Sports
By MARC RUSSINOFF
May 3, 2024
The Somerset Patriots defeated the New Hampshire Fisher Cats 4-3 on Friday night in game four of a six-game set at TD Bank Ballpark. LHP Brock Selvidge (5 IP, 1 ER, 4 H, 2 BB, 2 K) earned his second consecutive win, throwing five innings while allowing only an earned run. The Yankees No. 10 ...
The Somerset Patriots defeated the New Hampshire Fisher Cats 4-3 on Friday night in game four of a six-game set at TD Bank Ballpark. LHP Brock Selvidge (5 IP, 1 ER, 4 H, 2 BB, 2 K) earned his second consecutive win, throwing five innings while allowing only an earned run. The Yankees No. 10 ...
SUMMIT, NJ -- The Union boys volleyball team defeated Oratory Prep, 25-16, 25-20, on Friday. Evan Espino led the Farmers (8-8) in kills with seven and had three digs. Ethan Ho had a team-high 19 assists to go with three kills and two digs. Jayden Reilly finished with three kills, two blocks ...
CHATHAM, NJ -- Davis Zhang won his third singles match and the doubles teams of Riley Becker and Garrett Feher, and Chris Allen and Joseph Yang took their matches in straight sets as the Chatham boys tennis team scored a 3-2 win vs. Marlboro on Friday at the Chatham Middle School. Cougar tennis ...
LIVINGSTON, NJ — Max Peri pitched a four-hitter to lift top-seeded Livingston to a 6-0 baseball victory over Belleville in the first round of the Greater Newark Tournament on Friday. Peri struck out six batters, walked two and threw 88 pitches in seven innings. Julian Schultz and Ethan Sze ...
BELVIDERE, NJ -- Sophia Ziegler pitched a three-hitter to lead Franklin to a 5-1 softball victory over Belvidere on Friday. Ziegler struck out seven batters and walked one in seven innings. Zoe Ling doubled and drove in a run, Victoria Gabryszewski tripled and scored a run, Ziegler had a hit ...
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ -- The Columbia softball team advanced in the first round of the Essex County Tournament with a 14-7 victory over Millburn on Friday. Columbia is seeded fifth in the tournament. The Cougars will play at home in the quarterfinal round of the tournament on Saturday, May 11 ...
ELIZABETH, NJ -- Lila Carroll pitched a three-hitter to lift Dayton to a 4-0 softball victory over Elizabeth on Friday. Carroll struck out five batters and walked two in seven innings. Natalie Mignone hit a double and drove in two runs for the Bulldogs (12-5) and Angela Gatto and Bella ...
HOBOKEN, NJ -- William Herrera pitched a five-inning two-hitter as Hoboken rolled to a 12-0 baseball victory over Dickinson on Friday. Herrera struck out seven batters and walked none in his 63-pitch effort. Samuel Perez went 3-for-3 with six runs batted in for the RedWings (8-6). Vincenzo ...
PARAMUS, NJ - In a lacrosse match against Paramus Catholic, Passaic Valley's girls lacrosse team secured a 13-11 win on Thursday. The Hornets' Lilliana Kalokitis led the team with six goals, while Sema Koc provided one goal and numerous assists. Passaic Valley's offensive prowess was matched ...
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 ...
HAMILTON, NJ -- Jordan Raba scored the only run in the bottom of the seventh inning to give Nottingham a 1-0 baseball victory over Florence on Friday. Raba went 2-for-3 with a double and a walk for the North Stars (8-6). The only other Nottingham batter to get two hits was Cole ...
LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ -- Josh Kesser pitched a five-hitter to lift East Brunswick to a 5-1 baseball victory over Notre Dame on Friday. Kesser struck out five batters and walked two in seven innings and 109 pitches. East Brunswick (5-10) scored all its runs in the sixth inning, with Patrick Ryan's ...
NORTH CALDWELL, NJ -- The West Essex baseball team advanced in the opening round of the Greater Newark Tournament with a 10-5 victory over Cedar Grove on Friday. Joe Panzarino went 2-for-3 with two runs batted in and two runs scored for West Essex (16-2), which scored three runs in the second ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ -- The Caldwell baseball team advanced in the first round of the Greater Newark Tournament with a 6-4 victory over Verona on Friday. Dan Paris went 2-for-3 with a triple and a run batted in and allowed two earned runs in 3 1/3 innings for Caldwell (8-12), which broke a 4-4 tie ...
MILLBURN, NJ -- Charlie Krasnove and Jake Roesler combined to pitch Millburn to a 2-1 baseball victory over West Orange in the first round of the Greater Newark Tournament on Friday. Krasnove allowed one run on five hits in four innings with no walks and three strikeouts in four innings. Roesler ...
KENILWORTH, NJ — The Brearley Varsity Softball team had quite an exhilarating game on Thursday afternoon. The Bears were down going into the seventh inning 7-3, and the team came back to beat the Union Farmers 11-7, with hits from everyone on the team! Highlights of the game from Coach Amy ...
SPARTA, NJ – The Sparta High School’s golf teams hosted Mount Olive on Thursday at Lake Mohawk Golf Club. The boys got the best of the Marauders 162-180 and the girls were edged out 240-245. The boys results: Calvin Kirchner with a 36 Jason Bischoff tied at 42, Gian Parker tied at ...
SUMMIT, NJ – Coach Casey Sink said earlier this week that the Hilltoppers "just needed to play our best golf in the next two weeks. So, whatever each individual player needs to work on in order to improve his/her game, we need to do it quickly.” Well, the team listened and, as a result, put ...
SPARTA, NJ – The Sparta High School softball team celebrated their four seniors at the game on Thursday. Coach Gretchen Bowie held a small recognition program before the game with flowers handed out to the seniors on both squads. Bowie read a short biography of each Spartan senior: Alexa ...
WARREN, NJ – Not even one year ago, boys tennis head coach Curt Weaver led his Bridgewater-Raritan High School squad to an upset victory at Watchung Hills Regional High School in the state sectional quarterfinals. On these same tennis courts Thursday afternoon, Weaver picked up another big ...
PARKLAND, FL- The Stoneman Douglas Baseball Team, while taking a step backwards from their 3-season undefeated streak, has nonetheless continued a highly successful season into their District Final match up with Boca Raton High School on Thursday evening at home. MSD, the District's Top Seed, ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ — The South Plainfield High School's Tigers baseball team grabbed the No. 1 seed in the upcoming Greater Middlesex Conference baseball tournament. Seedings were determined during a Friday morning meeting with GMC athletic directors and coaches at East Brunswick High ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ - The Spotswood High School boys tennis lost a hard-fought 3-2 match to New Brunswick on Thursday. With the overall match tied at two after Spotswood's Kirelos Salib and Brandon Buchan lost a back-and-forth three-set second doubles match to Anthony Gomez and Aaron Romero, the ...
NORTH PLAINFIELD, NJ - Spotswood High School's varsity softball team clinched back-to-back Greater Middlesex Conference White Division championships on Thursday with a 17-0 shutout over North Plainfield High School. The title is the third consecutive division title for the Chargers. Spotswood won ...
RIDGEWOOD, NJ – Thursday’s matchup between the Ridgewood Maroons and the Don Bosco Prep Ironmen was a highly anticipated event that featured the consensus top two teams in the state duking it out for regional and divisional bragging rights. In the end, the Ironmen were too much for Ridgewood, ...
HAWTHORNE, NJ - No doubt about it, the Hawthorne High School softball program is thus far having a tremendous season. Many factors are helping toward to this success and that definitely includes the vast contributions of the senior team captains-Ava Maccone and Nicolette Sasso. Through 14 ...
SPOTSWOOD, NJ - After clinching the Greater Middlesex Conference Blue Division title for the second year in a row on Tuesday, the Spotswood High School varsity baseball team completed the home-at-home sweep over St. Thomas Aquinas High School with a 12-1 victory on Thursday. Luc Acquaviva pitched a ...
MAPLEWOOD, NJ -- The Millburn High School Boys Lacrosse team kicks off the Essex County tournament this Saturday, May 4 at 4 p.m. as they travel to Columbia High School. According to team member parent David Lipton, "The Millers seek to avenge a tough 8-7 overtime loss to their rival a month ...
HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, NJ – Senior Cayle Daniels' walkoff RBI triple in the bottom of the seventh inning drove in senior Anna Lisse Vasquez as Hasbrouck Heights defeated Elmwood Park, 7-6, on Senior Day at Hasbrouck Heights on Thursday. Hasbrouck Heights improved to 8-7 overall with the ...