Sports Top Stories
By TAPINTO SPRINGFIELD STAFF
October 23, 2024
SPRINGFIELD, NJ – Amiel Dillard collected seven kills and four digs to help Dayton record a 25-18, 25-22 girls volleyball victory over Plainfield on Tuesday.Dayton improved to 7-14 and knocked Plainfield down to 12-5 on the season.Dayton Sets PlayedKBDASPAcesAmiel Dillard2704041Jocelyn ...
It wasn’t surprising that the Camden County Historical Society would present an exhibit about trailblazing Black baseball players. It fits with executive director Jack O’Byrne’s mission to transform the society from what he says was “a boring place to be” a decade ago into a place “to connect with ...
CLARK, NJ - In a thrilling Union County Tournament semifinal match on Tuesday night, Governor Livingston High School’s volleyball team secured a hard-fought victory over Westfield at Arthur L. Johnson High School, advancing to the finals for the first time in program history. The 26-24, 25-20 win ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ – The Woodbridge boys soccer team celebrated Senior Night with a 2-1 victory over Sayreville on Monday.Sofiane Aouiz scored to give Woodbridge a 1-0 lead 16 minutes into the game with an assist from Matt Corbett.The Barrons extended their lead to 2-0 on a goal by Manraj Panag with a ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ - Individual statistics such as who scored the goal, who passed for the assist and who made the save are all substituted for a straightforward word.Kindness.That, along with many other heart-warming experiences, best sums up the beliefs of the Bridgewater-Raritan High School ...
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ – The Gov. Livingston field hockey team (8-6) claimed a redemption win against Scotch Plains-Fanwood (5-8-1) with a 3-1 victory on Monday, October 21, in the Quarterfinal round of the Union County Tournament (UCT) at home. Earlier in the season, Gov. Livingston fell to the ...
SKILLMAN, NJ – With Saturday’s cutoff date for games played towards state tournament seeding rapidly approaching, the Bridgewater-Raritan High School field hockey team: winners of three of its last four games heading into Tuesday evening, played its final division game of the 2024 regular season at ...
FLEMINGTON, NJ – The Hunterdon Central girls volleyball team defeated West Windsor-Plainsboro South, 25-17, 25-10, on Tuesday.Hunterdon Central improved to 17-5 this season. West Windsor-Plainsboro South is 6-16.Hunterdon Central Sets PlayedKBDASPAcesAlex Shedlock2104000Ava Limone2301000Becky ...
PLAINSBORO, NJ – The Nottingham boys soccer team defeated West Windsor-Plainsboro North, 1-0, on Tuesday.Herbie Addo scored the only goal in the second half for the North Stars (6-10) with an assist from Eli Addo.It's the second 1-0 victory that Nottingham has recorded against WWP-N this season.
NEWTON, NJ – Sparta girls soccer battled through regular play and two overtimes to have the Hunterdon/Warren/Sussex tournament final game decided in a shootout. Sparta lost 2-1.Sparta’s Abigail Connors put one in the net in the first frame on the assist from Uma Kowalski. The Spartans netted two ...
CHATHAM, NJ – It looked pretty bleak for the Cougar girls volleyball team after they lost the first set and found themselves down, 12-17, in the second set to Morris Knolls on Tuesday at CHS.Chatham, however, found its way back behind the hot serving by senior setter Nicole Bary in the second set ...
LIVINGSTON, NJ – Livingston advanced in the quarterfinal round of the Essex County girls volleyball tournament with a 25-21, 25-14 victory over Columbia on Tuesday.Livingston (15-5) will move on to the semifinals at 5 p.m. Thursday against an opponent to be determined at Livingston High School.
MORRIS PLAINS, NJ – Senior Finn Valli placed third in 16:00 and junior Marcus Valenzuela clocked 16:02 in crossing fourth as the Chatham boys cross-country team secured its third Morris County Championship in four years on Tuesday on the Greystone Course.It was the fifth overall Morris County ...
SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ – The South Brunswick boys soccer team advanced in the first round of the Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament with a 3-1 victory over New Brunswick on Tuesday.Matthew Gomez-Jimenez scored to give the Vikings a 1-0 lead in the 24th minute of the first half with an assist by ...
CHATHAM, NJ – Senior Jin Zhang won her match at third singles to help Chatham score a 3-2 girls tennis win vs. Gov. Livingston on Tuesday at the Colony Courts.
MADISON, NJ - The Madison girls soccer team shut out Hanover Park 2-0 on Tuesday afternoon. The Dodgers improved to 13-1 on the season. Gabby Mariani found the back of the net for Madison off a pass from Camryn Visich in the first half. Madison kept up the pressure in the second half and was able ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ – The undefeated East Brunswick field hockey team advanced in the quarterfinal round of the Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament with an 8-0 victory over North Plainfield on Tuesday.Yana Popova collected two goals and two assists for East Brunswick (15-0), which led, 5-0, at ...
LIVINGSTON, NJ – Livingston advanced in the quarterfinal round of the Essex County girls volleyball tournament with a 25-21, 25-14 victory over Columbia on Tuesday.Livingston (15-5) will move on to the semifinals at 5 p.m. Thursday against an opponent to be determined at Livingston High School.
EAST HANOVER, NJ - The Madison boys soccer team is continuing their impressive undefeated streak after defeating Hanover Park 2-1 on Tuesday afternoon. The Dodgers have won every game this season and are sitting with a record of 15-0. Madison goals were scored by Santiago Rodriquez and Gui Dos ...
MADISON, NJ - The Madison girls soccer team shut out Hanover Park 2-0 on Tuesday afternoon. The Dodgers improved to 13-1 on the season. Gabby Mariani found the back of the net for Madison off a pass from Camryn Visich in the first half. Madison kept up the pressure in the second half and was able ...
STAFFORD - Southern defeated St. Rose in a first round Shore Conference Tournament contest 2-0 on Monday with scores of 25-18 and 25-23. Southern had a strong overall performance, with multiple players contributing to their victory.Bailey Adams had 4 kills, 19 assists, and 3 aces, and Sophia ...
SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD, NJ – Week 6 of the SPF PAL calendar marked the annual Salute to Service Day in which the PAL players, coaches and families honored local military veterans. Among the veterans were 99-year-old WWII Army Air Corps veteran Gregory Ruffa; Scotch Plains Councilman Roshan “Roc” ...
PATERSON, NJ - Paterson resident Rodney Addison was presented with the Key to the City on Monday, a celebration of his recent victory at the 2024 Mr. America Open Bodybuilding Championship.The Mr. America bodybuilding competition, which began in 1939, is one of the longest-standing and most ...
UNION, NJ – The Union girls tennis team defeated A.L. Johnson, 3-2, in a regular-season match on Monday.Union improved to 8-13 this season. A.L. Johnson is 6-8.First Singles Nkechi Okafor (U)66 Lena Blumenstock (J)31 Second Singles Tracy Tran (U)66 Yazmin Yoplac (J)10 Third Singles Victoria ...
DENVILLE, NJ – Matt Klingener scored two goals and added an assist and Morris Knolls scored all four of its goals in the second half to stop Mountain Lakes, 4-0, in a boys high school soccer game played Monday, Oct. 21, at Knolls.After a scoreless first half, Klingener notched his 17th and 18th ...
MOUNTAIN LAKES, NJ – Maria Tzoumas scored the only goal of the game in the second overtime period as Morris Knolls beat Mountain Lakes, 1-0, in a high school girls soccer game on Monday, Oct. 21.The match, featuring two of the better sides in the Northwest Jersey Athletic Conference, left both ...
It’s been five months since preparation for the 2024 football season at Bloomfield High began. The players spent a lot of time in the weight room, and dedicated themselves to conditioning.In late June and into the hot month of July, there was regular practice, at Foley Field, along with some 7-on-7 ...
DENVILLE, NJ – Morris Knolls won its third straight match by upsetting Jefferson, 2-1, in a high school girls volleyball game played Monday, Oct. 21, at Knolls.The Lady Eagles (7-12) won the first set, 25-22; Jefferson (16-4) came back to win the second set, 27-25; and Knolls won the third and ...
Monday, Oct. 21 – The Morris Catholic’s girls volleyball team lost a 2-0 decision to Morristown, dropping the first set, 25-14, and bowing, 25-11, in the second set in a high school match played at Morris Catholic in Denville. Gabriella Danzi had 14 digs; Arden Acuna finished with eight digs and ...
Monday, Oct. 21 – Caitlyn Fenyk and Sara Klich each scored two goals and Morris Catholic rode a six-goal first half to a 7-1 victory over Sussex Tech in an NJTAC Tournament Groups 1 and 2 girls soccer semifinal played Monday Oct. 21 at Morris Tech in Denville.Francesca Piccolo, Lila Parrish, and ...