Sports
By TOM MUGAVERO
May 7, 2024
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ – PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - TAPinto Phillipsburg presents the next IRON STRONG Athlete of the Week for the Spring 2024 Season, Kevin Burgess, sponsored by McWane Ductile. Kevin Burgess is Phillipsburg High School’s baseball team’s leadoff hitter and last week the speedy senior ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ — The James Caldwell High School boys lacrosse team advanced in the quarterfinal round of the Essex County Tournamnent with an 8-4 victory over Livingston on Tuesday. Sean Murtagh scored three goals and assisted on another for Caldwell (13-1), which led, 5-1, at the ...
SUMMIT, NJ -- It’s been a season of ups and downs for the Summit Volleyball Team (11-6). As the team prepares for Wednesday’s match against Scotch Plains, Coach John Ross provided his thoughts. You had a very busy week. How do you feel the team is progressing? The past week was a tale of ...
SPOTSWOOD, NJ - It was a first round exit for the fourth-seeded Spotswood High School varsity baseball team in the 2024 Greater Middlesex Conference Baseball Tournament on Monday. Spotswood was eliminated by 13th seeded Middlesex High School behind a two-hit shutout by the Blue Jays' Chris Kozak.
MIDDLESEX, NJ - After losing two tough 3-2 matches, the Spotswood High School boys tennis team got back in the win column with a 4-1 victory over Middlesex High School. Spotswood improved its overall season record to 6-3. Corey Miller, Kyle Chigas and Spotswood's doubles teams of Kayden Turner and ...
NORTH CALDWELL, NJ -- West Essex advanced in the quarterfinal round of the Essex County Tournament with a 13-12 girls lacrosse victory over Columbia on Monday. Adelaide Minnella scored five goals and Alivia Lugo had four goals for West Essex (3-9), which outscored Columbia, 3-1, in the fourth ...
NORTH CALDWELL, NJ -- West Essex advanced in the quarterfinal round of the Essex County Tournament with a 13-12 girls lacrosse victory over Columbia on Monday. Adelaide Minnella scored five goals and Alivia Lugo had four goals for West Essex (3-9), which outscored Columbia, 3-1, in the fourth ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ -- Gia Pedde and Kylie Rackett drove in two runs apiece to lead Woodbridge to a 13-3 softball victory over Perth Amboy on Senior Day Monday. Pedde and Rackett each went 2-for-4 for the Barrons (10-5), and Quinn Boyd had two hits and two runs scored. Gabriella Montalvo chipped ...
COLONIA, NJ -- Myiah Sutton drove in five runs to lead Colonia to a 15-4 softball victory over South River on Monday. Sutton went 2-for-3 with a triple, a home run and three runs scored for Colonia (12-9), which scored seven runs in the third inning to take a 14-4 lead. Marisela Cardona was ...
JEFFERSON, NJ - Cherry Hill East took first place in the South Jersey Group IV championships on Monday. Southern Coach Jeff Reilly wrote: Southern fired a school record 303 today at State Group IV sectional. School record 18 hole score! Paul and Alex 1 over 73, Jackson 74, Robert. 83 ...
SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD, NJ - The Scotch Plains-Fanwood boys volleyball team celebrated Senior Night with a home win over Plainfield (25-14, 25-16) on Monday, May 6. The team honored the following seven players from the class of 2024: Ryan Adams James Blundo Quinn Donahue Tim ...
SUMMIT, NJ -- Playing in its inaugural season, the Summit Flag Football team continued to rack up wins on Thursday with its victory over Millburn, 27-14. The team needed to come back in this game, down 14-13 in the first half. Summit’s Simone McNeil led the offensive attack with 113 total ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ -- Nicole Costigan, member of the Caldwell High School Class of 2024 and the Chiefs' girls lacrosse team, recently signed a letter of intent with Moravian University. Costigan, who plays attack for the Chiefs, has five goals so far this season, including two in a victory over ...
HOBOKEN, NJ -- Alexa Bracero went 5-for-5 to lead Hoboken to a 15-4 softball victory over St. Dominic on Monday. Bracero scored five runs and had two RBI. Two of her hits were doubles. Isabella Pisano went 3-for-4 with six RBI for Hoboken (8-8), and Hayley Dobson had a triple and a single, ...
ROBBINSVILLE, NJ -- Robbinsville scored four runs in the fourth inning and went on to a 7-4 baseball victory over Princeton on Monday. Grayson Hopkins, Dylan Carmignani and Chris Naperkoski each had run-scoring hits for Robbinsville (13-4), which took a 7-2 lead with its four-run fourth ...
CLARK, NJ — The ALJ boys tennis team, under the direction of Head Coach Christopher Raguseo, has enjoyed a solid season thus far. The Crusaders are currently 5-3 and in second place in their division. Still, it was a "tough loss" to Elizabeth on Monday, at home, according to Raguseo, as the boys ...
BARNEGAT - Jack Buscaglia had 26 assists, three kills, four digs, four service points and two aces to lead Barnegat to a victory over a strong Absegami volleyball squad on Monday afternoon. Ian Soberano recorded nine kills and nine digs for Barnegat. Barnegat's record improves to ...
STAFFORD - Southern Regional defeated Brick 4-3 on Monday to clinch its first outright Class A South championship since 1986. Ray Mulhern and Aiden Miller had key RBI hits and Joe Nascimento pitched and got the final out with the bases loaded in the top of the seventh, Mulhern started the ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ - Coming off a two game winning streak, the Colonials fell to Morris Knolls 6-3 on Monday afternoon. The Colonials are now 3-14 on the season. Andrew Kosiak and Patrick Ruiz were on the mound for Morristown. Christian Smith and Arthur Conover scored for the ...
NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ – In a thrilling Union County Tournament quarterfinal matchup, the fourth seeded New Providence boys lacrosse team secured a decisive victory over fifth seeded Johnson, ending with a final score of 13-10 on Monday at Lieder Field. The game kicked off with New Providence ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ -- Emma Ciocon and Allie Prickett each scored four goals to lead Bridgewater-Raritan to a 17-2 girls lacrosse victory over Easton of Pennsylvania on Monday. Ciocon had three assists and Prickett passed for two assists. Giada Catanzaro scored three goals and passed for a team-high ...
COLONIA, NJ -- Clearly, whenever right-handed pitchers Tom Schlaline of Sayreville and Cory Pascarella of Colonia match up on the mound, one should take the "under." The two talented aces opposed each other for the second time in three weeks. The score was the same, but the stakes were higher, ...
MONTCLAIR, NJ – The Montclair High School Rowing Team has brought home a state championship for the spring 2024 season. On Saturday, April 27, the Mounties secured consecutive victories at the Garden State Scholastic Rowing Championship in Camden, solidifying their status as back-to-back New ...
HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, NJ – Damon Rivera threw a two-hit shutout as Hasbrouck Heights defeated Ridgefield Memorial 5-0 in a non-divisional baseball game on Monday afternoon at Depken Field in Hasbrouck Heights. The Aviators improved to 7-8 on the season. Rivera was also a star at the plate for the ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ -- Chatham sent six pitchers to the mound and the one thing they had in common was that they all had trouble keeping Montville twins Hunter and Logan Force off the basepaths on Monday evening at the Somerset Patriots Ballpark. Hunter Force had two hits and scored two runs and ...
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 ...
LONG BRANCH, NJ -- Keyport scored seven runs in the last two innings to rally for a 9-3 baseball victory over Long Branch on Monday. Paxton Douglass collected three hits and drove in three runs and Erik Schmidt went 2-for-5 with one RBI for Keyport (6-8), which trailed, 3-2, before scoring two ...
HARRISON, NJ – Hasbrouck Heights improved to 9-3 on the season with a 5-0 victory over Harrison in an NJIC boys tennis match on Monday afternoon in Harrison. "Another good league victory this afternoon,” stated Hasbrouck Heights head coach Suzanne Caines. “Our Second Doubles team of Luis Ndocaj ...
VERNON TOWNSHIP, NJ -- Junior Eva Morrison carded a 107 and senior Callie Ferguson scored a 110 as Chatham placed ninth at the NJSIAA North Section state tournament on Monday at the Great Gorge Country Club. Chatham avenged its one-hole playoff loss to Morris Knolls in the Morris County ...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ -- In a career marked by her remarkable consistency over four seasons, senior Hailey Fonti of the South Plainfield High School softball team recently surpassed 100 hits, with quite a few more most likely to come. Fonti, who plays first base for veteran coach Don Panzarella's ...