Sports
By TAPINTO WOODBRIDGE/CARTERET STAFF
March 22, 2023
COLONIA, NJ -- Taylor Derkack, a junior forward at Colonia High School, was recently named to the Greater Middlesex Conference's All-GMC Girls Basketball Team. Derkack averaged 21.5 points, 13.6 rebounds, 3.8 assists, 4.0 steals and 2.3 blocks in helping lead the Patriots to the GMC Tournament ...
COLONIA, NJ – Four players who served prominent roles on the Colonia-Woodbridge-JFK ice hockey tri-op team have been named to the All-Greater Middlesex Conference Team. Ryan Lukko, Hubert Polchlopek, Chris Walusz and Hunter Galgani all were selected in a poll of the conference’s ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ – Ty Kobylakiewicz, a corner infielder for the Woodbridge High School baseball team, recently signed a letter of intent to attend William Paterson University, where he will continue his athletic career. As a junior at Woodbridge in 2022, Kobylakiewicz batted .364 with five ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ -- Micah Eason, a junior guard on the Woodbridge High School boys basketball team, has been selected to the Greater Middlesex Conference All-White Division Team. Eason, who was chosen in a vote of the GMC coaches, led the Barrons in scoring this season with 353 points, an average ...
COLONIA, NJ -- Noah Taylor, a senior forward for the Colonia boys basketball team, has been named to the All-Greater Middlesex Conference team for 2022-23. Taylor was honored as one of the top eight players in the GMC in a vote of the conference's coaches. He and guard Anthony Gooden were the ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ -- Three members of the Woodbridge girls basketball team have been named to the Greater Middlesex Conference All-White Division Team. Aviva Palms, a junior forward, was selected to the White Division first team in a poll of GMC coaches. Palms averaged 13.9 points and 11.2 rebounds ...
NEWARK, NJ -- In the longest ice hockey game in New Jersey high school history, Gov. Livingston-New Providence defeated Colonia-Woodbridge, 5-4, in the early seconds of the fourth overtime session in the NJSIAA Tournament Public C championship game at the Prudential Center on Monday ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ -- The undefeated Colonia/Woodbridge ice hockey team defeated Pascack Valley, 10-4, in the semifinal round of the NJSIAA Public C state tournament Wednesday at Mennen Arena. The victory gives Colonia/Woodbridge (19-0-1) a berth in the state finals, which will be played Monday at ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ – The Colonia boys basketball team was only seven minutes away from a trip to a championship appearance at Rutgers University. The Patriots led by four points over their favored, but wounded, opponent, Ramapo, in the NJSIAA Group 3 semifinals Wednesday night at Phillipsburg High ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — The unbeaten Colonia-Woodbridge ice hockey team advanced in the quarterfinal round of the NJSIAA Public C tournament with a 4-1 victory over Brick on Monday. Colonia-Woodbridge (18-0-1) scored in the first period on a goal by Ryan Lukko, then put the game out of reach with three ...
COLONIA, NJ — The Colonia boys basketball team defeated Snyder of Jersey City, 64-51, for the NJSIAA Section 2, Group 3 championship before a full house at Colonia High School on Monday night. The Patriots (22-8) will play Ramapo in the state Group 3 semifinals Wednesday night at Phillipsburg ...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ —South Plainfield gave Colonia its best punch. Colonia punched right back. Friday evening, the fourth-seeded Patriots boys basketball team took down the top-seeded Tigers, 64-45, in the NJSIAA North Jersey, Section 2, Group 3 state tournament, It is the second-straight ...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ -- For the second state tournament game in a row, the Colonia boys basketball team found itself in a double-digit hole in the first quarter. And, for the second consecutive game, when the Patriots snapped out of their early doldrums, they did so with a fearsome ...
FORT LEE, NJ -- The Colonia girls basketball team moved on in the Section 2, Group 3 state tournament with a 47-40 victory over Fort Lee in the quarterfinal round on Wednesday. Junior forward/guard Taylor Derkack scored 21 points for Colonia (16-11), which outscored Fort Lee, 13-7, in the second ...
COLONIA, NJ — After Chatham spent much of the first half imposing its will on Colonia, the Patriots turned the tables in a breathtaking second-half to come away with a 60-51 boys basketball victory in the quarterfinal round of the NJSIAA Section 2, Group 3 tournament Wednesday night. Chatham ...
BASKING RIDGE, NJ — Holding a five-point halftime lead, Ridge outscored Woodbridge by 16 points in the second half to pull away for a 74-53 boys basketball victory in the first round of the NJSIAA Section 2, Group 4 tournament Tuesday night. Senior guard Kevin Castronovo led four scorers in ...
COLONIA, NJ — A few days of practice without a game in between seems to have done wonders for the Colonia boys basketball team. Following their premature exit from the Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament in the quarterfinals on Feb. 12, the Patriots played just one game over the next ...
COLONIA, NJ — The Colonia girls basketball team opened play in the NJSIAA Section 2, Group 3 state tournament with a 56-27 victory over Nutley Monday afternoon. Senior guard Matti Chiera scored 20 points for Colonia (15-11), which opened the game with a 17-4 lead after one quarter and led by 17 ...
MONROE, NJ — When these two squads met just 15 days earlier, St. Thomas Aquinas beat the Colonia girls basketball team by 50 points. But, in the Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament championship game Friday night, the underdog Patriots came close to pulling off a monumental ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — The Carteret Ramblers erased a four-point halftime deficit and went on to a 55-46 boys basketball victory over New Brunswick High's Zebras on Thursday. Andre Diaz scored 23 points for the Ramblers (12-14), who outscored New Brunswick, 19-12, in the third quarter and then ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ —The Colonia-Woodbridge ice hockey team remained undefeated as it won the Kolodney Cup with a 7-2 victory over the Monroe High School's Falcons on Wednesday. Ryan Lukko collected three goals and three assists for Colonia-Woodbridge (16-0-1), which outscored Monroe, 4-1, in the ...
MONROE, NJ -- Colonia and South Brunswick split two close games against one another in the regular girls' basketball season this winter. But, in the Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament semifinals, third-seeded Colonia made sure Tuesday's game against second-seeded South Brunswick was never ...
EDISON, NJ -- The third-seeded Colonia girls basketball team advanced with a 38-27 victory over sixth-seeded Old Bridge in the quarterfinal round of the Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament on Saturday at Middlesex County College. Taylor Derkack scored 15 points and grabbed 16 rebounds for ...
EDISON, NJ — The first two times the South Brunswick and Colonia boys basketball teams met this season, South Brunswick took an early lead, and then Colonia came back and won. When they met for a third time on a much bigger stage Sunday in the Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament ...
CARTERET, NJ — Woodbridge High School junior Nadino Joseph scored 15 points to lead the Barrons to a 66-64 boys basketball victory over Carteret in a regular-season game on Friday. Sophomore Derek Anderson finished with 13 points for the Barrons (13-1), who outscored Carteret, 23-17, in the ...
COLONIA, NJ — The Colonia boys basketball team moved on in the first round of the Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament with a 58-45 victory over Monroe Thursday night. The second-seeded Patriots will play seventh-seeded South Brunswick in the quarterfinals Sunday at Middlesex County College ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — The Barrons boys basketball team advanced in the preliminary round of the Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament with a 71-49 victory over Sayreville on Tuesday. The Barrons (12-9) only led by three points, 34-31, at halftime. They pulled away with a 21-7 fourth ...
SPOTSWOOD, NJ — Carteret High’s boys basketball team had a 14-point halftime lead, but Spotswood rallied for a 72-68 victory in the preliminary round of the Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament on Tuesday. Andre Diaz pumped in 28 points and was 9-for-9 at the foul line for Carteret’s Ramblers ...
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — The Barrons boys basketball team advanced in the preliminary round of the Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament with a 71-49 victory over Sayreville on Tuesday. The Barrons (12-9) only led by three points, 34-31, at halftime. They pulled away with a 21-7 fourth ...
CARTERET, NJ — The Carteret boys basketball team advanced in the play-in round of the Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament with a 56-42 victory over the Piscataway Magnet School on Saturday. Senior Andre Diaz scored 26 points and passed for two assists for the Ramblers (9-13), who outscored ...