Sports Top Stories
By JAKE NEMCEK
May 22, 2024
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 ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — This captain on the young girls flag football team at Westfield High School enjoys being a leader and an outlet for her teammates should they need anything. Junior Priscilla Dayon is this week’s Andy Heinz and The Westfield Legacy Agency’s Allstate Westfield Athlete of the ...
SPOTSWOOD, NJ - The top seeded Spotswood High School varsity softball team rolled to a 9-0 victory over 16th seeded Rumson-Fair Haven High School on Wednesday in the first round of the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group Two Tournament. Ava Mormile threw six innings, allowing just two hits and striking out ...
SPRINGFIELD, NJ -- As the Dayton baseball team has gained considerable momentum in the second half of the season, the Bulldogs have consistently put together better at-bats their second and third times through the order than they do their first time up. That was in evidence again on Wednesday, ...
MADISON, NJ - The No. 3 seed Madison girls lacrosse team defeated No. 14 Sterling in the First Round of the NJSIAA State Tournament. The Dodgers defeated Stirling 16-2 on Wednedsay afternoon. The Dodgers advance to face the winner of No. 6 Cinnaminson vs No. 11 Lower Cape May on Thursday May ...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ - The No. 10 seed Madison boys tennis team defeated No. 7 South Plainfield in the 2024 NJSIAA boys tennis tournament. The Dodgers defeated South Plainfield 3-2 on Wednesday afternoon. The Dodgers took the 2nd singles match where Broderick Dineen defeated Ryan Rosenkrantz ...
FAIR LAWN, NJ - The No. 12 seed Morristown softball team defeated the No. 5 seed Fair Lawn in the 2024 NJSIAA State Tournament. The Colonials defeated Fair Lawn 1-0. Callie Volker threw an amazing game allowing no runs on two hits while striking out 12. The lone Morristown run came from Ella ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ - The No. 8 seed Morristown defeated the No. 9 seed Clifton in the First Round of the 2024 NJSIAA Boys Tennis Tournament, North Jersey, Section 1, Group 4. The Colonials defeated Clifton 5-0 and advance to face No. 1 seed Ridgewood on Wednesday May 29. In 1st singles, Charlie ...
PARKLAND,FL- Parkland athetic fields will be re-sodded over the next year, according to an approval from the Parkland City Commission at a meeting in May. The Parkland Cify Commsision agenda says the project is to "re-sod Athletic Fields at Terramar Park and Pine Trails Park A Resolution of ...
SUMMIT, NJ -- Summit Tennis edged Westfield, 3-2, in an amazing final match of the year on Tuesday. Hilltoppers Ben Levkov and Co-Captain Ethan Hopman secured crucial victories, tying the match at 2-2. Co-Captain Noah Ng, after losing the first set, made an epic comeback from 1-5 to win the ...
MANCHESTER, NH - The Somerset Patriots took down the New Hampshire Fisher Cats on Wednesday afternoon 11-2 in game two of a seven-game series at Delta Dental Stadium, with Somerset’s bullpen trio of Jesus Liranzo, Jack Neely, and Ryan Anderson combining to finish off the game with 4 shutout ...
MANCHESTER, NH - The Somerset Patriots took down the New Hampshire Fisher Cats on Wednesday afternoon 11-2 in game two of a seven-game series at Delta Dental Stadium, with Somerset’s bullpen trio of Jesus Liranzo, Jack Neely, and Ryan Anderson combining to finish off the game with 4 shutout ...
It's been quite a season for the Bloomfield High track and field team. Head coach Terry Iavarone's squad has garnered a lot of hardware at various invitationals and meets. On May 31 and June 1, the Bengals are at the NJSIAA sectional championship meet, at Clifton High School. The May 31 ...
NEWTON, NJ—The Newton High School boys tennis team won 5-0 over High Point on Monday, May 20 in their last regular season match. The results of the matches: Singles: 1st: Asher Haiduc-Dale (N) won over Chase Krisanda (HP), 6-1, 6-1 2nd: Frankie Boffa (N) won over Isaac Schuman (HP), ...
NEWTON, NJ – The Newton High School boys golf team hosted Vernon on Monday, May 20 and won 165-169 in their final match of the season. Braves’ boys results: 1st Cooper Armstrong with a 38 3rd CJ Nicholas with a 41 4th Bruno Groth with a 42 in a three-way tie 7th Nick Deiorio with a ...
MAHOPAC, N.Y. – The Wolf Pac boys have been playing some of their best lacrosse late in the season, and that trend continued last Saturday when No. 9 seed Mahopac rolled into Harrison for a Class B out-bracket playoff game and dominated the eighth-seeded Huskies from the opening faceoff in a 13-5 ...
CHATHAM, NJ -- Trent Jenks is an All-Star. The Chatham senior baseball standout has been selected to play in the NJ High School Senior All-Star Game. The game is set for a 5 p.m. start on June 10th at Diamond Nation in Flemington. “I got the call and told my family. It felt really good," ...
SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD, NJ - The Scotch Plains-Fanwood boys tennis team honored their seniors during Senior Day on Monday, May 20, followed by a win over Gill St. Bernard's in the final regular season match of the season on Tuesday, May 21. Head coach Barbara Joyner and the boys tennis team ...
MADISON, NJ - The Cranford boys tennis team are the No. 4 seed in the 2024 NJSIAA Boys Tennis Tournament, North Jersey, Section 2, Group 2. The Cougars will face No. 13 seed Parsippany Hills on May 22 at 4 p.m. First round matchups include: No 1 seed Mendham No. 2 seed West Essex - ...
SUCCASUNNA, NJ -- Chatham senior Caroline Himstreet didn't sweat the heat on Tuesday afternoon, setting a meet record in the 1600 with a time of 5:09.91 at the Roxbury Invitational track & field event. Himstreet broke the meet mark that had stood since 2011. Chatham sophomore Sarah ...
BORDENTOWN, NJ — Bordentown Regional High School (BRHS) is celebrating the achievements of one of its graduating senior-athletes. Myles Hansford has been chosen as Bordentown Regional High School's 2024 NJSIAA Scholar-Athlete. Hansford and other student-athletes from each NJSIAA member school ...
CROSS RIVER, N.Y. - After scoring four in the first versus third seeded Hastings-on-Hudson, John Jay had a 5-1 lead in the fifth, and the prospects looked very good with Nick Fassert in relief. Unfortunately, a walk, an error and a hit suddenly made it 5-4, but Coach Ted Lawrence still wasn’t ...
WHIPPANY, NJ - The Hanover Tigers under the guidance of Coach Chris Calabro recently hosted an exciting Friday Night Lights football clinic that brought together local athletes and some special guests from the Whippany Park Wildcats and Rutgers University Scarlet Knights. The event, held at the ...
MANCHESTER, NH - The Somerset Patriots fell to the New Hampshire Fisher Cats on Tuesday night by a score of 10-2 in game one of a six-game series at Delta Dental Stadium. RHP Blane Abeyta (4.1 IP, 8 R, 9 H, 0 BB, 3 K) took the loss in his 8th start of the season. Abeyta allowed a career-high 4 ...
MANCHESTER, NH - The Somerset Patriots fell to the New Hampshire Fisher Cats on Tuesday night by a score of 10-2 in game one of a six-game series at Delta Dental Stadium. RHP Blane Abeyta (4.1 IP, 8 R, 9 H, 0 BB, 3 K) took the loss in his 8th start of the season. Abeyta allowed a career-high 4 ...
WHIPPANY, NJ - The Hanover Tigers under the guidance of Coach Chris Calabro recently hosted an exciting Friday Night Lights football clinic that brought together local athletes and some special guests from the Whippany Park Wildcats and Rutgers University Scarlet Knights. The event, held at the ...
SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ -- Gov. Livingston had already established its capability of beating Scotch Plains-Fanwood by lopsided scores twice this season. But, in close games, the Raiders have shown a remarkable ability to execute, make big pitches, and capitalize on the mistakes of their ...
The Bloomfield High football team put together a solid season in 2023, finishing 5-4. Two of the senior players from that team, and team captains, will participate in two of the popular All-Star football games, set for this June. Will Cordero has been selected to play in the Phil Simms ...
The Bloomfield High boys' volleyball team split its final two regular season matches, defeating Colonia, on May 20, in three sets, after losing to Edison, on May 17. Coach Louis Stevens' team will now prepare for the NJSIAA Tournament. Bloomfield will host North Bergen, in the first round of the ...
MADISON, NJ - The Madison boys tennis team are the No. 10 seed in the 2024 NJSIAA Boys Tennis Tournament, North Jersey, Section 2, Group 2. The Colonials will face No. 7 seed South Plainfield on May 22. First round matchups include: No 1 seed Mendham No. 2 seed West Essex - bye No. 3 ...