Sports
By TERRY KUBOSKI
September 15, 2018
SOMERVILLE, NJ - Quarterback Patrick Frauenheim led Immaculata over North Hunterdon Friday night, throwing key passes and piling up yardage on the ground on the way to a 21-13 victory, the Spartans second win of the season Running back Jordan Kinsler scored two touchdowns.. After falling ...
SOMERVILLE, NJ - Quarterback Jalahn Dabney carried the ball 47 times for a career-high 312 yards and four touchdowns as the Somerville High School Pioneers beat Rahway, 42-31, extracting a measure of revenge for its only loss during the 2017 championship season to the Indians. The Pioneers ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ — With a stellar offensive line and a dominant rushing game, Hillsborough has the makings for a breakout season this year. Despite having one of the toughest schedules in New Jersey, the Raiders are going to be contenders every week, and Friday night, sent a major statement ...
SOMERVILLE, NJ - In its season opener at Brooks Field, the Immaculata Spartans ushered in a new era with Head Coach Mike Columbo, bringing home a victory over Warren Hills by a score of 17-13. Zachary Helleis kicked a 32-yard field goal to give the Spartans a 3-0 lead in the first quarter, A ...
SOMERVILLE, NJ – The Somerville High School Pioneers state championship football team, under new head coach Dallas Whitaker, has picked up where it left off last year. The Pioneers have high expectations this season and are looking to repeat last season’s success, clinching the school’s first ...
SOMERVILLE, NJ – The Immaculata High School boys soccer team opened the season with a 3-0 loss to Rutgers Prep on Tuesday, Sept. 4. Head coach Dominic Rice talked about the disappointing result. “It was very disappointing, going into a game that we expected we should win,” he said. “We lost ...
SOMERVILLE, NJ – The Immaculata High School football team will be under the guidance of a new coach with decades of experience on the high school and college level. Mike Columbo replaces Tom Falato as head coach of the Spartans this season. Most recently he was an offensive line coach at Kean ...
SOMERVILLE, NJ – The Immaculata High School boys soccer team opens the 2018 season with a home game against Rutgers Prep on Tuesday, Sept. 4. The Spartans – coming off an 11-9 season that saw them reach the Somerset County Tournament quarterfinals and the final round of the NJSIAA South ...
SOMERVILLE, NJ – Coming off a 13-5-2 campaign, eighth-year Somerville High School boys’ soccer coach Bryan Smith feels like his team is capable of another strong season in 2018. The Pioneers returned to the Somerset County Tournament semifinals in 2017, ultimately losing to Pingry, 1-0. The ...
SOMERVILLE, NJ – The 2018 Somerville High School Pioneers will defend last year’s state football championship on a brand new artificial turf field that has been installed during the summer at Historic Brooks Field at the Gus Vanderbeek Athletic Complex. The Group 3 State Champions open their ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ - Fans going to Scarlet Knights football games will find a long list of ways to improve their game day this year, from the convenience of digital tickets, to opportunities for sideline passes to bottomless popcorn buckets, or maybe a healthier BBQ chicken and mushroom ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ- The Somerset Patriots will host New York Giants legend Mark Bavaro on Wednesday, Aug. 29th at TD Bank Ballpark. Bavaro will be at the 7:05 pm game against the Road Warriors to throw out a ceremonial first pitch, participate in an exclusive Meet & Greet in the Diamond Club, ...
SOMERVILLE, NJ - It was an unusual start to a chess match, a game of cat-and-mouse that unfolded away from the board - a 30-minute pursuit of the challenger by his mentor who had taught him the game as a youngster in elementary school more than 20 years ago. Today,they are colleagues, both ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ - Collectors can own a unique piece of New York Yankees history if they attend Joe Bodnar’s Sports Memorabilia Auction this weekend and are willing to dig deep in to their pockets. A pair of cleats worn by former New York Yankees relief pitcher Sparky Lyle in the early 1970s will ...
TRENTON, NJ - Central New Jersey lawmakers, joined by their legislative colleagues, gathered in the Statehouse last week to honor the achievements of Somerville High School student althletes and their 2017-18 championship seasons. State Sen. Christopher “Kip” Bateman, (R-Somerset, Hunterdon, ...
SOMERVILLE, NJ - It took 114 years, but the Somerville High School Pioneers baseball team finnaly achieved elite status this season, winning its first-ever NJSIAA Group III championship. The state champions were honored by the Borough Council and Mayor Ellen Brain Monday night, with each ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ -- Multiple members of the Somerville High School and Hillsborough High School football programs played in the sixth annual Basilone Bowl at Bridgewater-Raritan on Thursday night. Hillsborough’s Noah Quick, Charles Amankwaa, Matt Moore, Tyler Boatwright, Isaiah Black, and Ryan ...
SOMERVILLE, NJ - Had there been more tread on the front tire of Colleen Gulick's bicycle, Laura Van Gilder might not have won her record-setting fifth Tour of Somerville. Side-by-side, wheel-to-wheel, Van Gilder, 54, won by the narrowest of margins in the Mildred Kugler 25-mile Women's Pro ...
SOMERVILLE, NJ – Two Pennsylvania-based track cyclists won first place honors at the men’s and women’s Main Street Sprint races Sunday night, a prelude to tMonday's 75th Tour of Somerville. James Mellen, the current men’s national sprint champion from Schenecksviile and Sophia Shuhay, ...
BOUND BROOK, NJ - Laura Van Gilder of Cresco, Pa. sprinted away from a three-rider breakaway to win the 20-mile women’s race at the Bound Brook Criterium today, a prelude to Monday’s 75th Tour of Somerville. Masha Schneider of Guttenberg, NJ was second and Dori Buckenthal of Glenwood, Maryland ...
SOMERVILLE, NJ – Laura Van Gilder, 54-year-old cycling champion from Cresco, Pa., will return to defend her title at the 75th annual Tour of Somerville on Memorial Day, attempting an unprecedented fifth win in the 25-mile women's race, just one of several races that begin at 10:30 a.m.. The ...
MADISON, NJ - The Madison Varsity Girls’ Lacrosse team came out strong in a close victory over Somerville Monday afternoon in the state tournament semifinals. Junior Lauren Kaye and sophomore Ginny Taylor combined for three quick goals in the first five minutes to give Madison a 3-0 ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ - The Somerset Patriots (10-3) defeated the Road Warriors (4-8) 6-2 at TD Bank Ballpark on Thursday evening. The Road Warriors took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning on a double play. Somerset answered immediately, tying the game on a sacrifice fly by Endy Chavez and ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ- The Somerset Patriots (9-3) defeated the Road Warriors (4-8) 7-6 in the second game of a day-night double header at TD Bank Ballpark on Wednesday evening. The Road Warriors took a 2-0 lead in the top of the second inning on two errors. Somerset cut the lead in half with a run ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ- The Somerset Patriots (8-3) defeated the Road Warriors (4-7) 4-3 in the first game of a day-night double header at TD Bank Ballpark on Wednesday afternoon. With the game tied in the bottom of the sixth inning, the Patriots scored three runs on consecutive two-out singles by ...
BrRIDGEWATER, NJ- The Road Warriors (4-6) shut out the Somerset Patriots (7-3) 3-0 at TD Bank Ballpark on Tuesday evening. The Road Warriors took an early 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning on an RBI double by Edwin Gomez and an RBI single by Jorge Fernandez-Diaz. Melvin Rodriguez’s solo ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ - The Somerset Patriots have signed right-handed pitcher Kyle Davies, an eight-year veteran of Major League Baseball. His last appearance in the Big Leagues was with the Yankees on April 12, 2015, when he came on in relief and pitched 2.1 innings of shut out baseball, ...
SUGAR LAND, Texas - The Somerset Patriots (7-2) carried a season high in both hits and runs into a 13-10 victory over the Sugar Land Skeeters (7-2) Sunday afternoon at Constellation Field. The Skeeters took an early 2-0 lead in the first inning on back-to-back RBI doubles from Barrett ...
SOMERVILLE, NJ – Memorial Day weekend will mark the 75th anniversary of the longest-running bike race in the country. Since 1940, Memorial Day in Somerville, New Jersey has become synonymous with the Tour of Somerville. Dubbed the “Kentucky Derby of Cycling,” the classic attracts over 1,000 ...
WARREN, NJ - Genna Cicchetti walked with bases loaded in the ninth inning Saturday to lift the Watchung Hills softball team over Immaculata in the quarterfinals of the Somerset County Tournament, 2-1. Lauren Chapleski led off the ninth inning for Watchung Hills with a single, Erin Bean was hit ...