Sports Top Stories
By TAPINTO FLEMINGTON/RARITAN STAFF
May 13, 2024
FLEMINGTON, NJ -- The Hunterdon Central girls lacrosse team won the Hunterdon/Warren/Sussex Tournament with a 12-6 victory over North Hunterdon on Saturday. Kadyn Brandt scored four goals and Jelly Schnell and Kylie Hamer each scored three goals for the Red Devils (13-2), who led, 5-3, at ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ – St. Augustine Prep failed in its attempt to spoil Senior Night for the Bridgewater-Raritan High School Boys Lacrosse Class of 2024. Even though 48 minutes of regulation was not enough for the Panthers to prevail on Senior Night, a dramatic victory made it worth the wait. St.
NEWARK, NJ -- Two members of the Caldwell girls track team won a combined three gold medals at the Super Essex Conference Colonial Division Championship Meet at Schools Stadium on Saturday. Raegan Bossard, a senior, won the triple jump in 35-5 and the long jump in 15-10. Bossard also picked ...
KENILWORTH, NJ -- Saturday, May 11, marked a significant milestone in Gia Pirozzi's softball career as she made her 100th career strikeout in the first round of the Union County tournament. This is quite an accomplishment and Gia is only a freshman. The Brearley Varsity Softball Team also ...
WOOD-RIDGE, NJ – Wood-Ridge broke open a scoreless pitcher’s duel in the sixth inning with four runs, as the Blue Devils defeated Cliffside Park, 4-0, in an independent baseball game on Saturday evening in Wood-Ridge. Sal Catanzaro started the rally with a walk and was sacrificed to second base ...
MIDDLETOWN SOUTH, NJ -- Middletown South advanced in the first round of the Shore Conference Tournament with an 11-9 girls lacrosse victory over Wall Township on Saturday. Caroline Bedetti scored five goals and assisted on one for Middletown South (9-5), which led, 8-5, at halftime. Anna ...
LYNDHURST, NJ – Lyndhurst took advantage of seven Hasbrouck Heights errors as the Bears defeated the Aviators, 9-1 in Lyndhurst on Saturday in a NJIC non-divisional game. The Aviators fell to 8-9 on the season with the loss. Damon Rivera singled to lead off the game for the Aviators, and came ...
ROXBURY, NJ- In the Morris County Softball Tournament Finals on Saturday, May 11, the No. 5 seed Randolph Lady Rams gave No. 1 seed ( and No. 13 in the state ) Morris Catholic Crusaders a battle to the end. Ultimately, the Crusaders came out on top by a 3-1 score, but not before surviving a bases ...
RIDGEWOOD, NJ — All records are made to be broken, and all dynasties end. It was no different for the Ridgewood Maroons on Saturday afternoon, as after winning the Bergen County Lacrosse Championship 18 years in a row, they were finally toppled off their throne by Immaculate Heart Academy ...
NEWTON, NJ—The Newton High School baseball team won 12-6 over Lenape Valley when they played them away on Friday, May 10. Ryan Bollette went 3-for-5 with three singles, one RBI, scoring twice. Hunter Wolfe also went 3-for-5 with three singles, one RBI and one run scored. Brandon Taylor went ...
Newton, NJ—The Newton High School had two girls from the high school girls golf team compete in the Hunterdon/Warren/Sussex championships on Thursday. The Braves ranked seventh out of 10 teams that completed and one Brave ranked 13 out of the 30 golfers there. Haley Morodan placed 13th with a ...
PEQUANNOCK, NJ—The Newton High School Lacrosse team lost 10-8 against Pequannock when they played them away on Saturday, May 11 in a morning game. Braves goalie CJ Wojtach, added to the 100 save milestone reached in Thursday's game against Boonton. Against the Panthers Wojtach had 12 ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Now they are winning slugfests, too. What can’t this Phillipsburg High School baseball team do? Dylan Wayne and Garrett Bobrowski combined for five RBI, and Nick Yaccarino battled through seven innings in bulldog fashion to pick up the mound win as sixth-seeded Phillipsburg ...
ALTOONA, Pa. - The Somerset Patriots split their double header with the Altoona Curve on Sunday, winning the first game 5-2 and losing the second game 3-1. The loss in game two of the double header snapped Somerset’s second three-game losing eak of the week. The Patriots have won six of their ...
BARNEGAT - Alyson Sojak scored six goals and had two assists in Barnegat's 16-4 win over Brick on Friday, May 10 at home. Ella Tortorici scored three goals for the Bengals and had an assist, while Emilia Ercolino and Molly Carroll each scored two goals and recorded an assist. Emalie Menegus ...
YORKTOWN, N.Y. –The 34th edition of the Murphy Cup, named after Charlie Murphy, the founder of the Yorktown boys lacrosse program, always brings out the best in Yorktown and Lakeland/Panas, and this year was no different. A goal by Kyle Gallagher late in the third quarter pulled the Rebels to ...
BRICK - Barnegat defeated Brick 8-1 on Friday, May 10 at home. Jamison Hogan pitched five innings of no-hit ball. Eva Watts went 2-for-2 with an RBI and a double, while Riley Schmidt scored twice. Brianna Dato and Gianna Gomez each had an RBI. Molly Hoops scored a run for Brick Township ...
STAFFORD - Eighth-seeded Southern defeated ninth-seeded Manasquan 9-5 on Saturday in the second round of the Shore Conference Tournament. Southern advances to face top-seed St. John Vianny on the road on Monday. Southern was led by Emily Evans with three hits and two RBI. Tara Duralek was 1 ...
ROSELLE PARK, NJ — After a long season, the Union County tournament will kick off for the Roselle Park softball tea this week. Monday, May 13 Varsity Softball Union County Tournament, 4:00 p.m vs. TBA TBA Tuesday, May 14 Varsity Softball vs. Scotch Plains, 7:00 ...
STAFFORD - On Wednesday, May 8, Southern Regional junior lacrosse player Avery Smith earned her 100th career point in the Rams' 9-8 victory over Central Regional.
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Junior Marissa Kozak scored a career-high four goals for the fourth time in her career and added an assist to lead Phillipsburg High School to a 15-1 victory over Warren Hills in a Skyland Conference girl’s lacrosse game on Saturday at the Phillipsburg Middle School. Kozak ...
CLARK, NJ — In a classic New Jersey boys lacrosse rivalry game, the Hilltoppers outlasted the Blue Devils on Saturday night. Sophomore attack James Grainger scored two goals with an assist and senior attack Daniel Flaim posted one goal with a game-high three assists to lead second-seeded Summit, ...
FLANDERS, NJ -- The Chatham girls lacrosse team has played in the last five Morris County Tournament championship games and when you get into the title ring that many times, there are going to be occasions when it hurts. The 2024 MCT final was one of those games as top-seeded Morristown defended ...
CLARK, NJ — In a classic New Jersey boys lacrosse rivalry game, the Hilltoppers outlasted the Blue Devils on Saturday night.Sophomore attack James Grainger scored two goals with an assist and senior attack Daniel Flaim posted one goal with a game-high three assists to lead second-seeded Summit, No.
HOBOKEN, NJ -- The Hoboken baseball team went nine innings to defeat McNair Academic, 3-2, in the second ronud of the Hudson County Tournament on Saturday. Ethan Ortiz went 2-for-4 with an RBI and Max Casazza had two hits and scored two runs for Hoboken (10-8), which had rallied with a run in ...
MAPLEWOOD, NJ -- Columbia scored nine runs in the first two innings and went on to an 11-1 baseball victory over Cresskill on Saturday. Nolan Secor and Benji Josefsberg each drove in three runs for the Cougars (9-10-1), who scored five runs in the first inning and four in the second ...
LONG BEACH ISLAND - The summer flounder season has opened in New Jersey, but unfortunately for the captains of the Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association, the weather has not been any help. Cold temperatures, high winds, and high tides have made finding fish a challenge. Captain Brett Taylor of ...
SUMMIT, NJ -- The Summit Golf Team had an impressive performance at the State Sectionals at Preakness Valley last week. Summit finished a strong fifth place with an overall team score of 312. Isabelle Meltzer shot 74 in the 18-hole match and Grace Luckner and Max Shin each shot a 78. Charlie ...
HAMILTON, NJ - As daylight extends later into the evening, so do the opening hours at Hamilton Township Golf Center. Voted the Best for 2023 by the Trentonian Readers’ Choice Award, Hamilton residents can get access to a driving range, an 18-hole mini golf course, a putting green, as well as ...
NEWARK, NJ — Keith J. Colon, a 21-year-old psychology major at Rutgers University, is headed to the National Golden Gloves Competition in Detroit this weekend. The trip follows his success in the 125-pound category at the New Jersey Golden Gloves Championship on March 23. “Overall, it was a ...