Sports Top Stories
By GUY KIPP
May 19, 2024
The NJSIAA Central Jersey, Group 4 state baseball tournament will begin on Thursday, with South Brunswick and East Brunswick both playing their openers then. South Brunswick (13-12) has won seven of its last nine games, has been seeded fourth in the section and will host Freehold Township in the ...
CHATHAM, NJ -- Maddie Huth collected a single, a double and two RBI and Avery Andres reached base three times, scored a run and knocked in one for Chatham in a 9-8 softball setback to Madison on Saturday night at Shunpike Field. Madison (12-10) scored twice in the top of the seventh to plate the ...
SPARTA, NJ—The Newton High School baseball team played away against Sussex Tech on Thursday, May 16 and shut them out 12-0. Mason Bucci threw a no-hitter for Newton, going 84 pitches with four strikeouts in five innings. The Braves got on the board in the first inning with two runs. Their bats ...
NEWTON, NJ—The Newton High School Lacrosse team won 8-3 when they hosted Hanover Park on Wednesday, May 15 under the night lights on Palmer Field. Brenden Lynch led the Braves in scoring, putting three into the net. He was followed by Max Faye with two goals. Matt Ellsworth contributed by ...
NEWTON, NJ—The Newton High School softball team won 9-5 over Morristown-Beard when they played them away on Thursday, May 16. The Braves came out strong, matching the two runs Morristown-Beard put on the board in the first inning. They then took the lead 6-5 at the end of the third, and finally ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ -- Singles player Davis Zhang and the doubles team of Riley Becker and Garrett Feher won Morris County Boys Tennis Tournament championships for Chatham in the MCT finals held Sunday at Delbarton. Chatham finished as the runner-up to Delbarton for the team title with the Green Wave ...
SUMMIT, NJ -- The Summit Boys Lacrosse Team finished the regular season this week with a 13-2 win over West Essex on Wednesday and a 6-1 victory versus No. 2 ranked Ridgewood on Saturday. In Saturday’s home game, the score was tied after the first period, 1-1, but then it was all Summit the ...
CROSS RIVER, N.Y. - On Friday May 17, third seeded John Jay began the sectionals with a quarterfinal matchup versus Pelham, and not going unnoticed, Jojo Degl returned from injury. Out four straight games, she eased into her reemergence. “I was getting used to it,” said the middie. But Pelham ...
HUDSON COUNTY, NJ - The Hudson County Board of Commissioners approved the expenditure of $55,800 to the Boys and Girls Club of Hudson County to run an Instructional Basketball Program in Lincoln Park in Jersey City and Washington Park in Union City, and at the Hoboken Boys and Girls ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ - The Somerset Patriots shut out of the Portland Sea Dogs to take Sunday afternoon’s series finale 7-0 at TD Bank Ballpark. The victory marked Somerset’s fifth shutout of the season and second of the week vs. Portland, following a 1-0 win on Wednesday. The Patriots pitching staff ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ - The Somerset Patriots shut out of the Portland Sea Dogs to take Sunday afternoon’s series finale 7-0 at TD Bank Ballpark. The victory marked Somerset’s fifth shutout of the season and second of the week vs. Portland, following a 1-0 win on Wednesday. The Patriots pitching staff ...
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ — Gov. Livingston baseball honored their five seniors in style on Friday night at Snyder Avenue field, cruising to a commanding 12-2 mercy victory in just five innings over Montclair Kimberley Academy. The Highlanders showcased their offensive prowess with a breakout fourth ...
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ — Gov. Livingston baseball honored their five seniors in style on Friday night at Snyder Avenue field, cruising to a commanding 12-2 mercy victory in just five innings over Montclair Kimberley Academy. The Highlanders showcased their offensive prowess with a breakout fourth ...
FLEMINGTON, NJ -- Hunterdon Central scored seven goals in the fourth quarter to pull away for an 18-8 girls lacrosse victory over Princeton on Saturday. Kadyn Brandt scored six goals and Jelly Schnell had five goals and one assist for Hunterdon Central (16-2), which was tied with Princeton, 5-5, ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ – Bridgewater served as host to the 2024 Somerset County Boys & Girls Lacrosse Tournament finals May 18, in a championship doubleheader played at the Nap Torpey Athletic Complex. And for the second straight season, Pingry School’s boys and girls lacrosse teams both ended the ...
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ - In a thrilling showdown, the Gov. Livingston boys' lacrosse team pulled off an incredible comeback in the fourth quarter, snatching a 10-9 victory against Cranford with a last-second goal. The clash between Gov. Livingston and Cranford proved to be evenly contested from ...
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ - In a thrilling showdown, the Gov. Livingston boys' lacrosse team pulled off an incredible comeback in the fourth quarter, snatching a 10-9 victory against Cranford with a last-second goal. The clash between Gov. Livingston and Cranford proved to be evenly contested from ...
BASKING RIDGE, NJ- On Tuesday, May 14th, the Ridge Track and Field Team traveled to Hillsborough for the Somerset County Championship. Dominating the competition, the Ridge boys won the meet with 118 points compared to 2nd place Hillsborough with 60 points, with personal bests, school records, and ...
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ - Governor Livingston High School hosted the Union Country Conference Championships on May 9-11, with Varsity Boys and Girls Track & Field teams both competing in the Mountain division. The Lady Highlanders were fueled by four outstanding performances from ...
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ - Governor Livingston High School hosted the Union Country Conference Championships on May 9-11, with Varsity Boys and Girls Track & Field teams both competing in the Mountain division. The Lady Highlanders were fueled by four outstanding performances from ...
ELIZABETH, NJ - Spotswood and Elizabeth High Schools varsity softball teams went five innings of scoreless ball before Elizabeth got a run through. The Chargers responded with a run to tie the game when Hanna Brown's triple scored Lara Yarnall in the seventh inning. Tied at one, the teams played ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ - He didn't know it at the time, but Nate Bietzel set the tone for what was to come in Saturday night's Somerset Patriots baseball game at TD Bank Ballpark. The 11-year-old southpaw, representing the Hillsborough Baseball League, was chosen to throw out the ceremonial first ...
WHIPPANY, NJ - The Whippany Park Baseball team emerged victorious over Kittatinny with a final score of 5-3 in Friday's game. The game started slow, with both teams failing to score in the first inning. However, in the second inning, Kittatinny took an early lead with two runs, thanks to a home ...
RIDGEWOOD, NJ – The Ridgewood flag football team started their title defense with aplomb on Saturday morning with dominating wins over Montville and Nutley in the opening round of the 2024 playoffs. Ridgewood set the tone early in both of their games Saturday, jumping out to big, early leads ...
SADDLE BROOK, NJ -- Jaylene Robles collected three hits and drove in three runs to help power Caldwell to a 10-0 softball victory over Saddle Brook on Saturday. Sophia Rodriguez pitched the six-inning shutout, allowing five hits. She struck out two and walked three. Ava Rodriguez was 2-for-4 ...
HAMILTON, NJ -- Derek Anson and AJ Zuccarello drove in three runs apiece to lead Hamilton West to a 12-2 baseball victory over Immaculata on Saturday. Anson went 2-for-3 and Bobby Lipsett singled and drove in two runs for Hamilton West (10-13), which scored five runs in the third inning to take ...
HACKENSACK, NJ – Hasbrouck Heights sophomore Michael Naplitano set a school record in winning the boys 100 meter dash at the Bergen County Meet of Champions, held Friday at Del Torre Stadium at Hackensack High School. In all, six Hasbrouck Heights runners set school records in their ...
EMERSON, NJ – Hasbrouck Heights boys tennis team won the 2024 Boys Cavo Cup on Saturday in Emerson. The tournament has a unique format where six teams compete in a round robin-style tournament, where each team fielded four doubles teams (1st Singles/2nd Singles, First Doubles, Second Doubles and a ...
SPARTA, NJ- The Spartan baseball team bested the Morris Hills team on Saturday 4-3. Nicholas Franconere got the win on five inning's work. He got three strikeouts, giving up four walks and six hits. Anthony Patrickio had two innings on the mound earning three strikeouts with a walk. Diego ...
CHATHAM, NJ -- Bases loaded, nobody out, with the winning run at third base. That's what it came down to for the Chatham baseball team on "Senior Night" when the Cougars tied the game and needed to push across one run to win it in the bottom of the seventh on Friday night at Shunpike ...