Sports Top Stories
By TAPINTO SOMA STAFF
May 29, 2024
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ -- The Columbia softball team advanced in the quarterfinal round of the Section 1, Group 4 tournament with a 10-0 victory over Ridgewood on Tuesday. Claire Shupe pitched a five-inning three-hitter with four strikeouts and no walks for the Cougars (16-9), who scored their last ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ - The Somerset Patriots were defeated by the Bowie Baysox 10-2 on Tuesday night to open a six-game series at TD Bank Ballpark. LHP Brock Selvidge (3.2 IP, 3 ER, 4 H, 2 BB, 2 K) took a loss in the contest. Selvidge retired 8 of the first 9 batters he faced and saw the minimum ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ - The Somerset Patriots were defeated by the Bowie Baysox 10-2 on Tuesday night to open a six-game series at TD Bank Ballpark. LHP Brock Selvidge (3.2 IP, 3 ER, 4 H, 2 BB, 2 K) took a loss in the contest. Selvidge retired 8 of the first 9 batters he faced and saw the minimum ...
CROSS RIVER, N.Y. - On Wednesday, May 22, Jacob Storch took the ball in the semifinals of the sectional tournament at second seeded Nanuet, and Coach Ted Lawrence didn’t need a lot of prose to praise his starter. “Outstanding effort,” he said. But the sophomore’s counterpart was almost ...
SOMERVILLE, NJ - Sunday's 79th annual Tour of Somerville came down to a race against the weather. For days prior to the race, weather forecasters had predicted a solid wall of heavy rain and thunderstorms, lasting 7-8 hours coinciding with the Memorial Day race schedule, which began with ...
SOMERVILLE, NJ - Sunday's 79th annual Tour of Somerville came down to a race against the weather. For days prior to the race, weather forecasters had predicted a solid wall of heavy rain and thunderstorms, lasting 7-8 hours coinciding with the Memorial Day race schedule, which began with ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ -- Bridgewater-Raritan advanced in the quarterfinal round of the North Jersey, Group 4 tournament with an 11-1 boys lacrosse victory over Hunterdon Central on Tuesday. Declan Kurdyla scored five goals and passed for two assists for Bridgewater-Raritan (11-5), which outscored ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ – Bridgewater-Raritan High School boys’ lacrosse, which is ranked No. 14 in New Jersey, is a state sectional semifinalist for the third straight year. And in an annually-stacked North Group 4 Boys’ Lacrosse Tournament where anything can happen from this point onwards, the peaking ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ -- Bridgewater-Raritan advanced in the quarterfinal round of the North Jersey, Group 4 tournament with an 11-1 boys lacrosse victory over Hunterdon Central on Tuesday. Declan Kurdyla scored five goals and passed for two assists for Bridgewater-Raritan (11-5), which outscored ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ – Bridgewater-Raritan High School boys’ lacrosse, which is ranked No. 14 in New Jersey, is a state sectional semifinalist for the third straight year. And in an annually-stacked North Group 4 Boys’ Lacrosse Tournament where anything can happen from this point onwards, the peaking ...
FLEMINGTON, NJ -- Hunterdon Central scored 11 runs in the first two innings and went on to a 16-3 victory over Elizabeth in the quarterfinal round of the Section 2, Group 4 softball tournament on Tuesday. Julia Duggan went 3-for-4 with three runs batted in and two runs scored for Hunterdon ...
KENILWORTH, NJ - The Brearley Varsity Baseball team conquered Weehawken in the first round of the NJSIAA Tournament held on Friday, May 24, beating the Indians with an astounding 11-0 win. The team's standing record is now 15-8. This is another great accomplishment for the Bears. Last year the ...
HOLMDEL, NJ -- Holmdel scored five goals in the third quarter and went on to an 11-3 boys lacrosse victory over Robbinsville in the South Jersey, Group 2 state tournament quarterfinals on Tuesday. Jack Cannon scored three goals and assisted on one for third-seeded Holmdel (14-5), which outscored ...
MIDDLETOWN, NJ -- Middletown North scored a run in the bottom of the 10th inning for a 3-2 victory over Ewing in the quarterfinal round of the Central Jersey, Group 3 state tournament on Tuesday. Junior Madilynn Boyce recorded 22 strikeouts in 10 innings, pitching a five-hitter with two walks, ...
By Mark Kane For Capital Region Independent Media Three-wide racing action at the Short Track Super Series "Battle of the Bullring" at the Accord Speedway. Mark Kane/For Capital Region Independent Media What a great week of racing as I made my way to the Short Track Super Series ...
BAYONNE, NJ -- Kari Murray pitched a four-hitter to lift Ridge to a 5-1 softball victory over Bayonne in the quarterfinal round of the NJSIAA Section 2, Group 4 tournament on Tuesday. Kiersten Murray went 2-for-4 with two runs batted in for Ridge (11-11), which rallied with three runs in the ...
WARREN, NJ — Watchung Hills is moving on in the NJSIAA North 2 Group 4 Tournament after Riley Bobrowski threw a no hitter with no walks and 17 strikeouts to lead Watchung Hills to a 9-0 shutout of Franklin on Tuesday. Bobrowski faced the minimum of 21 batters but did not record a perfect game ...
RANDOLPH, NJ- The Randolph softball team overcame a 1-1 extra inning deadlock when junior second baseman Rebecca Dasti drove in the game-winning run with a single in the bottom of the 10th inning. The 2-1 victory for the No. 4 seed Lady Rams came on their home field, and will now send them off for ...
MAHOPAC, N.Y. —Mahopac ended a league-winning flag football campaign with a tough loss in the Section I, Division I semifinal to Scarsdale, but the season’s ending did nothing to diminish the squad’s achievement on the field or the foundation the Wolf Pac’s seniors have set for the future of the ...
PASSAIC VALLEY, NJ - The No. 7 seed Madison defeated No. 2 seed Passaic Valley in the Quarterfinal Round of the NJSIAA, North Jersey, Section 2, Group 2, Softball Tournament. The Dodgers shut out Passaic Valley on their home turf, 5-0. Charlotte Tuhy was on the mound for the Dodgers. Tuhy ...
LIVINGSTON, NJ — Senior pitcher Sophia Mount threw a two-hitter, but Livingston was unable to get the big hit and lost, 1-0, in softball to Bergen Tech in the quarterfinal round of the Section 1, Group 4 tournament on Tuesday. Mount, the Villanova-bound right-hander, capped her brilliant career ...
BAYONNE, NJ -- Kari Murray pitched a four-hitter to lift Ridge to a 5-1 softball victory over Bayonne in the quarterfinal round of the NJSIAA Section 2, Group 4 tournament on Tuesday. Kiersten Murray went 2-for-4 with two runs batted in for Ridge (11-11), which rallied with three runs in the ...
PARSIPPANY, NJ - 2023 Parsippany High School graduate Joziah Johnson, who is attending George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, participated in the A10 Track and Field Conference Championships on May 4-5, 2024. The George Mason University editors wrote this about Joziah Johnson, “Rookie ...
SPRINGFIELD, NJ -- Dayton rallied in its last at-bat but fell short in a 4-3 softball loss to Rutherford in the quarterfinal round of the Section 2, Group 2 state tournament on Tuesday. Rutherford (17-6-1), the ninth seed, scored two runs in the fourth inning and two in the fifth to take a 4-0 ...
WARREN, NJ — Watchung Hills is moving on in the NJSIAA North 2 Group 4 Tournament after Riley Bobrowski threw a no hitter with no walks and 17 strikeouts to lead Watchung Hills to a 9-0 shutout of Franklin on Tuesday. Bobrowski faced the minimum of 21 batters but did not record a perfect game ...
WARREN, NJ — Watchung Hills is moving on in the NJSIAA North 2 Group 4 Tournament after Riley Bobrowski threw a no hitter with no walks and 17 strikeouts to lead Watchung Hills to a 9-0 shutout of Franklin on Tuesday. Bobrowski faced the minimum of 21 batters but did not record a perfect game ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ -- Ava Marchetta hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the 10th inning to give Caldwell a 4-3 softball victory over Hanover Park in the quarterfinal round of the NJSIAA Section 2, Group 2 tournament on Tuesday. Hanover Park had scored a run in the top of the 10th to take a ...
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 ...
CHATHAM, NJ -- Five Chatham High field hockey players - Molly Chazen, Ava Ewing, Georgia Lee, Keira McManus and Emma Shushansky - will represent New Jersey at the National Club Championship Tournament set for June 25-27 in Virginia Beach. The top three teams from the 12-team regional tournament ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ -- Sophomore Deana Hu reached base four times and scored four runs to lead West Windsor-Plainsboro to a 5-1 softball victory over East Brunswick in the quarterfinal round of the NJSIAA Central Jersey, Group 4 tournament on Tuesday. West Windsor-Plainsboro (13-12) scored two ...