Latest reporting from the Sports desk.
Latest reporting from the Sports desk.
Latest reporting from the Sports desk.
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New Providence football opens the 2026 season ranked in the Big Central Conference's Top 5 and 48th statewide in NJ Strength Index power ratings, with new division opponents and a new official calculator for the ranking system.
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Summit football opens 2026 ranked No. 9 in the Big Central Conference preseason poll after last year's 9-3 record and sectional final run.
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Chatham girls soccer, led by Penn-committed junior Lucy Arps, opens the 2026 season Monday pursuing a third NJSIAA Group 3 state championship in four years after winning titles in 2023 and 2025.
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New Providence senior wide receiver Quentin Moore was named to NJ.com's Big Central Conference receivers-to-watch list after recording 264 yards and two touchdowns as a junior, as the Pioneers prepare for a new head coach and new division rivals in 2026.
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Chatham girls tennis enters the 2026 season with every starter at a new position after losing its top two singles players, with junior Leyla Morelli taking over first singles ahead of the Tuesday, Aug. 25, opener at Sparta.
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Summit High boys soccer enters the 2026 fall season with nearly its entire defense returning and five senior captains leading the program after a 15-4-1 campaign that ended in last year's North 2, Group 3 sectional final.
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Drew University in Madison hired Ashley Smeltzer-Kraft, a 14-year administrator and championship field hockey coach from Shenandoah University, as its new Director of Athletics ahead of the fall sports season.
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New Providence senior goalkeeper Anthony Wycko was named Second Team All-Group 1 by NJ.com ahead of the 2026 fall season, highlighting the Pioneers as a team to watch after a 13-6 campaign in 2025.
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Edison's football program is publicly targeting a late-September matchup against Summit as the key test of its rebound season, confirming the Hilltoppers' status as a Big Central Conference contender entering 2026.
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Summit Hilltopper Football named seniors Schnall, McKeever and Kubeck as 2026 captains at Big Central Conference Media Day, as the 17-time state champion program looks to build on last year's run to the North 2 Group 3 state final.
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The New Providence Reds open the NJABL Summer North Division playoffs Sunday at Oakwood Park as the No. 1 seed after finishing 9-1, powered by Rob Grasso's three-homer doubleheader and Michael Pierce's complete-game gem in their clinching sweep of the NJ Mariners.
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The Madison YMCA Mariners' 13-and-under squad finished second overall at the YMCA Long Course Championships, breaking five team records behind Zachary Snyder's sweep of all six individual events.
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Chatham travels to Randolph on Thursday, August 27 for a season-opening SFC Liberty Blue division matchup against a Rams program rebuilding after an injury-ravaged 2-7 campaign in 2025.
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Former Cranford head coach Allison Skrec takes over the Chatham Cougars girls basketball program, inheriting a team that won three straight North 2, Group 3 sectional titles, as the 2026-27 season approaches.
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Oak Knoll School graduate Maris McGinty received the Quinn Carney Burke Midfielder of the Year Award from the New Jersey Lacrosse Foundation on Monday, July 21, capping a multi-sport career before heading to Notre Dame for Division I lacrosse.
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