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By TAPINTO BERKELEY HEIGHTS STAFF
May 28, 2024
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ - May 15, 2024 - Get ready to paddle up for a weekend of exciting pickleball action at the Berkeley Heights Spring Pickleball Bash, hosted by the Berkeley Heights Recreation Department and sponsored by Lisa Kulback Group and Jodi Siegel Atlantic Financial Services. The event ...
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ - May 15, 2024 - Get ready to paddle up for a weekend of exciting pickleball action at the Berkeley Heights Spring Pickleball Bash, hosted by the Berkeley Heights Recreation Department and sponsored by Lisa Kulback Group and Jodi Siegel Atlantic Financial Services. The event ...
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ - May 15, 2024 - Get ready to paddle up for a weekend of exciting pickleball action at the Berkeley Heights Spring Pickleball Bash, hosted by the Berkeley Heights Recreation Department and sponsored by Lisa Kulback Group and Jodi Siegel Atlantic Financial Services. The event ...
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ - May 15, 2024 - Get ready to paddle up for a weekend of exciting pickleball action at the Berkeley Heights Spring Pickleball Bash, hosted by the Berkeley Heights Recreation Department and sponsored by Lisa Kulback Group and Jodi Siegel Atlantic Financial Services. The event ...
MONTCLAIR, NJ — Montclair advanced in the quarterfinal round of the NJSIAA North Jersey, Group 4 boys lacrosse tournament with a 13-8 victory over Livingston on Tuesday. Luke Piche collected four goals and three assists for fifth-seeded Livingston (10-9), which trailed, 9-5, at halftime. Alex ...
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 ...
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 ...
MONTVILLE, NJ - As he has done many times before, Christian Zurawlow had multiple hits in a game and led Montville to a State Sectional win over Sparta in the first round of the Section 1, Group 3 baseball tournament on Thursday, May 23 at Sparta High School. Zurawlow was 2 for 4 at the plate ...
RANDOLPH, NJ- The Randolph Rams spring sports teams all started the state sectional playoffs just before the Memorial Day / Holiday weekend. The Lady Rams softball team opened their playoff run with a resounding win over Millburn by the score of 10-0. Autumn Leibhauser led the charge, going ...
For one night in his illustrious college career, Bill Walton’s attention was focused on St. Bonaventure. The night was Dec. 22, 1973. The Bonnies had traveled across the country to take on the powerhouse UCLA Bruins, who had won seven consecutive NCAA championships and were on their way to a ...
SOMERS, N.Y. - After beating Brewster and Clarkstown North in the first two rounds of the sectionals, the Tuskers bought first seeded Clarkstown South in the semis. The buyer didn’t need to beware, though, and a 6-4 victory put the glass slipper on these Somers girls. But unfortunately, the ceiling ...
“I was initially very surprised. I felt very shocked and honored to receive the award” said high school senior Aiden Bernstein. Recently, Bernstein received the 2024 NJSIAA Scholar Athlete Award, a highly competitive award that honors students based on GPA, varsity level, and community ...
CROSS RIVER, N.Y. - On Monday, May 20, John Jay hoped to continue their drive for a fifth straight sectional championship and traveled to Rye for a rematch of last year’s final. But the home team had other ideas. The Garnets scored the first four goals and left the Wolves chasing enroute to a ...
The Madison boys' tennis season is winding down. The team is currently in the team states portion of the season. The team advanced from round 1 with a 3-2 edge over South Plainfield and will travel to powerhouse West Essex on Wednesday in the second round of states. "It is going to be a tough ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ – Fifth seed Phillipsburg travels to Westfield Wednesday for quarter-final action. Here’s a preview of the matchup scheduled for 4:00 PM. Who: Fifth-seeded Phillipsburg Stateliners (17-8) at fourth-seeded Westfield Blue Devils (18-6). What: NJSIAA North 2 Group 4 ...
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ - The top seeded Gov. Livingston Highlanders (23-5) needed a pair of late inning homers from Matthew Kosuda and Zach Geertsma to rally past the visiting Holmdel Hornets (9-16), for a 7-6 opening round victory in the Central Jersey II state playoffs. Trailing 5-4 in the 5th ...
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ - The top seeded Gov. Livingston Highlanders (23-5) needed a pair of late inning homers from Matthew Kosuda and Zach Geertsma to rally past the visiting Holmdel Hornets (9-16), for a 7-6 opening round victory in the Central Jersey II state playoffs. Trailing 5-4 in the 5th ...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ - Gianna Penyak, a member of South Plainfield High School’s (SPHS) Class of 2024, plans to further her academic and athletic career at Ramapo College. Come fall, Penyak will join the NCAA Division 3 Roadrunners as a member of both the cross country and track and field teams ...
SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD, NJ -- Scotch Plains-Fanwood advanced in the NJSIAA North Jersey, Group 3 Tournament after a decisive 2-0 (25-6, 25-11) victory over Bergen Catholic in their first round matchup on Thursday, May 23. Ryan Adams led the charge with 11 service points and three aces. Tim Ennis ...
MONTVILLE, NJ - Once the postseason begins, everything that happened prior to it is thrown out the window. The Montville softball team closed out the regular season with a seven-game losing skid, and despite many of them being close losses to strong opponents, it would've been easy to write it ...
SPARTA, NJ – Spartan softball lost a close one to Morris Knolls on Friday. They lost 9-8. The Golden Hawks’ bats were busy in the second inning with six runs. Sparta chipped away in the third and fourth and added five in the fifth, to bring it even at seven runs each. Morris Knolls was able to ...
SPRINGFIELD, NJ -- The Dayton High School girls lacrosse team wrapped up the second season as a varsity program with a 14-5 record after losing to Rumson-Fair Haven last week in the first round of the NJSIAA South Jersey, Group 1 tournament. Before the loss in the state tournament, the Bulldogs ...
YORKTOWN, N.Y.—The No. 9 seed Mahopac HS boys lacrosse team managed to make it a game for a quarter last Tuesday at Yorktown High School, but the Cornhuskers—the 41-time Section 1 champions—solved Mahopac’s game plan after a close opening period and controlled play the rest of the way in an 18–5 ...
CROSS RIVER, N.Y. - On Friday, May 24, John Jay hosted Hen Hud in the semifinal round of the Section One tournament. One versus four, the Wolves did wait a bit, but it wasn’t long before the boys looked very much like the dominant top seed. Four straight goals to open, and John Jay went onto ...
MADISON, NJ - The No. 7 seed Madison boys lacrosse team defeated No. 10 Woodstown 15-4 on Saturday afternoon. The Dodgers advance to face No. 2 seed Rumson-Fair Haven in the Quarterfinals on Wednesday May 29. Madison scored six goals in the first half and kept the pressure going in the second ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ - The No. 6 Morristown boys lacrosse team fell to No. 11 Hunterdon Central in the 2024 NJSIAA Boys Lacrosse, North Jersey, Group 4 Tournament on Friday afternoon. Hunterdon Central advances to face No. 3 Bridgewater-Raritan in the Quarterfinals on Tuesday May 28. During ...
SOMERS, N.Y. - On Friday, May 24, Somers hosted Horace Greeley in the semifinal round of the sectionals. Two versus three, the regular season 15-6 victory by the Tuskers boded well for a redo. But the Quakers did not oblige. Somers fell behind 2-0, and while keeping pace through the first half, ...
ROBBINSVILLE, NJ - Has learning how to line dance been on your bucket list? Have you dreamed of recreating the iconic volleyball scene from Top Gun? If either of these sounds appealing to you, the Robbinsville Department of Recreation may have just what you’re looking for! For just $15 for ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ -- A day after setting a school record for victories in a season, Bridgewater-Raritan ended a 28-year drought by winning its first Somerset County Tournament baseball championship since 1996 with a 10-7 victory over Ridge on Friday night at TD Bank Park. In a game that at times ...