Sports
By CHRIS WIGHTMAN
May 5, 2024
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 ...
MIDLAND PARK, NJ – Midland Park scored seven runs in the fifth inning to defeat Wood-Ridge, 15-5, in a girls softball game on Saturday. The seven run triggered the 10-rule and ended the game in the bottom of the fifth. Midland Park is now 7-9 on the season, Wood-Ridge is now 6-10. The game ...
HILLSDALE, NJ – Pascack Valley scored six runs in the bottom of the fifth inning, knocking Wood-Ridge out of the Bergen County Baseball Tournament in the play-in round with an 11-1 victory. Pascack Valley scored in the first to take an early lead, but Wood-Ridge tied the score in the top of the ...
MENDHAM, NJ -- There were so many moves that needed to be made during the 8-inning thriller that Chatham baseball coach Todd Leathers could be excused if he was seeing double after it was over. When his head hit the pillow Saturday night, Leathers might have closed his eyes and continued seeing ...
NEWTON, NJ—The Newton High School Lacrosse team won 6-5 over their rivals the Kittatinny Cougars in the annual Beatty Cup game that was held on Friday, May 3 night at 6 p.m. on Newton’s turf, Palmer Field. The rivalry game is played in memory of Lexi Faye, who was the statistician for Newton, ...
NEWTON, NJ—The Newton High School baseball team hosted Morris Hills on Tuesday, winning 11-9 and then played away against 12-seeded Wallkill Valley in the first round of the Hunterdon/Warren/Sussex tournament and won 7-3. The Braves started the H/W/S tournament as the 17-seeded team. Mason Bucci ...
SPARTA, NJ – Two back to back homeruns in the first inning paved the way for Sparta to get past Newton in the second round of the Hunterdon/Warren/Sussex. Gabrielle Heim won the shut out with a no-hitter. She had 12 strikeouts and gave up one walk. By the end of the shortened game Sparta was ...
SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD, NJ -- It came down to the last out of an extra innings pitching duel, but Scotch Plains-Fanwood was able to walk away with a win against Summit in a second round matchup of the Union County Tournament by a score of 3-2. The Raiders are no strangers to extra innings nail ...
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 ...
CHATHAM, NJ -- Junior middie Grace Hallahan and junior attack Ashlyn Carpenter netted four goals apiece as Chatham scored a 15-8 girls lacrosse win vs. Morris Knolls in the quarterfinal round of the Morris County Tournament on Saturday at Haas Field. Chatham (9-4), the No. 2 seed, will meet No.
STATE COLLEGE, PA – 17-year-old gymnast, Alana Walker, a homeschooled West Orange resident, competes with North Stars Gymnastics Academy in Boonton, and she and 11 other gymnasts affiliated with North Stars will be competing in the National Championship from May 9 to 12. Walker, who has ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ - The Somerset Patriots defeated the New Hampshire Fisher Cats 3-2 in a pitchers duel on Saturday evening at TD Bank Ballpark in game five of a six-game set at TD Bank Ballpark. Somerset takes a 3-2 lead in the series and will go for their first six-game series win of the season in ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ - The Somerset Patriots defeated the New Hampshire Fisher Cats 3-2 in a pitchers duel on Saturday evening at TD Bank Ballpark in game five of a six-game set at TD Bank Ballpark. Somerset takes a 3-2 lead in the series and will go for their first six-game series win of the season in ...
RANDOLPH, NJ- The Randolph boys lacrosse team earned their sixth victory of the season when they ran circles around West Essex at DaSilva field on Tuesday, April 30. After a sluggish start for the Rams gave the visiting Knights some hope with a 3-2 lead after one quarter, Randolph took complete and ...
RIDGEWOOD, NJ — It was a special night on two fronts for the Ridgewood flag football team — they got back to their winning ways on Friday night against Ramapo and honored their senior class at the same time. After dropping only their second regular season loss in program history against ...
HAMILTON, NJ - With bragging rights to having successfully hosted national pickleball championships in both 2021 and 2022, coupled with its 18 dedicated courts nestled within Veterans Park, Hamilton Township is steadily solidifying its reputation as the premier destination for pickleball ...
ROBBINSVILLE, NJ -- Robbinsville scored seven runs in the second inning and went on to a 14-2 baseball victory in five innings over Montgomery on Saturday. Luke Billings went 3-for-3 with three runs scored and two RBI, and Noah Schwartz was 2-for-3 with three RBI for the Ravens (12-4), who led, ...
MILLTOWN, NJ - The Friday Night Lights game at Milltown's Michelin Field is always special and brings out the fans. Friday's weather cooperated, and the Chargers wrapped up their 16th victory of the season, defeating Dunellen High School 12-2. Coleman Frost made his first career start for the ...
NORTH CALDWELL, NJ -- The West Essex softball team advanced in the first round of the Essex County Tournament with a 3-0 victory over Nutley on Saturday. Briana Gillen pitched a one-hitter, struck out 12 batters and walked four in seven innings. West Essex (5-12) scored all its runs in the ...
SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ -- Andrew Kowantz reached base four times and scored four runs as ninth-seeded New Providence snapped a tie with a run in the top of the seventh inning and held on to beat eighth-seeded Union Catholic, 4-3, in the first round of the Union County Tournament on Saturday. After ...
CLARK, NJ -- Two years removed from its surprise appearance in the Union County Tournament final, the Dayton baseball program appears ready to make some noise again. The 10th-seeded Bulldogs scored eight runs in the fifth and sixth innings and Peter Ramirez pitched four innings of one-hit ...
OLD BRIDGE, NJ - The Spotswood High School varsity softball team's six-game winning streak was stopped by Old Bridge High School on Friday. Spotswood lost to Old Bridge 4-1. The two teams traded runs in the first. Old Bridge took a 2-1 lead in the third inning and put the game out of reach in the ...
PATERSON, NJ - Fresh off their return for the 2023 season following a brief organizational hiatus in 2022, the Silk City Sharks Minor League Football Organization has made the decision to suspend all field operations for the Fall 2024 season due to a health issue among its senior leadership. This ...