Sports Top Stories
By JOSH LASHLEY
October 24, 2024
PARAMUS, NJ - Members of the Paramus Catholic High School girls tennis program will proudly recall the victories that they earned on the court this season.Something else that will be remembered fondly for everyone involved with Paladin girls tennis is the strong and dependable leadership displayed ...
SOMERS, N.Y. - When Somers faced John Jay East Fishkill on Monday, Oct. 14, Julia Schmidberger was five stops away from her 200th save. And the stadium mic was definitely cued up to announce the milestone. The moment came, the words rang out, and the fanbase learned firsthand that you can’t believe ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Phillipsburg High School closes out the 2024 regular season at Bridgewater-Raritan on Friday in a Big Central Conference American Silver Division football matchup at John Basilone Memorial Field.The Stateliners (6-1) have won four straight games since suffering their only loss of ...
CHATHAM, NJ – Julianna Critchley scored two goals – her 10th and 11th of the season – and added an assist to lead Morris Knolls to a 4-3 victory over Chatham in a high school girls soccer game played Wednesday, Oct. 23.The game was tied, 2-2, at the half and the Lady Eagles outscored the home team, ...
DENVILLE, NJ – Morris Knolls and Morristown battled through a scoreless first half before the visiting Colonials scored three second-half goals to beat the Golden Eagles, 3-1, in a boys high school soccer game played at Knolls Wednesday, Oct. 23.Anthony Delgado scored the Knolls’ goal, his ninth of ...
HAMILTON, NJ – Steinert scored two goals in the fourth quarter to pull away for a 3-0 field hockey victory over South Brunswick on Wednesday.Gia DiMeglio had a hand in all three goals, scoring two of them and assisting on the other one by Giada LaPiana.Gianna Ragazzo and Giavanna Graziano also had ...
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 ...
TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON, NJ - The Morristown girls volleyball team defeated Immaculate Heart 25-20 and 25-18 on Wednesday afternoon. Morristown Sets PlayedKBDASPAcesAshley Padilla2008200Kacie Bush2010000Mary Wisloff2706001Bella Stephan20021100Gwen Atkins2121.54902Hailey Atkins2417000Vivian ...
ANNANDALE, NJ – While the result of this girls’ volleyball match was decided in straight sets, rivals North Hunterdon Regional High School and Bridgewater-Raritan High School produced a thriller Wednesday evening.North Hunterdon (13-10, 6-4) led by five points early in game one and six points ...
CLARK, NJ — It was a phenomenal season for the Kump Middle School field hockey team, under the direction of Head Coach Uros Nikolic and Assistant Coach Chris Reis. The girls went undefeated with an 11-0-1 record.There was just one pesky tie this season, a 2-2 game against neighboring Garwood.The ...
EAST HANOVER, NJ - The Madison girls volleyball team shut out Hanover Park 25-17 and 25-18. Madison improved to 12-9 on the season after Wednesday's victory.Sophia Christoffers led Madison with 15 kills and 15 digs. Devon Johnson had 7 kills and 12 digs.The Dodgers will travel to face Linden on ...
NORTH SALEM, N.Y. - After enduring a pair of tough road losses, North Salem field hockey picked up a big win on Senior Night to close out the regular season.Pleasantville 5, North Salem 1Thursday, Oct. 17The Tigers took a loss to the Panthers, with sophomore Leah Malvino netting the lone North ...
DENVILLE, NJ - The Morristown boys soccer team defeated Morris Knolls 3-1 on Wednesday afternoon. The win brings the Colonials' record to 12-4-1 with only three games left.Neither team was able to score in the first half but the Colonials exploded in the second half with three goals. Jermaine ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ – Bridgewater-Raritan scored one goal in each half on its way to a 2-1 girls soccer victory over Somerville on Wednesday.Reese Reimann and Sofia Casamento each scored one goal for the Panthers (11-4-1).Brooke Engstrom made six saves for Bridgewater-Raritan. Kaylee Lauber scored the ...
NORTH CALDWELL, NJ – West Essex' field hockey team advanced in the semifinal round of the Essex County Tournament with an 8-0 victory over Montclair-Kimberley Academy on Wednesday.Adelaide Minnella collected three goals and two assists and Julia Conforti had two goals and one assist for top-seeded ...
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – Wood-Ridge defeated Becton Regional, 3-0 in a NJIC Meadowlands boys soccer game on Wednesday afternoon in East Rutherford. The Blue Devils improved to 11-6-1 overall and 4-1 in the Meadowlands. Becton fell to 8-10-1 and 0-6 in the Meadowlands Division.Seniors Steven Turi and ...
VERONA, NJ - The Verona Hillbillies Girls Varsity Volleyball Team amassed their 15th victory of the season on Tuesday, defeating Montclair Kimberley 2-0 in the Quarterfinal Round of the Essex County Tournament. Brynn Mack led the Hillbillies in kills (12), digs (14), and was tied for the team lead ...
MIDDLETOWN, NJ – Middletown North did all its scoring in the second half of a 4-0 field hockey victory over Lakewood on Wednesday.McKenna Gibson broke the scoreless tie with a goal assisted by Alexandra Goins with 13:52 left in the third quarter.Evelyn Sarin, Goins and Payton Smith followed with ...
CHATHAM, NJ – It always feels good when the sweat a team puts into its practice sessions produces results in the game.The Chatham field hockey team continued to rack up the goals - 23 in its last three games - with a 9-1 Morris County Tournament quarterfinal win vs. Pequannock, which featured a ...
EAST HANOVER, NJ — The 2024 inductees to the Big L Club Hall of Fame—including two former Livingston High School (LHS) athletes, one standout LHS coach, one outstanding contributor to Livingston Athletics and one exceptional LHS team—were officially honored for this achievement during the sports ...
HOLMDEL, NJ – The Colts Neck girls soccer team advanced in the semifinal round of the Shore Conference Coaches' Cup with a 6-0 victory over Holmdel on Tuesday.Olivia Gehman scored two goals and assisted on two others for Colts Neck (5-10), which had a 2-0 lead at halftime.Olivia Brown had one goal ...
SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ -- Isabella Runa scored with 10 minutes left to break a tie that gave Union a 2-1 girls soccer victory over Union Catholic on Wednesday.After a scorless first half, Runa gave the Farmers (9-8) a 1-0 lead with a goal 13 minutes into the second half.Union Catholic (7-7-1) came back ...
SUCCASUNNA, NJ – Quin Grosso scored in the second half for Chatham in a 2-1 boys soccer loss to Roxbury on Wednesday.Chatham (8-8-1) got its goal when Declan Leahy crossed the ball to the far post, where Brooks Loftin cut a pass back to Grosso for the finish (see below).Tyler Cosentino and Jack ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Kaitlyn Harding and Jaclyn Vena scored first quarter goals and they held up in Newton’s 2-0 victory over Phillipsburg High School in a non-conference field hockey game on Tuesday at the Phillipsburg Athletic Complex.Abbie Pagila notched four saves in goal for the Braves (13-3) ...
SPARTA, NJ – On senior night, Sparta girls soccer defeated Pope John 4-1. Uma Kowalski had a busy night with two goals and an assist. Abigail Connors netted one with two assists. Kayla Barreau put a point on the board and Ingrid Brevig earned an assist.All of the scoring action happened in the ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ – Franklin won both doubles categories to come away with a 3-2 girls tennis victory over Phillipsburg on Wednesday.Franklin is 11-7. Phillipsburg is 9-8.First Singles Alessandra Tolentino (P)66 Yoana Mironova (F)31 Second Singles Ella Burke (P)66 Sreeja Vallabhaneni ...
COLTS NECK, NJ – Colts Neck racked up six goals by halftime en route to an 8-0 field hockey victory over Long Branch on Wednesday.Cecelia Barreiro and Jordyn Sankovsky each scored two goals for Colts Neck (8-8), which scored three goals in each of the first two periods.Faith Hannwacker had one goal ...
CHATHAM, NJ – Abby Droner scored two goals and Lauren Tracey netted one for Chatham in its 4-3 girls soccer loss to Morris Knolls on Wednesday at Cougar Field.Juliana Critchley scored two goals and was credited with an assist for Morris Knolls (14-3).No. 3 seeded Chatham (11-6) will take a two-game ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Kaitlyn Harding and Jaclyn Vena scored first quarter goals and they held up in Newton’s 2-0 victory over Phillipsburg High School in a non-conference field hockey game on Tuesday at the Phillipsburg Athletic Complex.Abbie Pagila notched four saves in goal for the Braves (13-3) ...
MORRIS PLAINS, NJ – One minute separated the first and last runners for Chatham girl’s cross-country as the team placed 12th at the Morris County Cross-Country Championships held Tuesday on the Greystone course. Kathryn Heflin led the way finishing 52nd in 22:34 closely followed by Riley ...