Sports
By DANIELLE DUFNER
March 30, 2023
NEWTON, NJ—In his second season as head coach, David Gallucci is looking for the Newton High School boys lacrosse to win the division and conference titles this season. “We are looking to be competitive and win the Pooley and our NJAC conference," Gallucci said. "Although we have to replace ...
NEWTON, NJ—The Newton High School boys golf team has won two matches and lost two matches so far as the 2023 season is underway. This week, the Braves have hosted North Warren on Monday, played away against Vernon on Tuesday, and hosted Sparta on Wednesday. The Braves lost to the Spartans ...
NEWTON, NJ – The Braves’ track and field team, with a long school, is looking to build on last year’s success of sending six athletes to the State Group Championship. Coach Mull is the hurdles/jumps coach, Coach Galonski is the sprints coach, Coach Eigner is the distance coach, and Coach Parzero ...
SPARTA, NJ - On the last day of winter, Sunday March 19, 2023, the Crew team from the Sussex County Rowing Club, representing Sparta High School and Pope John High School, rowed in the first regatta of the Philly Flick spring scholastic rowing series. Due to the pandemic, Sparta High School has ...
NEWTON, NJ - This season, softball will face some new opponents as they will play their season in the Colonial Division. The team will face schools they have never faced before. With the move, the team looks forward to new challenges. "We need to be a better hitting team. The varsity girls ...
With a year under their belt, Newton Golf looks to build upon last season NEWTON, NJ - Coach Bryan Bitondo is really excited this season to see the improvements players made in the off-season. As the team had a lot of new faces last season, Coach Bitondo hopes to see scores improve with ...
NEWTON, NJ - The Newton baseball team looks to come out and work hard and turn things around after a disappointing season last year. Coach Scott Zymet said, “We will look to replace several key seniors from last year's team that made an appearance in the state tournament. We are looking forward ...
NEWTON, NJ—Two wrestlers on the Newton High School boys wrestling team have punched their tickets to the state tournament in Atlantic City next weekend. Thaylor Sibblies, who wrestled in the 157 lb. weight class at the regional tournament this past weekend, won first place and Region 1 ...
NEWTON, NJ—Six Newton High School seniors have committed to continuing their athletic careers by playing sports in college next year. According to Brave's Athletic Director Ryan Hashway, six student athletes have committed to play soccer, lacrosse and football at the college level so ...
VERNON, NJ - The Newton High School is sending three girls to the NJSIAA individual wresting regional tournament after getting through the District 3 tournament on Sunday. The top three finishers move onto the state championships at Phillipsburg High School next Sunday. In addition to the three ...
DUMONT, NJ—Newton High School is sending seven boys to the NJSIAA individual wresting tournament regionals after getting through teh District 3 tournament on Saturday. The top three finishers move on to the Region 1 Tournament at West Milford High School next week. The Braves advanced seven ...
STOCKHOLM, NJ – The Newton Lenape Valley lost a close game to Mountain Lakes on Thursday night 4-3 on their home ice at Skylands Ice World. Maksym Pastukh had a hat trick in the outing. The Lakers were on the board in the first period with two unanswered goals. Both teams netted two in the ...
NEWTON, NJ—The Newton High School boys basketball team won their second game in a row when they hosted Kinnelon on Tuesday and won 64-60. The Braves battled in the first half and trailed 34-28 heading into halftime. They came back to score 28 more points in the second half, which tied the game ...
NEWTON, NJ – Three Newton boys basketball players scored in the double digits for the 52-42 win against Kittatinny on Monday. The game was a battle with Kittatinny finishing the first half with a five point lead. The Braves turned the tables in the second half holding the Cougars to 17 while ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ – The Newton Lenape Valley high school ice hockey team fell to Montville in the final round of the Charette Cup at Mennen Arena on Monday, 8-3/ Number three seed Newton got past second seed High Point last week, edging them out 5-4 in the semifinal round. In the game against ...
NEWTON, NJ – Three girls on the varsity basketball squad put up double digits in their win against Belvidere on Saturday. The Braves won by a comfortable 57-48. Catherine Vena had 20 points in the outing all from inside the paint. Caitlyn Pokrywa added 14 dropping in six from the foul ...
NEWTON, NJ—The Newton high school boys basketball team lost by two against Bard 57-55 when they hosted them on Thursday. Jake Benitz led the Braves putting up a 28 points with16 rebounds, 2 assists and four steals. Newton was trailing by 10 entering halftime against Bard. They came back in the ...
NEWTON, NJ—The Newton High School wrestling team took on Glen Rock and Emerson Boro in the NJSIAA Wrestling tournament on Monday, February 6. The Newton Braves started the tournament as the third-seeded team. The matches against six-seeded Glen Rock and second-seeded Emerson Boro were played at ...
STOCKHOLM, NJ – Newton Lenape Valley ice hockey added a 6-5 win against J. P. Stevens on Saturday playing on their home ice at Skylands Ice World. Justin Zappe was the only NLV skater to find the back of the net in the first frame on the assist from Martin Murphy. Maksym Pastukh’s ...
NEWTON, NJ—The Newton high school girls basketball team beat Parsippany when they hosted them on Thursday, February 2 and won 40-30. Catherine Vena had a double-double with 10 points with 12 rebounds. The Braves put up 10 points in the first quarter and another 12 in the second to take the lead ...
NEWTON, NJ—The Newton High School bowling team hosted Sparta on Wednesday, February 1 and won 5-2. The Braves finished their three sets with a total of 2,216 from Rachel Porzilli, Vinsent Mabee, Devlin Schmid, Cera Steinwand, Brad Williams, and Salvatore Serillo. Sparta took the first set ...
NEWTON, NJ—The Newton High School wrestling team played away at Morris Hills on Wednesday, February 1 and lost a close match 38-31. The results of the matches are as follows: 106 lbs.: Ryan Bollette (N) won over Andres Villalba (MH) with a pin at 3:09 113 lbs.: Jonny Vasquez (MH) won ...
NEWTON, NJ – The Braves wrestlers got past the Spartans on Tuesday night 36-33 on the Newton mat. Newton’s wins: 126 lbs James Marotta with a pin in 0:50 144 lbs Michael Melillo in a 3-2 decision 157 lbs Thaylor Sibblies with a pin in 1:13 175 lbs Brayden Nolan in a 5-1 ...
NEWTON, NJ—The Newton high school girls basketball team swept past Dover on Friday, winning 41-18. They entered the preliminary round of the Hunterdon/Warren/Sussex tournament on Saturday and lost. Newton went into the H/W/S as the 14-seeded team. They hosted the 15-seeded team Lenape Valley on ...
NEWTON, NJ – Newton wrestling defeated both opponents at their quad on Saturday, moving past Rutherford 36-31 and Becton 64-14. Newton’s wins against Rutherford: 106 lbs Ryan Bollette with a pin at 3:55 132 lbs Mason Bucci in a 9-7 decision 138 lbs Tyler Morodan with a pin at ...
NEWTON, NJ—The Newton High School wrestling team added two wins to their record this week when they hosted Hackettstown on Tuesday and played away against Lenape Valley on Thursday. Newton won over Lenape Valley 51-27. The results of the matches are as follows: 106 lbs.: Ryan Zimmerman ...
NEWTON, NJ—Newton High School girls basketball team ran over Sussex Tech on Monday, 47-11 playing on the Braves' court. Catherine Vena put up 17 points, pulled down five rebounds. She was credited with one assist, and three steals. Caitlyn Pokrywa had 11 points, along with two rebounds, one ...
NEWTON, NJ—The Newton High School boys basketball lost to Hackettstown, when they played them away on Monday, 59-45. Jake Benitz put up 27 points and Maxwell Maslowski added another nine. But it was not enough to get past the Tigers. Fabian Specht, Dom Ferdenzi and Domenic Lotruglio each ...
NEWTON, NJ – Newton High School wrestling won by a comfortable margin against Holy Spirit on Saturday getting the 54-29 win. Newton wins: 106 lbs Ryan Bollette with a pin at 2:55 113 lbs Jacob McConnell in a forfeit 138 lbs Tyler Morodan with a pin at 3:01 144 lbs Demarius Posey with ...
NEWTON, NJ – Newton girls basketball was handed a loss on Saturday morning from Wallkill Valley 58-30. The Braves had production from seven players led by Catherine Vena with nine. Vena dropped in three from the foul line and three from inside the paint. Caitlyn Pokrywa put up eight points and ...