Sports Top Stories
By DAWN MILLER
October 22, 2024
SPOTSWOOD, NJ - The Spotswood High School girls junior varsity took the field against Edison High School's JV team on Monday in the first round of the Greater Middlesex Conference Junior Varsity Soccer Tournament. Spotswood shut out Edison with a 6-0 victory to move on to the quarterfinals to face ...
The Bloomfield High boys' soccer team got back on the winning note, on Oct. 18, defeating Bayonne, 2-0, at Watsessing Park. The Bengals also lost an Essex County Tournament first-round game to Newark East Side, 4-0, on Oct. 17.The Bengals will take a 9-6-1 record into a home game, versus Caldwell ...
HIGHLAND PARK, NJ - The Spotswood High School girls varsity soccer team wrapped up its 15th victory of the season on Monday with a 7-1 win over Highland Park High School. Sophomore standout Dani Lyons had two goals and two assists in the game. Seniors Teagan Jones and Jenna Maisano both had two ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Genovese passed for career-highs of 255 yards and four touchdowns in the Stateliners 44-0 victory over host Union on Friday night when the ‘Liners improved to 6-1 on the season.With his performance, the 5-foot-11, 202-pound senior and three-year starter tied 2019 graduate Jack ...
Basking Ridge, NJ – The top-seeded Ridge field hockey team defeated fourth-seed Watchung Hills 3-1 in the Somerset County tournament semifinals on Thursday evening, October 17th. Throughout the contest, the Red Devils entertained the boisterous crowd with breakneck passing sequences, while ...
SOMERS, N.Y. - On Oct. 18, Somers stayed home on a Friday night, and Logan Ruby helped his teammates quickly put their feet up on a play the defense was practicing all week. “Right before, I called it out, because I knew exactly what they were going to do,” said the corner back, and the forewarning ...
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ – Join the community this Saturday at 2 p.m. for the final home game of the Gov. Livingston (GL) boys soccer season against New Providence. This neighborhood rivalry promises to be an exciting match, and it will also raise awareness and funds for an important cause.In ...
HAMILTON, NJ – The Steinert boys soccer team advanced in the quarterfinal round of the Colonial Valley Conference Tournament with a 2-1 victory over Lawrence on Monday.Chris Vega used some acrobatics to score after receiving a free kick from Elliot Morris with five minutes left to give Steinert the ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ – The Woodbridge girls volleyball team defeated West Windsor-Plainsboro South, 25-20, 25-20, on Monday.The Barrons improved to 14-7 on the season.Woodbridge Sets PlayedKBDASPAcesAshley Torok2702000Marissa Martinez2403165Quinn Boyd2110120Nurai Elshikh2101000Sara Wolicki2001000Kylie ...
ROBBINSVILLE, NJ – The Robbinsville boys soccer team advanced in the quarterfinal round of the Colonial Valley Conference with a 2-1 overtime victory over West Windsor-Plainsboro South on Monday.Mitchell Shapiro's goal in overtime gave the undefeated Ravens (15-0-2) the victory. West ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ – It was an arduous night for the Morristown Colonials as they were defeated by the West Morris Wolfpack, 6-1. West Morris controlled possession for much of the game, including in the opening minutes of the first quarter. However, Morristown did a nice job defensively staying ...
VERNON, NJ - The Passaic Valley Marching Band took home first place in their Group 2A division at the Vernon Competition with a score of 79.6, on Saturday. Their performance of Siren Song wowed both the judges and the audience, earning them not only the top spot but also five additional awards for ...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD -- Senior forward/back Amber Olsen scored a third quarter goal to pace South Plainfield to a 1-1 home tie with Middletown South on Senior Night Friday. Senior midfielder Caroline Bedetti scored a goal in the fourth quarter to tie the game for Middletown South (9-5-4), who are 2-2-2 ...
GLEN GARDNER, NJ – The Bridgewater-Raritan girls soccer team rallied from a one-goal deficit for a 2-1 victory over Voorhees on Monday.Summer Winchock scored the winning goal with a minute left in the second half after getting an assist from Ellie Giacomazza.Voorhees (9-6-2) had a 1-0 lead before ...
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 ...
PEAPACK, NJ – Two days after winning the Hunterdon/Warren/Sussex Tournament, the Hunterdon Central boys soccer team came back with a big regular-season victory, 1-0, over Gill-St. Bernard's in double overtime on Monday.Michael Catanzarite scored in the second overtime with an assist by Owen ...
JERSEY CITY, NJ – The Bayonne girls volleyball team defeated McNair Academic on the road, 26-24, 25-16, on Monday.Bayonne has a record of 13-5. McNair dropped to 17-6.Bayonne Sets PlayedKBDASPAcesAnastasia Jones2233041Sophia Diaz2306091Leilani Burgos2000000Lilah Gomez02361463Haley ...
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 ...
WAYNE, NJ - Coming in at almost twice the amount that any Wayne Schools sports team has raised so far for the Wayne Interfaith Network (WIN) Food Pantry from one event, the Wayne Hills Girls Tennis Team recently handed WIN a check for $3,000, which will help to feed nearly 200 of our ...
HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, NJ – Leonia defeated Hasbrouck Heights, 4-1, in a girls' tennis match on Monday afternoon at the Neal McCarthy Tennis Courts in Hasbrouck Heights. It was the final match of the year for the Lady Aviators. Hasbrouck Heights finished their season 10-8 overall, and 7-3 in the ...
CHATHAM, NJ – Allie McCaffrey would prefer to discuss the team's accomplishments rather than her own. Still, it's getting harder and harder for her to deflect attention because of the monster season she's having for the Chatham field hockey team.The senior forward scored a hat trick for her fourth ...
MIDDLETOWN, NJ – The Middletown South girls volleyball team advanced with a 25-12, 25-8 victory over Jackson Liberty in the first round of the Shore Conference Tournament on Monday.Middletown South (17-5), the eighth seed, will host ninth-seeded Howell in the next round on Tuesday.Middletown ...
NEWTON, NJ—The Braves field hockey team shut out the Phillipsburg Stateliners 2-0, when they played them away on Monday, October 21.Kaitlyn Harding scored the first goal for Newton in the first quarter, followed by Jaclyn Vena who scored the second goal, also in the first quarter.Newton had one ...
NEWTON, NJ—The Newton High School boys soccer team was shut out 7-0 by Mount Olive when they played them away on Monday, October 21.Offensively, Newton took eight shots on Mount Olive’s keeper, while the Marauders tested the Braves' goalies with 26 shots.Newton had two goalies in the net ...
WARREN, NJ — Watchung Hills fell to West Morris Mendham on Monday, 2-0. The game got off to a quick start in the first period, with Mendham's Arianna Carrero finding the back of the net early on. Assisted by Ava Hartle, Carrero's goal set the tone for the remainder of the match. Mendham maintained ...
WARREN, NJ — Watchung Hills fell to West Morris Mendham on Monday, 2-0. The game got off to a quick start in the first period, with Mendham's Arianna Carrero finding the back of the net early on. Assisted by Ava Hartle, Carrero's goal set the tone for the remainder of the match. Mendham maintained ...
PARSIPPANY, NJ - The Parsippany Hills girls volleyball team powered past Mount Olive in a 2-0 sweep on Monday, winning both sets with ease, 25-17 and 25-16. With the victory, Parsippany Hills improved to 15-8 on the season, while Mount Olive fell to 14-5.Parsippany Hills took control early, ...
SPRINGFIELD, NJ - Alexa Bowe delivered two clutch goals, including the overtime winner, to lead Whippany Park girls soccer to a 2-1 victory over Dayton on Saturday morning.After a scoreless first half, both teams struck in the second. Dayton’s Aria Molinelli opened the scoring with a second-half ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ - Moses Asumadu put on a masterclass for Hanover Park, scoring a hat trick in the first half to lead his team to a dominant 4-0 victory over Woodbridge Magnet on Monday afternoon.Asumadu wasted no time getting on the scoresheet, netting his first goal just five minutes into the ...
SOMERSET, NJ – Daniel Ordonez scored in overtime to give Franklin a 3-2 boys soccer victory over Somerville on Monday.Ordonez broke the tie in the final minute of the first overtime with an assist from Joseph Danielson.Ordonez had scored early in the second half to give Franklin (11-4-2) a 1-0 ...