Sports Top Stories
By TAPINTO ELIZABETH STAFF
June 8, 2024
ELIZABETH, NJ - Elizabeth Athletics held its annual Spring Athletics Awards ceremony on Monday, highlighting Elizabeth High School’s spring sports and their accomplishments for the 2023-2024 season. Elizabeth High School’s Girls Track and Field team were recognized for their NJSIAA Group 4 ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ - The Somerset Patriots took down the Hartford Yard Goats 12-4 on Friday night at TD Bank Ballpark in game four of a six-game series. Somerset hit a season-high 5 HR in the contest, three of which came from Agustin Ramirez. Friday also marked the sixth 5+ homer game in Double-A era ...
MADISON, NJ – After three consecutive years of coming up just short, the Madison girls track and field team finally got over the hurdle and won the program’s first North 2, Group 2 sectional title last weekend. After going 6-0 in the regular season and winning the Liberty Division, the ...
CEDAR GROVE, NJ - Cedar Grove Varsity Softball has clinched their second Group 1 Tournament Championship in as many years with a 5-0 victory over Haddon Township on Friday. The win was Cedar Grove’s 23rd on the season, bringing their overall record to 23-8. Junior Cayce Kavakich was brilliant ...
CROSS RIVER, N.Y. - Jojo Degl played JV for John Jay girls lacrosse in 8th grade and admits that she was probably a nightmare to be around when 9th grade had her trying out for the varsity. “Then I got the email that I made the team” she said. “I lost my mind.” So the excitement long out ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ - The Somerset Patriots took down the Hartford Yard Goats 12-4 on Friday night at TD Bank Ballpark in game four of a six-game series. Somerset hit a season-high 5 HR in the contest, three of which came from Agustin Ramirez. Friday also marked the sixth 5+ homer game in Double-A era ...
SECAUCUS, NJ – The NJIC announced the All Meadowlands Division Softball team this week, and six players from both Hasbrouck Heights and Wood-Ridge were selected. Wood-Ridge had three girls on the First Team, two on the Second, and an Honorable Mention, while Hasbrouck Heights had two girls First ...
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Warriors Win! For the second time in three seasons the Watchung Hills Warriors are NJSIAA Group 4 champions. The Warriors defeated Vineland on Friday, 6-4. “So proud of this team,” said WHRHS Director of Athletics Dan Root. “They kept finding ways to win games and it ended ...
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Warriors Win! For the second time in three seasons the Watchung Hills Warriors are NJSIAA Group 4 champions. The Warriors defeated Vineland on Friday, 6-4. “So proud of this team,” said WHRHS Director of Athletics Dan Root. “They kept finding ways to win games and it ended ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ - The New York Yankees have scheduled RHP Gerrit Cole to continue his MLB rehab assignment with the Somerset Patriots on Sunday, June 9. The Patriots are home at TD Bank Ballpark for a 1:05 pm game against the Hartford Yard Goats (Colorado Rockies). Cole made his first rehab ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ - The New York Yankees have scheduled RHP Gerrit Cole to continue his MLB rehab assignment with the Somerset Patriots on Sunday, June 9. The Patriots are home at TD Bank Ballpark for a 1:05 pm game against the Hartford Yard Goats (Colorado Rockies). Cole made his first rehab ...
RIDGEWOOD, NJ – The Maroons went mining for gold this week, as the village was treated to heaps of championship matches across a variety of spring sports. It was déjà vu all over again for the Ridgewood Maroons on Wednesday afternoon, as they met the Morristown Colonials in the North Jersey, ...
RANDOLPH, NJ- The Randolph high school spring track and field team saw many of their top performers for the 2024 season qualify for the Group Championships this weekend in Franklinville, NJ. The athletes below will compete in the three-day tournament, and if some are able to finish high enough they ...
NEWARK, NJ -- Bianca Walsh drove in four runs and Steinert defeated Morris Knolls, 8-1, for the NJSIAA Group 3 state softball championship Friday afternoon at Ivy Hill Park. It was the second year in a row that head coach Jennifer Melker's Spartans defeated Morris Knolls in the state final.
SPOTSWOOD, NJ - Online registration is open for the Spotswood Youth Baseball and Softball League's Fall Ball. Registration can be completed on the Spotswood Youth Baseball and Softball League's website. Online registration closes on August 3.
SPOTSWOOD, NJ - The Spotswood Recreation Department is holding an information meeting on Wednesday, June 19 at 7 p.m. in the Spotswood Municipal Building. Wednesday's meeting is located on the second floor. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss bringing a recreational basketball program back to ...
NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ -- Seven Class of 2024 student-athletes signed their college letters of intent at a ceremony at New Providence High School on Thursday night. In addition to girls soccer player Gillian Poiesz (University of Memphis) and girls lacrosse player Cara Lawton (Bryant University), ...
NEWARK — The winning team will be from Newark on Saturday as the best of the city’s high school baseball players showcase their skills. Thirty-five players from nine Newark high schools will play an “all-star” game at Vailsburg Park in an opportunity for players to highlight and celebrate their ...
METUCHEN, NJ -- Saint Joseph High School has announced the appointment of Karl Towns, Sr. as the school’s next head basketball coach. The 2003 NJSIAA Central Jersey, Group 1 Championship coach at Piscataway Vocational and Technical School, returns home to the school where he watched his son, ...
MADISON, NJ – A number of Madison High School softball players were recognized within the Northwest Jersey Athletic Conference’s Liberty Division. Representing the first team was Charlotte Tuhy. On the second team were Anna Bochner, Beau Braverman and Emily Cslatos. Ellena DeCaro was an ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ – A number of Morristown High School softball players were recognized within the Northwest Jersey Athletic Conference’s National Division. Representing the first team were Callie Volker, Taylor Donnelly and Ella Watson. Jenna Manahan and Shelby Shay were on the second team, and ...
The 'official' start of a high school wrestling season begins around the Thanksgiving holiday, in late November. If a grappler is good enough, he, or she, will be able to compete until early March. That's nearly five months of hard work, including making weight and competing at an ...
With the 2024 spring track and field season beginning to wind down, the results continue to pour in with success at Bloomfield High. The Bengals took part in the Essex County championship meet on May 16 and May 17, at Schools Stadium, in Newark. Charles Lisa, a senior, is having a tremendous ...
Once again, the track & field season at Bloomfield High has produced some marvelous results. The boys and girls both finished undefeated, again, in dual meets and won the league championship. And there's still some more to come. The Bengals competed at the NJSIAA sectional ...
The Bloomfield High softball program has certainly showed promise in 2024. The varsity team won 17 games, the JV team finished with a 9-7 record and the freshman squad also did well, with a 4-4-1 mark. Coached by Gina Viggiano, the Bengals provided plenty of potential this ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ - The Somerset Patriots were defeated by the Hartford Yard Goats 7-5 on Thursday night at TD Bank Ballpark in game three of a six-game series. Somerset has now dropped four straight contests for the first time this season. RHP Bailey Dees (6.2 IP, 4 R, 3 ER, 7 H, 0 BB, 9 K) ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ - The Somerset Patriots were defeated by the Hartford Yard Goats 7-5 on Thursday night at TD Bank Ballpark in game three of a six-game series. Somerset has now dropped four straight contests for the first time this season. RHP Bailey Dees (6.2 IP, 4 R, 3 ER, 7 H, 0 BB, 9 K) ...
MAPLEWOOD, NJ __ Columbia High School honored its graduating student-athletes this week before they head off to college and continue their sporting careers. The event on Wednesday morning honored more than two dozen students and was attended by family members, coaches, and teammates, according ...
SPRINGFIELD, NJ -- The Springfield Board of Education has approved the appointment of Kevin Schultz as the new varsity girls soccer head coach at Jonathan Dayton High School. Schultz replaces Matthew Lynch, under whom Schultz served as an assistant coach. Dayton posted a record of 4-11 last ...
HAWTHORNE, NJ - The fact that the Hawthorne Christian Academy/Eastern Christian School co-operative baseball program finished with a winning record this recently concluded season didn’t occur by accident. Rather the Defenders earned 10 victories on the field through hard work, team work among ...