Sports Top Stories
By CHIP ARMONAITIS
October 17, 2024
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – Hasbrouck Heights closed its league season with a 4-1 victory over Becton Regional in NJIC girls’ tennis action on Thursday afternoon. The Lady Aviators finished 10-7 overall, and 7-3 in the Meadowlands in team play. “It was great to win our last league match this afternoon,“ ...
EDISON, NJ - The Spotswood High School girls varsity tennis team lost to St. Thomas Aquinas High School on Wednesday 5-0. Evolet Ion dropped her first singles match to Sofia Pedroso, (6-0, 6-1) and Grace Paprota lost her second singles match to Milana Triola, (6-0, 6-0). Rosemarie Caron fell to ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - The Phillipsburg High School football team looks to be in great shape as it navigates the final two games of the regular season before the state playoffs begin. The 5-1 Stateliners will be a prohibitive favorite when they travel to face a 1-6 Union team in a Big Central ...
Believe it or not, the high school football regular season in New Jersey is quickly winding down.For the Bloomfield Bengals, there are two games left in the regular season, both on the road. Head coach Mike Carter's team will take a 3-4 record into a key game, at Livingston High, on Oct. 18, in a 7 ...
CHATHAM, NJ – It's safe to say that Lauren Tracey has had to clear a few hurdles in her senior soccer season for Chatham this year. One obstacle was a nagging ankle injury that she carried over from the spring track season, where she runs the 400 hurdles.“I played in the first game of the season ...
MAHOPAC, N.Y.—The Wolf Pac boys soccer team picked up a 3-1 win over Brewster last Monday at home, with goals coming from Sebastian Bilinski, Aidan Paris-Devane, and Oliver Filip. Andrew Provenzano, Filip, and Paris-Devane each had assists.The Pac went up 3-0 on Filip’s goal (from Paris-Devane) in ...
ROXBURY, NJ - The Roxbury High School field hockey team on Wednesday trounced Morris Hills in Morris County Tournament action, a win that enabled the Gaels to move on in the tournament.The 8-7 Gaels defeated the 1-10-2 Crusaders 6-0 in the First Round matchup. The win sets up Roxbury to take on ...
SOMERS, N.Y. - On Columbus Day, the girls soccer team was up early and John Jay East Fishkill joined the Tuskers for some soccer. At the high school, the Patriots didn’t let a little less sleep bother them and jumped out to a 1-0 lead at 36:02. But extra time on the snooze button wasn’t really a ...
STAFFORD - The Southern Regional Field Hockey squad defeated St. Rose on Wednesday 4-0. The victory clinched the Shore Conference Class A South championship for the Lady Rams. Piper Murray, Leah Newton, Avery Smith and Mia Medina each scored a goal to lead Southern to to victory.Southern's record ...
CARTERET, NJ — The Carteret girls volleyball team rallied from a loss in the first game to defeat New Brunswick, 20-25, 25-20, 25-4, on Wednesday. Carteret has a 9-7 record. New Brunswick is 3-16.Carteret Sets PlayedKBDASPAcesEmmie Diaz34013005Angela Santiago3006211Asya Patterson3100500Izabel ...
NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ -- Strength at the third-singles spot helped the New Providence girls' tennis team win the Central Jersey, Group 1 championship this week.Senior Gianna Culver secured a 6-4, 6-1 victory in the championship match at third singles to help the Pioneers to a 4-1 victory over Highland ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ – It was a thrilling night in Morristown as the Colonials fought their way to a 2-1 victory against Montville in the Morris County Tournament Quarterfinals. To win advances Morristown into the last four for the first time since 2019, Morristown head coach Diego Salas’ second year ...
SOMERSET, NJ – With its return to the Somerset County Girls’ Soccer Tournament semifinals for the first time since 2022, the fourth-seeded Bridgewater-Raritan High School girls’ soccer team earned a trip to top-seeded Rutgers Preparatory School: ranked No. 1 in New Jersey and No. 2 amongst all high ...
KENILWORTH, NJ - Hard work and determination paid off for the Brearley Varsity Girls Soccer Team on Wednesday afternoon as they succeeded with a triumphant 8-0 victory over Hillside.The Bears now improved their record 9-3.It was quite a team effort and those who scored for the Bears were Alyssa ...
BAYONNE, NJ – The Bayonne girls tennis team advanced in the first round of the Hudson County Tournament with a 4-1 victory over North Bergen on Wednesday.Fifth-seeded Bayonne (10-7) will play at fourth-seeded Dickinson in the quarterfinals on Friday.First Singles Laura Galeano (NB)66 Carol ...
HASBROUCK HEIGHTS/WOOD-RIDGE – For the first time since 2011, Hasbrouck Heights will face Wood-Ridge in football. While 13 seasons does not sound like a whole lot, for two schools who are rivals in all other sports they compete in as part of the Meadowlands division in the New Jersey ...
HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, NJ – It took a lot of soccer and even more drama for Saddle Brook to prevail over Hasbrouck Heights, 3-2, in a Bergen Invitational Tournament game on Wednesday afternoon in Hasbrouck Heights. The two teams played to a 2-2 tie through regulation and two scoreless overtimes before ...
HOLMDEL, NJ – The Holmdel boys soccer team advanced in the first round of the Shore Conference Tournament with a 2-1 victory over Brick Memorial on Wednesday.Stepan Kapranov scored both goals in the second half for the Hornets (7-5-1), with one of them assisted by Kieran Hynes. Kapranov has a ...
CHATHAM, NJ – There was joy and relief for the Chatham girls soccer team when Amanda Thornton broke into the box and scored a Golden Goal with her shot inside the near post in overtime.Thornton's team-leading 12th goal of the season off a through pass from freshman Lucy Arps came 5:40 into the ...
EAST ORANGE, NJ - East Orange Campus High School's Mehki Jones was nominated for USA Football’s prestigious Heart of a Giant Award, presented by the Hospital for Special Surgery and the New York Giants, officials announced.This recognition honors high school football players who inspire greatness ...
RANDOLPH, NJ- Junior Carlie Wysocki scored perhaps the most important goal of her Randolph girls soccer career in a quarterfinals game of the Morris County Tournament on Wednesday, October 16. With just two minutes left in the second overtime, the Rams' midfielder pounced on a rebound and sent her ...
PISCATAWAY, NJ – The score ended tied 2-2 for Piscataway Chiefs boys soccer who hosted Old Bridge in the Greater Middlesex County Tournament - Group Play on Wednesday.Midfielder, Andy Alvarado-Quintana found the back of the net 18 minutes into the first period to put the Chiefs on the board, ...
FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP, NJ – The Franklin girls tennis team defeated Watchung Hills, 3-2, on Wednesday.Franklin improved to 8-7 with the victory.First Singles Emily Wang (WH)66 Yoana Mironova (F)42 Second Singles Sreeja Vallabhaneni (F)66 Janna Han (WH)42 Third Singles Elise Hildebrandt (WH)631 ...
NEWTON, NJ – The Newton field hockey team took the 3-1 win on Wednesday when they hosted North Hunterdon. Brave goalie Abbie Paglia got the win with 10 saves. Kaitlyn Harding was first on the board with an assist from Jaclyn Vena within the first minutes of the game. Vena got her own score as the ...
RANDOLPH, NJ – Cillian Kallika and Jasper Peters each netted a goal in the second half to give No. 6 seeded Chatham a 2-1 boys soccer upset over No. 3 seed Randolph on Wednesday in the quarterfinal round of the Morris County Tournament on Wednesday.Chatham (8-6-1) advances to meet undefeated ...
CHATHAM, NJ – Chatham's first doubles team of Michelle Moran and Mary Zhang went their separate ways on Wednesday, winning respective matches at second and third singles for Chatham in its 4-1 girls tennis win vs. Union Catholic at the Colony Courts.Moran and Mary Zhang, the 2024 Morris County ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — This four-year member of the Westfield Blue Devils gymnastics team is a key participant who provides top scores and delivers benchmarks for her teammates to emulate. Senior Katherine McDermott is this week’s Andy Heinz and The Westfield Legacy Agency’s Allstate Westfield Athlete of ...
STAFFORD - The Southern Regional Girls Volleyball team recorded two victories this week. The Rams defeated Brick Memorial 3-2 on Tuesday in Brick.The Rams defeated Central 2-0 on Wednesday. Southern (18-4)25250002Central Regional (7-11)10210000Player StatsSouthern Scoring StatsPlayerSets ...
BASKING RIDGE, NJ – The Ridge girls soccer team edged closer to .500 with a 1-0 victory over Wayne Valley on Wednesday.Avery Ligozio scored with an assist from Nicole Gebert to give the Red Devils (7-8) a lead in the first half. It was Ligozio's first goal of the season, and Gebert's eighth ...
PARSIPPANY, NJ - The Parsippany Hills boys soccer team faced the Parsippany High boys soccer team on Tuesday evening. The Vikings secured the win 5-2 over the Redhawks. The Vikings improve to 4-8-2 on the season. Led by a hat trick from Fabian Rincon, the Vikings set the tone early, scoring four ...