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Grab Your Racquet: Tamaques Park Tennis/Pickleball Courts Resurfacing Complete, Mayor Says
WESTFIELD, NJ — Resurfacing of the Tamaques Park tennis and pickleball courts, which began at the end of August, is now complete, Mayor Shelley Brindle announced in her weekly update Friday, Oct. 4.Four of the courts are dedicated to tennis only, and the other four are striped for tennis and for eight pickleball courts, she said.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTERTo make a reservation, visit the town’s website here. For more local news, visit TAPinto.net
This Week: Development Review Committee Meets Wednesday
ROSELLE PARK, NJ - Things are slowing down in the borough this week, with the only official meeting for the Development Review Committee on Wednesday. Fall sports start to slow down, as the regular season winds down and post-season tournaments start.Here is everything going on in Roselle Park this week:Monday, Oct. 7CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER Boys Soccer Game at Metuchen - 4 p.m. Girls Volleyball Game vs. Roselle - 4 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 9 Development Review Committee Meeting - 10 a.m. (Borough Hall) Farmers Market - 1-7 p.m. (Michael J. Mauri Park) Girls Tennis Match at Linden - 4 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11 Girls Tennis Match vs. Rahway - 4 p.m. Football Game vs. Highland Park - 7 p.m. For more local news, visit TAPinto.net
Phillipsburg Shows Strength on Defense and More with Win Over West Orange
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - The much maligned Phillipsburg High School defense held its own and then some, and senior quarterback Jett Genovese gave the Staeliners a 21-7 lead with a three-run score midway through the final quarter as P’burg defeated host West Orange, 21-14, in a non-conference football game on Friday night at Suriano Stadium.A week after allowing 383 yards in back-to-back games, Phillipsburg’s defense held an explosive West Orange (4-2) team to 281 yards of total offense in 60 plays In the Mountaineers’ four wins this season they’ve outscored its opponents by a 160-17 marginCLICK HERE...
Plainfield cruises past Franklin following bye week - Football recap
Plainfield came out of its bye week flying as it defeated Franklin 34-2 in Somerset. Plainfield (3-2) took a 27-0 lead into halftime before adding another touchdown in the third quarter. Plainfield has outscored its opponents 123-2 in its three wins, coming off a 41-0 victory against Perth Amboy on...
Parsippany Boys Soccer Defeats Morris Tech 3-1
MORRISTOWN, NJ - The Parsippany boys soccer team secured a solid 3-1 victory against Morris Tech on Monday, September 30th. David Ferriera led Parsippany with a goal and two assists, while goalie Aleks Dobrijevic made nine key saves to seal the win.The match opened with Parsippany striking first as Ferriera found the back of the net, assisted by Christian Castano, putting them up 1-0. Morris Tech quickly responded with a goal from Crew Armijo, assisted by Jack Garing, leveling the score at 1-1. Ferriera scored again before the end of the first period, with another assist from Castano, giving Parsippany a 2-1 lead heading into halftime.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTERIn the second period, Parsippany’s Ashton Morey extended the lead to 3-1 with a goal assisted by Ferriera. The Parsippany defense and Dobrijevic's excellent goaltending held strong, keeping Morris Tech off the scoreboard for the remainder of the game.With the win, Parsippany improves to 4-6 on the season, while Morris Tech drops to 5-9. For more local news, visit TAPinto.net
Cranford football grinds out 'gut-check' win in back-and-forth battle at Rahway
(This story was updated to add new information and quotes.) RAHWAY -- You know what kind of game it is when a coach uses a Rocky quote. Cranford’s Erik Rosenmeier pulled out an it’s about how hard a team can get hit and keep coming back reference following the Cougars’ 14-13 win Friday...
Bengals Fall at Home to East Orange Campus, Hope to Rebound on 'Senior Night', Versus Paterson Kennedy
Bloomfield will attempt to get back on the winning track when the Bengals play host to Paterson Kennedy, on Oct. 11, at 6:30 p.m. The game will also mark Bloomfield's 'Senior Night', and the team's last regular season home game, in 2024.Head coach Mike Carter's team was defeated by East Orange campus, on Oct. 4, 38-0, at Foley Field. The setback snapped a 2-game winning streak for Bloomfield, which is now 2-4 on the season. The team is 2-1 on the road and 0-3 at home. Kennedy will come to town with a 3-3 record, including a home win...
Football: West Essex Shuts Out Passaic Valley, 14-0
LITTLE FALLS, NJ – West Essex scored a touchdown less than a minute into the game and went on to post its second consecutive shutout, 14-0, over Passaic Valley on Saturday night.Anthony Drago's interception on Passaic Valley's first offensive play of the game gave West Essex possession on the PV 1-yard line.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTEROn the next play, Mike Lozito plowed into the end zone and Rob Warmington kicked the extra point to give the Knights (5-1) a 7-0 lead.Late in the first quarter, Jake Long went long to Drago for an 81-yard TD pass and Warmington again converted the placement to extend West Essex' lead to 14-0.West Essex gets a bye next weekend before resuming play with another tough road game against Hanover Park (currently 5-0) on Oct. 18. For more local news, visit TAPinto.net
Remembering a Great High School Wrestling Rivalry Between Bloomfield's Rami Ratel and Belleville's Anthony Conte
When he was in grade school, Joe Dubuque recalls going to a Bloomfield vs Belleville wrestling match, with one of his buddies, Joe Schoch, to see some intense wrestling, especially when Anthony Conte of Belleville would step onto the mat to face Rami Ratel.“My friend, Joe Schoch, was a big Rami Ratel fan. and I was a Conte fan,” said Dubuque, today the head wrestling coach at Princeton University, following a successful stint as an assistant coach at Hofstra, the University of Indiana, and then Princeton. (Dubuque, of course, had an incredible wrestling career himself, winning two NJSIAA championships at Glen Ridge High and a pair of NCAA...
Football: Bayonne Beats Clifton, 27-7
CLIFTON, NJ – Chance Fischer rushed for two touchdowns and Nico Sampson Jr. passed for two touchdowns to lead Bayonne to a 27-7 football victory over Clifton on Friday night.Fischer rushed for 167 yards on 18 carries for Bayonne (3-2), which led, 13-7, at halftime.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTERSampson completed 11 of 16 passes for 114 yards with TD passes to Jared Edwards and Caleb Bazille. Daryl Smith caught three passes for 40 yards in the win.Bayonne, winners of three straight games, will host Newark East Side on Friday night. For more local news, visit TAPinto.net
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