Sports Top Stories
By GABRIELLA DRAGONE
July 9, 2024
LITTLE FALLS, NJ - Four Little Falls softball teams were recognized by the Mayor and Council for their outstanding performance this season, bringing home championship titles. "Our softball teams have had a tremendous year, and I couldn't be more proud of all of you joining me here tonight with ...
CRANFORD, NJ – While the Cranford High School team deservedly gets a lot of attention, baseball fans shouldn’t sleep on up and comers like Cranford Baseball Softball Club’s 9U Blue team. This high-energy baseball squad has just won their second straight NJ title in a come-from-behind thriller.
MONTVILLE, NJ - Getting to 100 varsity hits is not something that Mustang baseball fans have seen in the last four or five years. The ultra-talented Ian Kaiser finished his high school career in 2023 with 96 career hits, but his entire freshman year was canceled due to COVID. Hunter Force was lucky ...
BLOOMFIELD, NJ-- While official practices and tryouts for the 2024 season are still about six weeks away, the Bloomfield High boys' soccer team is already putting in quality work for the upcoming fall campaign. Head coach Mike Aiello enters his 10th season at the helm, and his 13th with the ...
MAHOPAC. N.Y. - The Hudson Valley Summer Field Hockey League kicked off its 23rd season at Putnam Valley High School last week with Mahopac going 1-1 in early season action. Putnam Valley will host the first half of the season—which opened on June 26— due to the construction of a new track at ...
PARIS, FRANCE — The Paris Olympics are taking place from July 26 through August 11, and Millburn residents are rooting for Short Hills native Molly Reckford in the rowing competition. Reckford, who has a silver Olympic metal, came in fifth in the Women’s Lightweight Double Sculls at the Olympic ...
CLINTON, NJ - The North Plainfield Youth Sports Association (NPYSA) held its 29th annual golf outing at Beaver Brook Country Club in memory of Tony Di Fabio, Jim Durick, Ralph Cammarota, and Dennis Passe, all of whom were instrumental in creating the NPYSA and had volunteered with the organization ...
SPOTSWOOD, NJ - The Spotswood Recreation Department's popular youth basketball program is coming back this fall to the Memorial Middle School Gymnasium. The co-ed program is for grades kindergarten through eighth graders and runs from Saturday, September 21 through Saturday, November 16. Games will ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — Neil Horne Jr., a legendary basketball coach at Westfield High School and Union Catholic High School, died on July 4. Horne’s passion was his family and teaching the game of basketball, according to his obituary. As chronicled in Stephen D. Reddy’s award-winning book “A Ball ...
NEWARK — Newark’s Keith “Tsunami” Colon was doing so much damage to his opponent by the second round of his professional boxing debut on Saturday night that the referee stopped the fight. Colon, 21, won his match against Tennessee’s Hunter Turbyfill, 29, with a technical knockout, according to ...
MAHOPAC, N.Y — Four Mahopac High School student-athletes were named to their respective All-League and All-Seciton teams this spring, with 16 others earning All-League honors. Tyler Castrataro (baseball), Juliana Mangione (girls lacrosse), and flag football players Faith Poniros and Gianna Fava ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ - Minor League Baseball has named Somerset Patriots OF Elijah Dunham the Eastern League Player of the Week for games played from July 1-7. Over the Patriots' six-game series vs. Reading, Dunham went 10-for-25 (.400) with 2 HR, 8 RBI, 3 R, and 6 XBH. Dunham began the series with a ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ - Minor League Baseball has named Somerset Patriots OF Elijah Dunham the Eastern League Player of the Week for games played from July 1-7. Over the Patriots' six-game series vs. Reading, Dunham went 10-for-25 (.400) with 2 HR, 8 RBI, 3 R, and 6 XBH. Dunham began the series with a ...
HAMILTON — The Nottingham Little League team won the 12U District 12 championship over the weekend, defeating Sunnybrae, 9-2, on Saturday in the championship game. This same Nottingham contingent had won the district championship as 11-year-olds in 2023. In the third inning of the final, ...
CARTERET, NJ — Drag race celebrity-driver Elizabeth “Lizzy” Musi – who grew up in this Middlesex County community – has lost her toughest challenge against breast cancer at age 33. Elizabeth Patricia Musi was born and raised here, and was a 2009 Carteret High School graduate. She went on to ...
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ - The Jr. Highlanders have secured another state championship, this time for their 11U team. On June 23, the boys clinched their fourth consecutive District 12 Tournament title by defeating Cranford 4-1 in the final. Following their district win, the Jr. Highlanders competed ...
Charles Pride played the final 4 minutes and 17 seconds in the Charlotte Hornets 93-62 NBA Summer League victory over the Chinese National Team on Sunday. Pride, who played for St. Bonaventure University in the 2023-24 season, did not score, but he did record an assist and a ...
NEWARK, NJ — Newark’s Keith “Tsunami” Colon was doing so much damage to his opponent by the second round of his professional boxing debut on Saturday night that the referee stopped the fight. Colon, 21, won his match against Tennessee’s Hunter Turbyfill, 29, with a technical knockout, according ...
CARTERET, NJ — Drag race celebrity-driver Elizabeth “Lizzy” Musi – who grew up in this Middlesex County community – has lost her toughest challenge against breast cancer at age 33. Elizabeth Patricia Musi was born and raised here, and was a 2009 Carteret High School graduate. She went on to ...
MOUNT LAUREL, NJ — The outdoor portion of the collegiate athletic season is now complete and it’s a good time to take a glance at local student-athlete graduates from Lenape High School who made a name for themselves in sports right here in New Jersey and beyond. This is the first ...
ROSELAND, NJ -- Four players from the West Essex High School boys soccer team are members of the U17 Den of Lions team that will be playing in the U.S. Club Soccer 2024 National Cup XXIII held in Denver this summer. Rising seniors Gabe Adelsberg, James Fries and Kevin Rodrigues, and rising ...
DANSVILLE, NY — The Olean Oilers split a doubleheader with the Dansville Gliders Sunday. Game 1 was tied after three innings. The Gliders took over the game in the fourth, scoring three runs to go up 6-3, which ended up being the final score of the game. Left fielder Jason Story opened the ...
HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, NJ – An update on the performances of several college baseball players from Hasbrouck Heights and Wood-Ridge, as well as two college softball players during the spring 2024 season. Dario Morales, Hasbrouck Heights High School, Rutgers Newark, Junior: Morales hit .294 for ...
LONG BEACH ISLAND REGION - Captain Raymond Lopez reports the “Miss Liane” is now sailing for billfish and tuna. Their last trip out was excellent as they hooked onto a white marlin and blue marlin. They are sailing every week offshore for tuna and billfish, weather permitting. Captain Gary Dugan ...
LONG BEACH ISLAND REGION - Captain Raymond Lopez reports the “Miss Liane” is now sailing for billfish and tuna. Their last trip out was excellent as they hooked onto a white marlin and blue marlin. They are sailing every week offshore for tuna and billfish, weather permitting. Captain Gary Dugan ...
LONG BEACH ISLAND REGION - Captain Raymond Lopez reports the “Miss Liane” is now sailing for billfish and tuna. Their last trip out was excellent as they hooked onto a white marlin and blue marlin. They are sailing every week offshore for tuna and billfish, weather permitting. Captain Gary Dugan ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ - Well, Bears, if you haven't caught on to playing pickleball yet, you need to get with the program! The East Brunswick Department of Recreation and Parks will host a Pickleball Tournament on Friday, August 9 from 5:30 pm to 9:30 pm, at the courts in Community Park on 350 ...
NEWARK — Newark’s Keith “Tsunami” Colon was doing so much damage to his opponent by the second round of his professional boxing debut on Saturday night that the referee stopped the fight. Colon, 21, won his match against Tennessee’s Hunter Turbyfill, 29, with a technical knockout, according to ...
NEWARK — Newark’s Keith “Tsunami” Colon was doing so much damage to his opponent by the second round of his professional boxing debut on Saturday night that the referee stopped the fight. Colon, 21, won his match against Tennessee’s Hunter Turbyfill, 29, with a technical knockout, according to ...
LONG BEACH ISLAND REGION - Captain Raymond Lopez reports the “Miss Liane” is now sailing for billfish and tuna. Their last trip out was excellent as they hooked onto a white marlin and blue marlin. They are sailing every week offshore for tuna and billfish, weather permitting. Captain Gary Dugan ...