Sports Top Stories
By PATTI FEENEY
September 11, 2024
SOUTH PLAINFIELD - The South Plainfield Junior Baseball 10U Travel Team, "Surge," are state champions after a triumphant 2024 summer season. Mayor Matthew Anesh acknowledged the success of the team and coaches with a proclamation at the Sept. 3 Council Meeting. "Whereas, the Borough of South ...
HOBOKEN, NJ - 4th Ward Councilman Ruben Ramos is partnering with Next Basket Wins to offer kids between ages 5-12 a free basketball clinic on Sunday.On September 15 from 9:30am - 11am at Hoboken Boys and Girls Club Gym, a special guest speaker, a local D1 college basketball head coach will be in ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ – Now in his second season in charge of the Bridgewater-Raritan High School girls’ volleyball team, head coach Josh Everett proclaimed everyone coming up in his program should follow the footsteps of the Panthers’ graduating senior Class of 2025.On Tuesday evening in ...
MADISON, NJ - The Madison girls tennis team defeated Mountain Lakes; 3-2 on Tuesday afternoon. The Dodgers have now won two matches in a row.Madison took 1st singles with Kaden Peterson defeating Mira Sun; 7-6, 6-1. In the 3rd singles match, Korryn Peterson defeated Chloe Lin; 7-6, 7-6. In 2nd ...
KENILWORTH, NJ -To kick off the Brearley Boys Varsity Soccer season the Bears christened the new turf field with a 6-1 win over Hillside. The team and fans were thrilled to this start of the season.Head Coach Vincent McGowan spoke to TAPinto Kenilworth to give the highlights of the game. “Luiggi ...
RANDOLPH, NJ - The Morristown girls tennis team defeated Randolph 4-1 on Tuesday afternoon. The Colonials are on a three game winning streak.In 1st singles, Ella Hardy defeated Ram Ava Pinho 3-6, 6-3, 10,4. Sukanya Vasudevan of Morristown defeated Noelle Thompson 6-2, 6-4 and Ava Adubato defeated ...
WARREN, NJ -- The Hunterdon Central girls volleyball team came away with a hard-fought victory, 25-18, 16-25, 25-18 over Watchung Hills on Tuesday.Becky Rincon highlighted the effort by the Red Devils (3-0) with 15 digs.The full performance by Hunterdon Central: Sets PlayedKBDASPAcesAlex ...
CEDAR GROVE, NJ - The Cedar Grove Panthers Varsity Football Team emerged victorious in their second contest against Weequahic on September 6. Quarterback Stephen Paradiso completed 9 of his 19 passes for 97 yards, one touchdown, and one interception. He added 67 rushing yards on ten carries and one ...
WOOD-RIDGE, NJ – Kurt Zyla, Class of 1978, and a member of the 1977 Wood-Ridge North 1 Group Section championship football team, has been named to the 2024 Class of the Wood-Ridge Hall of Fame. The ceremony will be held on September 25th at the Fiesta. Undersized at just 5-9, 170, Zyla was named ...
CHATHAM, NJ – Chatham's field hockey offense has been so prolific in its three games of the 2024 season that it's easy to overlook how tight the Cougar defense is playing.“Our defense, I thought did a tremendous job,” Kaitlin Leyden, Chatham coach, said. “They never really got through our defensive ...
SPARTA, NJ - After beginning the season with a tough loss on the road at Morristown, the Sparta girls volleyball team reset and took care of business against Morris Knolls in Sparta’s home opener. The Spartans hammered the Golden Eagles 2-0 (25-7, 25-12).In the first set, the Spartans were off and ...
NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ -- After losing its opener last week, the New Providence boys soccer team won for the first time this season, defeating Roselle Park, 6-0, on Tuesday.The Pioneers (1-1) handed Roselle Park (2-1) its first loss of the season.Matthew Schmidt scored two goals for New Providence, ...
SOMERSET, NJ -- Grey Grealish's second goal of the game in overtime gave Franklin a 3-2 boys soccer victory over Delaware Valley on Tuesday.Grey Grealish got an assist from Emmanuel Agbakoba on his golden goal 3:20 into the second overtime.Grealish had given the Warriors (3-0) a 1-0 lead with a ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ - The Somerset Patriots downed the New Hampshire Fisher Cats 8-2 on Tuesday night in game one of a six-game series at TD Bank Ballpark. Paired with a Portland loss, Somerset’s win cut their Northeast Division deficit to 0.5 games with five left to play. Over their last 25 games, the ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ - The Somerset Patriots downed the New Hampshire Fisher Cats 8-2 on Tuesday night in game one of a six-game series at TD Bank Ballpark. Paired with a Portland loss, Somerset’s win cut their Northeast Division deficit to 0.5 games with five left to play. Over their last 25 games, the ...
LIVINGSTON, NJ — Following a 4-2 loss to Newark Academy on opening day last Friday, the Livingston boys soccer team has a five-day layoff prior to resuming its season at home on Wednesday against West Orange.Head coach Roger Rubinetti is beginning his 34th season guiding the Lancers' program. He ...
NORTH PLAINFIELD, NJ – The JFK-Iselin girls volleyball team came away with a 27-25, 24-26, 25-23 victory over North Plainfield on Tuesday.Samara Riaz led the Mustangs (1-1) in kills with seven, and Darshana Shah totaled a team-high 20 assists to go with two digs.JFK-Iselin Sets ...
NEWTON, NJ—The Newton High School girls Tennis team won 5-0 over Hopatcong when they hosted them on Monday, September 9The results of the matches are as follows:Singles: 1st: Samantha Sutton (N) won over Megan Hincznski (H) 6-0, 6-02nd: Micaela Schlesner (N) won over Sadie Kester (H), 6-0, 6-03rd: ...
NEWTON, NJ—The Newton High School field hockey team got shut out 1-0 against the Kittatinny Cougars on Monday, September 9 when they played them away.Kittatinny scored their one and only goal in the second quarter of the game. Newton was unable to come back and score.Newton had two keepers in the ...
NEWTON, NJ—The Newton High School girls soccer team got shut out 1-0 against the Kittatinny Cougars, when they played them away on Saturday, September 7Kittatinny scored their one and only goal in the first half of the game. Despite teh Braves' 11 shots on goal, they were unable to score.Sophia ...
MONTVILLE, NJ - The great sport of cross country presents an individual with challenges on so many levels, beyond the obvious physical endurance needed for an athlete to reach their full potential as a distance runner.A cross country participant must also stay mentally focused for the duration of ...
NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ – After a tight first half, the New Providence girls soccer team broke things open with six goals in the second half to finish off a 7-0 victory over Rahway on Tuesday.Maddie Merrick and Maddie Smith each scored two goals for the Pioneers (1-1), whose only goal of the first half ...
LIVINGSTON, NJ – Chatham senior singles player Jin Zhang split the first two sets before dropping a pro-set tiebreaker as the Cougars absorbed their first loss of the season, 5-0 at Livingston.Chatham singles player Joyce Zhang, and the Cougar doubles teams of Michelle Moran and Mary Zhang, and ...
MADISON, NJ - The Madison girls volleyball team defeated St. Elizabeth; 2-1 on Tuesday afternoon. St. Elizabeth took the first match 25-13. Madison came back to win the second and third 25- 23The Dodgers will host Villa Walsh on Saturday September 14. Time TBD.
WARREN, NJ — Watchung Hills girls volleyball fell to Hunterdon Central in their home opener Tuesday, 2-1. “I thought the girls played really well in our home opener. Hunterdon Central is a tough team with a lot of fire power,” said WHRHS head coach Jens Madsen. “I have a feeling we are going ...
WARREN, NJ — Watchung Hills girls volleyball fell to Hunterdon Central in their home opener Tuesday, 2-1.After losing the first set 25-16, the Warriors bounced back in the second, 25-16. The third set ended 25-18.The Warriors drop to 0-2 on the season and next plays at Hillsborough on Thursday.
NORTH BRUNSWICK, NJ – The South Brunswick boys soccer team remained undefeated with a 5-1 victory over North Brunswick on Tuesday.North Brunswick (1-2) actually had a 1-0 lead before the Vikings came back with three goals later in the first half.Rohan Guddeti tied it for South Brunswick with a goal ...
STAFFORD - A Southern Regional legend has passed away. Frank Laird, long-time teacher and basketball coach at Southern, is remembered by so many as a great man who influenced many lives over the years.Tom Piotrowski, who was a 7 foot 1 player at LaSalle University (1983) graduate and played in the ...
STAFFORD - A Southern Regional legend has passed away. Frank Laird, long-time teacher and basketball coach at Southern, is remembered by so many as a great man who influenced many lives over the years.Tom Piotrowski, who was a 7 foot 1 player at LaSalle University (1983) graduate and played in the ...
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – Columbia scored two goals in the second half and went on to a 2-0 field hockey victory over Newark Academy on Tuesday.Sophia Islam broke up the scoreless duel with a goal with 3:24 left in the third quarter, then Phoebe Perlman added a goal in the final minute of the game for the ...