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Photo: Sunil Sunder RajThe River Dell Golden Hawks Varsity Girls Basketball(3-1) put forth a gritty effort in a 51-45 defeat to the Old Tappan Golden Knights(4-1) in the Joe Poli Holiday Tournament at Pascack Valley High School in Hillsdale, New Jersey.
Photo: Sunil Sunder RajThe Old Tappan Golden Knights (12-0) continued their dominant run in the 2025 season and state playoffs, steamrolling past the West Morris Central Wolfpack (12-1) with a score of 35-0 in the NJSIAA Group 3 Tournament Semifinals. The game took place at Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan in Old Tappan, New Jersey.
Photo: Sunil Sunder RajThe Northern Valley Old Tappan Golden Knights (11-0) continued their impressive performance over the past year by securing their second consecutive North Jersey Section 1, Group 3 Title with a convincing 42-14 victory over the Wayne Hills Patriots (9-3). This win extended their undefeated streak to 16 games at Northern Valley Regional High School in Old Tappan, New Jersey.
Photo: Sunil Sunder RajThe Old Tappan Golden Knights (10-0) continued their impressive season by achieving their second consecutive shutout and extending their undefeated streak to 15 games with a commanding 40-0 victory over the West Milford Highlanders (9-2) in the North Jersey Section 1, Group 3 Tournament Semifinals, held at Northern Valley Regional High School in Old Tappan, New Jersey.
Photo: Sunil Sunder RajThe Old Tappan Golden Knights (9-0) extended their undefeated streak to 14 games with a convincing 37-0 victory over the River Dell Golden Hawks (6-4) in the NJSIAA North Jersey Section 1, Group 3 Tournament Quarterfinals held at Northern Valley Regional High School in Old Tappan, New Jersey.
Photo: Sunil Sunder RajThe Old Tappan Golden Knights(4-0) staged a last-minute rally to defeat the Ramapo Raiders(2-1) 28-24 in a thrilling game at Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan in Old Tappan, New Jersey.
Photo: Sunil Sunder RajThe Old Tappan Golden Knights(2-0) secured a dominant 35-7 victory over the River Dell Golden Hawks(0-2) in their 2025 home opener at Northern Valley Regional High School in Old Tappan, New Jersey.
Photo: Sunil Sunder RajThe River Dell Golden Hawks Freshman Football Team put on an impressive display, defeating the Old Tappan Golden Knights 34-0 at River Dell High School in Oradell, New Jersey.
Photo: Sunil Sunder RajThe River Dell Golden Hawks Varsity Girls' Basketball Team(15-8, 9-1 Big North Patriot) wrapped up the 2024-25 regular season in a fiercely contested battle against the Old Tappan Golden Knights(16-8, 5-4 Big North National), but Old Tappan emerged victorious 63-61 at River Dell High School in Oradell, New Jersey.
Down 10-9 to Paramus Catholic with three minutes left in the first quarter of the 1 st round of the Joe Poli Holiday Tournament at Pascack Valley High School, Old Tappan needed a spark and that is what they exactly received from senior Kelsey McLaughlin scoring six points during a 13-0 run turning the deficit into a 22-10 advantage.
Old Tappan led comfortably 47-34 heading into the 4 th quarter against the Pascack Valley Indians but cold shooting from the outside coupled with tenacious man to man and double team defense allowed the Indians to get back into the game. The Golden Knights first points did not come until 4:56 off a free throw from Junior Chris Baker. Pascack Valley’s Matt Vassel who scored a game high 17 points for the Indians nailed a 3-point jumper with 40 seconds tying the contest up at 51-51. However, Old Tappan senior point guard Luca Casemnto dropped in 5 of his 13 points including two free throws with 10 seconds remaining putting the Golden Knights up for good at 54-51.
After a scoreless 1st half where the NV-Old Tappan Golden Knights(14-3-2) had several scoring chances but missed Head Coach Tom Quinn said it was all about making adjustments at halftime. They certainly paid off as the Golden Knights erupted for seven 2 nd half goals en route to a 7-1 victory over the Cliffside Park Red Raiders(9-8-1) in the opening round of the NJSIAA North 1, Group 3 tournament.
