Sports Top Stories
By TAPINTO MADISON STAFF
September 6, 2024
MADISON, NJ - The Madison girls tennis team fell to Montville on Thursday afternoon. The Dodgers are now 1-2 on the season. Madison won in 2nd singles with Caroline Bibbee defeating Hannah Friedman 6-4, 7-6.The Dodgers will take on Mountain Lakes on Friday September 6. Match time is 4pm at ...
CRANFORD, NJ – The Cranford Cougars are looking to rebound from an inconsistent and disappointing 2023. The team struggled to gain momentum and finished the season at 4-4, before a first-round loss in the sectional tournament to West Essex ended their season. Cranford head coach Erik Rosenmeier ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ - The Madison field hockey team defeated Morristown Beard 4-0 in their season opener on Thursday afternoon. Madison struck first firing in two goals in the first period followed by a single goal in the final two periods. Bella Blunda scored twice for Madison with teammates Grace ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ - The Madison field hockey team defeated Morristown Beard 4-0 in their season opener on Thursday afternoon. Madison struck first firing in two goals in the first period followed by a single goal in the final two periods. Bella Blunda scored twice for Madison with teammates Grace ...
MADISON, NJ – After losing their season opener Wednesday against Hackensack, Madison bounced back Thursday afternoon to pick up their first victory of the year with a 2-0 sweep (25-18, 25-17). The opening set saw Madison lose the first point but never trail after even as the Wildcats and Dodgers ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ - The Morristown High School girls volleyball team lost to Old Tappan on Thursday afternoon. The Colonials fell28-26, 25-12.The Colonials will participate in a Varsity Invitational on Saturday September 7 at 8:30am. The match will take place at Bloomfield High School. Sign up to get ...
NORTH SALEM, N.Y. - After capturing the section championship in thrilling fashion last year, the Tigers are ready to get back to work. The squad lost eight seniors to graduation after roaring into regionals and will now look to the team’s youth as they prepare for a new campaign. “This is going to ...
SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD NJ – Scotch Plains-Fanwood boys soccer earned a statement win to open the season, defeating Plainfield, 5-0, at home on Thursday, Sept. 5.Both junior Jayvon Young and freshman Anastasio Pavlou led the Raiders in goals with two each, along with a goal from senior Devin ...
PLAINSBORO, NJ -- The Robbinsville boys soccer team opened its season with a 3-1 victory over West Windsor-Plainsboro North on Thursday.Mitchell Shapiro scored one goal in each half for the Ravens. Ethan Pagani scored one goal and assisted on one of Shapiro's goals.Marco Parisi also passed for one ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ – The Woodbridge girls volleyball team opened the season with a 25-12, 25-21 victory over Colonia on Thursday afternoon.Ashley Torok paced the Barrons with 12 kills and three digs.Oluwatomisin Joel collected six kills and four digs for the Colonia.Colonia Sets PlayedKBDASPAcesMaria ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ – The Colonia boys soccer team opened the season with a 1-0 victory over Woodbridge on Thursday.Cristian Alvarez broke the tie with a goal six minutes into the second half. Noah Belo had the assist on Alvarez' goal.Danny Guevara made four saves and Donovan Kress posted three saves ...
KENILWORTH, NJ - Get excited for the first home game of the season! The Brearley Bears Varsity Football team have been working hard and are ready to challenge the Arthur L. Johnson Crusaders at home today, Friday, Sept 6. at 6 p.m. The Bears hope fans will come out and support the team. Tonight's ...
SPRINGFIELD, NJ – Roselle Park erased an early deficit and went on to a 2-1 boys soccer victory over Dayton in the opening game for both teams on Thursday.Ian Ferreira scored to give the Bulldogs a 1-0 lead just four minutes into the game.Roselle Park tied the game, 1-1, just before halftime on a ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ – The Bridgewater-Raritan High School field hockey team was the latest Panthers squad to launch its 2024 season during the district’s first week of classes.Although both teams ultimately were deadlocked at the end of the evening, it was an exciting matchup to open the season between ...
ANNANDALE, NJ -- The Bridgewater-Raritan girls tennis team won its second match in as many attempts this season, defeating North Hunterdon, 5-0, on Thursday.Jessica Kozyra and Madison McInerney both won their matches in straight sets at first singles and second singles, respectively.First ...
PARSIPPANY, NJ – The West Essex girls soccer team opened its season with a 3-0 victory over Parsippany Hills on Thursday.Brooke Balzano scored two goals for the Lady Knights, who scored all their goals in the second half.Ava Brignola scored the other goal, Jayla Walton passed for two assists, and ...
HOBOKEN, NJ – Hoboken scored all its goals in the second half of a 4-0 girls soccer victory over Memorial of West New York on opening day Thursday.Romane Zorea broke the scoreless tie one minute into the second half with a goal assisted by Amelie Cademartori.Two minutes later, Emma Conway scored to ...
CEDAR GROVE, NJ - The Cedar Grove Panthers put up a dominant victory in their season opener, can they extend the win streak? Cedar Grove traveled on the road for their first contest, facing off against Schalick in the “Battle at the Beach.” Cedar Grove won the contest handily 41-3 thanks to a ...
LIVINGSTON, NJ — For seven weeks beginning the week of Sept. 9, the Livingston Recreation & Senior Services department will host its inaugural co-ed Cornhole League for Livingston and Roseland residents aged 18 years and older.Teams of between two and four people are invited to register for the ...
HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, NJ – It is odd when Hasbrouck Heights is not considered the State Sectional favorite in cross-country, on both the boys and girls levels. They are not this year, at least in head coach Mike Ryan’s eyes. That does not mean the Aviators are not loaded with talent and are as ...
RUTHERFORD, NJ – Hasbrouck Heights girls soccer team opened the season with a 2-1 overtime victory over Rutherford in a NJIC non-divisional game on Thursday afternoon. It was the season-opener for both teams.Down 1-0 early in the second half, the Lady Aviators tied the score as Gina Minichiello ...
ROBBINSVILLE, NJ – Remember that article on the pre-season rankings for high school which called the exercise “silly season?” Well, four days before the opening of the season in Week 0, the NJSIAA finally got around to releasing the new groupings.Blaming difficulties in getting all the school’s ...
HAZLET, NJ -- The Raritan boys soccer team opened its season with a 6-1 victory over Freehold Borough on Thursday.Sean Burnett, Peter Geoghan and Owen Brackett each scored two goals, and Burnett also picked up an assist for the Rockets.Geoghan's goal with four minutes to go in the first half tied ...
TOMS RIVER, NJ -- The Colts Neck boys soccer team opened its season with a 3-0 victory over Toms River South on Thursday.Kyle Moore scored two goals in the first half, both of them coming off assists from Sean Moore. Kyle scored 15 minutes into the game, then scored again at the 35-minute mark for ...
WAYNE, NJ – The Chatham girls soccer team knows its resiliency is going to be tested early on with seven consecutive away games to open the 2024 season.One of those tests came Thursday night with a trip to Joe Lennon Field for a meeting with DePaul Catholic, the No. 2 ranked team in the state ...
RANDOLPH – In case anyone was wondering how the Chatham field hockey team that won 15 games last fall was going to replace all its key seniors this year, the answer came quickly from a bunch of “Super Sophomores” that coach Kaitlin Leyden put on the field for the season opener on Thursday.Senior ...
SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD, NJ – The Scotch Plains-Fanwood Girls Soccer team opened the season with a thrilling overtime victory at home against Kent Place on Thursday, Sept. 5. The Raiders won 2-1 thanks to an game-winning goal scored by senior Juliana Doran.The first goal for the Raiders was scored by ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ – The East Brunswick field hockey team opened its season with a 6-0 victory over Metuchen on Thursday.Grace Smutko, Samantha Arnold and Yana Popova all scored goals in the first quarter.Popova connected again in the third quarter, then Arnold and Anuoluwa Oladeji scored goals in ...
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The Columbia field hockey team opened its season with a 3-1 victory over Caldwell on Thursday.Maddie Popowsky scored two goals for the Cougars, including one with a minute to go in the first half.Popowsky also assisted on a goal by Talia Gewirtz in the fourth quarter. Tabby Barnes ...
HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, NJ – The Hasbrouck Heights girls volleyball opened the season with a 2-0 victory over Hawthorne Christian on Wednesday afternoon in Hasbrouck Heights. Riley Rivera went on a service run at the end of the first set to lead the Lady Aviators to a come-from behind victory, ...