Author: Jimmy Allinder
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Jacobi used to taking hits on football, baseball fields
By Jimmy Allinder Luke Jacobi knows all too well what it’s like to take a hit. The rising senior has been the starting quarterback for the John P. Stevens High School football team since he was a sophomore and catcher for the baseball team since his freshman year. The 6-foot, 180-pounder knows collisions are part…
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Bears’ Loesner motivated by need to succeed
By Jimmy Allinder Kyle Loesner is not afraid to make mistakes because the East Brunswick High School volleyball player understands it’s all part of the game. Loesner, a rising senior and the expected go-to guy for the Bears, thrives at being thrown into the pressure-cooker, especially when the match is on the line. “I’ll do…
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Donnelly’s athletic, academic success paying off at St. Joe’s
By Jimmy Allinder Owen Donnelly is a rising senior at Saint Joseph High School of Metuchen and a key member of the Falcons’ soccer and golf teams. The gifted student-athlete says the sports couldn’t be more different. “Both golf and soccer demand that I utilize what I have practiced, but that’s where it ends,” Donnelly said.…
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Rams enjoy first sectional baseball title in 52 years
By Jimmy Allinder This season’s South River High School baseball team was among the best in program history. The NJSIAA Central Jersey, Group I championship won by the Rams was their first sectional title in about half a century (1964). In addition, they captured the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) Blue Division — their first in…
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Volunteers’ contributions key at golf events, fundraising
By Jimmy Allinder When Jeff Sluman plays a round of competitive golf, the 1988 PGA Championship winner and regular on the Champions Tour dons his invisible blinders to shut out the constant motion that surrounds him. When you play professional golf for as long as Sluman has — some four decades — you learn to…
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East Brunswick claims sectional volleyball title
By Jimmy Allinder It was a championship boys volleyball match that rightfully decided which team was the best in the NJSIAA Central Jersey sectional — and maybe the state. The clash between top-seeded East Brunswick High School and second-seeded Saint Joseph High School of Metuchen June 3 provided all the thrills to be expected when…
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Warren’s experience helps lead Bears to sectional softball title
By Jimmy Allinder When it comes to varsity sports, nothing can substitute the experience of being thrown into pressure situations, and East Brunswick High School multi-talented athlete Allie Warren knows that better than most. When the senior stepped up to the plate against Hightstown High School June 3 with the game tied 2-2 and the…
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St. Joe’s falls short of capturing sectional volleyball title
By Jimmy Allinder Throughout the course of a long season, high school volleyball teams sometimes play each other multiple times, and the outcome of a match often depends on which one is hot that day. East Brunswick High School was on fire June 3 when the top-seeded Bears dispatched second-seeded Saint Joseph High School of…
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Golfers compete in season-ending GMC, state tourneys
By Jimmy Allinder For some, the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) Golf Tournament May 19 was the final time playing competitively for their high school teams. For a few others, all that remained was playing in the NJSIAA Tournament of Champions (TOC) May 23. The GMC Tournament was staged at Forsgate Country Club in Monroe Township…
