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After a fun start to the high school softball playoffs, it's time to look back on the best performances. Read about the players who stood out last week and let us know who you think should be the North Jersey Player of the Week in the poll at the bottom of this page.
Softball: North Rockland wins 3rd straight Section 1 Class AAA title
THIELLS — For the last three years, every time you get North Rockland and White Plains on the same diamond, it's a nailbiter. Each time these teams faced each other in the Section 1 softball finals; it always seemed to come down to the last at-bat, whether it is in extra innings (2022) or in regulation (2023). ...
Softball: IHA claims 13th Bergen County Title with win over Ramapo
WOOD-RIDGE — Immaculate Heart Academy’s record 13th Bergen County softball title didn’t come easy. “It’s hard every year,” coach Diana Fasano said. The Blue Eagles won their third straight Bergen County title Saturday with a 6-2 win over Ramapo, taking advantage of multiple defensive mistakes by the Raiders and getting a key two-run single from freshman Leah English in the fourth inning.
Softball: Harrison wins the Section 1 Class AA title for the first time
THIELLS — Harrison softball has been knocking on the door of the Section 1 softball championship game for a lot of years. They got eliminated one year ago in a semifinal. In Saturday's Section 1 Class AA championship game, they kicked the door down. ...
Track: Highlights from the Bergen County Meet of Champions
HACKENSACK -- It's been a week now since the sensational Lou Lanzalotto Bergen Meet of Champions at the Ed Church Track at Hackensack High School and the excitement hasn't yet faded. The meet, started by Church and several other coaches in 1970 and the Girls Meet of Champions, started nine...
Montville Softball Upsets Old Tappan In First Round of State Tournament
MONTVILLE, NJ - Once the postseason begins, everything that happened prior to it is thrown out the window. The Montville softball team closed out the regular season with a seven-game losing skid, and despite many of them being close losses to strong opponents, it would've been easy to write it off going into its state tournament opener against Old Tappan.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER But the 13th-seeded Mustangs got some timely hitting, as well as a dominant performance in the circle from Daniella Biggio, and managed to move past fourth-seeded Old Tappan, 4-1,...
Softball: Pearl River wins Section 1 Class A title for first time since 2016
THIELLS — For second-seeded Pearl River to defeat cross town rival and top-seeded Tappan Zee 2-0 in Saturday's Section 1 Class A softball championship game, it was two years in the making. "Last year's squad was young with four eighth-grade starters and three seniors Cat Arnold, Kiera Luckie and Grace Scrima," Pirates coach Chris Woolgar said. "It's the culmination of two years of the team buying in, the older girls bringing the younger girls along and we...
Husker Girls Fall to Greeley in Lax Title Game
YORKTOWN, N.Y. — Top-seeded Yorktown went against No. 3 Horace Greeley in the Section 1 Class B girls lacrosse championship game at Lakeland on May 23, looking for its 13th sectional title in its illustrious history. Yorktown, the No. 8 ranked Class B team in the state, overcame a 6-2 deficit to go up 8-7 in the third quarter but Greeley answered back with three goals to win 10-8. For Greeley, it avenged both a 9-5 regular-season loss at Yorktown in its season opener and last year’s 15-12 defeat to the Huskers in the title game at Nyack.CLICK...
Four Paramus Vets Find HOPE on Golf Course with PGA Program
PARAMUS, NJ - All of Chris Lupo’s work buddies are into golf, which meant lots of golf outings. “So I got into golf and took a couple of lessons but I sucked at golf. I was like, ‘I need lessons.’” That’s when he heard that PGA HOPE — a program that teaches veterans to play golf — was coming to the Paramus Golf Course. Lupo, a Navy veteran who served from 2013 to 2018 said, “Oh this would be awesome. So I quickly jumped on it, and it’s been an awesome experience.”CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR...
Boys Volleyball: Scotch Plains-Fanwood Advances in Sectional Tourney After Decisive Win Over Bergen Catholic
SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD, NJ -- Scotch Plains-Fanwood advanced in the NJSIAA North Jersey, Group 3 Tournament after a decisive 2-0 (25-6, 25-11) victory over Bergen Catholic in their first round matchup on Thursday, May 23. Ryan Adams led the charge with 11 service points and three aces. Tim Ennis added 9 service points and an ace, in addition to his 8 kills and 3 blocks. Dan Ennis also had 6 kills and added 3 service points and an ace. Kieran McElroy Barker had 12 digs, Ryan Pierson added 4 blocks, and Quinn Donahue led the team with 16 assists.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER The Raiders (27-1) advanced to the quarterfinal round where they will take on Kearny (15-7) on Wednesday, May 29. Player Kills Blocks Digs Assists Service Points Aces Michael Wojcik 0 0 3 0 8 3 Ryan Pierson 2 4 1 1 0 0 Kieran McElroy Barker 0 0 12 0 1 0 Tim Ennis 8 3 7 0 9 1 Daniel Ennis 8 0 6 0 3 1 Quinn Donahue 3 1 3 16 2 0 Ryan Adams 0 0 0 2 11 3 Brandon Indoe 5 3 0 0 0 0 Aaron Frank 3 1 2 0 0 0 Andrew Sicinski 0 0 1 1 2 0 Joshua Tufuga 1 0 0 0 0 0 Totals: 30 12 35 20 36 8 For more local news, visit TAPinto.net
Somers Lax Falls to Greeley in Semifinals
SOMERS, N.Y. - On Friday, May 24, Somers hosted Horace Greeley in the semifinal round of the sectionals. Two versus three, the regular season 15-6 victory by the Tuskers boded well for a redo. But the Quakers did not oblige. Somers fell behind 2-0, and while keeping pace through the first half, the Tuskers never caught up in a 12-6 defeat.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER A tone that was set early, and not just by Connor Lummel’s two opening goals. Ryan Slomsky first stopped Mason Kelly on the rebound in front and then seconds later...
'Frustrating': Suffern stalls for 10 minutes to defeat Wappingers in lax section final
The Suffern Mounties are the 2024 Section 1 Class A girls lacrosse champions. Consider them also unofficial Section 1 keep-away champs. In a game that started out like it would be a Suffern rout but changed into a one-goal contest, the Mounties dared upstart Wappingers to get the ball from them.
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