Sports Top Stories
By JAMES OLIVOLA
May 30, 2024
BRIDGEWATER, NJ – Two games into the state tournament, the Bridgewater-Raritan High School baseball team still has not surrendered a single run. Most importantly, the top-seeded Panthers earned yet another opportunity to play on their home field after taking-down ninth-seeded Edison High School ...
FLEMINGTON, NJ – The Bridgewater-Raritan High School girls’ lacrosse team saw its 2024 campaign come to a close at Hunterdon Central Regional High School. In a rematch of a regular-season game won by third-seeded Hunterdon Central (19-2) one month earlier, the Red Devils led by four goals at ...
SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ -- Hunterdon Central pulled away in the last three innings to advance in the quarterfinal round of the Section 2, Group 4 baseball tournament with a 9-3 victory over Scotch Plains-Fanwood on Wednesday. Danny Contiliano went 3-for-4 with two doubles and four runs batted in for ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ – The Bridgewater-Raritan High School boys’ volleyball team at least one more opportunity to continue its title defense bid on its home court. And after a straight-set victory over eighth-seeded Bloomfield High School on Wednesday evening, the top-seeded Panthers have yet to drop ...
FLEMINGTON, NJ – The Bridgewater-Raritan High School girls’ lacrosse team saw its 2024 campaign come to a close at Hunterdon Central Regional High School. In a rematch of a regular-season game won by third-seeded Hunterdon Central (19-2) one month earlier, the Red Devils led by four goals at ...
EDISON, NJ – The Bridgewater-Raritan High School boys’ tennis team concluded their 2024 season and first campaign under new head coach Evan Rosenberg. Sixth-seeded Bridgewater-Raritan (7-14) forced first-set tiebreakers against third-seeded J.P. Stevens High School (12-5) on three of the match’s ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ -- Kellan Komline threw six innings of two-hit ball and Bridgewater-Raritan advanced in the quarterfinal round of the Section 2, Group 4 baseball tournament with a 3-0 victory over Edison on Wednesday. Komline struck out four batters and walked two before being relieved in the ...
HILLSDALE, NJ -- West Essex advanced in the quarterfinal round of the NJSIAA North Jersey, Group 2 boys lacrosse tournament with an 11-9 victory over Pascack Valley on Wednesday. Junior attack/midfielder Anthony Drago scored six goals and assisted on three for West Essex (9-9), which outscored ...
RUMSON, NJ - The No. 7 seed Madison boys lacrosse team fell to No. 2 seed Rumson-Fair Haven in the Quarterfinal Round of the NJSIAA Boys Lacrosse Tournament on Wednesday. The Dodgers fell to Rumson-Fair Haven; 17-1. Rumson-Fair Haven will advance to face No. 3 Shore on Monday June ...
MADISON, NJ - The No. 2 seed Madison baseball team fell to No 10 seed Rutherford; 9-5 in the Quarterfinal Round of the NJSIAA North Jersey, Section 2, Group 2 Baseball Tournament. Rutherford advances to face No. 3 Caldwell in the semis. Cole Goumas had four hits and one run for Rutherford.
WEST CALDWELL, NJ -- The Caldwell boys lacrosse team advanced in the quarterfinal round of the NJSIAA North Jersey, Group 1 tournament with a 14-1 victory over Pequannock on Wednesday. Jack Goldbach collected four goals and four assists for Caldwell (19-3), which led, 7-1, at halftime. Milo ...
MONTCLAIR, NJ – Fresh off their upset win over Fair Lawn last week, the No. 12 seed Morristown Colonials’ Cinderella season continued Tuesday afternoon with a 4-3 win over the No. 4 seed Montclair Mountaineers. Morristown got out to an early lead against Montclair courtesy of a solo home run ...
MONTCLAIR, NJ - No. 12 seed Morristown fell to the No. 4 seed Montclair; 3-0 in the Quarterfinal Round of the North Jersey, Section 1, Group 4 2024 State Baseball Tournament. Montclair will advance to face No. 1 seed Ridgewood on Friday May 31.
KENILWORTH, NJ - The Brearley Varisty Softball had another thrilling game defeating Roselle Park 3-0 in the quarterfinal round of the group one state tournament. This brings the Bears current record to 14-11. Highlights of the game from Head Coach Amy Efchak include: Gia Pirozzi pitched ...
CHATHAM, NJ -- When Chatham took a seven-goal lead into the fourth quarter of its state tournament boys lacrosse game vs. Northern Highlands, the top-seeded Cougars may have let their guard down a little and it nearly cost them. It turned out to be a bit of an "ugly" 9-7 win that Chatham will ...
WOOD-RIDGE, NJ – Jonathan Dayton High School (Springfield) scored four runs in the first three innings and hung on for a 5-3 victory over Wood-Ridge in the quarterfinal round of the NJSIAA North 2, Group 1 baseball playoffs on Wednesday afternoon at the Wood-Ridge Athletic Complex. Dayton ...
PEQUANNOCK, NJ – Damon Rivera held Pequannock to three hits, but the Panthers took advantage of three Hasbrouck Heights errors as they handed the Aviators a 3-1 loss on Wednesday in the North 1, Group 1 quarterfinals in Pequannock. Pequannock broke a scoreless tie in the bottom of the fifth. ...
MIDDLETOWN, NJ -- Middletown South advanced in the quarterfinal round of the Central Jersey, Group 3 baseball tournament with a 13-8 victory over Colts Neck on Wednesday. Middletown South (20-6) scored seven runs in the third inning to take a 12-4 lead. Rob Chiusano went 3-for-4 with a ...
NEW PROVIDENCE, N.J. - The No. 5 seeded New Providence boys lacrosse team delivered a dominant second-half performance, netting seven unanswered goals and shutting out No. 4 seeded Haddonfield to clinch a decisive 9-5 victory in the NJSIAA South Jersey Group 1 Tournament quarterfinals on Wednesday ...
CHATHAM, NJ -- “Another full team win” as 11 different players scored for top-seeded Chatham in its 16-5 girls lacrosse win vs. Red Bank in the NJSIAA North Jersey, Group 3 quarterfinals on Wednesday at Haas Field. Senior captain Addison Barrett scored the opening goal not even a minute into the ...
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ - Gianna Basile stood on third base, eying home plate in the seventh of a quarterfinal state game. The game was tied, with bases loaded and two outs. This was the Highlanders' last chance to win the matchup. The next pitch was to Carly Pfeiffer at-bat. The catcher received ...
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ - Gianna Basile stood on third base, eying home plate in the seventh of a quarterfinal state game. The game was tied, with bases loaded and two outs. This was the Highlanders' last chance to win the matchup. The next pitch was to Carly Pfeiffer at-bat. The catcher received ...
CHATHAM, NJ -- No. 2 seeded Chatham won its 16th match of the season, scoring a 4-1 boys tennis decision vs. seventh-seeded Iselin Kennedy on Wednesday in the state sectional quarterfinal round played at the Colony Courts. The win sets up an NJSIAA North Jersey, Section 2, Group 3 semifinal ...
YORKTOWN, N.Y. – For the third time in four years, No. 4 Lakeland/Panas and top-seeded Yorktown, met in the Section 1 Class B semifinals on May 24 at Yorktown, with the Huskers winners of the previous playoff meetings in 2023 and 2021. Thanks to the exploits of Andrew Weissman (3G, 2A), ...
NORTH CALDWELL, NJ -- West Essex rallied for two runs in the bottom of the seventh inning, then broke a tie with a run in the bottom of the eighth for a 5-4 victory over Montville in the quarterfinal round of the Section 2, Group 3 baseball tournament on Wednesday. Joe Panzarino, Shaun ...
RANDOLPH, NJ – Things were not looking good for the Randolph baseball team as they trailed 2-1 late in their state sectional quarterfinals game against Mendham on Wednesday, May 29. But in the bottom of the seventh inning, senior Rocco Albano sent a rocket to the fence in left center to drive in ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ -- Marco Sozio and Tyler Patrisso combined on a one-hitter to lift Caldwell to a 9-1 victory over Leonia in the quarterfinal round of the Section 2, Group 2 baseball tournament on Wednesday. Sozio pitched five innings, allowed one hit and one run, struck out six batters and ...
SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ -- Monroe scored single runs in each of the last three innings for a 3-0 baseball victory over South Brunswick in the quarterfinal round of the Central Jersey, Group 4 tournament on Wednesday. Zack Wallace pitched the six-hit shutout to outduel Ethan Fantel. Wallace struck ...
WOOD-RIDGE, NJ -- Frank Dasti pitched a complete game and collected three hits as Dayton advanced in the quarterfinal round of the Section 2, Group 1 tournament with a 5-3 victory over Wood-Ridge on Wednesday in Bergen County. Dasti, who is 2-0 in the tournament, scattered six hits, struck out ...
VERONA, NJ -- New Providence racked up 21 hits and advanced in the quarterfinal round of the Section 2, Group 1 baseball tournament with a 23-1 victory over Verona on Wednesday. Seniors Luca Vitale and Jake Monaco combined for nine runs batted in for the Pioneers (11-13). Vitale was 3-for-5 with ...