Sports Top Stories
By JON "FERRIS" MEREDITH
October 7, 2024
WAYNE, NJ – Who will be the best public high school athlete in Wayne for the 2024-2025 school year? We are going to find out as TAPinto Wayne presents the 2nd Annual Rocco Sivolella Athlete of the Year Scholarship Awards and Dinner.Just as we did this past year, TAPinto Wayne will publish Athlete ...
HOLMDEL, NJ – Finn Valli and Marcus Valenzuela both broke 17 minutes in leading the Chatham boys cross-country team to second place in the Varsity C Race the Shore Coaches Invitational held Saturday at Holmdel Park.In the 29-team field, Chatham posted 79 points, with Ocean City winning the race ...
JEFFERSON, NJ – Newton High School football traveled to Jefferson on Friday night and came home with a 41-0 win. Nick Kuriko led the Braves' scoring effort with three touchdowns on 17 carries for 95 yards. Evan Cotter had two touchdowns with nine carries for 128 yards. Reid Corino crossed the ...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ - The South Plainfield High School Varsity Gymnastics Team is now 2-2 on the season as they prepare to host their final home meet and senior night next week. The Lady Tigers (2-2) defeated the South Brunswick Vikings (0-8) on Sept. 30 by a score of 98.45-95.15. South ...
ST. BONAVENTURE, NY — Torrie Grant-Clavijo’s cross-field long ball assist to Evie Underhill gave St. Bonaventure University’s women’s soccer a crucial point Sept 29 at Virginia Commonwealth University.“I got the ball, and I saw Evie running. I knew that if I had played that ball behind the ...
PISCATAWAY, NJ – While it was a day off from school for most Piscataway High School students in observance of Rosh Hashanah on Thursday, girls soccer was hard at work.Piscataway hosted Linden in a morning matchup that saw the first period go by with neither team scoring.Junior Jasmine Cosme would ...
HOLMDEL, NJ --- Chatham junior Nicolette Grossman placed 38th out of 188 runners in the 5K Varsity C Race with a time of 21:52 at the Shore Coaches Cross-Country Invitational held Saturday through sunny, but hot conditions at Holmdel Park.Kathryn Heflin placed 73rd for Chatham in 23:14, Arwen ...
LONG BEACH ISLAND - The captains of the Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association are smiling now that the long stretch of bad weather is behind them, and they are anxious to share the current beautiful weather conditions with anglers. The black sea bass season in New Jersey waters has reopened with ...
LONG BEACH ISLAND - The captains of the Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association are smiling now that the long stretch of bad weather is behind them, and they are anxious to share the current beautiful weather conditions with anglers. The black sea bass season in New Jersey waters has reopened with ...
BAYVILLE - Barnegat lost to Central Regional on Friday night by a score of 30-0 on the road. Central Regional is 6-0 for the first time since 2021. Last week, Central Regional recorded a dramatic come-from behind last minute victory over Southern 26-21. Central Regional is in first place in Class B ...
DOCER, N J – On Friday night, Sparta football went to Dover and came home with a 40-0 win. Spartan QB Shane Hoover connected 16 of 26 attempts in the air for 270 yards and four touchdowns. Hoover targeted four different players with touchdown passes. Stone Herbison got three, covering 69 yards ...
PEQUANNOCK, NJ - In a match-up of unbeaten teams, the Hanover Park football team handed Pequannock their first loss of the season when they beat them 41-9 on Saturday afternoon. Hanover Park is now 6-0 while Pequannock moves to 5-1. Hanover Park wasted no time in taking control of the game.
CHESTER, NJ - The Parsippany Hills Football team suffered a Friday night loss against West Morris, 42-7.The game improved West Morris' record to 5-1, leaving Parsippany still without a win with a record of 0-6. West Morris struck early and often, beginning with a 61-yard touchdown pass from Stephen ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Phillipsburg native Jason Tino is set to compete in the prestigious International Six Days’ Enduro, the ultimate off-road racing event in the world, taking place at Silleda in Galicia, Spain, from October 14-19, 2024.Sanctioned by the Federation Internationale de Motocyclisme ...
NEPTUNE TOWNSHIP - At yesterday's Homecoming Game and Parade, Neptune Township bested Point Pleasant, 47 to 19 at home. Preceding the game were the homecoming parade and homecoming court, and beautiful weather to come together and celebrate. If you weren't able to make the game, you'll want to ...
CROSS RIVER, N.Y. - On Monday Sept. 30, John Jay faced Byram Hills in a girls varsity tennis match, and up a league this year, the competition has been tough.The Bobcats definitely represented that difficulty and had the Wolves losing every match. But John Jay still showed they could play and gave ...
BARNEGAT - Barnegat took a 2-0 lead after scores by Riley Fitzpatrick and Jayna Greenblattt in the first quarter. RBC came back from that 2-0 deficit to win. Amanda Foster scored in the second quarter. Phoebe Howard and Malia D'Alterio scored in the third for Red Bank Catholic.Barnegat's record ...
ROSELLE, NJ - The Roselle Boys Varsity Soccer Team was firing on all cylinders on Tuesday, defeating Noor-ul-iman 8-3 on the back of a relentless offensive attack. With the win, the Rams move to 5-5-1 on the season. Samir Yann Antonin had three goals and an assist for the Rams. Justin Santos and ...
DENVILLE, NJ – Morris Knolls kept it close, but in the end Mount Olive proved to be too much for the Lady Eagles and won their Morris County Girls Volleyball Tournament quarterfinal game, 2-0, in a match played Saturday, Oct. 5, at Randolph High School.Mount Olive, the tournament’s No. 5 seed, won ...
MOUNT OLIVE, NJ – Senior running back Bobby Brickner and senior quarterback Chris Kaiser each rushed for more than 100 yards and Morris Knolls vaunted running attack finished with 377 yards as the Golden Eagles remained unbeaten in five games with a 27-7 victory over Mount Olive on Saturday, Oct.
HUDSON COUNTY, NJ — Hudson County Executive Craig Guy proudly inducted 17 accomplished athletes into the Hudson County Sports Hall of Fame during the 26th Annual Hudson County Sports Hall of Fame Dinner and Induction Ceremony, including the Hurley Family Foundation for the organization’s commitment ...
SPRINGFIELD, NJ -- Although Dayton was coming off its first victory of the season, Belvidere took a four-game winning streak into Saturday's game against the Bulldogs.Belvidere scored on each of its first four possessions on its way to a 35-7 victory over Dayton on Saturday afternoon.The County ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — Iselin boxer “Dangerous Danny” Gonzalez will trade blows in his toughest professional bout-to-date on Oct. 12th at the Prudential Center in Newark with undefeated Piscataway pugilist Gabriel Gerena.The 29-year-old Gonzalez has won all three of his professional fights by knockouts, ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — Iselin boxer “Dangerous Danny” Gonzalez will trade blows in his toughest professional bout-to-date on Oct. 12th at the Prudential Center in Newark with undefeated Piscataway pugilist Gabriel Gerena.The 29-year-old Gonzalez has won all three of his professional fights by knockouts, ...
HOLMDEL, NJ -- Middletown North built a 19-point lead before halftime and went on to defeat St. John Vianney, 41-22, in football on Friday night.Brian O'Donnell scored two touchdowns in the first half for Middletown North (5-0). He had a 2-yard TD run in the first quarter, then a TD run by Matt ...
CHATHAM, NJ – The Chatham girls soccer team has been playing better and better of late, scoring 17 goals during its current four-game winning streak against the likes of Randolph, West Morris, Mount Olive and Sparta.The winning, however, became a little stomach-churning for Cougar coach Anthony ...
The following article originally appeared on the Jersey High School Sports Blog (www.jerseyhighschoolsports.com) which is run by Plainfield resident and high school sports enthusiast Noel Pyne.FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP, NJ — Plainfield entered the contest searching for their first winning streak of the ...
CHATHAM, NJ – The season seemed to be slipping away last month for the Chatham boys soccer team when the Cougars lost four straight and five of the first seven games it played in 2024.“We got together and decided that we didn't want to go out that way,” senior striker Jasper Peters said. “We played ...
RANDOLPH, NJ- The Randolph girls soccer team celebrated their annual senior night game on Tuesday, October 1 during a home game on DaSilva field in Randolph. The Lady Rams took a 3-1 victory, with the goals all scored by seniors, to move their record up to 7-2 on the season.“About half of the 2025 ...
NEWTON, NJ – Newton field hockey, with the second seed, is moving on to the semi-final round of the Hunterdon/Warren/Sussex tournament after beating seventh seed Belvidere 6-0 on Friday, on the Braves’ turf. Kaitlyn Harding led the Braves with three goals. Jaclyn Vena earned an assist on Harding’s ...