Sports
By TAPINTO CLARK STAFF
October 13, 2021
METUCHEN, NJ– Karl-Anthony Towns, made a surprise appearance at a St. Joseph High School assembly this week to accept the honor of being inducted into the Athletics Hall of Fame. Towns, a member of the Class of 2014 was unable to attend the annual Hall of Fame Dinner held several days prior due to ...
The Franklin High School girls tennis team is well on its way to compiling the best season its had in 15 years this fall. Franklin is 6-3, and it was 3-0 to start the season with wins over North Plainfield, Immaculata, and Middlesex. Following a close 3-2 loss to Voorhees, the Warriors then beat ...
ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Despite a late-game rally and an opportunity to tie in the closing minutes, Rutgers football (3-1, 0-1) lost its Big Ten Conference opener at No. 19 Michigan (4-0, 1-0), 20-13, on Saturday in Ann Arbor. The Scarlet Knights' defense held the country's top rushing offense ...
PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Rutgers football (3-0) defeated Delaware (2-1), 45-13, on Saturday afternoon at SHI Stadium. The Scarlet Knights cruised to their first 3-0 start since 2012. Quarterback Noah Vedral went 21-for-26, including a 62-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Brandon Sanders and 28-yard ...
PISCATAWAY, NJ — The 40th Annual Piscataway Soccer Club Fall Classic Tournament kicked off the start of the 2021-2022 soccer season for Piscataway youth players. The tournament was held this past weekend and honored those lost on 9/11 before the start of Sunday’s games. “189 teams from all ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ - The New Brunswick High School football team will play its home opener at Franklin High School because of damage to the field at Memorial Stadium. The Zebras will host East Brunswick Friday at 7 p.m. at Warrior Stadium. The remnants of Hurricane Ida dumped more than 8 ...
SOMERVILLE, NJ - Delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic and rescheduled from Memorial Day to Labor Day, the 77th annual Tour of Somerville bicycle race has been canceled, according to an announcement from Mayor Dennis Sullivan. The high-profile sporting event, which attracts elite cyclists from around ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ - A Rutgers defensive back is leaving the football team, citing the university’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate. Peyton Powell, a native of Midland, Texas, who did not see any playing time since joining the team in December 2019, announced on Twitter that he will enter the mechanism ...
SOMERVILLE, NJ - Since 1940 and every year since, excluding the four World War II years, the Tour of Somerville has been a bike racing mainstay on Memorial Day, the longest-running bike race in North America. All of this changed in 2020 when the pandemic hit the U.S. and the sport of cycling ...
NEW JERSEY -- The Garden State sent 24 athletes to the Tokyo Olympics this summer. Many came home with medals, and a few of them provided truly historic moments. In women's track, Sydney McLaughlin, who turned 22 on Saturday, set a new world record in the 400 hurdles, defeating the reigning gold ...
MOUNTAINSIDE, NJ -- Few events have occurred with greater anticipation than Tuesday night's women's 400 meter hurdles finals, which featured a showdown between the reigning Olympic champion, Dalilah Muhammad, and world record holder Sydney McLaughlin. The race did not disappoint as McLaughlin and ...
SOMERSET, NJ - After the final out was made and eighth-seeded Franklin fell to 10th-seeded Ridge, 5-2, in the North Jersey, Section 2, Group 4 tournament final on late Friday afternoon in Franklin, it hit both the players and coaches that the season had come to an end. Head coach Nick Zucchero ...
WESTFIELD, NJ - Mother Nature did her best to derail the Franklin Warriors run to the sectional final. Their semi-final game at Westfield was halted on Tuesday in the third inning with the Warriors leading, 3-0, when severe weather hit, forcing the game to be suspended and resumed ...
WESTFIELD, NJ - Top-seeded Union couldn’t stop Franklin in the state playoffs. On Tuesday, Westfield clearly had their hands full with the off-speed deliveries of Warriors starter, Sohan Patel. So what stopped Franklin’s run in the postseason? The weather. But only for the moment. Heavy ...
SOMERSET, NJ – Last spring, the Franklin Township South Bound Brook Little League (FTSBBLL) was gearing up for a revamp but, like most things, their efforts were benched due to COVID-19. This season, the league has been working to rebuild the organization and, in an effort to raise awareness, ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – By the time John Somogyi graduated from St. Peter’s High School in 1968, he had been twice named first-team all-state, led the Cardinals to the state parochial title and amassed more points than any player in state history. His staggering total of 3,310 points would stand as ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – After knocking back a few beers before Rutgers’ annual Scarlet-White Game on Thursday, you can sober up for the ride home with some special coffee. LeGrand Coffee House will be a coffee provider at SHI Stadium for the spring game and for the upcoming football season. Eric ...
SOMERSET, NJ - Five student-athletes from Franklin High School signed on the dotted line on Wednesday to continue their academic and athletic careers at the college of their choosing. Kyierah Dempsey-Toney will be playing women’s basketball at Illinois-Chicago, Gabby Davis will be running track ...