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1 week ago | 
nj.com | Michael Holcombe
Boys Lacrosse: Summit vs. Shawnee, Group 3 Final, June 14, 2025Check out the players who stepped up and led the way in the NJSIAA Group 3 final at Hopewell Valley. MOST VALUABLE PLAYERIf you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation.
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1 week ago | 
nj.com | Donovan Hugel |Michael Holcombe
Check out the players who stepped up and stood out in the NJSIAA Group 4 girls lacrosse championship game. Parker Febo, Summit, Sr., MIt may have been enough that Febo scored four goals over the course of the game. But it was her eight meter shot with just two seconds left on the clock that broke a 5-5 tie and clinched the win and the Group 3 State Championship for Summit.
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1 week ago | 
nj.com | Donovan Hugel |Michael Holcombe
Summit captured the 2025 Group 4 girls lacrosse state championship with a 6-5 win over Moorestown at Hopewell Valley High School on Saturday afternoon. Check out the video below to see the final few seconds and emotional celebration of Summit’s title game victory. Donovan Hugel can be reached at [email protected]. Follow him at @donohugel. Michael Holcombe can be reached at [email protected] N.J. High School Sports newsletter is now appearing in mailboxes 5 days a week.
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2 weeks ago | 
nj.com | Michael Holcombe
No. 10 Watchung Hills delivered some unexpected power during the game’s early innings, crushing three home runs to defeat No. 8 Morris Knolls 8-2 in the NJSIAA Group 4 State Tournament semifinals on Wednesday in Warren. The win moves the Warriors into the state final on Friday at Ivy Hill Park against No. 14 Hunterdon Central. The win was a complete reversal from the two teams’ previous meeting.
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2 weeks ago | 
nj.com | Michael Holcombe
Ever since this year’s senior class were all freshmen, No. 5 Allentown has had its sights set on winning a sectional title. The Redbirds were knocking on the door each year, bowing out in the semifinals in 2022 and finishing second the last two seasons. But after all the frustrations, top seeded Allentown finally turned the trick on Tuesday, defeating 3-seed Manasquan in the sectional final, 10-6, to capture the South Jersey, Group 2 title.
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3 weeks ago | 
nj.com | Michael Holcombe
When Hunterdon Central coach Kelly Rieder took over the reins of the Red Devil program 10 years ago, she won a sectional title as a first year head coach. It took her a long time to get No. 2, but top seeded Hunterdon Central delivered on Friday in a big way, pounding out 11 hits in defeating 3-seed Hightstown 10-0 in five innings in the Central Jersey, Group 4 tournament final in Flemington. “I’ve been waiting for this for a very long time,” Rieder said after the lopsided win.
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3 weeks ago | 
nj.com | Michael Holcombe
Hopewell Valley successfully defended its Group 2 title at the NJSIAA Group Finals at the Mercer County Park Tennis Center in West Windsor on Thursday, but it came down to the doubles matches and it took a gutsy comeback by the Bulldogs’ first doubles team of Andrew Hou and Kaito Mahon to come away with the victory 3-2 over Haddonfield. After Hopewell had taken two of the three singles matches, all eyes were on the doubles teams.
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3 weeks ago | 
nj.com | Michael Holcombe
It didn’t get the production out of the top of the lineup the way it might have liked, but Newark Academy dominated the third singles and both doubles to capture their 14th straight Non-Public state title at the NJSIAA Group Championships at Mercer County Park Tennis Center in West Windsor on Thursday with a 3-2 win over Christian Brothers Academy.
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3 weeks ago | 
nj.com | Michael Holcombe
There was no shortage of sprinting talent on the track for the 4x400 meter final at the Meet of Champions in Pennsauken on Wednesday. But that didn’t deter the RFH crew of Cassedy Stypul, Reese Malone, Maggie Nitka and Clemmie Lilley as they turned in a school record and Shore Conference record performance, finishing the relay sprint in just 3:44.23 to take gold.
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3 weeks ago | 
nj.com | Michael Holcombe
It might seem unusual for a freshman to win a title at the Meet of Champions but it was especially so given the way that Ocean Township freshman Leah Starkey left the rest of the field far behind in winning the 3,200 meter title at Pennsauken on Wednesday. Starkey took the lead from the opening gun and never gave it up, leading a pack of five runners through the first mile that were packed tightly. But on lap five, Starkey began to pull away.
