Sports Top Stories
By BOBBIE PEER
October 20, 2024
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ - On a beautiful fall Saturday afternoon at Frey Field, the Gov. Livingston Highlanders took a moment to honor their senior athletes before their game against the undefeated Bernards High School football team. Senior Day celebrations saw the Highlander Marching Band, ...
BAYONNE, NJ – The Bayonne girls soccer team advanced to the championship game of the Hudson County Tournament with an 8-0 victory over Hoboken on Saturday.The Bees (14-3-1) scored six goals in the first half. Jenna Gaetani finished with three goals and two assists and Iliana Sanchez had one goal ...
PISCATAWAY, NJ – Friday was homecoming for Piscataway High School which hosted Hillsborough football under the lights at Kenny Armwood Stadium.The Chiefs hoped to extend a 3-game winning streak, but the Raiders kept advancing the ball to win, 27-14.Hillsborough’s Jackson Jankowicz, who rushed for a ...
SUMMIT, NJ - Summit’s struggles on the gridiron continued Saturday afternoon, as the Hilltoppers rushed for just 77 yards as a team and lost for the third consecutive week, this time to undefeated Woodbridge, 28-17. The loss puts Summit’s chances of earning a home playoff game in serious ...
CLARK, NJ – Summit girls soccer advanced to a second-straight Union County final Saturday, ending Oak Knoll’s stay in the tournament, 2-1, at Arthur L. Johnson High School in Clark. “It is a step in the direction we are getting to [as a program],” Summit head coach Matt Carder said of what the ...
It was a tough game for the Bloomfield High football team, which fell to a good Livingston squad, 42-14, on Oct. 18, in Livingston.The Bengals will take a 3-5 record into its regular season finale, when it visits West Orange, on Oct. 25, in a 7:30 p.m. kickoff. Bloomfield will probably not qualify ...
SOMERS, N.Y. - On Oct. 17, the Somers boys volleyball team continued their second season versus Fox Lane, and despite facing a tall order against more height and experience, Jaiden Marichal didn’t let the disadvantage get him down. “Volleyball is so fun to love, and you can get addicted to it,” ...
SOMERSET, NJ - Kieran Barlow scored two goals and had an assist to help the Spotswood High School boys varsity soccer team defeat Rutgers Prep 4-1 on Saturday. Barlow has 28 goals in 15 games for the Chargers.Alex Lagowski had a goal and an assist for Spotswood. Jayden Duffy had a goal for the ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—CB South High School’s football team rolled over the Neshaminy Redskins 35-7 in a Friday night away game, sending the team into the final week of regular season football with a 9-0 record.The CB South Titans saw Neshaminy take a 7-0 lead late in the first quarter, but that would be ...
MIDDLESEX, NJ — Dom Parenti's 34-yard touchdown pass to Jax Jarvis rallied Middlesex to a 36-32 football victory over JFK of Iselin on Friday night.JFK (3-5) had gone ahead earlier in the fourth quarter on a 1-yard TD run by Richie Trotman to take a 32-29 lead.A four-touchdown outburst in the ...
WESTFIELD, NJ – The last time the Bridgewater-Raritan High School football team defeated Westfield High School away from John Basilone Memorial Field was Sept. 17, 2010: a 19-13 triumph for the Panthers.With the Blue Devils already winning eight such matchups in a row meeting that criteria since ...
SPOTSWOOD, NJ - The third-seeded Spotswood High School girls varsity soccer team opened the Greater Middlesex County Tournament with a first round victory over 14th-seeded Piscataway High School on Saturday. Spotswood knocked out the Chiefs with a 5-2 victory to move on to the quarterfinal round on ...
WESTFIELD, NJ -- Westfield scored four touchdowns in the first half and went on to a 35-10 football victory over Bridgewater-Raritan on Saturday afternoon.No Bridgewater-Raritan football team has been able to win in Westfield since 2010.Jordan Walsh ran for one touchdown and passed for another for ...
Following a victory in the Essex County Tournament, on Oct. 17, the Bloomfield High girls' volleyball team has advanced to the next round, where it will take on powerful Livingston.The Bengals (11-9) and Lancers will meet in a first-round game, on Oct. 19, at Livingston, starting at 11 a.m.
LITTLE FALLS, NJ - Passaic Valley's field hockey team secured a 2-1 win over Immaculate Heart on Thursday. Both teams struggled offensively in the first half, with neither side managing to score. However, the action picked up in the second half as both teams found the back of the net.Immaculate ...
LITTLE FALLS, NJ - Passaic Valley's (PV) girls volleyball team triumphed over Wayne Hills in a dominant 2-0 victory on Friday in the Quarterfinal Round of the Passaic County Tournament. The win brings the Hornets to 12-6 on the season, evening out their conference record to 4-4, while Wayne Hills ...
MONTVILLE, NJ – For the first 20-plus minutes of action, No. 2 seed Randolph was giving the third-seeded Chatham girls soccer team all it could handle in the semifinal round of the Morris County Tournament until freshman Lucy Arps changed everything.The attacking midfielder ran onto a through pass ...
MAHWAH, NJ - A sweep. That is what the Hasbrouck Heights cross-country team accomplished at the Bergen County Group championships on Saturday morning at Darlington Park in Mahwah.First place in the boys' and girls' Group D team competitions. Check. First place individual finishes in both the ...
WOOD-RIDGE, NJ - Senior Anthony Cala scored in the second overtime to give Wood-Ridge the win over Hackensack High School in the quarterfinal round of the Bergen Invitational Tournament on Saturday afternoon at the Wood-Ridge Athletic Complex.Cala converted a pass from senior Matthew Goicoechea to ...
TINTON FALLS, NJ – Jack Cannon passed for three touchdowns and ran for two to steer Holmdel to a 49-12 football victory over Monmouth Regional on Friday night.Cannon completed 9 of 12 passes for 139 yards and he carried nine times for 64 yards for Holmdel (6-1).Alex Reyes, Frankie Serini and ...
WOOD-RIDGE, NJ – Fiona Helly scored three goals as Wood-Ridge defeated Dumont, 5-2 in an independent girls soccer game Saturday morning at the Wood-Ridge Athletic Complex. The Lady Blue Devils improved to 12-5 on the season with the win, while Dumont fell to 1-11.Isabella Drotos and Lia Russo each ...
FLANDERS, NJ – As it turned out, Madison had too many weapons for the Chatham boys soccer team to handle in the semifinal round of the Morris County Tournament.“All they have to do is kick the ball forward and they have three guys, the two strikers (Matthew Munoz and Gui Dos Santos) and No. 10 ...
SOMERSET, NJ – The Franklin boys soccer team won for the 10th time this season with a 1-0 victory over Passaic on Saturday.Ike Eluwa scored in the second half with an assist from Joseph Danielsen for the Warriors (10-4-1). Joel Garces made six saves for Franklin.It was the fourth shutout of the ...
CLARK, NJ – Scotch Plains-Fanwood soccer's two top goalscorers – junior Jayvon Young and freshman Anastasio Pavlou – found the back of the net, while keeper Shawn Guzman held the opponents scoreless as the Raiders defeated Oratory Prep, 2-0, in the Union County tournament semifinal held at A.L.
SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD, NJ – Scotch Plains-Fanwood football celebrated Senior Night on Friday, Oct. 18, to recognize the 22 varsity players who are members of the Class of 2025. Senior members of the cheerleading squad and the marching band were also honored during the pregame ceremony. As for the ...
PISCATAWAY, NJ – Friday was homecoming for Piscataway High School which hosted Hillsborough football under the lights at Kenny Armwood Stadium.The Chiefs hoped to extend a 3-game winning streak, but the Raiders kept advancing the ball to win, 27-14.Hillsborough’s Jackson Jankowicz, who rushed for a ...
CHATHAM, NJ – Molly Chazen collected three goals and an assist and Allie McCaffrey registered two goals and two assists as the Chatham field hockey team opened play in the Morris County Tournament with a 9-0 win vs. Morristown on Saturday at Haas Field.No. 3 seed Chatham (10-4-1), the three-time ...
NEWTON, NJ – Newton football squad beat the Kittatinny 26-6 playing on the Cougars field on Saturday. Three Braves rushed for more than 100 yards. Four Braves put points on the board, starting with Anthony Tudda. Tudda took it into the endzone on a 20 yard run.Nick Kurilko made a short dash ...
WEST MILFORD, NJ – Sparta High School took down West Milford on Friday night taking the game 42-14. Spartan QB Shane Hoover threw for more than 300 yards, connecting with Christian Brevig for 101 of them. Hoover completed 17 of 27 attempted throws as he closes in on 3000 career passing ...
The Nutley High football team's bid for a third straight victory was denied on Friday night in a 34-7 loss to Passaic Valley in Little Falls. The Raiders fell to 4-4 this season with the loss while Passaic Valley won for the fourth time in its last five games in improving to 5-2. Nutley's points ...