Sports Top Stories
By LOU MONACO
September 9, 2024
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ -- Senior forward Cat Pfeiffer scored off an assist from freshman forward Cecelia Cassio in the third quarter to pace South Plainfield in a 2-1 home loss to East Brunswick Saturday. East Brunswick (2-0) scored two first half goals by sophomore midfielder/back Rachel Gerould and ...
SUCCASUNNA, NJ – Junior Nicolette Grossman crossed the line in 21st place with a time of 20:37.75 in pacing the Chatham girl’s cross-country team to a 10th place finish in the Fastest Four at the Roxbury Invitational held at Horseshoe Lake Park on Saturday.Chatham's Future Four team placed third ...
BERKLEY HEIGHTS, NJ - On Saturday, September 7th, the Whippany Park boys soccer team secured their second victory of the 2024 season, bringing their record to 2–0 with a win against Governor Livingston. They beat the Governor Livingston team on their Berkley Heights home turf with a score of ...
CLINTON TOWNSHIP, NJ - Colonia (2-0) knocked off North Hunterdon (0-2) 35-7 for another disappointing loss for North at their home opener Friday night in Annandale. Colonia's Dylan Chiera threw for three touchdowns while defense and special teams added two more scores.North Hunterdon took an early ...
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ – The Gov. Livingston High School girls' soccer team, led by long-time Head Coach Mike Roof, is preparing for an exciting 2024 season. Entering his 22nd year as head coach, Roof has compiled an impressive record of 262-148-17 and is optimistic about what this year’s squad can ...
BERKLEY HEIGHTS, NJ - On Saturday, September 7th, the Whippany Park boys soccer team secured their second victory of the 2024 season, bringing their record to 2–0 with a win against Governor Livingston. They beat the Governor Livingston team on their Berkley Heights home turf with a score of ...
LIVINGSTON, NJ — Livingston scored three goals in the second quarter and went on to a 5-1 field hockey victory over Caldwell on Saturday.Shaye Lastella and Riley Schultz each finished with two goals and one assist for the Lancers (2-0), who led, 3-1, at halftime.Ava Wilson also scored a goal for ...
BINGHAMTON. NY - The Somerset Patriots offense was stymied by the Binghamton Rumble Ponies in a 2-1 loss on Sunday night in their series finale at Mirabito Stadium. Somerset falls to 1.5 games back in the Northeast Division with six games remaining. Both Somerset losses in the series came by only ...
BINGHAMTON. NY - The Somerset Patriots offense was stymied by the Binghamton Rumble Ponies in a 2-1 loss on Sunday night in their series finale at Mirabito Stadium. Somerset falls to 1.5 games back in the Northeast Division with six games remaining. Both Somerset losses in the series came by only ...
DENVILLE, NJ - The Denville PAL announced several tryout dates for boys and girls travel basketball. Tryouts are available for players in grades four through eight. Registration is required to be able to try out. There are three different dates for tryouts including: September 28October 1October ...
KATONAH, N.Y. - The Harvey School’s cross country runners are preparing for what promises to be another memorable fall season following a 2023 campaign that resulted in an Housatonic Valley Athletic League (HVAL) championship for the boys and a second-place finish for the girls.Head coach Christian ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ - The first Group 4 state baseball tournament championship in the history of Bridgewater-Raritan High School was achieved this past spring.The man behind the controls of a program that produced the greatest season in school history is head coach Max Newill.Newill, who just completed ...
BAYONNE, NJ - Rain nearly washed out the plannedground breaking for a new Buddy Baseball stadium, but miraculously, most of it stopped by the time the crowds arrived, and surprising even organizers, a rainbow appeared over the site.About an hour before the ceremony was to start on Saturday ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - As the fall sports season kicks off, we're excited to return a spotlight on exceptional athletes from Phillipsburg High School.TAPinto Phillipsburg is thrilled to introduce again the "Iron Strong Athlete of the Week," a special feature brought to you by our sportswriter, Tom ...
PISCATAWAY, NJ – ‘Cardiac Cats’ may turn out to be a reasonable catchphrase to describe the Bridgewater-Raritan High School football team in 2024, especially given its latest game at Piscataway High School was another high-scoring affair that again came down to the Panthers’ final drive.This time, ...
SOMERS, N.Y. - Somers' girls cross country team has won the last three league championships and taken the counties for the previous two. So, the Tuskers want to keep it going, and familiar faces say the odds are pretty good.With four solid returners, said Coach John Vegliante, “We’ll be a good ...
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.NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — After a disappointing performance on opening night, Plainfield bounced back in an ...
CLINTON TOWNSHIP, NJ - The Boys Cross Country team started their season strong on Saturday, September 6, 2024 at the Roxbury Invitational The Future 4 and JV teams took home trophies for 1st place finishes along with many personal records. Medals were awarded to the top 20 finishers in each ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - North Hunterdon pulled away from a 1-0 halftime lead with the first three goals of the second half to defeat Phillipsburg High School, 4-2, in a Skyland Conference cross-division contest on Saturday at The Phillipsburg Sports Complex.Doug Metcalf scored in the fifth minute for ...
CLINTON TOWNSHIP, NJ – Sophia Rosato scored her second goal of the game in overtime to give Bridgewater-Raritan a 2-1 girls soccer victory over North Hunterdon on Saturday.Rosato's game-winner came off an assist from Reese Reimann. The same two players combined on a second-half goal when Rosato ...
NUTLEY, NJ - Nutley United Soccer's Lyla, Melanie, and Daniela raised their glasses in a celebratory toast after beating Midland Park Ajax 2-1 after a match Sunday morning.The three women athletes celebrated their victory with freshly squeezed lemonade at the Nutley Farmers Market. As soon at they ...
MONTVILLE, NJ - The 2024 Montville Township High School fall sports season got underway this past week, and there was plenty of action across all sports. Read below to see how each team fared in the first week of competition.BOYS SOCCERAfter finishing the 2023 season strong by going 5-1-1 in its ...
PISCATAWAY, NJ – ‘Cardiac Cats’ may turn out to be a reasonable catchphrase to describe the Bridgewater-Raritan High School football team in 2024, especially given its latest game at Piscataway High School was another high-scoring affair that again came down to the Panthers’ final drive.This time, ...
Coaches at any level of football will tell you that turnovers and penalties will prove costly in the attempt to win a game.For Bloomfield High, that was learned first hand on Sept. 6, when the Bengals lost a 20-7 decision, to Nutley, in the team's home opener. The win moved the Mayor's Trophy back ...
Coaches at any level of football will tell you that turnovers and penalties will prove costly in the attempt to win a game.For Bloomfield High, that was learned first hand on Sept. 6, when the Bengals lost a 20-7 decision, to Nutley, in the team's home opener. The win moved the Mayor's Trophy back ...
MANASQUAN, NJ – The Manasquan High School (MHS) football team entered its second game of the season against Monmouth Regional High School with the same momentum that led to last week’s 33-0 shutout of Neptune High School. Once again, the game was virtually decided by halftime, with running back Ace ...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ -- Senior forward Cat Pfeiffer scored off an assist from freshman forward Cecelia Cassio in the third quarter to pace South Plainfield in a 2-1 home loss to East Brunswick Saturday. East Brunswick (2-0) scored two first half goals by sophomore midfielder/back Rachel Gerould and ...
HOBOKEN, NJ -- Jae'on Walker scored two touchdowns to lead Hoboken to a 36-18 football victory over Newark West Side in its opener on Friday night.A 10-yard TD run by Khris Atkins and a conversion pass from Isaiah Blanks to Ismar Walker in the first quarter gave Hoboken an 8-0 lead.Blanks' 4-yard ...
SPOTSWOOD, NJ - The Spotswood High School girls soccer team played its season opener on Saturday against Metuchen High School. Both teams are former Blue Division rivals. The rivalry picked up where it left off now that both are a part of the Greater Middlesex Conference's White Division. After ...
CLARK, NJ — The Johnson varsity field hockey team and girls varsity soccer team used their home field advantage to, well, . . . their ADVANTAGE this past Saturday! Both teams secured solid wins on their home turfs and are off to encouraging seasons so far.The field hockey team, under the direction ...