Sports Top Stories
By TOM MUGAVERO
August 30, 2024
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - The Phillipsburg High School boys’ soccer team hopes to get off to the same start as last season when it won its first two games and four of its first six. The midfield should be a strength with returning starters including senior Evan James (first team all-Skyland Conference ...
SOMERS, N.Y. - With preseason beginning, players from all over Westchester are hoping to come in sharp as they look for available spots on the roster. Easier said than done, Somers field hockey coach Shannon Scavelli aimed to give athletes in her sport a leg up at Somers High School on ...
OLD BRIDGE, NJ — Following an Old Bridge touchdown with 1:21 left in the fourth quarter, Woodbridge broke up a two-point conversion pass that would have tied the game, and the Barrons held on for a 36-34 victory in the football opener for both teams on Thursday night. Old Bridge quarterback ...
CEDAR GROVE, NJ - The deadline to register for the Cedar Grove Fall Cross Country Team and Clinic is September 4. Limited spots are available for the Fall Cross Country Clinic, which is open to students in grades 1 through 3. The Clinic will be held on Tuesdays from September 17 to October 15 ...
WOOD-RIDGE, NJ – The defending Big Central Freedom Gold Division champs took the field for a Thursday Night Lights game at the Donna Ricker Field against Wood-Ridge High School on August 29. It wasn't the season opener Spotswood High School was hoping for. The Chargers fell to Wood-Ridge 24-10 to ...
WEST ORANGE, NJ -- The Union High School football team had about as difficult an assignment as a program can have for Jason Scott's first game as the Farmers' head coach. Union went on the road against perennial powerhouse Seton Hall Prep and lost, 34-0, on opening day Friday ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ – The 2023 season was the most successful year for the Morristown boys soccer program in nearly half a decade as the team eclipsed the double-digit win total for the first time since 2019, finishing with a record of 10-7-2. The team also won its first state tournament game in four ...
JERSEY CITY, NJ - Hudson County Executive Craig Guy invites residents to attend the 26th Annual Hudson County Sports Hall of Fame Dinner and Induction Ceremony at Saint Peter’s University on October 2 at 6:00 pm. The event will be held on the 6th floor of the McMahon Student Center in the Duncan ...
SPRINGFIELD, NJ -- The Dayton girls soccer team will have a new head coach at the helm when their 2024 regular season kicks off the first week in September. Kevin Schultz, who had been the team's varsity assistant and junior varsity (JV) girls soccer coach for the past 10 seasons, takes over for ...
JACKSON TOWNSHIP, NJ -- Corleil Thomas scored two touchdowns in the first half to help stake Jackson Liberty to a 21-point lead on its way to a 34-0 football victory over Hamilton West in the opener for both teams on Thursday night. Mason Ciccariello's 7-yard TD pass to James Dressler and ...
WOOD-RIDGE, NJ – Wood-Ridge kicked off the new season with a 24-10 victory over Spotswood in an independent high school football game on Thursday night at Donna Ricker Field. After a low-scoring first half, Wood-Ridge scored three touchdowns in the second half to pull away with the ...
SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD, NJ -- Things were looking rather bleak for the Raiders at half-time of their home opener on Thursday, Aug. 29, at Tyson Field in Scotch Plains. The home team was down 28-16 and had just lost their starting quarterback, Jacob Handy, to injury in the first half. They ...
CHATHAM, NJ -- It was the final warmup before it gets real next week and in the battle between the football teams from Summit and Chatham on Thursday, the Hilltoppers brought the game while Chatham was still in scrimmage mode. At least that's what the score looked like when the Summit varsity ...
TINTON FALLS, NJ -- The Bernards football team went on the road against an unfamiliar opponent and came away with a 35-6 victory over Monmouth Regional on opening night Thursday. Logan Stevens scored three touchdowns, including a 19-yard run in the opening quarter followed by Noah Ochab's extra ...
NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ -- After New Providence built a 14-point lead in the first 12:07 of the game, South Plainfield rallied and threatened to seize all the momentum by halftime. But two big defensive stands by New Providence helped the home team reestablish control of the game en route to a 23-7 ...
RANDOLPH, NJ- The Randolph field hockey team has had a good run of success under head coach Gina Adickes over the past four seasons, running up a winning record each year with 11, 18, 13, and 12 wins respectively. This year, the Lady Rams will look to make it five in a row. However, they will ...
It was 50 years ago, when I first met my new cross country coach at Belleville High School. Labor Day, 1974, was also the first day of fall sports practices. For the most part, we were at school to get our physicals completed, so we would practice, either football, cross country, or, in some ...
SPOTSWOOD, NJ - Chargers Stadium may not be ready, but the Spotswood High School football and cheer teams are. Excitement is high, as evident at Tuesday's pep rally to kick off the 2024-25 football season. Chargers football players and cheerleaders were introduced at a special preseason pep rally ...
PARKLAND, FL- The Stoneman Douglas Football Team hosts their 2024 home opener this evening against Cooper City High School. Douglas lost their first game of the season last week at Cypress Bay of Weston. Cooper City won their opener last week 16-7 over Coral Glades High School. Kickoff tonight ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ - The Somerset Patriots game versus the Reading Fightin Phils at TD Bank Ballpark on Wednesday, Aug. 28 was suspended due to heavy rain and thunderstorms in the area. The game was tied at 2-2 entering the bottom of the fifth inning. The game will continue p on Thursday, Aug.
BRIDGEWATER, NJ - The Somerset Patriots game versus the Reading Fightin Phils at TD Bank Ballpark on Wednesday, Aug. 28 was suspended due to heavy rain and thunderstorms in the area. The game was tied at 2-2 entering the bottom of the fifth inning. The game will continue p on Thursday, Aug.
ROXBURY, NJ – The fall varsity sports season at Roxbury High School is underway – starting today with a girls tennis match against Pequannock and continuing Friday with the football team’s season-opener against Parsippany Hills. Roxbury High School Athletic Director Stuart Mason says the teams ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - The Phillipsburg High School girls’ tennis team returns plenty of experience as five of its seven starters from last season are back. Sophomore Alessandra Tolentino returns as the No. 1 singles player and looks to use last season as a springboard to future success. She was ...
PARAMUS, NJ - If you've been influenced by a coach in your life, and you've always wanted to tell them what it meant to you, this day could be for you! The mayor and Borough Council, along with the Recreation Department, has organized Saturday, September 7 as Coaches Appreciation Day. The ...
SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ -- The Scotch Plains-Fanwood Soccer Club is helping to defray costs associated with the re-turfing of the Southside Field. At the Scotch Plains Council meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 20, Frank Rellosa, vice president of finance for the club, presented an annual check for the ...
WAYNE, NJ – Your NJ Warriors Disabled Veterans National Championship hockey team, led by Wayne resident, and Head Coach Ted Curtin, are hosting their 3rd Annual Patriot’s Day Shootout. A fundraising event held each year to honor the victims of 9/11. This is open to all first responders, veterans ...
FANWOOD, NJ – Hilltop Tennis Club, a shaded clay court in the heart of Fanwood, will host a free learn-to-play clinic for aspiring and returning tennis players ages 18 and up on Saturday, Sept. 14. The learn-to-play event will run from 10 a.m. to 12 noon. Participants will be introduced to Club ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — The Westfield boys soccer team had quite the season in 2023. The Blue Devils (13-5-4) ended their season with a 4-1-2 record over their final seven games culminating with a 3-2 loss at Kearny in the NJSIAA Group 4 semifinals on Nov. 8. Four days earlier, the Blue Devils captured ...
Editor's Note: The first football game has been moved to Aug. 31 due to projected inclement weather on Aug. 30. FLEMINGTON, NJ -- The Hunterdon Central football team will open its 2024 season Aug. 31 at home against North Hunterdon. The Red Devils are coming off the program's first winning ...
FLEMINGTON, NJ - It's time to look ahead at the Hunterdon Central sports season with field hockey, led by coach Jennifer Sponzo. 1. This season's players to watch are Celino Eto, Cassie Stallwood, Jocelyn Sponzo, Maggie Scally, Olivia Gioffre 2. This season's new players are: Isabella ...