Sports Top Stories
By TAPINTO SUMMIT STAFF
June 5, 2024
WARREN HILLS, NJ -- The Summit Boys Track and Field team placed fourth overall at the NJSIAA North 2 Group 3 Sectional Championships meet this past weekend at Warren Hills Regional High School, and qualified 11 athletes for the State Championships. Two Hilltopper seniors led the team with strong ...
CEDAR GROVE, NJ - Cedar Grove Varsity Baseball dropped a one-run ball game against Brearly on Friday, losing 4-3 to be knocked out of the state playoffs. Xavier Andujar had two hits in the contest and a stolen base. Ronnie Sheridan, Nick Russo, Matthew Kulian, Nicholas Droge, Jake Scirica, and ...
HAMILTON, NJ -- Steinert rallied for two runs in the bottom of the seventh inning for a 2-1 victory over Moorestown in the NJSIAA state Group 3 softball semifinals on Tuesday. Steinert trailed, 1-0, coming to bat in the bottom of the seventh inning. Ellie Miller and Addison Hassan each drew ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ – When the Morristown Colonials entered the North Jersey, Section 1, Group 4 tournament two weeks ago, few on the team and staff could have predicted where the next four games would take them. As the No. 12 seed, Morristown was not projected to win one game let alone four as the ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ — Watchung Hills loaded the bases to start the sixth inning and Mia Simon smacked a grand slam home run to put the Warriors up 4-1 on Morristown on Tuesday in the NJSIAA Group 4 semis. Morgan Bobrowski added a two run double in the seventh to seal the win, 6-1. Morristown scored ...
PARAMUS, NJ – Hasbrouck Heights third baseman Rocco D’Amico was named to the Bergen County Coaches Association's Third Team All Bergen County, it was announced on Tuesday morning. D’Amico hit for a .500 batting average for Hasbrouck Heights in 2024, with one home run and 26 runs batted in for ...
YORKTOWN, N,Y, — Yorktown used a dominant second half to defeat Section 2 champion Niskayuna 12-5 on June 1’s Class B regional championship game at Lynch Literacy Academy in Amsterdam. “It’s a great accomplishment and another step closer to one of our goals,” said Yorktown senior co-captain ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ - The Somerset Patriots dropped their series opener to the Hartford Yard Goats 5-4 on Tuesday night at TD Bank Ballpark in front of a record 8,260 fans who came to see Yankees Cy Young Award winner Gerrit Cole on the mound in his first rehab appearance. Somerset’s season high ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ - The Somerset Patriots dropped their series opener to the Hartford Yard Goats 5-4 on Tuesday night at TD Bank Ballpark in front of a record 8,260 fans who came to see Yankees Cy Young Award winner Gerrit Cole on the mound in his first rehab appearance. Somerset’s season high ...
MILLBURN, NJ -- When Davis Zhang forced a 10-point tiebreaker after two sets, hope was still alive for the Chatham boys tennis team in its long-odds chance to unseat top-seeded Millburn in the NJSIAA North Jersey, Section 2, Group 3 state final on Tuesday afternoon. Cougar sophomore Zhang had ...
LIVINGSTON, NJ — Massimo Depaola's two-out RBI single in the bottom of the seventh inning gave Livingston a 4-3 victory over Montclair for the NJSIAA Section 1, Group 4 baseball championship before a crowd of hundreds at the Livingston Memorial Oval on Monday. It was the second sectional ...
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ - Chris Roof stood before the Governor Livingston Varsity baseball team on Monday, a familiar place for the head coach of over 20 years. The Sectional Championship lay ahead. “Hey, we want to practice tomorrow,” Roof said. These words meant more than just the obvious ...
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ - Chris Roof stood before the Governor Livingston Varsity baseball team on Monday, a familiar place for the head coach of over 20 years. The Sectional Championship lay ahead. “Hey, we want to practice tomorrow,” Roof said. These words meant more than just the obvious ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ — Watchung Hills loaded the bases to start the sixth inning and Mia Simon smacked a grand slam home run to put the Warriors up 4-1 on Morristown on Tuesday in the NJSIAA Group 4 semis. Morgan Bobrowski added a two run double in the seventh to seal the win, 6-1. Morristown scored ...
JACKSON, NJ - The highlights keep coming for the Spotswood High School spring track program. After a strong performance at the Greater Middlesex Conference championships, the Chargers followed it up with another great showing at the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group Two Sectionals at Jackson Liberty High ...
MIAMI, FLA.—Former Mahopac wide receiver Andrew Cohen is embarking on a new chapter in his athletic career in what many would call an unexpected twist—he’s earned a spot on the roster of the vaunted NCAA Division I University of Miami Hurricanes football team. Making the roster of the five-time ...
NEW YORK CITY - Major League Baseball announced penalties, including one lifetime ban, for five players on Tuesday, June 4, in the sport's biggest gambling scandal since the lifetime ban of Pete Rose. In the MLB announcement of suspensions included Jay Groome, a pitcher in the San Diego Padres ...
NEW YORK CITY - Major League Baseball announced penalties, including one lifetime ban, for five players on Tuesday, June 4, in the sport's biggest gambling scandal since the lifetime ban of Pete Rose. In the MLB announcement of suspensions included Jay Groome, a pitcher in the San Diego Padres ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — The Westfield softball season came to an end in the state sectional semifinals last Thursday. The sixth-seeded Blue Devils dropped a 7-1 road decision to second-seeded and eventual champion Watchung Hills in the semifinals of the NJSIAA North Jersey, Section 2, Group 4 ...
SUMMIT, NJ – Tommy Hunt of Berkeley Heights, NJ has committed to attend Providence College in Providence, Rhode Island beginning in the fall of 2024. While there, he will major in accounting. Go Friars! Hunt has been a record-setting runner at Oratory Prep in Summit, where he has been a student ...
ROSELLE PARK, NJ — Spring sports are just about wrapped up in Roselle Park, which means it is now time to focus on, you guessed it, fall sports. Any high school or middle school students wishing to participate in fall sports have until June 5 to register for physical exams. The physicals ...
RIDGEWOOD, NJ — There was a time when you might have thought that the Ridgewood girls lacrosse team was dead in the water. Their loss in the county championship game snapped a streak that lasted for the better part of a decade. But now, after all the ups and downs, the Maroons found themselves just ...
BLOOMFIELD, NJ--In his second year at the helm of the Bloomfield High varsity softball program, Rich Adams led his team to a 17-10 record, the team's best mark in seven years. "The season went well on the varsity level," said Adams. "We finished 17-10, and advanced to the quarterfinal of the ...
BLOOMFIELD, NJ-- It was a very good season for the Bloomfield High JV softball team. Coached by Jay Touhey and assistant Mark Santasieri, the Bengals put together a 9-7 record this spring. "First off, this season wouldn't have been nearly as successful without the help of Mark ...
BLOOMFIELD, NJ--As senior members of the Bloomfield High athletic programs gathered at the school's auditorium on the evening of June 3, athletic director Steve Jenkins welcomed the students and their families, along with other guests. Jenkins spoke with pride on how many student-athletes at ...
NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ - New Providence High School's boys tennis team clinched the NJSIAA State Section 2, Group 1 championship on Monday, defeating Whippany Park 3-2. This marks the second consecutive state sectional title for the Pioneers, who defeated Mountain Lakes 4-1 last year for the ...
FAIR LAWN, NJ - When the going got tough for the Fair Lawn softball program this spring, the Cutters got going big time both at the plate and in the field. “[Three wins were most memorable], a 3-2 walk-off win over Ridgewood, a 2-1 walk-off win over Pascack Valley in the bottom of the ninth ...
BASKING RIDGE, NJ – Bridgewater-Raritan High School boys’ and girls’ outdoor track and field will be represented in the final week of the 2024 season. Now they will bid to advance to the Meet of Champions: New Jersey’s biggest stage, on the season’s final day. Six individuals and two relay ...
SUMMIT, NJ -- For close to 40 years, Jim Dietz was a fixture at Summit games, either in the dugout or on the sidelines. The legendary Summit Athletic Hall of Fame Coach took the baseball program to a new level during his time and achieved tremendous success. The coach, now retired and living in ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ -- Four aces represents the ultimate hand in a game of cards. But what about five aces? The Bridgewater-Raritan baseball team concluded a four-game run through the Section 2, Group 4 tournament with a 2-0 victory over Hunterdon Central on Monday for its first sectional ...