Sports Top Stories
By ANDREW CONNOLLY
September 14, 2024
WOOD-RIDGE, NJ - St. Mary (Rutherford) handed Wood-Ridge its first loss of the season the Gaels defeated the Blue Devils, 48-13, in a NJIC Patriot League game on Friday. Both teams are 2-1 in the regular season, with the Gaels leading the Patriot with a 2-0 division record, with Wood-Ridge ...
LIVINGSTON, NJ – The Livingston and West Orange girls soccer teams, both ranked in the state's top 15, played to a 1-1 tie on Friday afternoon.West Orange (2-1-1) took a 1-0 lead on a goal by Aminota Diop 14 minutes into the game with an assist from Paige Topping.Livingston (3-0-1) tied it before ...
UNION CITY, NJ – Union City scored five touchdowns in the first quarter and rolled to a 56-14 football victory over Bayonne on its rooftop home field on Friday night.Kingston Evans and Mark Boyd each scored two touchdowns in the early spree for Union City (1-1).Chance Fischer scored both touchdowns ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ -- Senior tailback Jahmir Beal rushed for 127 yards and four touchdowns to lead Woodbridge to a 41-26 football victory over Plainfield on Friday night.Beal carried the ball 22 times for the Barrons (3-0) and scored two of his TDs in the fourth quarter. His 2-yard run gave Woodbridge ...
Mount Olive, NJ- The Randolph Rams football team battled valiantly in the first half on the road against a strong Top-20 ranked Mount Olive team, but the Marauders took charge in the second and ran away with a 49-14 victory on Friday September 13. ( Link to photos at end of story ) “I thought the ...
BASKING RIDGE, NJ -- This time, Ryan Turner was able to finish what he started.The senior wingback scored two touchdowns, gained 176 combined receiving and rushing yards and made a couple of spectacular receptions to help Ridge to a 34-7 football victory over Hillsborough in its home opener Friday ...
BOONTON, NJ – Fiona McSweeney and Emma Shushansky each scored a goal in third period when Chatham broke open a tie game and went on to post a 3-1 field hockey win vs. Boonton on Friday.Senior midfielder McSweeney scored unassisted in the third quarter to give Chatham (4-0) a 2-1 edge before junior ...
CHATHAM, NJ – The Chatham girls tennis team won its fifth match of the season, taking all 10 sets to score a 5-0 decision vs. West Essex on Friday at the Colony Courts.SINGLES: Joyce Zhang, C, def. Siena Jacobs, 6-0, 6-1; Alina Belinskaia, C, def. Brooks Kupferberg, 6-1, 6-0; Jin Zhang, C, def.
PISCATAWAY, NJ – The Piscataway Chiefs traveled to Old Bridge on Friday where they won, 22-21 in Week 3 of the 2024 football season. The score was close most of the game in the big Central matchup with the Knights’ Cam Olivencia finding the end zone early off a 5-yard pass from Brody Nugent in the ...
NORTH CALDWELL, NJ – Jake Long's second touchdown of the game, a 1-yard sneak, gave West Essex a 20-14 football victory over Caldwell in overtime on Friday night.Long had scored the game's first touchdown, capping a long opening drive for the Knights (2-1) with a 1-yard run followed by Bob ...
HACKETTSTOWN, NJ—The Newton High School field hockey team won 5-1 when they played away against Hackettstown.The Braves put one in the net in the first quarter and the four more in the second quarter while holding Hackettstown to one goal in the second quarter.Jaclyn Vena scored the first goal with ...
NEPTUNE TOWNSHIP - Tomorrow at 1:00 PM, Neptune's Varsity Scarlet Fliers play at Keansburg.See the rest of the schedule below, and subscribe to TAPinto Neptune for your Fliers updates!Date Opponent Time 9/14 @ Keansburg ...
Never one to see the glass as half empty, Bloomfield High football coach Mike Carter spoke to his team with enthusiasm, following a 48-14 setback to arch rival Montclair, on Sept. 12, at Foley Field, in a Super Football Conference, Freedom Red matchup. Bloomfield fell to 0-3 with the setback. The ...
NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ -- Defense has played an enormous role in the New Providence football team's 2-0 start this season.And Mike Petses has played an enormous role in sparking that defensive effort.The junior linebacker/fullback leads the Pioneers in tackles with 23 and he scored a touchdown on his ...
SUMMIT, NJ – Summit’s knockout punches came at different points in the game, but the Hilltopper boys soccer team produced the same result in their first three outings: a win. The young but talented squad hopped out to a 3-0 start to their 2024 season, downing Union, Brearley and Plainfield in a ...
ROSELLE PARK, NJ – It was a difficult day on the pitch for Roselle Park, as they were defeated by Essex County powerhouse Glen Ridge, 8-3. Roselle Park had the first real chance of the match when Brianna Appello and Audrey Miller linked up to create a scoring opportunity for the Panthers, but the ...
SUMMIT, NJ -- As the Summit High School Field Hockey team gets set to face Westfield on Saturday afternoon, the Hilltoppers have had some very close games so far this season. Summit lost another heartbreaker to Randolph on Thursday, 2-1. Juliet Webb scored the team’s lone goal for Summit in the ...
MANASQUAN, NJ – We're excited to announce the launch of our TAPinto Gold Coast Athlete of the Week column, where we spotlight a student excelling in their sport during the previous week. This program will run throughout the school year, covering all high school sports. TAPinto has proudly run this ...
CROSS RIVER, N.Y. - On Tuesday, Sept. 10, John Jay cross country traveled to Byram Hills for their first dual meet of the season, and even Sloan Wasserman and her All State standing intended to ease into the trial run. “Yeah, that’s what I thought. But then I was like, ‘shoot I’m pushing it,’” she ...
UNION, NJ – Westfield rallied from a two-goal deficit for a 3-2 boys soccer victory over Union in overtime on Thursday.Henry Iannuzzi, Sam Judka and Ethan Wade each scored for Westfield (3-0), which trailed, 2-0, at halftime.Union (1-3) took a 1-0 lead on a breakaway goal by Matheus Santos with 17 ...
CEDAR GROVE, NJ - The Cedar Grove Recreation Department announced several evaluation sessions for interested players in grades five through eight for travel and recreation basketball. The Cedar Grove Recreation Department says players who are attempting travel basketball must attend at least one ...
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ - The Gov. Livingston Girls Volleyball team has kicked off their season with an impressive 4-1 record, bouncing back from an early loss to powerhouse Union Catholic High School. Under the leadership of Coach Steve Hess, the team has already faced some of the top competition in ...
SPOTSWOOD, NJ - The Spotswood High School girls varsity tennis team played their fourth straight match this week against Wardlaw-Hartridge High School on Thursday. It capped off a week that saw the team lose a tough 3-2 match to St. Thomas Aquinas High School Tuesday and 5-0 to Piscataway High ...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD -- After four straight quarters of a scoreless game, senior forward Cat Pfeiffer took matters into her own hands. Pfeiffer scored off an assist from senior midfielder Emily Davis in the first overtime to lift South Plainfield to a 1-0 triumph over Old Bridge Thursday. It was ...
SPOTSWOOD, NJ - After a weekend loss to Metuchen in overtime, the Spotswood High School girls varsity soccer team bounced back with a 3-0 shutout over Piscataway High School on Thursday. The Chargers defense along with goaltenders Isabella Mele and Kaelin Obado combined for the shutout. Obado made ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — The 18th annual New Jersey Senior Olympics brought a record-setting 1,400 competitors – age 50 into their 90s – to participate in two dozen weekend sporting events here.Top-seed winners – who walked away with gold, silver or bronze medals – will qualify for the 2025 National Senior ...
SPRINGFIELD, NJ – The Dayton boys soccer team won for the first time this season, defeating Hillside, 8-0, on Thursday.Alexander Casas scored one goal and passed for two assists for Dayton (1-3). Justin Rodriguez, Cristiano Richard, Antonio Moccia and Jacob Smiatacz all had one goal and one ...
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ - The Gov. Livingston Highlanders field hockey team earned their first win of the season on Wednesday, defeating Millburn 3-1 after a tough overtime loss in their season opener against Scotch Plains.Coach Jackie Wells reflected on the team’s performance, highlighting their ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ - The Somerset Patriots fell to the New Hampshire Fisher Cats 5-3 on Thursday night in game three of a six-game series at TD Bank Ballpark. With a Portland loss, Somerset retains their first-place position in Northeast Division by 0.5 games with three left to play. LHP Ben ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ - The Somerset Patriots fell to the New Hampshire Fisher Cats 5-3 on Thursday night in game three of a six-game series at TD Bank Ballpark. With a Portland loss, Somerset retains their first-place position in Northeast Division by 0.5 games with three left to play. LHP Ben ...