Sports Top Stories
By BRETT HAWN
May 23, 2024
ELIZABETH, NJ - Elizabeth Varsity Baseball made it four victories in a row this past Saturday, with a 5-1 victory over Roselle Catholic. Junior Emmanuel Nunez accounted for four of the six Minutemen hits and was a home run shy of the cycle. A cycle is when a player records a home run, triple, ...
SOMERS, N.Y. - On Tuesday, May 21, Somers opened the sectionals as the two seed. Seven seeded Brewster on the other side, the Tuskers didn’t take very long to close. Three minutes in, Somers scored three goals and went on to an easy 19-0 victory. The game began with Matt Mayfield winning the ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Winning pitcher Makayla Lecky tossed an eight-hit shutout with seven strikeouts and also provided the only two runs of the game with a two-run homer in the fourth inning to power fifth-seeded Elizabeth past No. 12 Phillipsburg High School in a North 2 Group 4 first round game at ...
HOBOKEN, NJ -- The Hoboken softball team advanced in the first round of the Section 2, Group 1 state tournament with a 7-6 victory over North Arlington on Wednesday. Mischa Mercado went 2-for-3 with one run batted in and Isabella Pisano drove in two runs for Hoboken (11-14), which scored two ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ – A massive rally by the eighth-seeded Bridgewater-Raritan High School softball team came up just short against ninth-seeded Ridge High School in the opening round of the NJSIAA North New Jersey Section 2 Group 4 Softball Tournament. Ridge (10-11) scored the game’s first seven ...
ROBBINSVILLE, NJ -- The Robbinsville softball team advanced in the opening round of the Central Jersey, Group 3 tournament with a 15-2 victory over Brick Memorial on Wednesday. Ariana Tomlinson went 3-for-3 with five runs batted in and two runs scored for Robbinsville (21-3). Hailey Krebs went ...
HAMILTON, NJ -- Mia Pope went 3-for-4 with two runs batted in to lift Steinert to a 7-2 softball victory over Lawrence in the first round of the Central Jersey, Group 3 state tournament on Wednesday. Francesca Castellano, Brooke DeWitt and Bianca Walsh each had two hits and two RBI for Steinert ...
FLEMINGTON, NJ -- The Hunterdon Central softball team advanced in the first round of the NJSIAA Section 2, Group 4 tournament with a 21-2 victory over Edison on Wednesday. Cambria Tucker ripped a home run and a double and knocked in four runs; Paige Seemon was 2-for-3 with a double, two runs ...
HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, NJ – Hasbrouck Heights boys tennis advanced in the NJSIAA Section 2, Group 1, defeating McNair Academic High School (Jersey City) 4-1 in the opening round at the Neal McCarthy Tennis Courts in Hasbrouck Heights. The Aviators will play New Providence next week in the ...
WOOD-RIDGE, NJ – A 10-run first inning lifted Wood-Ridge over Newark Arts in the first round of the NJSIAA Girls Softball Tournament on Wednesday afternoon at the Wood-Ridge Athletic Complex. The Lady Blue Devils will travel to play in Glen Ridge in the quarterfinal round on May 28. Ava Rizos ...
WOOD-RIDGE, NJ – A four-run sixth inning sealed the deal for Wood-Ridge, as the Blue Devils shut out Belvidere, 10-0, in a NJSIAA baseball first round game on Wednesday night at the Wood-Ridge Athletic Complex. They advance to host Dayton on May 29 in the Quarterfinal Round. Wood-Ridge jumped ...
CHATHAM, NJ -- There is mutual trust between Charlie Lowe and his Chatham boys lacrosse teammates. They trust him with the ball and he counts on them to put his passes into the net. That's why the senior who hands out more assists than any player on the team continued to give after reaching 100 ...
LIVINGSTON, NJ — With Livingston residents Jill Greenspan and Cristina Schepis at the helm, the Livingston Women’s Softball League that has been on hiatus since the COVID-pandemic brought it to a halt in 2020 is now back up and running with the 2024 season in full swing. Greenspan, who played in ...
CUBA, NY — The late Gabby Kranock will long be remembered in her hometown. On Saturday, in her honor, the Gabby Kranock 5K Scholarship Fun Run/Walk will begin at the Greenway Trail of the Genesee Valley Greenway State Park, 5 Bull St., and finish on Main Street. Runners will start at 11; walkers ...
SPARTA, NJ – The number 2 seed Sparta boys lacrosse squad defeated 15 seed Morris Hills 11-7 on Wednesday in the first round of the NJSIAA North, Group 2 tournament. Eddie Brown, Hunter Takacs and Matt Ciarelli each netted three. Marco Aquino and Michael Pandiscia each added one. Brown and ...
MONTGOMERY, NJ -- Veer Singh pitched a four-hitter to lead Franklin to a 7-2 baseball victory over Montgomery on Wednesday. Izaiah Robinson went 2-for-3 with a double and a run batted in and Mike Schiermeyer was 2-for-3 with a run scored for Franklin (10-12), which scored two runs in the first ...
BASKING RIDGE, NJ -- The Ridge baseball team continued its recent tear with a 13-2 victory over J.P. Stevens in the first round of the Section 2, Group 4 state tournament on Wednesday. Jake Dolan hit a grand slam and Ezra Sadowski was 3-for-4 with a double and two runs batted in for Ridge ...
LAKEWOOD -It was a tight pitching contest between CBA and Southern on Wednesday in the Shore Conference Tournament championship at the Blue Claws Stadium in Lakewood. Dylan Iwanyak (CBA) and Tyler McLeod each pitched magnificently for their respective teams. The lone run scored by CBA came ...
LIVINGSTON, NJ -- The Livingston softball team advanced in the first round of the Section 1, Group 4 tournament with a 16-0 victory over Clifton on Wednesday. Senior right-hander Sophia Mount pitched an abbreviated no-hitter, striking out eight batters and walking two in four ...
LAFAYETTE, NJ -- Eva Morrison shot a 49 and Diana Carbone turned in a 53 for the Chatham girls golf team, which finished eighth out of 18 teams at the NJAC Championships held at the Farmstead Golf and Country Club on Wednesday. Grace Mulligan hit a 56, Callie Ferguson shot a 57 and Alex Caruso ...
STAFFORD - The Southern Regional Boys Tennis team won the 2024 Ocean County Championship. The Rams have won the county title and the Shore Conference Class A South title for the second consecutive season. In the county tournament action, Southern's Joseph Woehr and Garron Smith defeated Central ...
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ -- Columbia advanced in the opening round of the NJSIAA Section 1, Group 4 tournament with a 10-0 softball victory over Kearny on Wednesday. Claire Shupe pitched a six-inning one-hitter with nine strikeouts and one walk for Columbia (15-9) and went 3-for-4 with a double and two ...
BAYONNE, NJ -- Caitlin Gaetani pitched a two-hitter to lead Bayonne to a 4-0 softball victory over J.P. Stevens in the first round of the Section 2, Group 4 tournament on Wednesday. Gaetani struck out 13 batters and walked three in seven innings. Bayonne (23-5), which got only four hits ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ -- Caitlin Gay's RBI single capped a three-run rally in the bottom of the seventh inning to give East Brunswick a 7-6 softball victory over Monroe in the first round of the Central Jersey, Group 4 state tournament on Wednesday. Trailing, 6-4, Rebecca Post singled and Gabriella ...
CARTERET, NJ — Luis Hernandez pitched 8 2/3 innings of shutout relief and Carteret scored a run in the bottom of the ninth inning for a 5-4 baseball victory over South River in the first round of the NJSIAA Central Jersey, Group 2 tournament on Wednesday. South River (12-12) scored four runs in ...
BARNEGAT - Sixth-seeded Barnegat defeated 11th-seeded Hopewell Valley 11-5 on Wednesday in the first round of the South Jersey Group 2 Girls Lacrosse tournament. Barnegat will face third-seeded Manasquan on the road Thursday in the quarterfinals. Alyson Sojak had an amazing afternoon, ...
BERNARDSVILLE, NJ -- Bernards scored 11 runs in the first inning and went on to a 13-3 softball victory over Hackettstown in the first round of the NJSIAA Section 2, Group 2 tournament on Wednesday. Winning pitcher Madison Lardieri went 2-for-5 with a home run and five runs batted in, Gina ...
WARREN, NJ — Watchung Hills' hot bats continued on Wednesday in the NJSIAA Tournament, First Round, North Jersey, Section 2, Group 4 with a 15-0 shutout of Linden in three innings. Mia Simon was the winning pitcher and helped on offense by smacking a home run. “The state tournament is a fun ...
COLONIA, NJ -- The Colonia softball team advanced with a 10-0 victory over Ferris of Jersey City in the first round of the NJSIAA Section 2, Group 3 tournament on Wednesday. Amelia Carrion drove in five runs with a home run and a double for Colonia (15-10), which got things started with four ...
NORTH CALDWELL, NJ -- The West Essex girls lacrosse team advanced in the first round of the NJSIAA North Jersey, Group 2 tournament with a 16-2 victory over Gov. Livingston on Wednesday. Alivia Lugo finished with five goals and four assists for West Essex (5-11), which had a 10-1 lead at ...