Sports Top Stories
By JAMES OLIVOLA
June 7, 2024
MONMOUTH JUNCTION, NJ – A fantastic 2024 season for the Bridgewater-Raritan High School boys’ volleyball team came up one match short of a state championship on Thursday evening. It took a nationally-ranked, undefeated foe and New Jersey’s top-ranked team in Old Bridge High School to do this, ...
CEDAR GROVE, NJ - Cedar Grove Varsity Softball is moving on in the NJSIAA Group 1 Tournament, after defeating Brearly 12-1 on Tuesday. Junior Cayce Kavakich once again produced on the mound and behind the plate. She finished the contest with six innings pitched, one unearned run allowed, three ...
HOLMDEL, NJ - The Holmdel High School Track and Field Team continues their incredible season! In the recent Central Jersey Group 2 Sectional Championship, 4 Hornets earned Gold medals and the girls team placed 2nd overall, an impressive feat against one of the strongest teams in the ...
HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, NJ – Alexandra Samperi and Elliott Eddy were each named to the NJIC Girls Track American Division First Team in three events it was announced earlier in the week. Samperi was named First Team in the 100-meter-high hurdles, high jump and triple jump. Eddy was named in the ...
WAYNE, NJ – When the refs ended the game with five-minutes left in the second half, there was confusion, then acceptance and finally celebration. The Wayne Valley Flag Football team outclassed their State Championship semifinal opponent (Franklin High School) with their 8th shutout in a row, ...
SPARTA, NJ – The annual Monogram Dinner honoring Sparta High School’s varsity student athletes was held at Perona Farms last week. The tradition of having students sponsored to attend the dinner continues. Sparta High School Athletic Director Steve Stoner was the emcee for the evening, moving ...
SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ - The Scotch Plains-Fanwood boys volleyball came to an end on Wednesday, June 5, with a loss to Cherry Hill West in the NJSIAA Group 3 State Championship. The Raiders took the first set, 25-17, but the Lions roared back and took the second set, 25-23, thanks in large part to 10 ...
SUMMIT, NJ -- Summit’s in-town rivalry with Oak Knoll goes without saying, but their main out-of-town nemesis has to be Mendham. As two of the top teams in North Group 2, Summit and Mendham often find themselves meeting in the Sectional final. This year was no exception as the No. 1 seeded ...
CLARK, NJ — While the Johnson boys tennis team (5-6-1), under the direction of Head Coach Christopher Raguseo, may have officially concluded its season back at the end of May, the team's first singles player, sophomore Filip Lenkiewicz, wasn't quite ready to put down his tennis racquet for the ...
MANASQUAN, NJ - Manasquan Clinches First Sectional Title since 2021 with Commanding 12-3 Win over Holmdel. Manasquan has faced Holmdel twice this season, winning decisively both times. The first was a 15-3 victory in the regular season, followed by a 14-5 win in the Shore County semi-final ...
SPOTSWOOD, NJ - Spotswood High School boys tennis team earned consecutive Greater Middlesex Conference Gold Division titles this spring. Seniors Corey Miller, Kyle Chigas, Kayden Turner, Matthew Pollard, and Kirelos Salib were named to the All-Gold Division team along with sophomore Aidan Levy.
SPOTSWOOD, NJ - Seniors Cole Frost and Kate Acheampong were named Greater Middlesex Conference Scholar Athletes for their achievements on and off the field. Frost is a member of the Chargers cross-country and baseball programs. Acheampong is a member of the girls' tennis team and the Chargers track ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ – Bridgewater-Raritan High School East and West merged into one high school in 1992. But for the first time ever since this merger, the Panthers of Bridgewater-Raritan High School will be playing high-school baseball on the 2024 season’s final day. Newly-crowned North New ...
SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD, NJ -- Matt Giannacio, head coach of Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School softball, is proud of what he and his team were able to accomplish in his first full season as head coach. "This season was nothing short of amazing for our program this year," said Giannacio. "Earning ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ = The Somerset Patriots fell to the Hartford Yard Goats 9-3 on Wednesday night at TD Bank Ballpark in game two of a six-game series. The Patriots have lost three straight, their fourth three-game losing streak of the season. They’ve now lost three straight at home for the first ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ = The Somerset Patriots fell to the Hartford Yard Goats 9-3 on Wednesday night at TD Bank Ballpark in game two of a six-game series. The Patriots have lost three straight, their fourth three-game losing streak of the season. They’ve now lost three straight at home for the first ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ — Bridgewater-Raritan scored four runs in the first inning and went on to an 8-1 victory over Livingston in the NJSIAA Group 4 state semifinals on Wednesday. The Panthers (29-3) earned their first berth in an overall state championship game since the merger of Bridgewater East ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ – It was déjà vu all over again for the Ridgewood Maroons on Wednesday afternoon, as they met the Morristown Colonials in the North Jersey, Group 4 sectional title game for the third straight year. After trading wins in 2022 and 2023, Morristown won the rubber match between the two ...
ROSELLE PARK, NJ — At their regular meeting on Thursday, Mayor and Council will celebrate one of Roselle Park's prodigal sons, as they issue a proclamation honoring U.S. Junior National Gymnastics team member Adam Lakomy. Lakomy, a Roselle Park High School student, took home three individual ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — The Westfield High School boys lacrosse team on Wednesday beat Ridgewood in dramatic fashion to win the state tournament section championship. The 10-9 victory came in overtime with a shot by Blue Devil junior attackman Colin Coyle. It was Westfield’s first NJSIAA sectional title ...
CROSS RIVER, N.Y. - Brooke Habinowski is a senior on the John Jay soccer, track and basketball teams, and is preparing to play soccer at the collegiate level. The center-midfielder has left her high school and club soccer careers with some impressive achievements, earning the All-Section honors ...
CHATHAM, NJ -- It started out as a suggestion by her parents that it would be good for Sarah Nacinovich to run outdoor track as a means to improve her conditioning and speed for ice hockey, her No. 1 sport. "Sometimes it is a sport that people do to stay in shape, but I don't think she realized ...
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ - Four Highlanders extended their season by placing at the top of the competition at the NJSIAA Sectionals Central Group 2 Championships, which took place at Jackson Liberty HS in Jackson Township, NJ, on May 31-June 1. The competition at Sectionals included athletes from ...
CLARK, NJ — The Johnson spring track & field team is proud to announce that two of its athletes, Spencer Prusakowski and Ryan George, have advanced to the Track and Field State Group 2 Championships! Prusakowski will compete in the long jump, while George will participate in the javelin ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ – For the third straight year Morristown and Ridgewood met in the North Jersey, Group 4 sectional final Wednesday afternoon with the Colonials winning the rubber match, 15-8. “I am guilty of just setting it as an expectation,” Morristown head coach Allie Ferrara quipped after ...
SUMMIT, NJ -- The Summit Boys Lacrosse Team beat West Morris Central on Wednesday to win its seventh consecutive North Group 2 title. A slow start to the game for the Hilltoppers led to a 1-1 tie at the first break. But as the skies opened up with heavy rain, the team kicked it into ...
TABERNACLE, NJ -- Michael Basile and Matt Shaffer collected three hits apiece to help lead Gov. Livingston to a 10-2 victory over Seneca in the NJSIAA Group 2 state semifinal on Wednesday. The Highlanders (27-5) will play Pascack Valley (23-8) in the Group 2 state championship game at 1 p.m. on ...
CHATHAM, NJ -- It was no secret that the top-seeded Chatham boys lacrosse team's Achilles heel in 2024 has been its paucity of faceoff wins and Ridge exploited that on Wednesday in the NJSIAA North Jersey, Group 3 state championship game played at Cougar Field. Even Chatham's home-field ...
PENNSAUKEN, NJ — When 10-year-old Silas Mansell’s alarm clock goes off around 6 a.m. every weekday, he does not hit snooze. Instead, the Mount Laurel Hartford Middle School student heads for his home’s basement. But, it is not to watch television, socialize with friends, perform household chores ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ -- Mountain Lakes defeated Caldwell, 6-5, in the NJSIAA North Jersey, Group 1 sectional final on Wednesday night at Bonnel Field. Jack Goldbach and Sean Murtagh each scored two goals for Caldwell (20-4), which had scored 47 goals in its last three sectional tournament games.