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Rootstown remained undefeated by rallying from a halftime deficit to top Revere 53-47 in nonleague girls basketball Saturday. Abby White delivered a season-high 15 points for the Rovers (6-0), while Addy Germann added two 3-pointers to finish with nine points. Brooklynn McIntyre posted a double-double (10 points, 10 rebounds), and Nadia Lough...

Which student-athletes have stood out among the crowd this season? See everyone who was voted Athlete of the Week in our weekly polls this winter! And be sure to vote each week − the Boys Athlete of the Week and Girls Athlete of the Week polls run Tuesday evening until 8 p.m. Thursday. Week...

PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - It’s amazing what can be accomplished when you get a little help from your friends.  And this season, in a cooperation between the two schools, Belvidere High School is going to be Phillipsburg High School’s cohort in scholastic swimming.   Junior Madeline Durr was involved in four first-place finishes, two individual races along with two relays, to pace a very balanced Phillipsburg High School girl’s swimming team to a tight 89-81 victory over North Hunterdon in the opening Skyland Conference meet of the season on Thursday at the Phillipsburg Elementary School.   Durr is one of eight County-Seater swimmers...

PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - North Hunterdon had the best swimmers but Phillipsburg High School had the best team which is what propelled the Stateliners boys’ team to an opening day 89-81 win over the Lions this week.   When both the boys and the girls meets were over boys coach Tracy Herdlein and girls coach Macawley Knappenberger jumped in the Phillipsburg Elementary School pool as encouraged by their swimmers to celebrate victories by both programs on opening day for the first time in ages.   “I had to go home and change my clothes,” Herdlein said. “Because I had to go right to...

RARITAN TOWNSHIP – Diamond Nation wants to get into the self-storage business. The baseball complex, on the corner of River and Bartles Corner roads, has applied to the township for approval to build a self-storage facility on the property now used for overflow parking on the east side of River Road.

In the first period of Hunterdon Central’s first game of the 2023-24 season on Thursday night, the Red Devils fell flat and weren’t inspiring much confidence for what is supposed to be one of the top teams in the Skyland Conference. The second and third periods were different,...

PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - The Phillipsburg High School girls bowling squad improved to 2-0 on the season while the boys dropped a tough 5-2 decision in Skyland Conference matches against Hunterdon Central on Thursday in the Stateliners first home match at Bel-Pike Lanes in Belvidere. P’burg’s potent one-two-punch of junior Savannah Rutar and senior Shannon Bickert paced the girl’s 5-2 victory, Rutar with a team-high 511 series and a high-game of 179 while Bickert produced a 456 series with a team-high 180 high game. “The girl’s won the first game, lost the second one, won the third game pretty good and...

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The men’s basketball team (1-9 overall) could not pick up a win after two Ivy League matchups this week. First, the group faced Cornell inside Kirby Sports Center on Saturday. Both teams displayed lackluster shooting accuracy from beyond the arc in the first half, with Cornell at 26 percent...

The undefeated Cheltenham High School girls’ basketball team defeated defending District One 3A and Suburban One League Freedom Division co-champions New Hope-Solebury High, 57-41 on Tuesday, December 5. According to local historian Chuck Langerman, the victory is the first time the Lady Panthers have beaten New Hope in the...

Students at Del Val may have noticed a new face on the sidelines of football games, but who is he?. Paul Rochelle just started as the athletic trainer at Delaware Valley Regional High School, and he has already made a positive impact on the school’s athletes. Rochelle has worked...

FLEMINGTON, NJ -- The Hunterdon Central girls basketball team will open its season Thursday, Dec. 14 at Immaculata. Two players who exceeded the 100-point mark last season, when the Red Devils finished 9-18, return to the lineup this season for coach James Casertano. Sophomore guard Nikki Costantini averaged 4.5 points and 3.0 rebounds per game as Hunterdon Central's third-leading scorer a season ago. She connected on 22 3-pointers. Senior forward Bri Mastriano finished with 4.1 points and 3.6 rebounds last season. She and Costantini both should boost their averaged considerably this winter as the focal points of the Red Devils' offense...

While the men’s soccer team’s season may have concluded, the team remains in action in a different field: the world of books. The Earn Your Spots Book Club, created by head coach Dennis Bohn, is an initiative that allows the soccer team to interact with students from local schools — namely Cheston and Paxinosa Elementary schools — to promote reading and to interact with the community.

EASTON, Pa. (AP) - Andres Marrero scored 20 points as La Salle beat Lafayette 67-51 on Saturday. Marrero shot 6 for 14 (5 for 12 from 3-point range) and 3 of 4 from the free throw line for the Explorers (8-2). Jhamir Brickus added 14 points while shooting 4 for 10, including 4 for 8 from beyond the arc, and he also had seven rebounds, eight assists, and three steals. Daeshon Shepherd shot 4 for 9, including 3 for 6 from beyond the arc to finish with 11 points.

EASTON, Pa - The Easton girls wrestling program is in a great position heading into its first officially sanctioned PIAA season. The Red Rovers coaching staff is made up of four former Division I wrestlers. Not only is it an elite level coaching staff for the Red Rovers, they also...

One night in Kirby Sports Center, a basketball player shoots a miraculous three-pointer, the ball swishing into the net. The occupant of section 5 row B seat 1, jumps out of the seat with exuberant energy. It’s become expected that this fan will be present each game at section 5...

Public Safety has recommended charges to the Office of Student Conduct for the women’s club rugby team after the completion of a hazing investigation. The team is set to face a disciplinary panel that will decide the consequences of the charges, which can include a freezing of funds or club status.

The Bucks men’s basketball team is struggling to meet expectations with few returning players and facing combative components after winning the ESAC district championship and their impressive record last season. Coach Farrad McLaughlin returned along with five players from last season’s team and remains confident in his approach. “We’ve...

The balance of power amongst the top teams in the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference is the main theme of the final boys soccer rankings of the 2023 season. At their best, we think each of those four could beat any of the others. Given that, we’ve favored championships to try and order out the top 10.

The wrestling season is upon us and, while a ton of emphasis is placed on the end-of-season tournaments, there are still plenty of fun dual meets to watch leading up to the postseason. Here, we take a look at the top five teams to watch entering the season.  ...