Sports Top Stories
By TAPINTO SPRINGFIELD STAFF
September 22, 2024
SPRINGFIELD, NJ – The Dayton girls' tennis team won for the third time this season, defeating Elizabeth, 4-1, on Friday.Dayton is 3-6. Elizabeth is 4-8.First Singles Cristina Moreira (D)66 Destiny Dubreide (E)01 Second Singles Natasha Perianayagam (D)66 Nicole Ruiz (E)01 Third Singles Yve ...
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ - Abby Kim, a junior at Gov. Livingston High School, made history by breaking the school’s career kill record in volleyball. She surpassed the previous record of 434 kills, set by Leah Dooley in 2020, and now holds 440 career kills. Kim's standout performance contributed to a ...
SADDLE BROOK, NJ – Jake Summers scored three touchdowns and Michael Napolitano added two more as Hasbrouck Heights defeated Saddle Brook, 42-6, in a NJIC Meadowlands football game at Saddle Brook High School on Saturday afternoon. The Aviators improved to 2-1 on the season, while the Falcons fall ...
HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, NJ - Hasbrouck Heights scored three first half goals and hung on for a 3-2 win over Paramus in a independent girls soccer game on Saturday morning at Hitchcock Field in Hasbrouck Heights. It was the second time in three days that the Group 1 Lady Aviators have defeated a Group ...
CHATHAM, NJ – The message to the Chatham football team all week leading up to its game vs. heavily favored Mount Olive was to go out and show how good a player and team you can be. “We said all week that this game is about us, it's not about them,” Evan Picariello, Chatham coach, said. “It doesn't ...
NEWARK, NJ – Shabazz scored two touchdowns on returns in a 30-14 football victory over Hoboken on Friday night.The Bulldogs (3-0) blocked a punt in the first quarter and turned that into a touchdown, and Omari Gaines returned an interception nearly the length of the field for a TD in the fourth ...
WAYNE, NJ - The Eastside Ghosts tennis team were overpowered by Wayne Hills in a 5-0 loss on Friday. In first singles, the Ghosts' Arelin Mercado put up a fight but fell 6-0, 6-1 to the Patriots' Nicole Gelber. Second singles saw Walisa Cespedes battle hard but ultimately came up short against ...
PATERSON, NJ - The Eastside Ghosts football team faced another tough night on Friday, falling 35-7 to Hackensack at Hinchliffe Stadium. The loss drops Eastside to 0-4 on the season and 0-2 in the SFC Freedom Blue division, while Hackensack improves to 2-2 overall.Hackensack set the tone early, with ...
CHATHAM, NJ – The jubilant cry from the Chatham girls soccer team after its rejuvenating 4-3 overtime win on Saturday was “We're Back!”.The defending Group 3 state champion Cougars had opened the 2024 season with a draining seven-game road trip that saddled them with a three-game losing streak as ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - On a brilliant afternoon of the last day of summer in East Brunswick, all thoughts turned to…ice?Mayor Brad Cohen, joined by Township Council Members Kevin McEvoy, Dana Winston, and Dana Zimbicki, broke ground on the two-sheet ice rink that will open in East Brunswick sometime ...
SAYREVILLE, NJ - It was a big Saturday rivalry victory for Spotswood High School over South River High School at Sayreville High School. Spotswood defeated the Rams 35-0, shutting out South River for the second year in a row. The victory was the Chargers third in a row and improved the team's ...
HAMILTON, NJ -- Hamilton West scored two touchdowns in a span of less than three minutes in the second quarter and held on for a 13-6 football victory over Princeton on Saturday.Junior quarterback Matt Brescio threw a 22-yard touchdown pass to Carmelo Brown with 8:53 left in the second quarter and ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ - After winning the first game of the season over Woodbridge High School 7-0, the Spotswood High School girls varsity soccer team went to double overtime to sweep the season series with the Barrons on Saturday. Theodora Xipolias scored the game-winner in the second overtime on a pass ...
SPOTSWOOD, NJ - Spotswood and South River High School's boys varsity soccer teams took the field in the first of the Chargers/Rams rivalry games this season on Friday. The Chargers lost 2-1 to South River. Spotswood took a 1-0 lead in the first half on a goal by Kieran Barlow. Barlow scored on a ...
BERNARDSVILLE, NJ -- Nolan Walsh passed for two touchdowns to Jack Morra and Patrick Carlisle scored twice as Bernards remained unbeaten with a 33-13 football victory over Voorhees on Friday night.Noah Ochab boomed a 49-yard field goal to give the Mountaineers (4-0) their first points.From there, ...
SUMMIT, NJ – Sophomore goalie Georgia Lee was credited with seven saves as the undefeated Chatham field hockey team, ranked No. 9 in the state by NJ.com, played to a 0-0 tie with Kent Place on Saturday.Chloe Cui was credited with 16 saves for Kent Place (1-4-1). Chatham (5-0-1) plays host to West ...
SPARTA, NJ – The boys soccer team held West Morris scoreless on Saturday, battling to a 1-0 win. Matt Torres netted the only goal of the day with an assist by Patrick Connors.Evan Miller was in net for Sparta making seven stops for the shut out.Spartan boys soccer continues their nearly perfect ...
NEWTON, NJ – The Braves field hockey team took down West Morris on Saturday morning with a 3-1 win. Meadow D’Annibale had a busy day with two goals and an assist against the Wolf Pack.Newton’s Kaitlyn Harding started it off with a quick goal assisted by Meadow D’Annibale early in the first ...
RIDGEWOOD, NJ - Fans cheered on the Maroons as they held their own against the Piscataway Chiefs in Friday night’s homecoming football game. The crowd was on the edge of their seats until the final minute when the Maroons won 14-13, making it the first victory on home turf in over a year. Both ...
KENILWORTH, NJ - Kenilworth Public Schools recently posted the following announcement to their social media page regarding fall sports and Senior Night. Presenting David Brearley's Fall sports! Team schedules: https://davidbrearleyhighschool.bigteams.com/Don't miss our celebratory Senior ...
BARNEGAT - Barnegat rolled to a 42-6 victory over Monmouth, scoring 40 or more points for the third consecutive game. Senior running back Myquan Rush-Esdaile led the way with three touchdowns, while senior Johnnel Johnson added two more.Rush-Esdaile opened the scoring with a 5-yard touchdown run, ...
FREEHOLD, NJ — Freehold Raceway, the nation’s oldest daytime harness racing track, will officially close Dec. 28th, its Pennsylvania-based ownership partners announced.Pennwood Racing, a partnership of PENN Gaming and Greenwood Racing, posted a prepared statement on the Freehold Raceway website, ...
STAFFORD - It was Homecoming at Southern Regional High School on Friday night. Southern Regional fans left the Goldberger Stadium in happy spirits after a big victory.The Rams are off to a roaring start, led by senior running back Evan Wyrsch, the Rams cruised to a 42-0 victory over Toms River ...
COLONIA, NJ -- Woodbridge head coach Joe Goerge's introduction to the Barrons' age-old football rivalry with Colonia turned out to be one for the ages.In a showdown between undefeated intra-district foes, Woodbridge ambushed Colonia for 21 points in the first six minutes before Colonia spent the ...
SUMMIT, NJ -- Carteret gave Summit all it could handle for much of the first half of their contest at Investors Bank Field Saturday afternoon. The Ramblers showed that they have the talent and physicality to become a factor in North, Group III, as their next four opponents currently own a combined ...
NUTLEY, NJ - Thursday night's Raiders Football win over Passaic wasn't the only winning sports headline this week, the Girls and Boys Soccer team also registered wins.Boys Soccer The Raiders won for the first time this season by blanking Verona on Wednesday, Sept. 18 at home. Sammy Buzariushvili ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ - The Morristown girls soccer team defeated Montville 1-0 on Saturday afternoon. The Colonials improved to 6-2 on the season.Marin Fisher, on a pass from Rosalina Lifrieri, scored the lone goal for the Colonials. Adelina Galea was in goal for Morristown. She had four saves.Hanna ...
RIDGEWOOD, NJ - Fans cheered on the Maroons as they held their own against the Piscataway Chiefs in Friday night’s homecoming football game. The crowd was on the edge of their seats until the final minute when the Maroons won 14-13, making it the first victory on home turf in over a year. Both ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — The Plainfield Public Schools held a groundbreaking for Phase II of the Hub Stine Sports Complex renovation on May 29 of this year. On Friday, it held the ribbon cutting for the renovation just in time for the Plainfield Cardinals to take the field for a 41-0 victory over Perth ...
MONTVILLE, NJ – Morristown's perfect start to the season came to an end Saturday morning as the Colonials were defeated by Montville, 2-1. Despite a goalless first half both sides had a fair amount of quality chances in front of goal. In the fifth minute the Mustangs had a shot hit the outside of ...