium at Bridgewater-Raritan ...
ROSELLE, NJ - A season of success has given the Roselle Rams 13U Pop Warner team a chance at championship glory. #2 ranked Roselle will face off against top-seeded Orange in the championship match. Game time is on Sunday at 11:30 a.m. at Union High School. Union High School is located at 2350 N 3rd ...
CEDAR GROVE, NJ - The Cedar Grove Recreation Department released a schedule for winter indoor soccer clinics for Cedar Grove students in grades one through four. Each clinic will be held at South End Elementary School located at 116 Harper Terrace. The Cedar Grove Recreation Department says the ...
SPRINGFIELD, NJ – The Dayton and Caldwell boys soccer teams battled to a 2-2 deadlock on Thursday afternoon.Antonio Moccia and Sebastian Gaona scored the goals for Dayton (7-6-2), which received assists from Cristiano Richard and Nick Perez. Max Glazner of Dayton made five saves.Caldwell (6-7-4) ...
MADISON, NJ - The Madison boys soccer team defeated Kinnelon 1-0 on Thursday afternoon. The Dodgers remain undefeated after today's win. Sophomore Thomas Monville had the lone goal, propelling Madison to victory. The Dodgers will face Delbarton in the Final Round of the Morris County Tournament on ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ - The Morristown field hockey team fell to Scotch Plains-Fanwood 2-1 on Thursday afternoon. The Colonials fell to 4-13 with three games remaining.Sophia Zambrio and Kayla Murray scored for Scotch Plains-Fanwood. Morristown will host Boonton today, Friday October 25. Game time is ...
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – West Essex used a balanced offensive attack to hand Columbia a 3-1 boys soccer victory on Thursday afternoon.Corey Rapkin, Thaman Bhatti and Adam Handzelek each scored one goal for the Knights (9-5-3). Franky Daniil and James Fries each had assists in the win.Jesse Fryatt scored for ...
BASKING RIDGE, NJ – The penultimate Thursday of October marked the Somerset County Cross-Country Championships for Bridgewater-Raritan High School and its fellow campuses from within county lines.In another strong showing for Bridgewater-Raritan, the Panthers’ boys’ and girls’ squads took home ...
WEST WINDSOR, NJ – Franklin scored all its goals in the second half of a 4-0 boys soccer victory over West Windsor-Plainsboro South on Thursday.Emmanuel Agbakoba broke the scoreless tie with a goal five minutes into the second half with an assist from Chris Reyes Ramirez.Ike Eluwa, William Parada ...
ROBBINSVILLE, NJ – The Robbinsville girls soccer team broke a scoreless tie in the second half to defeat Nottingham, 1-0, on Thursday.Sofia DiMeola scored the only goal with an assist from Hayley Lutz for the Ravens (11-6-2).Robbinsville had a commanding advantage in shots on goal, but Ava McDonald ...
CROSS RIVER, N.Y. - After defeating Somers on Oct. 17, Somers hoped to start a winning streak at Lakeland on Monday. So, with an extra kick in their step, the Wolves went back and forth with the Hornets. But a penalty late in the first half put the brakes on John Jay’s hopes, and they never ...
MONTVILLE, NJ - The third time proved to be the charm for the Montville girls volleyball team.After two-set losses to Morristown on Sept. 19 and again on Oct. 14, Montville was determined to come through in its biggest meeting of the season- the Morris County Tournament final.The second-seeded ...
SECAUCUS, NJ – Hasbrouck Heights girls tennis team placed two members of the NJIC All Meadowlands First Team singles team announced on October 24th by the conference.Evelynn Kwak, who played at First Singles, and Anna Christopoulos, who played Second Singles, were both named First Team singles by ...
WOOD-RIDGE, NJ - Senior Night is the night that each school honors, not only the seniors, but recognizes the parents and families for the support that they have given during their high school careers.Friday night before the final regular season home game, Wood-Ridge honored its senior football ...
MIDDLETOWN, NJ – The Middletown South field hockey team advanced in the second round of the Shore Conference Tournament with a 4-0 victory over Ocean Township on Thursday.Lauren Vultaggio and Daniella Cangelosi scored two goals apiece for Middletown South (10-5-4), which had two goals in the second ...
WOOD-RIDGE, NJ - Wood-Ridge rallied with two second half goals to defeat West Caldwell Tech is an independent boys soccer game on Thursday afternoon at the Wood-Ridge Athletic Complex. Wood-Ridge improves to 12-6-1 overall, while West Caldwell Tech falls to 7-10.Senior Anthony Cala scored two goals ...
NEPTUNE, NJ – The undefeated Colts Neck boys soccer team advanced in the semifinal round of the Shore Conference Tournament with a 2-1 victory over Ocean Township on Thursday.Kyle Moore's goal with five minutes to go in the second half gave Colts Neck (16-0-1) a 2-1 lead with an assist from Sam ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ – The Ridge girls soccer team inched closer to the .500 mark with a 1-0 victory over Phillipsburg on Thursday.Nicole Gebert scored the only goal of the game and Ava Yiu made four saves for the Red Devils (8-9), who had 10 shots on goal. Phillipsburg is 4-13.Ridge still has hopes of ...
RAHWAY, NJ – The Union boys soccer team played to a 1-1 tie with Rahway on Thursday.Ezequeil Caballero scored the goal for the Farmers (7-9-1) in the second half with an assist from Luke Casqueira.Damian Koziol of Union made four saves. On Tuesday, Union defeated Gov. Livingston, 2-1. Jonathan ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Despite a loss in its season finale, the Phillipsburg High School girl’s tennis team can bask in its most victories in a season in eight years as the Stateliners finished 9-8 overall and 8-4 in the Skyland Conference Valley Division.Franklin won three of the five matches to ...
CHATHAM, NJ – Senior setters Nicole Bary and Grace Hilpert came through with nearly identical production in helping the Chatham girls volleyball team score a 2-0 win vs. Kent Place on Thursday at CHS.Bary turned in nine digs, six assists and six service points, including two aces, and Hilpert ...