The response to my essay on Alexander Hamilton’s New Jersey exploits was very gratifying.
Sports
By JON "FERRIS" MEREDITH
April 18, 2024
NEW JERSEY – New Jersey’s Warrior Hockey Team, led by Head Coach Ted Curtin and Captain Ernie Hernandez, of Wayne, defeated the Nebraska Warriors 2-0 in the finals of Tier V, becoming this division’s first-ever national championship. The New Jersey Warriors are sponsored by the New Jersey ...
RAHWAY, NJ — As a football coach for over 20 years, Mike Kuchar is well aware of how much offensive line play gets neglected when it comes to off-season skill development. While skill players such as quarterbacks and receivers benefit from year-round instruction like speed camps and 7-on-7 ...
RAHWAY, NJ — As a football coach for over 20 years, Mike Kuchar is well aware of how much offensive line play gets neglected when it comes to off-season skill development. While skill players such as quarterbacks and receivers benefit from year-round instruction like speed camps and 7-on-7 ...
BEACH HAVEN - Mark your calendars@ The Fourth Annual Beach Haven Tuna Open will take place June 8-15, 2024. The schedule of events is listed below. More details will be available soon at www.tunaopen.com
MEADOWLANDS, NJ - Providing a “tremendous economic boom” for the North Jersey region, the final match of the 2026 World Cup will be held at MetLife Stadium, FIFA announced Sunday. The biggest world soccer event will be played at MetLife Stadium on July 19th, 2026. The Meadowlands beat out Dallas ...
RAHWAY, NJ — The Rahway Youth Soccer Association (RYSA) is approaching its Spring 2024 season. Registration is open now through February 4. The cost is $85 per player. Late registration runs from February 5 through February 18 and is $100 per player. Avoid the late fee and register before ...
RAHWAY, NJ — The North Plainfield boys varsity basketball team (3-4), coached by Derrick Canada, defeated Timothy Christian (4-2), coached by Dennis McNulty, in the consolation match of Rahway's John "Butch" Kowal Holiday Tournament on Friday evening. The Canucks beat the Tigers 59-58. The game ...
RAHWAY, NJ — For the second year in a row, Buffalo Bills offensive tackle and Rahway native Dion Dawkins has been nominated for the Walter Payton Man of the Year Award. As TAPinto Rahway put it last year, "The Walter Payton Man of the Year Award is one of the NFL's premier humanitarian ...
LONG BEACH ISLAND REGION - The 69th edition of the Long Beach Island Surf Fishing Classic is coming around the final turn and heading for its finish line on Sunday, December 10. At this point the fishing action shows no signs of lessening. We have had a few days of colder temperatures making it ...
LONG BEACH ISLAND REGION - The captains of the Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association are finding red hot striped bass fishing on practically every trip. The chore is rooting through the big fish to find keeper-sized bass to put in the box. Captain Ray Lopez on the “Miss Liane” had a great ...
RAHWAY, NJ — A few weeks back, TAPinto Rahway reported on the Rahway Elks Lodge #1075's annual Hoop Shoot competition. The contest just took place on Saturday, November 18, and we have your winners here! The competition took place at the Rahway Recreation Center. Boys and girls, ages 8-13, from ...
RAHWAY, NJ — The Rahway Lady Chiefs cheerleaders are headed to the Nationals in Florida, December 2-8! The team's directors, Tearstin Stockley-Foushee and Denise Kimbrough, reached out to TAPinto Rahway to help spread the word about these amazing girls and to enlist the public's help in funding ...
RAHWAY, NJ — Every year, the Rahway Elks Hoop Shoot Committee hosts a local Hoop Shoot contest for residents of Rahway. This year we are hoping for the largest attendance on record! No need to register in advance. Just come out, throw your best, and hopefully move on to the next round. This is a ...
UNION COUNTY, NJ — It was a raucous, exciting, and oh-so-close game on Saturday evening, October 21, as the Summit varsity girls soccer team (10-5-1), under the direction of Head Coach Matt Carder, took on the Oak Knoll Royals (9-6), under the direction of Head Coach Tom Worthington, for the Union ...
LONG BEACH ISLAND - The rules and regulations for the 69th annual version of the Long Beach Island Surf Fishing Classic have been established, and the three official tournament stations are ready to accept entry applications. The event will commence on Saturday, October 7 and conclude on Sunday, ...
HOBOKEN, NJ — Time to party like it's 1859! A vintage baseball game will take place in the birthplace of America’s pastime next month with The Hoboken Redwings playing the 1859 Hoboken Base Ball Club in an exhibition game under 19th century rules. No gloves, vintage style uniforms, the ...
PLAINFIELD, NJ — Tuesday evening, Plainfield Superintendent of Schools Rashon Hasan issued an open letter to Colleen Maguire, the Executive Director of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA). The letter addresses the officiating at Friday's Plainfield High School ...
With the high school basketball season on the horizon, the New Jersey hoops scene is looking to be an exciting atmosphere this upcoming winter. From programs like Don Bosco Prep, Hudson Catholic, the Patrick School, and many other programs, the fight to be the state’s best will be both very ...
PISCATAWAY, NJ – Rutgers football (1-0, 1-0) delivered a Big Ten Conference win to open the 2023 season, defeating Northwestern (0-1, 0-1), 24-7, on Sunday afternoon in front of 53,026 fans at SHI Stadium. The Scarlet Knights scored on their first two drives and held the Wildcats scoreless the ...
NEW JERSEY - With the start of fall sports just around the corner, the New Jersey Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) is alerting fans to fake Twitter accounts promoting live streams of games. The NJSIAA stated that over the past several weeks, fake accounts have been created. The ...
BRIDGEWATER, NJ — The newest Somerset Patriot is also the tallest ballplayer on the Yankees AA minor league roster. Bailey Dees, promoted from the Single-A Hudson Valley Renegades two weeks ago, is 6'8" and weighs 250 pounds. A relief pitcher, he joins three others in the Patriots' bullpen who ...
In his beginning stages at the University of North Carolina, West Orange native Elliot Cadeau has seemed to already create lofty expectations for not only his college career, but also going forward to the pros. A couple of days ago, NBA insider Jonathan Wassermancame out with a mock board that ...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – Nikki McCray-Penson, who served as an assistant coach on the Rutgers women’s basketball team last season, has died, the university reports. McCray-Penson, a former WNBA All-Star and a two-time Olympic gold medal winner who was inducted into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame ...
EUGENE, OREGON — USA Track superstar and Union Catholic High School alumna Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone outdistanced a loaded field to win the 400-meter race in 48.74 at the US Championships on Saturday night at Hayward Field at the University of Oregon. Although this is the first year she has ...
CRANFORD, NJ - It's the festive environment that keeps Westfield resident L. Howard Adams racing to the finish line each Fourth of July. Adams has run the Cranford Jaycees' Firecracker 4 miler since 1994, making this his 30th race. "I'm into tradition," Adams tells TAPinto Cranford. "Once I ...
LONG BEACH ISLAND REGION - It’s difficult to realize the Fourth of July is only a few days away. It doesn’t seem long ago we were experiencing wintry weather and waiting for the opening of striped bass season on March 1. Just as these past four months have flown by, so too will the next ...
LONG BEACH ISLAND REGION - The recent spring fishing action in the Long Beach Island area has been positive for most anglers. With the Summer Solstice arriving Wednesday, June 21, the question is what will summer fishing be like? Early spring was dominated by a strong striped bass bite, both ...
WESTFIELD, NJ — After Ridge’s baseball team was disqualified this weekend from the state tournament over a one-pitch violation of the state's pitch count rules, Ridge coach Tom Blackwell told TAPinto, “I just feel that, as a coach, how could you do this to another program?” In fact, Westfield ...
The Boston Celtics might win this series. The level that they are playing at right now (or that they should have been playing this whole time) is something that the Miami Heat do not have an answer for. In Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals, the Celtics dominated the Heat in a 110-97 win, ...
Every year, former professional basketball player and current CEO of the brand ACES Brian Kortovich holds a high school basketball all-star game in the legendary Gauchos gym in the Bronx, NY. The annual game hosts the best players from the tri-state area to amaze the crowd with their high level ...
