Michael Holcombe

| Notre Dame employs an up tempo style of play, but the 2-seed Irish got a taste of an even faster pace on Monday when 3-seed St.

| Princeton made it back to back sectional titles when it got a second half header into the goal from center back Chase Hamerschlag to defeat

| It was a bit of a different year in field hockey in the Trenton Times Area in 2024 as it marked the first year without the Mercer County Tournament, which was abandoned at the end of the last school year.

There is a bumper crop of returning talent in the state this year as seven of last year's state champions will be returning to action.

1-Lakewood (13-0) The Piners graduated two wrestlers from the bottom of their lineup and lost 165 pounder Yasmin Xahuentitla as well, but

| Can anyone stop Lakewood? Make no mistake about it, there will be a lot of teams that will try to upend Lakewood between now and

| The Times of Trenton has two sets of all-area honors, with one specifically for Prep schools. The selections for the 2024 season:

| NJSIAA Offensive Player of the Year: Milan Desai, QB, Hopewell Valley, Sr.: There were several explosive offensive players in the area

Three New Jersey wrestlers won titles at the Girls Beast of the East on Friday at the Carpenter Center in Newark, Delaware.

After finishing second a year ago, Jackson Memorial took back the Queen of the East title at Jackson Liberty on Saturday in dominating fashion, placing seven wrestlers, and landing five Jag girls in the finals.