Rahway Sports
By DAVID BRIGHOUSE
March 26, 2023
RAHWAY, NJ — TAPinto Rahway just sat down with the Rahway High School (RHS) varsity wrestling team's head coach, Daniel Garay. He furnished us with a wrap-up of the season. There were notable successes to report for both the RHS athletes and the coaches. Some of the highlights appear ...
RAHWAY, NJ — TAPinto Rahway first wrote about the Grover Cleveland Elementary School Wrestling Club back in October. At the time, we reported that the team was in its second year, under the leadership of Coach Aaron Landy, and boasted over 30 students, both boys and girls, between grades ...
RAHWAY, NJ — It was a very successful season for the Rahway 7th and 8th Grade Academy wrestling program, under the direction of Head Coach Aaron Landy and Assistant Coach Jabari Shults. The team finished its season 7-2, while two of its wrestlers qualified for the state tournament. 7th grader ...
RAHWAY, NJ — TAPinto Rahway readers are always asking about how they can secure some Rahway sports merchandise. In anticipation of the upcoming spring sports season, two high school teams are currently open for business! The Rahway track team's online store is open until March 14. Click here for ...
RAHWAY, NJ — Calling the Rahway High School track team's performance at the NJSIAA Meet of Champions this past weekend "epic," Head Coach Leon Bunion added, "I don't know where to start. I'm still awestruck!" Nyjae Shipley got the ball rolling for the team by winning her preliminary heat in the ...
RAHWAY, NJ — It was an all-around great weekend for the Rahway wrestling team as six male wrestlers and one female wrestler advanced through their respective competitions. Meanwhile, there were special honors for the team's three assistant coaches. The boys team finished 3rd in the District 13 ...
RAHWAY, NJ — The Rahway High School (RHS) winter track team had a strong performance at the NJSIAA Group 3 Championships. Success was shared by both the boys and girls teams. The girls finished 6th and the boys finished 5th in the team titles. TAPinto Rahway spoke with Head Coach Leon Bunion ...
RAHWAY, NJ — When Jorge Gutierrez, a physical education teacher at Rahway High School and the head coach of the girls varsity basketball team, was contacted by the Union County Interscholastic Athletic Conference (UCIAC), asking him to select one of his players as Rahway's Union County Conference ...
RAHWAY, NJ — The Rahway boys wrestling team competes in the NJSIAA Boys District 13 tournament this weekend, Saturday, February 18, at Cranford High School. The girls head to Union High School on Sunday, February 19, for the Girls Region II tournament. Head Coach Daniel Gary sent TAPinto Rahway ...
RAHWAY, NJ — Anyone even casually reading TAPinto Rahway or following the winter sports season should know by now the awesomeness that is Coach Darius Singletary and the Rahway High School (RHS) bowling team. We've written about them here, here, and here previously. As we reported earlier, ...
RAHWAY, NJ — Prior to its February 9th home game against Summit's Kent Place, the Rahway High School girls basketball team, under Head Coach Jorge Gutierrez, recognized its five seniors, four players and the team manager. Those five seniors celebrated during Senior Night were: Anisha ...
RAHWAY, NJ — The Rahway girls wrestling team took on East Brunswick on Wednesday evening, while the boys hosted Woodbridge. The Rahway girls competing on Wednesday included: Alexandra Morim (107 lbs.) Jade Wong (120 lbs.) Paloma Elliott (138 lbs.) Jenna Birney and Isabella Escalante ...
SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD, NJ — The first Friday in February ("Go Red Day") is a day dedicated to women's heart health, ten female wrestlers put their heart and grit on display as they competed in the first ever girls team wrestling match at Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School on Feb. 3. The Scotch ...
RAHWAY, NJ — The Rahway High School girls varsity basketball team defeated Hillside on Monday, 44-39, to advance in the Union County playoffs for the first time since 2016. The win against Hillside was especially noteworthy given that Rahway had already lost twice to the team in the regular ...
RAHWAY, NJ — TAPinto Rahway was pleased to finally be able to make it over to the Rahway 7th and 8th Grade Academy to cover one of the wrestling matches. Head Coach Aaron Landy and Assistant Coach Jabari Shults have done a great job putting a middle school program together, and the results of their ...
RAHWAY, NJ — Despite losing to Scotch Plains-Fanwood on Thursday evening, the mood at the Rahway High School (RHS) boys varsity basketball game was festive, as the team celebrated and acknowledged its three senior players. Those seniors included: Kyle Hall (#11) Jayden Mitchell ...
RAHWAY, NJ — Earlier today, TAPinto Rahway reported on Rahway High School's Micah Lawson winning the Gatorade Player of the Year for New Jersey Cross Country. We promised an interview with Lawson coming soon. Well, here it is, even sooner than we expected. Q: Micah, I feel like the hits just ...
RAHWAY, NJ — Even to call it "big news," in Coach Leon Bunion's words, might have been a slight understatement in announcing that Rahway High School's (RHS) Micah Lawson had just been named the Gatorade Player of the Year for New Jersey Cross Country. The prestigious honor, established in ...
RAHWAY, NJ — It was TAPinto Rahway's first visit over to the 7th and 8th Grade Academy today, January 30, to see the boys basketball team. (We just made it to our first Academy girls game of the season this past Friday.) Due to the persistent efforts of team member and 8th grader Corey Lacewell ...
RAHWAY, NJ — TAPinto Rahway first wrote about wrestling in Rahway beyond the walls of the high school back in October when we covered the wrestling club at Grover Cleveland Elementary School, in its second year of operation, under the direction of Aaron Landy, who teaches physical and health ...
RAHWAY, NJ — TAPinto Rahway was finally able to make it over to the Academy girls basketball game on Friday, January 27, against Clark's Kumpf team. Though the girls lost the game, it was an exciting matchup and a very solid effort by the 7th and 8th graders. It was great to see all the girls ...
RAHWAY, NJ — TAPinto Rahway just wrote about the January 25th Senior Night for the Rahway High School wrestlers. But we didn't include the actual results of the match against Linden itself. The varsity team defeated the Tigers, 48-31, along with several solid performances from Rahway's JV wrestlers ...
RAHWAY, NJ — On Wednesday, January 25, in the library of Rahway High School (RHS), senior Gabriella Wysocki, flanked by her mother and father, signed with Division II Dominican University in Orangeburg, New York. She earned an athletic and academic scholarship to play soccer there as a Dominican ...
RAHWAY, NJ — On Wednesday, January 25, Rahway's storied wrestling program feted its senior wrestlers during its home match against Linden. In between the JV and varsity matches, seven members of the Rahway High School (RHS) wrestling program were acknowledged and celebrated, along with their ...
RAHWAY, NJ — On Wednesday, the Rahway track team competed at the Armory Novice/Frosh Meet at the Armory Track & Field Center in New York City. Head Coach Leon Bunion said, "This championship is always an exciting meet. Our young athletes have worked very hard to develop. They understand that ...
RAHWAY, NJ — If you ever need to get back to basics and want a reminder about what the joy of sports is really all about, or maybe even what it meant to you when you first picked up a bat or bounced a ball or hit the mat as a young person, consider ducking your head into the small gym of the Rahway ...
RAHWAY, NJ — The Rahway High School (RHS) bowling team competed in the finals of the Union County Tournament on Thursday. The team had a great run, making it all the way to the final match, where it lost to #1 seed Westfield and took second place overall. On its way to the finals, the team upset ...
RAHWAY, NJ — The Rahway wrestling team lost to Governor Livingston Wednesday evening at home, 59-22. The team's overall record is now 6-3. Rahway wrestlers who won their matches included Amadi Murray (113 lbs.), Daniel Gonzalez (126 lbs.), Terrance Avent (215 lbs.), and Daniel Davidson (285 ...
RAHWAY, NJ — So, here's the thing. We do a lot of losing in life. In fact, we probably do more losing than winning. We lose loved ones. We lose games, matches, and meets. We lose jobs. Come to think of it, have I ever even won a single game of chess against anyone ever? I'm not certain I ...
RAHWAY, NJ — The Rahway High School (RHS) bowling team advanced to the quarterfinals of the Union County Bowling Tournament, finishing in sixth place on Tuesday in the opening round. Head Coach Darius Singletary told TAPinto Rahway that the team next competes on Thursday at 3 p.m. in a ...