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By TAPINTO MADISON STAFF
September 4, 2024
MOUNTAIN LAKES, NJ - The Madison boys soccer team defeated Mountain Lakes 4-1 on Wednesday afternoon. The season opener win is a nice way for the Dodgers to start the 2024-25 season.Justin Macrina and Matthew Munoz scored twice for Madison. Gui Dos Santos had an assist on the day.The Dodgers will ...
WARREN, NJ — Watchung Hills topped Montgomery in their home opener on Wednesday at Duderstadt Field, 3-1. “I am proud of the boys for fighting through some tough moments in the game and pulling out a victory! said WHRHS head coach Estiven Benitez. “We lost several key players last year through ...
WARREN, NJ — Watchung Hills topped Montgomery in their home opener on Wednesday at Duderstadt Field, 3-1.“I am proud of the boys for fighting through some tough moments in the game and pulling out a victory! said WHRHS head coach Estiven Benitez. “We lost several key players last year through ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ - The Morristown High School Girls Volleyball team defeated Sparta 2-0 in their season opener on Wednesday afternoon. The Colonials won the sets; 25-19 and 25-23.Gwen Atkins had 8 kills while teammate Mary Wisloff had six and Hailey Atkins had five.Up next for the Colonials is ...
VERONA, NJ - The Verona Girls Varsity Soccer Team is under 48 hours away from kicking off their 2024-2025 season. The Hillbillies are coming off a 6-10-2 season in which they made a run to the NJSIAA Section 2, Group 1 Tournament Semifinal Round, losing 2-0 at New Providence. Below is the full ...
NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ -- The New Providence girls soccer team will open its season Thursday afternoon at Summit with one of the youngest teams that Scott Murphy says he has had in his 22 seasons as the Pioneers' head coach."This will be the youngest team we have had in a long time," Murphy said. "The ...
Fifty years ago, a new concept was presented for high school football, in New Jersey.After years of teams being awarded state sectional championships on the basis of an overall record, and getting the top nod from a local newspaper, the state would initiate a playoff system, to determine state ...
RANDOLPH, NJ- The Randolph boys soccer team had a run of four consecutive winning seasons before ending the 2023 campaign at a perfectly even record of 9-9. When the 2024 season kicks off on September 4 against Mount Olive, the Rams will have their sights set on getting back to enjoying another ...
MAHOPAC, N.Y.—Coming off a season that saw the team finish at 6-4 after a quarterfinal playoff loss, the Mahopac High football team has reset, reloaded, and is ready to open the 2024 campaign at this weekend’s Upstate/Downstate Kickoff Classic at Arlington High School.Last year’s Wolf Pac earned a ...
SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD, NJ -- The Scotch Plains-Fanwood girls soccer season will begin on Thursday, Sept. 5, with a home-opener against Kent Place. The team will look to continue their success under head coach Kevin Ewing, looking to improve off last year's record of 8-6-1.This year's Raiders team ...
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ – As the Governor Livingston (GL) field hockey team embarks on the 2024 season, excitement is high following their historic success last year. Under the guidance of Head Coach Jackie Wells, now in her fourth year as the head coach, the Highlanders are ready to take on new ...
SPOTSWOOD, NJ - After two tough seasons in the Greater Middlesex Conference's White Division, Spotswood High School's girls' tennis team returns to the Blue Division this fall. Former Chargers Chris Auciello returns as head coach. It's Auciello's second season as Chargers girls' tennis ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ – 2023 was a historic season for the Morristown Colonials on the volleyball court as the team won the first Morris County and sectional championships in program history en route to a near perfect season. With Morristown’s lone defeat coming in the state final, head coach Kathy ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - The East Brunswick High School Bears will host their home opener this Friday, September 6 versus Hamilton West at 6:00 pm at the high school.On Friday, August 29, the Bears lost the season's opening away game to Edison High School 27-0.Here is the schedule for the rest of the ...
HILLSBOROUGH, NJ – The Ridge girls tennis team opened its season with a 4-1 victory over Hillsborough on Tuesday.Jordan Lee, Isabel Su and Eva Rao gave the Red Devils victories in each of the singles matchups.The first doubles team of Kirtana Hariharan and Sophie Logan prevailed in a competitive ...
YORKTOWN, N.Y.—Yorktown’s boys volleyball squad enjoyed a successful season in 2023.As the No. 2 seed, it won 3-0 (25-16, 25-10, 25-18) against visiting No. 7 Lakeland (3-16) in the quarterfinals of the Section 1 Division 2 Tournament before losing to visiting No. 3 Eastchester 3-1 (25-27, 21-25, ...
MAHOPAC, N.Y.— It’s the end of an era for Mahopac field hockey as longtime coach Dona DiMaggio steps aside and her former assistant Jessica Ascencao takes over. Ascencao, who graduated from Lakeland and teaches physics at Mahopac High School, learned plenty about creating a winning formula while ...
After two decades, the South Plainfield boys soccer team will have a new look when they kick off their season at Bloomfield, Wednesday, Sept. 4. Former head coach Anthony Perfilio (217-132-33) - who had won a bunch of divisional titles, a Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) championship and was ...
It was the era of Watergate, Gerald Ford, 55 cents for a gallon of gas, the Oakland A's winning 3 straight World Series, Evel Knievel, and the start of a NFL dynasty in Pittsburgh.At Bloomfield High School, the boys soccer team would put together a memorable season in 1974. Coached by Jim White, ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Phillipsburg’s girls volleyball team gave Voorhees everything it had in game one before a 14-0 run in game two by the Vikings took all the suspense out of that one as Voohees won in straight sets, 25-23 and 25-13, in the Skyland Conference Raritan Division opener for both teams ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Phillipsburg’s girls volleyball team gave Voorhees everything it had in game one before a 14-0 run in game two by the Vikings took all the suspense out of that one as Voohees won in straight sets, 25-23 and 25-13, in the Skyland Conference Raritan Division opener for both teams ...
PARAMUS, NJ - Regular season action has already gotten underway for several high school soccer teams throughout New Jersey.While the Paramus Catholic High School girls soccer program may have to wait until Monday, September 9 for their first match of the year that counts on their record, be assured ...
NORTH SALEM, N.Y. - For North Salem’s cross country program, last season was one for the record books. The girls squad captured the league championship while the boys team took home county and sectional titles during a historic fall for Tigers sports. With a roster stacked with tested veterans and ...
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J. — Get ready to lace up your sneakers for a day of fitness, fun, and community spirit at the Berkeley Heights 5K Race benefiting the KAW Foundation for Mental Health, scheduled for Sunday, September 15, 2024. Whether you’re an experienced runner or just looking for a leisurely ...
ELIZABETH, NJ - The Elizabeth Minutemen Varsity Football Team started off the 2024-2025 season in the win column, defeating Linden 35-28 on August 30. Quarterback Arique Fleming completed 12 of 18 passes for 172 yards with a touchdown and an interception. He added 11 carries for 95 yards and a ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Senior Arunima Dhammi won the deciding match at third singles and first doubles partners Julie Kontoh and Mia Dy came back from a set down to win to highlight the Phillipsburg High School girl’s tennis team’s surprising 3-2 victory over Gill-St. Bernard’s in a season-opening ...
SOMERS, N.Y. - Somers has reached the state finals for the past three seasons, and the Tuskers are the two-time defending state champs. So the program’s legacy is pretty well cemented. But Coach Anthony DeMatteo and his players only have a singular mindset when it comes to applying the mortar of ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ -- The Caldwell boys soccer team will open its 2024 season on Saturday afternoon at Bonnel Field at 2 p.m. against Montville.The Chiefs posted a 9-11 record last season, and ninth-year coach Martin Rodriguez looks forward to the return of five returning starters from that ...
CROSS RIVER, N.Y. - Last year, John Jay Football failed to make the playoffs, which really is unacceptable for the program, according to Coach Joe Candarelli. Even so, the Wolves got to play a couple of extra games at the end of the season and winning both times was not overlooked by the coach. “We ...
MADISON, NJ - The Madison girls tennis team fell to Whippany Park 3-2 in their season opener on Tuesday afternoon. In 3rd singles, Madison's Korryn Peterson defeated Audry Lee; 6-2, 3-6, 1-0. The team of Saadie Tricarico and Mackenzie Dickson defeated Wildcat duo Audry Kuo and Caitlin ...