Sports Top Stories
By BRETT HAWN
June 23, 2024
ELIZABETH, NJ - The 2023-2024 season for the Elizabeth Girls Track and Field Team saw significant team and individual accomplishments. The Minutemen had several participants in the NJSIAA Group 4 Championships. Nyla Felton placed 12th in the 200 m. Darlineka Joanus finished third in the Long ...
SUMMIT, NJ -- The Summit Family Aquatic Center is closed today, Sunday, June 23 due to an equipment malfunction, according to the City. Crews are working to make repairs to the circulating pump and expect the pool to be open on again on Monday, June 24.
WEST CALDWELL, NJ -- Michayla Rodriguez, a member of the Caldwell softball team, was named to the Super Essex Conference All-American Division First Team. Rodriguez, a senior shortstop, batted .473 in 2024 with 19 extra-base hits and a team-high 36 runs batted in. She scored 28 runs, hit six ...
JERSEY CITY, NJ- One group of friends is determined to revive the tennis community in their part of Jersey City, one ball and racket at a time. In an interview with TAPinto Jersey City, Head Coach Jeff Lam of Star Athletics Tennis Program said it was incepted while he worked for the Swim Program ...
HORNELL, NY — Down early in Saturday's contest with the Hornell Steamers, the Oilers managed to cut the lead to one run in the top of the fourth inning when first baseman Chase Fischers cracked a solo home run. But pitching troubles allowed the Steamers offense to explode in the bottom frame of ...
MIDDLETOWN, NJ -- The Shore Conference recently released its A North all-division softball team, including players from Middletown North, Middletown South and Colts Neck. The players from those three schools, as chosen in a vote of the conference's coaches, are: P: Riley Smith, freshman ...
WAYNE, NJ – This is it folks. Most of Wayne Township has been waiting with bated breath for the playoffs of the Wayne Cornhole League [this fact cannot be corroborated]. And now it’s here…well, just a few days away. On Tuesday evening, June 25, at 6:30pm, the Wayne Parks and Recreation Department, ...
HAZLET, NJ -- Three softball players from Raritan High School and one from Holmdel High School were among those named to the Shore Conference's A Central all-division team in a vote of the conference's coaches. From Raritan, infielder Isabella Plath and outfielders Julia Delmasto and Scarlett ...
MIDDLETOWN, NJ -- The Shore Conference recently released its A North all-division softball team, including players from Middletown North, Middletown South and Colts Neck. The players from those three schools, as chosen in a vote of the conference's coaches, are: P: Riley Smith, freshman ...
HOLMDEL, NJ -- Three softball players from Raritan High School and one from Holmdel High School were among those named to the Shore Conference's A Central all-division team in a vote of the conference's coaches. From Raritan, infielder Isabella Plath and outfielders Julia Delmasto and Scarlett ...
EUGENE, OR - Spotswood native and Chargers alumnus Katie Wasserman advanced to the finals of the women's 5,000 meters at the Olympic Trials at Hayward Field on Friday. Wasserman runs in the finals on Monday evening after qualifying with a time of 15:35.57. Wasserman played soccer and was a ...
LIVINGSTON, NJ — Sophia Mount, who graduated with the Class of 2024 at Livingston High School on Thursday after pitching for the Lancers softball team for the last four years, is the recipient of the Big L 2024 Ed McInroy Outstanding Female Athlete of the Year Award. Mount and teammate Allie ...
BRISGEWATER, NJ - The Somerset Patriots were defeated by the Erie SeaWolves 8-2 on Friday night in game four of a six-game series at TD Bank Ballpark. RHP Zach Messinger (4.2 IP, 5 R, 6 H, 3 BB, 5 K) took the loss in his 14th start of the season. Messinger allowed more than two runs in a game ...
BRISGEWATER, NJ - The Somerset Patriots were defeated by the Erie SeaWolves 8-2 on Friday night in game four of a six-game series at TD Bank Ballpark. RHP Zach Messinger (4.2 IP, 5 R, 6 H, 3 BB, 5 K) took the loss in his 14th start of the season. Messinger allowed more than two runs in a game ...
ELIZABETH, NJ - The 2023-2024 season has come to a close for the Elizabeth Boys Track and Field Team. The Minutemen featured several participants in the NJSIAA Group 4 Championship. Roodkerry Barthelemy finished 5th in the 100m Finals. Barthelemy also finished 8th in the Long Jump ...
OLEAN, NY — Starting pitcher Adam Martin pitched six shutout innings, striking out seven batters in the Oilers' 6-0 Game 2 victory against the Salamanca Lizards on Friday in Bradner Stadium. The win ended a five-game losing streak for the Oilers, who are 6-6 for the season. Second baseman ...
KEYPORT, NJ -- Four members of the Keyport softball team have been named to the Shore Conference's B North All-Division Team. Kaileigh McGrogan, Madeline Pinto, Ava Mitchell and Danika Borza of Keyport all were selected to the team in a vote of the conference's coaches. McGrogan, a senior, ...
BRIDGEWATER NJ - The Somerset Patriots fell to the Erie SeaWolves 9-7 on Thursday night in game three of a six-game series at TD Bank Ballpark. 2B Anthony Seigler (2-for-4, 3 RBI, HR, 2B, 2 R, BB) put Somerset on the board with an RBI double in the 2nd inning, before his two-run homer in the ...
BRIDGEWATER NJ - The Somerset Patriots fell to the Erie SeaWolves 9-7 on Thursday night in game three of a six-game series at TD Bank Ballpark. 2B Anthony Seigler (2-for-4, 3 RBI, HR, 2B, 2 R, BB) put Somerset on the board with an RBI double in the 2nd inning, before his two-run homer in the ...
INDIANAPOLIS, IN -- Warren's Matt Fallon, a Pingry School graduate, is going to the Olympics! Fallon took1st place and broke the American record with a time of 2:06.54 He was the top seed in the 200-meter breaststroke. His time of 2:07.39 in the semifinals on Tuesday night was just .22 shy of ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - As the summer begins, we joined the Garnet Booster Club Foundation during their Spring awards night at Phillipsburg High School June 20, 2024. We're once again honored to shine a spotlight on exceptional athletes from Phillipsburg High School selected as the ‘Iron Strong ...
HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, NJ - The 2024 football season unofficially starts with the Hasbrouck Heights 7-on-7 Football Shootout on Saturday, June 22, at Depken Field, as the Aviators look to defend their 2023 title. Read: Hasbrouck Heights Tops Wood-Ridge in 7-on-7 Tournament Local teams include ...
MONROE TOWNSHIP, NJ — Georgetown sophomore and former Westfield High School golfer Barnes Blake was sizzling on the greens Thursday. Under hot and humid conditions, Blake fired a 4-under-par 67 to earn individual medalist honors by one stroke over three other golfers at local qualifying for the ...
UNION, NJ -- Two members of the Union High School softball team have been named to the Union County Conference All-Mountain Division First Team. Jenna Wakefield and Alessandra Silvestre of Union were both selected to the first team in a vote of the conference's coaches. Wakefield, a junior ...
SOUTH ORANGE/MAPLEWOOD, NJ -- Two members of the Columbia High School softball team were named to the Super Essex Conference All-American Division First Team. Claire Shupe and Sam Stein of Columbia were both selected to the first team in a vote of the conference's coaches. Shupe, a sophomore ...
HOLMDEL, NJ - Holmdel football has a new coach and, based on the Holmdel Board of Education meeting yesterday, a burst of energy with a packed crowd of student players as well as the coach, his family and other supporters. The board held its monthly 'committee of the whole' meeting which brings the ...
KENILWORTH, NJ - The second annual Union County senior All-Star game was held on Monday, June 17, giving three Kenilworth seniors one more time to take the spotlight. Held at Kean University, 32 players from around Union County competed in the nine-inning game, with each team’s full roster ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ -- Five members of the Woodbridge baseball team were named to the Greater Middlesex Conference All-White Division Team. Two of those players, Drew Lukachyk and Eddy Nunez, were selected to the overall All-GMC Team. Lukachyk, a senior shortstop and pitcher, batted .452 withh 16 ...
CEDAR GROVE, NJ - The Cedar Grove Panthers Girls Lacrosse team concluded another spring season, making the first round of the NJSIAA Group 1 Tournament. Goalie Kierstin Walter, a four-year varsity player, recorded her 500th career save this season, putting her among some of the top goalies in ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ -The Somerset Patriots were defeated by the Erie SeaWolves on Wednesday night at TD Bank Ballpark by a final score of 11-2. LHP Brock Selvidge (4.2 IP, 9 H, 7 ER, 2 BB, 4 K) was handed the losing decision, allowing career-highs in hits and runs. RHP McKinley Moore (2.1 IP, 2 ...