Sports Top Stories
By GABRIELLA DRAGONE
October 19, 2024
ENGLEWOOD, NJ - The Eastside Ghosts volleyball team secured a dominant victory over Dwight-Morrow on Wednesday, with a final score of 2-0. The Ghosts won both sets convincingly, 25-12.Nicole De La Cruz Rodriguez led the way with 10 kills, while Izaely Escajadillo was a key playmaker, racking up 32 ...
PATERSON, NJ - The Kennedy Knights' boys soccer team secured a 2-1 comeback victory over Passaic County Tech (PCTI) on Thursday. PCTI took an early lead with a goal from Andres Garcia in the first half, assisted by Elliot Rivera. Despite the early setback, the Knights rallied in the second half, ...
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – Bayonne scored three touchdowns in the first quarter and rolled to a 47-7 football victory over Columbia on Friday night.Chance Fischer rushed for 182 yards and three touchdowns on 10 carries for Bayonne (5-2), pacing a 352-yard ground attack. Daryl Smith and Caleb Bazille also ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — Plainfield girls volleyball senior setter Yasily Media is the Athlete of the Week for October 7 through October 13 due to her performances that week and throughout the season.In four games last week, she helped lead the girls volleyball team to a 4-0 record, notching 16 kills, 2 ...
JERSEY CITY, NJ – The Bayonne girls tennis team advanced in the quarterfinal round of the Hudson County Tournament with a 3-2 victory over Dickinson on Friday.Bayonne (11-7) will play at top-seeded Hoboken in the semifinal round on Tuesday.First Singles Mira Abdelsayed (D) — No Match63 Carol ...
SUMMIT, NJ -- The Hilltopper gymnastics team had been making strides each meet as it prepared for the 2024 County Championships held at Scotch Plains-Fanwood HS on Thursday, October 17. Despite being seeded 3rd, the Summit squad put up its season high score of 105.775 to finish 2nd overall, ...
PARKLAND, FL- The Stoneman Douglas Football Team picked up their first win of the season on Friday night against Coral Springs High School. MSD turned in a complete performance, handling Coral Springs by a score of 34-13 to earn their first win.MSD, who is now 1-6 on the season, will face Coral ...
SPOTSWOOD, NJ - The Chargers Friday Night Lights game at Chargers Stadium capped off Spirit Week at Spotswood High School and set the stage for Saturday's Homecoming Dance. It was the annual Homecoming game for the Chargers and the final home game of the season for the Chargers. Spotswood came up ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - It was a night of individual record chasing in Phillipsburg High School’s 44-0 whitewash of host Union in a Big Central Conference cross-division football game on Friday night as the Stateliners won for the sixth time in seven games this season.Senior wide receiver Matthew Scerbo ...
Two big wins for the Bloomfield High girls' soccer team improved the team's record to 10-4, and set the stage for a big Essex County Tournament (ECT) first-round game, at Montclair, on Oct. 17.Head coach Jon Aliaga's team took a 10-4 mark into the game with Montclair. Should the Bengals win the ...
CEDAR GROVE, NJ - The Cedar Grove Soccer Club announced that their tryout dates are scheduled for November 1. Tryouts will be held at Lower Panther Park located at 118 W Bradford Ave. Tryouts for the boys and girls U7-U10 teams will be from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Boys and Girls U11-U15 tryouts are from ...
MADISON, NJ - The Madison Football team scored a victory on Senior Night against Pequannock. The Dodgers topped Pequannock 21-14 on Friday night. Congrats to seniors Jonathan Erickson, Brody Dineen, Andrew Carreno, Chris Carfano, Aaron Leak and Lex Peterson.The Dodgers will travel to face Morris ...
NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ - The Madison girls volleyball team fell to New Providence 26-24 and 25-22 on Friday afternoon. The Dodgers fall to 11-9 on the season with four matches remaining in the 2024 season.Eden O'Connor had 9 kills and 13 digs while teammate Charlotte Forrester had 3 kills and 8 ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ - The Madison girls tennis team fell to Morristown Beard 5-0 on Friday afternoon. The Dodgers fell to 9-15 after Friday's loss.
MADISON, NJ - The Morristown girls volleyball team fell to Montville 2-1 in the Morris County Finals on Friday evening at FDU. Morristown was the No. 1 seed and defeated No. 17 seed Randolph 2-0, No. 8 Jefferson 2-0 and No. 5 Mount Olive 2-0 to get to the finals. The Mustangs won the first match ...
The Bloomfield High boys' soccer team has been playing excellent soccer, of late. Head coach Mike Aiello's team advanced in the Essex County Tournament (ECT), with a 4-0 win over Newark Tech, on Oct. 15. That victory advanced the Bengals to the first round of the ECT, where it was scheduled to play ...
FLEMINGTON, NJ – Eight high school gymnastics teams, including state No. 8 ranked Bridgewater-Raritan High School, shined at the 2024 Skyland Conference Gymnastics Championships on Friday night.To go with the fourth consecutive gold medal it just won at the Somerset County Gymnastics Championships ...
SOMERS, N.Y. - On Oct. 15, Somers faced John Jay East Fishkill, and before the game the boys learned that their opponents received a New York State Ranking of eight.No recognition for the home team, Coach Brian Lanzetta joked with players that Somers wasn’t even “on the bubble."But the outcome gave ...
SPRINGFIELD, NJ -- John John DeSarno's 32-yard touchdown pass to Chidiogo Iherobiem with 30 seconds left in the fourth quarter rallied Dayton to a 15-12 football victory over Dunellen on Friday night.Iherobiem's touchdown gave the Bulldogs (2-5) a 13-12 lead, then they went for the two-point ...
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, NJ – Chatham didn't play its best football game of the season, admitting that it “wasn't pretty” but when it came to overtime, everything worked out beautifully for the Cougars in their 14-13 win at Warren Hills on Friday night.Both teams had aesthetic shortcomings during the ...
UNION, NJ – For the first time in five years, the Union Rams cheer squad has taken home a win at the local North Jersey Pop Warner cheer competition.The Union Rams, the official Pop Warner youth football and cheer organization for Union, realized major wins last weekend at the North Jersey Pop ...
WOOD-RIDGE, NJ – Michael Napolitano scored two touchdowns on Hasbrouck Heights' first two possessions as the Aviators jumped out to an early lead en route to a 28-7 victory over Wood-Ridge in a NJIC independent football game on Friday night at Donna Ricker Field. An electric atmosphere was present ...
LIVINGSTON, NJ — After going 3-18 over the previous two seasons, the Livingston football team will take a winning record into its final regular season game next week.The Lancers defeated Bloomfield, 42-14, on Friday night for their second victory in a row to give them a 4-3 record. Livingston was ...
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – Columbia advanced in the first round of the Essex County boys soccer tournament with a 2-1 victory over Livingston on Thursday.Livingston (4-9) had a 1-0 lead at halftime, but the Cougars (7-4-3) came back with a pair of goals after intermission.Sebastian Rios-Valdez had one goal ...
BOUND BROOK, NJ -- New Providence scored seven touchdowns in the first half and coasted to a 41-14 football victory over Bound Brook on Friday night.AJ Whithead rushed for two touchdowns for the Pioneers (6-2), giving them a 6-0 lead with a 3-yard TD run in the opening quarter. TJ Munn scored on a ...
NORTH BRUNSWICK, NJ – The Ridge football team continued its run of 40-plus point performances with a 42-14 victory on the road over North Brunswick on Friday night.It's the fourth game in a row in which the Red Devils (6-1) have scored at least 41 points, and it was their sixth consecutive ...
RANDOLPH, NJ- Having earned the No. 3 seed in the Morris County tournament, the Randolph boys soccer team played host to No. 6 seed Chatham Cougars on Wednesday, October 16. Unfortunately, a strong second half from the visitors ended up knocking the Rams out of the tournament by the score of 2-1. ( ...
CRANFORD, NJ – Tyler Veltre's 1-yard touchdown sneak in the fourth quarter gave Cranford an 18-13 football victory over Colonia on Friday night.Colonia (4-4) had gone ahead, 13-12, earlier in the quarter on a 15-yard TD pass from Dylan Chiera to Tyler Hermann.An earlier 1-yard TD run by Veltre and ...
EAST HANOVER, NJ -- After falling behind by 14 points in the first 10 minutes of the game, West Essex stormed back for a 22-21 football victory over previously undefeated Hanover Park on the road Friday night.The victory was the 114th in the career of head coach Chris Benacquista, making him the ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ – Nick Mignone scored four touchdowns to lead Caldwell to a 42-14 football victory over Millburn on Friday night.Mignone scored the Chiefs' first three touchdowns, breaking the scoreless tie with a 6-yard run off left tackle with 1:14 left in the first quarter followed by the ...