Sports Top Stories
By GABRIELLA DRAGONE
May 5, 2024
WAYNE, NJ - Passaic Valley's softball team secured a 9-6 victory over Wayne Hills on Friday. The Hornets' Mia Aquino's performance on the mound earned her the win, pitching a solid seven innings and allowing only six runs. At the plate, Aquino also made significant contributions, going 3-for-4 ...
WILTON, CONN. – Chatham's 7th Grade Boys Blue team and the 8th Grade Girls Select team each finished 4-0 at the recently held New Jersey/Connecticut Lacrosse Tournament. This tournament brings together some of the top middle school lacrosse talent in the tri-state area with participants from ...
MONTVILLE, NJ - Montville’s senior catcher, Chase Tarnoff hit a home run over the centerfield fence in the fourth inning to spark the Montville Twp. High School baseball team to a 12-8 victory over Jefferson in Oak Ridge on Wednesday, May 1. Tarnoff raised his on base percentage to .300 on the ...
SPARTA, NJ – The Sparta girls lacrosse squad earned an easy pass to the semifinal round of the tri-county tournament with a 15-7 outing against Phillipsburg on Saturday. Uma Kowalski added nine to her season total of 61. Emily Reina netted two. Brooke Wydenbach, Moira Sweeney, Grace Johnson and ...
LIVINGSTON, NJ -- Millburn Boys Spring Track and Field team won two third place medals at the Essex County Relay Championships at Livingston High School on Friday, May 3. Team members gave many great field performances and scored personal records (PR) while competing against 39 other ...
CROSS RIVER, N.Y. - On Friday, May 3, John Jay had a few different looks when they took on Minisink Valley at Contest Field. Jojo Degl was out due to injury and simply had Coach Jess McDonough staying on point. “We can’t control when somebody gets hurt. We can only control how we respond,” ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — Make it three straight for the Westfield boys tennis team. The Blue Devils tallied 92 points and had finalists at all five flights (winning three of them) to capture their third straight Union County Tournament team title at the Donald Van Blake Tennis Facility in Plainfield on ...
JACKSON - Southern defeated Jackson 7-2 on Saturday. Southern was led by Gabe Tomei who went 2-for-4 with a double and two RBI. Brady Lesiak went 3-for-4 with two RBI in the Rams third straight victory Roger Dreher pitched three innings, allowing one run on four hits while striking out four and ...
OCEAN CITY - Southern defeated MIddle Township 3-1 on Sunday to gain the War at the Shore Invitational Championship at Ocean City High School. The Rams defeated Ocean City and Cedar Creek on Saturday, 5/4/24, on the first day of the Invitational. Brooke Sutter recorded her second varsity win ...
SUMMIT, NJ -- The pride of Summit Lacrosse was on full display Saturday, as the much-heralded program honored its senior players during the annual locker room clap out tribute to the outgoing Hilltoppers. With lots of energy buzzing around Tatlock Field given it was both Hilltopper Day and ...
STAFFORD - On Wednesday, May 1, the Southern Regional Boys Lacrosse were defeated by Red Bank 12-10. Konnor Fortai recorded his 100th career point for the Rams. Red Bank was led by Andrew Pape five goals and his brother Gabe with four. Southern was led by Anthony Arch and Joe Kessler with ...
SOMERS, N.Y. - On Saturday May 4, Somers scored the first run of the day and Roosevelt scored the last. In between, the senior day match up was an onslaught. Somers scored five in the first, three in the second and went onto a 19-1 victory. At the outset, Roosevelt did work a lead off ...
SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD, NJ — In front of one of the largest crowds of the season, Scotch Plains-Fanwood defeated the Roselle Park Panthers, 7-0, in the first round of the Union County Tournament (UCT). Senior pitcher Evan Doyle went 5 2/3 innings striking out 6 and did not allow a run. Ryan Quinones ...
PARKLAND, FL- The MSD Girls Lacrosse team is on a roll, capping an incredible run through the District and Regional Playoffs by advancing the the State Final Four next weekend. Douglas, the top seed in their region, defeated Boca Raton 20-4, Jupiter High School 12-6, and Martin County High ...
STAFFORD - Southern Regional Girls Lacrosse players Addyson Gifiin and Delaney Falk were recognized for great career accomplishments. Southern Regional Director of Athletics released the following statement congratulating the athletes. Congratulations @srgirlslax Addyson Griffin (200 ...
LIVINGSTON, NJ_ Livingston advanced in the first round of the Essex County Tournament with a 15-0 softball victory over Montclair-Kimberley Academy on Saturday. Olivia Melucci drove on four runs with a double and a single and Caitlin Hernandez doubled and drove in two runs for Livingston (12-5), ...
LAWRENCE, NJ -- The South Brunswick baseball team handed Lawrence just its second loss of the season on Saturday, beating its Mercer County opponent on the road, 6-5. Senior first baseman Ethan Fantel went 3-for-4 with a home run and two runs scored for the Vikings (9-10). The left-handed hitter ...
STAFFORD - The Rams erupted to break a three game losing streak with a 15-4 victory over Middletown South on Saturday. Cash McVey led Southern with five goals. Liam Griffin and Joe Kessler both had four goals and two assists against Middletown South (5-6). Southern (5-6) scored 10 goals in ...
FLEMINGTON, NJ -- The Hunterdon Central baseball team advanced in the second round of the Hunterdon/Warren/Sussex Tournament with a 2-1 baseball victory over Voorhees on Saturday. Jared Jacobus and Soren Gregor combined on a two-hitter for Hunterdon Central (8-8). Jacobus pitched four innings, ...
SPOTSWOOD, NJ - After a Friday Night Lights victory at Milltown's Michelin Field, the Spotswood High School varsity baseball team was back at it on Saturday. Spotswood defeated East Brunswick Magnet 15-5 on Senior Day. The Chargers exploded for nine runs in the bottom of the sixth inning, giving ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Phillipsburg High School’s leadoff batter Kevin Burgess went 3-for-3 and scored three times and Nick Yaccarino went the first five innings to pick up the mound win as the streaking Stateliners defeated Kittatinny, 7-2, on Saturday in a Hunterdon-Warren-Sussex second round game ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ -- The Caldwell girls lacrosse team advanced in the first round of the Essex County Tournament with a 10-8 victory over Mount St. Dominic on Saturday. Teagan Quinn scored five goals and assisted on two others for Caldwell (4-9). Nicole Costigan and Tatumn Lattimer finished with ...
SUMMIT, NJ -- Fresh off the Union County Tournament, Summit Tennis Head Coach Vinnie Turturiello sat down with Tapinto Summit to provide his thoughts. Tell us about the week? This week we participated in the Union County tournament. There were 16 high schools who entered the tournament, and I ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Easton Area high School won both track and field meets on Saturday at the Phillipsburg Middle School on Saturday with the boys winning 97-43 and the girl’s 106-34. “Despite the final score, I am very proud of our girl’s effort Friday versus Easton,”P’burg’s girl’s coach Rich ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Tenth-seeded Phillipsburg High School overcame a three-run deficit by scoring seven runs in the top of the seventh inning to shock host and No. 7 seed Delaware Valley, 10-6, on Saturday in a Hunterdon-Warren-Sussex Tournament second-round softball game. The Stateliners (8-7) ...
NEPTUNE TOWNSHIP, NJ — The Neptune Soccer Association’s travel soccer program is holding tryouts for boys and girls born in 2012-2017 from May 7 to 10. All tryouts will take place at the NSA home fields located at Sunshine Park, 1 Pine Drive in Neptune. Teams will be holding tryouts May 7, ...
SPRINGFIELD, NJ -- Julianna Santangelo pitched a two-hitter and the Dayton softball team defeated Middlesex, 6-4, on Saturday. Senior outfielder Alyssa Santangelo, who had one hit in four at-bats and scored a run, reached 100 hits for her career. She has a career batting average of ...
WOODLAND PARK, NJ - The Woodland Park Borough Council recognized the achievements of the borough's soccer and basketball teams on Wednesday. The event, attended by council members, coaches, players, and parents, served as a platform to celebrate the remarkable successes of several youth teams in ...
SPOTSWOOD, NJ - After a Friday Night Lights victory at Milltown's Michelin Field, the Spotswood High School varsity baseball team was back at it on Saturday. Spotswood defeated East Brunswick Magnet 15-5 on Senior Day. The Chargers exploded for nine runs in the bottom of the sixth inning, giving ...
SPOTSWOOD, NJ - The Spotswood High School varsity softball team got back to its winning ways on Saturday after a Friday loss to Old Bridge High School. Spotswood defeated John F. Kennedy High School 10-9 in an exciting seventh inning victory on Senior Day. The Chargers were down 3-0 to JFK ...