Sports
By TAPINTO MADISON STAFF
May 11, 2024
MADISON, NJ - The Madison girls lacrosse team defeated Columbia 21-12 on Senior Night. The Dodgers exploded in the first half scoring 11 goals to Columbia's six. The second half saw more action as Madison added nine goals to their total, easily claiming victory. Gabby Mariani scored an ...
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 ...
MOUNT OLIVE, NJ - The Morristown boys lacrosse team fell to Mount Olive 10-3 on Friday. The Colonials are now 6-6 on the season. Mount Olive led Morristown by two entering the half but the Marauders added another six goals in the second half. Morristown will be back in action on May ...
SOMERS, N.Y. - On Wednesday, May 8, Somers faced Ursuline at SHS and hoped to end the regular season on a high note. A tone that was quickly set when Sydney Ingram opened the scoring and would ultimately do justice for the last time the seniors would take their home turf. “I’m really proud ...
“You could be a kid for as long as you want when you play baseball.” – Cal Ripken Jr., Hall of Famer Youth sports has been a staple of America in some form – from the smallest towns to the largest cities – for more than a century. Berkeley Heights is certainly no exception, with baseball ...
CLIFTON, NJ -- Fifteen-year-old amateur golfer Ashley Shaw from Litchfield Park, Arizona, will make her LPGA Tour debut later this week after winning THEJOHNSHIPPEN Cognizant Cup on Monday, May 6, and earning an exemption. Shaw will tee up alongside the world’s best female golfers in the LPGA ...
MIDDLETOWN, NJ -- Owen Richter scored three goals to lead Middletown South to a 9-8 boys lacrosse victory over Northern Burlington on Friday. Jackson O'Keefe and Joe Sarci each scored two goals for Middletown South (6-7). Will Nugent and Jake Sawyer scored one goal each. Sawyer and Logan ...
JACKSON, NJ -- Holmdel broke a tie with a run in the top of the seventh inning and held on for a 6-5 softball victory over Jackson Memorial in the first round of the Shore Conference Tournament on Thursday. Emma Vanario went 3-for-5 with two runs batted in for Holmdel (11-9), which trailed, 5-4, ...
HAZLET, NJ -- The Raritan softball team advanced in the first round of the Shore Conference Tournament with a 4-2 victory over Barnegat on Thursday. Raritan (12-6) scored three runs in the third inning, two on a double by Isabella Plath, and took a 4-1 lead in the bottom of the ...
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 ...
WEST ORANGE, NJ – During the May 7 town council meeting, “former PAL [Police Athletic League] Mom,” Council Member Michelle Casalino, congratulated West Orange PAL cheerleaders. She began by thanking Team Administer and former Board of Education Member, Cheryl Merklinger. “Ladies, ...
SOMERVILLE, NJ – The Sparta High School track teams competed at the 2024 Neville Plummer Memorial Invitational on Saturday, May 4. Le-Shem Little Olivia Schwartz, Ashley Crane and Isabella Frattura all brought home first place finishes in their events. Sparta Boys Top Finishes: 100 Meter ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ —Joe Oleske gave up just two hits to lead Watchung Hills to a 5-0 win over East Brunswick on Friday. Watchung Hills started out hot. Scoring 2 runs in the first inning. Jacob Jaconski went 2 for 3 to lead the Warriors offense. Watchung Hills improves to 10-11 and next ...
LIVINGSTON, NJ — Casey Conklin scored six goals and passed for three assists to lead Livingston to a 10-9 girls lacrosse victory over Westwood in overtime on Friday. Delia Lederman had three goals and one assist for the Lancers (9-5), who rallied from a 7-5 deficit in the fourth ...
RIDGEWOOD, NJ — After receiving a bye in the first round, the Ridgewood boys lacrosse team breezed to a comfortable win in the Bergen County Tournament quarter-finals over Northern Highlands. The Maroons came out of the gates with their hair on fire, outscoring Northern Highlands 6-2 to take a ...
For those who have seen Mike Policastro coach baseball at Bloomfield High, you realize that he's a coach who encourages his players, but doesn't pass around accolades lightly,. So when Policastro said the other day that Darmany Rivas was an outstanding pitcher during his days with the Bengals, ...
LITTLE FALLS, NJ - Passaic Valley's girls' lacrosse team secured a 10-5 victory over Saddle Brook on Thursday. The standout performer for Passaic Valley was Sema Koc, who led the team with an impressive hat-trick, scoring three goals and contributing one assist, totaling four points for her ...
LITTLE FALLS, NJ - Passaic Valley's boys baseball team secured a 9-1 victory over Cliffside Park on Thursday. Derek Sanchez of Cliffside Park and Nick Fiorita of Passaic Valley each contributed a run, while the Hornets maintained control of the game with a relentless offensive assault, led by ...
SPRINGFIELD, NJ -- The Dayton softball team held on for a 3-2 victory over Verona on Senior Night Thursday. The two pitchers in the game, Natalie Mignone and Lila Carroll, each had run-scoring hits and Olivia Douglas also singled in a run for the Bulldogs. Carroll pitched four shutout innings ...
NEWARK — 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 great ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Ain’t No Stopping Us Now isn’t just a song by McFadden and Whitehead. It’s also the mantra of the 2024 Phillipsburg High School baseball team. Left fielder James LaBella made the defensive play of the game when he gunned down a runner at the plate to keep the score tied in the ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Senior Maggie Fercanin shot an 11-over 46 to take match medalist honors and junior Maeve McCormick finished in second place with a 51 to lead the Phillipsburg High School girl’s golf team to a narrow 224-225 victory over Voorhees in a Skyland Conference match on ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ -- Yana Popova scored the 100th point of her career in East Brunswick's 10-5 girls lacrosse victory over Union Catholic on Wednesday, and then she scored three goals in the Bears' 11-10 win over West Windsor-Plainsboro North on Thursday. Popova, a junior midfielder, had three ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Phillipsburg High School second-year baseball coach Mike Ciavarella said he didn’t feel like his team was an underdog against High Point in a Hunterdon-Warren-Sussex Tournament quarterfinal game on Wednesday afternoon. Then his team hit the field to prove their coach ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Sophomore Eddie O’Neil and junior David MacIsaac were the leading golfers for Phillipsburg High School in a pair of 18-hole tournaments this week that wrapped up the 2024 season. O’Neil shot a 4-over par 74 to finish ninth out of 40 golfers on Tuesday in the NJSIAA North ...
NEWARK — 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 great ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ - The New York Yankees have announced that INF Oswald Peraza is scheduled to commence an MLB rehab assignment with the Double-A Somerset Patriots on Friday, May 10 when the Patriots take on the Altoona Curve (Pittsburgh Pirates) on the road at 6 p.m. Peraza was placed on the ...
KINNELON, NJ - Kinnelon Baseball Camp's registration is now open. Age ranges for camp are 1st through 6th graders. The coaches are all Kinnelon High School alumni and experienced players. Session 1: July 22nd-26th Session 2: July 29th-August 2nd For more information sign up ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ - The New York Yankees have announced that INF Oswald Peraza is scheduled to commence an MLB rehab assignment with the Double-A Somerset Patriots on Friday, May 10 when the Patriots take on the Altoona Curve (Pittsburgh Pirates) on the road at 6 p.m. Peraza was placed on the ...
SPOTSWOOD, NJ - The Spotswood High School varsity softball team defeated East Brunswick Magnet on Thursday in the first round of the Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament behind a no-hit performance on the mound by Ava Mormile. Spotswood's offense was also rolling to lead the Chargers to an 11-1 ...