Sports Top Stories
By PAT SHARKEY
May 9, 2024
BRICK - Southern Regional defeated Brick 12-7 on Wednesday in a Shore Conference Class A South contest. Ray Mulhern scored three times. Brian Harper recorded three hits and Gabe Tomei had three RBI to lead ...
ROCKAWAY, NJ -- Senior Caroline Himstreet placed second in the 1600 and 3200 for the Chatham girls track & field team at the NJAC Championships held over two days at Morris Hills High. Himstreet set a personal record of 5:07.3 in the 1600 and clocked 11:14.41 in the 3200 while Cougar ...
SCOTCH PLAINS-FANWOOD, NJ — On a warm evening at Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School, 10 Raiders combined for 15 hits to defeat the Crusaders of Arthur L. Johnson High School,16-0, in the Union County Tournament (UCT) Quarterfinals. The Raiders scored four runs in the 1st, three in the 2nd, ...
LIVINGSTON, NJ — Sophie Rothfeld drove in three runs to lead Livingston to a 10-1 softball victory over Columbia on Wednesday. Rothfeld went 3-for-4 to pace a 12-hit attack for the Lancers (14-5), who scored their first five runs in the second inning. Winning pitcher Sophia Mount threw a ...
ROSELLE, NJ - After starting the season 0-8, the Elizabeth Varsity Golf Team won its fourth straight victory on Tuesday, taking down Roselle by a score of 190-244. In golf, the objective is to finish with the lowest cumulative score. Each team plays nine holes in a stroke format, where players ...
ROSELLE, NJ - After starting the season 0-8, the Elizabeth Varsity Golf Team won its fourth straight victory on Tuesday, taking down Roselle by a score of 190-244. In golf, the objective is to finish with the lowest cumulative score. Each team plays nine holes in a stroke format, where players ...
BAYVILLE - The Southern Regional Girls Lacrosse team defeated Central 10-9 on Wednesday. Delaney Falk, with seven goals, and Avery Smith with three goals, accounted for all the Rams' scoring. The team is on the rise and improved their record to 6-7 on the season. Career ...
Bloomfield High baseball coach Mike Policastro has always taken pride in former Bengals playing, and coaching, on the collegiate level. Such was the case in 2024. Former Bengal John McAndrew has been a pitching coach at New Jersey City University (NJCU) for the past three seasons. And two more ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ - The Morristown boys tennis team fell to Morristown Beard 4-1 on Wednesday afternoon. The Colonials are now 8-5 on the season. Morristown's Shiriram Vasudevan defeated Henry D'Andrea 6-2, 6-1. The Colonials will face off against Madison on Thursday May 9. Sign up to ...
MADISON, NJ - The Madison boys tennis fell to Gov. Livingston on Wednesday afternoon. The loss is the fourth in a row for the Dodgers. Madison will look to get back in the W column when they face Morristown today, May 9. In Wednesday's match, Madison's Dashiell James defeated Nathan Gaol 6-2, ...
CHESTER, NJ - The Morristown baseball team defeated West Morris; 13-6 on Wednesday afternoon. The Colonials improved to 4 -15 on the season after the win. Arthur Conover and Daniel Kelly each scored twice for Morristown. Michael Barlotta added two runs and Christian Smith, Seamus Warren and ...
ROBBINSVILLE, NJ -- Robbinsville scored in every inning but the sixth on its way to a 12-4 baseball victory over Hamilton West on Wednesday. Gavin Hopkins went 3-for-4 with a double, three runs batted in and two runs scored for Robbinsville (14-4). Luke Billings had two hits and two RBI, and ...
CHATHAM, NJ -- Ten Chatham High senior student-athletes were celebrated on Wednesday in recognition of their decision to continue competing at NCAA Division III colleges and universities. Azniv Basralian will continue to fence at New York University; Daito Sho is headed to Lawrence University to ...
MONTVILLE, NJ - Monday night provided the rare opportunity for the Montville baseball team to play on a professional field, when it took on Chatham at TD Bank Park in Bridgewater, home of the minor-league Somerset Patriots. Under the bright lights, Montville took full advantage of that ...
WAYNE, NJ – Once again, the Wayne Township Parks & Rec and TAPinto Wayne Cornhole League is sold out. Now in its fourth year, the popularity of the league continues to grow, and – in the “Pro” division, at least – the competition does too. If you’ve been to the Outback Steakhouse, the Village ...
UNION CITY, NJ – Hasbrouck Heights boys tennis team swept Union City High School 5-0, in an independent tennis match on Wednesday afternoon in Union City. The Aviators improved to 10-3 overall on the season, while Union City, a Group 4 school, is now 4-13. The Aviators wasted little time in ...
MIDDLETOWN, NJ: Professional Wrestling is coming to Middletown this May 18, and 19, as current and former stars of World Wrestling Entertainment, All Elite Wrestling and various other promotions converge for Wrestleshow NJ, at the Middletown Sports Complex. This event includes live wrestling ...
MADISON, NJ -- The Chatham girls lacrosse team was definitely feeling the heat in the third quarter of its Morris County Tournament semifinal vs. Mendham on Wednesday afternoon, and it had nothing to do with the 80-plus degree heat that could be felt on the Robert T. Shields Field turf at ...
COLTS NECK, NJ -- Colts Neck scored three runs in the bottom of the fourth inning to pull away for an 8-6 baseball victory over Christian Brothers Academy on Monday. Joe Pignatelli went 3-for-4 with two doubles and three runs batted in for Colts Neck (11-6), which took an 8-4 lead with its ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ -- The Caldwell baseball team advanced in the quarterfinal round of the Greater Newark Tournament with a 12-2 victory over Bloomfield on Wednesday night. The Chiefs (10-12) scored five runs in the first two innings and went on to finish off the Bengals (6-13) in five ...
WESTFIELD, NJ -- Senior right-hander Tomas Cestero pitched a three-hitter to lift top-seeded Westfield to a 5-2 baseball victory over New Providence in the quarterfinal round of the Union County Tournament on Wednesday. While Westfield will move on to play fifth-seeded Cranford in the semifinals ...
YORKTOWN, N.Y. — No local baseball game brings out more emotion than the annual Sorrentino Cup contest between Lakeland and Yorktown, and its 42nd edition on May 3 was no different. For the third straight season, the contest was decided by one run in a frenzied atmosphere, with an RBI single by ...
YORKTOWN, N.Y. — The 42nd annual Sorrentino Memorial Baseball Game was played on Friday, May 3, when the Lakeland Hornets took on the Yorktown Huskers to honor, and remember Joseph Sorrentino Jr. who played baseball, football, and basketball for Yorktown High School. On Dec. 12, 1981, tragedy ...
SCOTCH PLAINS-FANWOOD, NJ -- On a warm evening at Scotch Plains Fanwood High School, 10 Raiders combined for 15 hits to defeat the Crusaders of Johnson HS (Clark, NJ) ,16-0, in the Union County Tournament (UCT) Quarterfinals. Due to a 10-run rule, the Raiders only had four at-bats in this game ...
HILLSBOROUGH, NJ - Tyler Boatwright's dreams of a career in the National Football League are still alive, with the New York Giants extending an invitation for a tryout at the team's free agent and rookie camp in East Rutherford starting Thursday, May 9, just one week after the 2018 Hillsborough HS ...
NORTH BRUNSWICK, NJ — Tenth-seeded Sayreville scored the tie-breaking run in the top of the seventh inning and went on to upset second-seeded Woodbridge, 4-3, in the quarterfinal round of the Greater Middlesex Conference baseball tournament on Wednesday night. Sayreville went ahead, 4-3, on a ...
NORTH BRUNSWICK, NJ -- Eighth-seeded South Brunswick had a five-run lead and was three outs away from upsetting top-seeded South Plainfield in the Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament quarterfinals on Wednesday night. But South Plainfield rallied for six runs in the bottom of the seventh, ...
NUTLEY, NJ - It was one for the record books. Gabriella Mariano went 3-for-3 with four RBI, Quennie Chavez was 3-for-3 with a triple, three RBI and three runs and Makenna DeJianne spun a five-inning two-hitter to power the Nutley High softball team to a 13-1 victory over Payne Tech on ...
NORTH BRUNSWICK, NJ -- Eighth-seeded South Brunswick had a five-run lead and was three outs away from upsetting top-seeded South Plainfield in the Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament quarterfinals on Wednesday night. But South Plainfield rallied for six runs in the bottom of the seventh, ...
SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ -- East Brunswick's 4-2 boys lacrosse victory over South Brunswick on Tuesday was the 100th in the career of Bears' coach Rory Murray. Will Palmer scored two goals and assisted on one, and Marco Guddat scored two goals for East Brunswick (5-9). East Brunswick goalie Silas ...