Sports Top Stories
By TAPINTO MORRISTOWN STAFF
September 16, 2024
MORRISTOWN, NJ - The Morristown girls tennis team were shut out by Chatham 5-0 on Monday afternoon. The Colonials will host Parsippany Hills on September 17. Match time is 4pm
LONG BEACH ISLAND REGION - The nights are cool, but the days are still pleasantly warm on Long Beach Island. This means fall is arriving at the New Jersey shore, and the captains of the Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association are ready to take advantage of the famed fall fishing in the Beach Haven ...
HANOVER, NJ - The Madison field hockey team defeated Whippany Park 7-0 on Monday afternoon. The Dodgers improved to 4-0 on the season and remain undefeated.Dodgers Grace Garrity had an impressive four goals while teammates Lindsay Catchpole, Emme Kassis, and Scarlet Baisch each had one ...
KENILWORTH, NJ - On Saturday Sept 14, the Brearley Varsity Girls Soccer Team played a fantastic game to get the 4-0 win at Highland Park. Highlights of the game from Head Coach Mario Della Fortuna include:Alexa Rivera scored two goals. MacKenzie Seifried and Juliana Ballesteros each had a goal for ...
PARSIPPANY, NJ - The Morristown girls soccer team shut out Parsippany Hills 2-0 on Monday afternoon. The Colonials improved to 4-2 on the season.The Colonials struck quickly in the first half with goals coming from Marin Fisher and Gianna Laratta. Fischer and Rosalina Lifrieri had ...
LONG BEACH ISLAND REGION - The nights are cool, but the days are still pleasantly warm on Long Beach Island. This means fall is arriving at the New Jersey shore, and the captains of the Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association are ready to take advantage of the famed fall fishing in the Beach Haven ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ – Minor League Baseball has named Somerset Patriots OF Elijah Dunham the Eastern League Player of the Week for games played from 9/9 to 9/15. It is the third time Dunham has been named Eastern League Player of the Week during the 2024 season, all during the second half. In five ...
LIVINGSTON, NJ – The Livingston High School girls volleyball team remained undefeated with a 25-20, 18-25, 25-18 victory over Newark Academy on Monday.Cadence Sturt came through with 10 kills and nine digs for the Lancers (5-0).Livingston Sets PlayedKBDASPAcesAlina Zaster2300000Aubrey ...
WARREN, NJ — Watchung Hills struck early in a 3-2 win over Bridgewater on Monday. The Warriors got goals from Justin Pineiro, JP Fernandez, and Christopher Matos.“An excellent all around effort from the boys today to edge a tough Bridgewater team! “ said WHRHS head coach Estiven Benitez. “The boys ...
WARREN, NJ — Watchung Hills struck early in a 3-2 win over Bridgewater on Monday. The Warriors got goals from Justin Pineiro, JP Fernandez, and Christopher Matos.“An excellent all around effort from the boys today to edge a tough Bridgewater team! “ said WHRHS head coach Estiven Benitez. “The boys ...
SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ – Adelaide Minnella scored three goals and passed for three assists to lead West Essex to an 8-0 field hockey victory over Scotch Plains-Fanwood on Monday afternoon.Out of the five games that West Essex (4-1) has played, it is the third time that the Lady Knights have won by an ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ – Minor League Baseball has named Somerset Patriots OF Elijah Dunham the Eastern League Player of the Week for games played from 9/9 to 9/15. It is the third time Dunham has been named Eastern League Player of the Week during the 2024 season, all during the second half. In five ...
ROBBINSVILLE, NJ – The first set of rankings for the NJSIAA football playoffs are out, and well, the first three weeks certainly have turned what predicted upside down. (Which is why you will see a chart with more information than usual in it. Included in the chart is pre-season ranking and ...
SPOTSWOOD, NJ - The Spotswood High School boys varsity soccer team took down North Plainfield High School on Monday with a 3-2 victory. It was the Chargers fifth straight to start the 2024-25 season. Spotswood scored two in the first half to take a 2-0 lead into the halftime break. North Plainfield ...
PARAMUS, NJ - When Tommy DeVito thinks back over his career, it’s the influence of coaches that fueled much of his development from a toddler to the NFL, so the New York Giants quarterback joined the borough of Paramus September 7 to pay tribute to the coaches of the community's teams.“What’s ...
SAYREVILLE, NJ – This was a successful weekend for Sayreville War Memorial High School sports, as Bombers football earned its first win of the season, while boys soccer and girls volleyball were victorious on the road.FootballBombers Defeats Edison, 40-21, for First Win of SeasonBoys ...
SOMERS, N.Y. - On Friday, Sept. 13, Yorktown traveled to Somers, and in the face of the two-time state champs, a bad trip was definitely a possibility. A 12-10 Husker lead with five minutes left in the game said otherwise. But Jaron Faulkner claimed that the Tuskers weren’t worried - even as the ...
WHIPPANY, NJ - For the second time this season, the Whippany Park Boys Soccer team scored a win in over time. On Saturday, they faced Parsippany where they were victorious against the team with a 3-2 four minute into over time win. Whippany Park took control early in the first period with two ...
EAST HANOVER, NJ - The Hanover Park football team is now 2-0 after an impressive win against Mountain Lakes this past weekend. They finished the game with a 35-7 victory at home.Hanover Park set the tone early in the game. Quarterback Joey Borrello connected with Joey Tantawi on a 9-yard touchdown ...
STAFFORD - The Southern Regional High School Wrestling Alumni organization sent out a notification about recent graduate Matt Henrich. Matt graduated in June from Southern and is enrolled at Virginia Tech University. Congratulations to Matt Henrich for All American Honors in USA Wrestling ...
MANASQUAN, NJ – The Manasquan High School (MHS) Girls Field Hockey team entered Week 2 with a perfect 2-0 record and faced a three-game lineup. By the end of the week, their record stood at 3-2.MHS was without their starting center midfielder for the entire week due to an injury, a setback Coach ...
CEDAR GROVE, NJ — Cedar Grove quarterback Stephen Paradiso threw for 226 yards and three touchdowns — two to Jackson Morrice — as the Panthers remained undefated, beating Verona 41-0 Friday night.Morrice also rushed for another touchdown, as he accounted for more than 200 all-purpose yards. Nick ...
KENILWORTH, NJ - The Kenilworth Bears A Football Team kicked off their season on Sunday, Sept 15, with an exciting and well deserved 34-0 win over the Perth Amboy Red Raiders. Highlights of the game include:Dante Kopacz was 5 for 6 for 70 yards passing with 3 touchdown's, and 30 yards rushing with ...
HOBOKEN, NJ – Hudson Catholic scored a touchdown and a two-point conversion late in the third quarter to rally for a 14-12 football victory over Hoboken on Saturday.Jae'on Walker scored both touchdowns for Hoboken (1-1). He caught a pass from Isaiah Blanks for a 77-yard touchdown in the second ...
MONTCLAIR, NJ - Advocating for lights at Woodman Field is nothing new. It has been a longstanding request from students and families for years. However, there is one thing standing in the way…the surrounding residents. Many residents, who have been in opposition over the years, have cited traffic, ...
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ — Fiheem Howell Jr. scored three touchdowns, including two in the fourth quarter to rally Iselin's John F. Kennedy Memorial High School to a 28-27 football victory over Gov. Livingston on Saturday.Howell's 85-yard run from scrimmage and Manny Perez-Quijano's extra point kick in ...
BRONX, NY - Thomas Butler, an 80-year-old U.S. Marine Corps veteran from Berkeley Heights and a member of the Berkeley Heights VFW 6259, received a special honor on Friday night at Yankee Stadium. Butler was recognized as “Veteran of the Game” during the bottom of the seventh inning of the New ...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ - The South Plainfield High School Varsity Gymnastics Team kicked off their 2024 season on Sept. 12 against Scotch Plains-Fanwood. In high school gymnastics, five members of each team compete in each of four events - vault, bars, beam, and floor - with the top three scores for ...
East Orange, NJ- The Albright College football team is off to a good start this season, opening this year's campaign with a 17-6 victory over Gallaudet University. The team currently holds a 1-1 (overall), 0-1 (conference) record.Nazaiah Edwards of East Orange, N.J., is a member of the NCAA ...
MADISON, NJ - The Madison field hockey team defeated Ridge 5-1 on Friday afternoon. The Dodgers remain undefeated with a 3-0 record for the 2024 season.Madison's Lindsay Catchpole had a hat trick while fellow teammate Celia Stuart scored two. Stuart, Lila Baisch and Grace Garrity were credited ...