Author: Jimmy Allinder
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Bears eager to challenge for Red Division baseball title
By Jimmy Allinder Even though the East Brunswick High School baseball team finished last season with a winning record (13-12), head coach Chris Kenney considered it a subpar season. With a 56-41 record in five years at the helm, Kenney believes the program is now at the point where the goal should be nothing less…
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Dwyers’ success thanks to confidence, positive attitude
By Jimmy Allinder Kaleigh Dwyer, a senior for the East Brunswick High School softball team, remembers the moment well. It was the season opener a year ago, and the junior pitched a full seven-inning game against Edison High School, shutting out the Eagles, 15-0. It was the first time Dwyer was able to throw more…
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Falcons’ Fisher looking forward to final softball season
By Jimmy Allinder Each day since Hannah Fisher has been a student at Monroe Township High School, she has been occupied in some shape or form by playing sports. In the winter, she played basketball. In the spring, it was softball. And in the fall, she was the volleyball team’s manager. How strange it will…
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Taraska’s competitiveness exhibited on soccer field, golf course
By Jimmy Allinder It’s a safe bet Chris Taraska’s spring will be better than how last fall ended. The senior center midfielder for the Saint Joseph High School of Metuchen soccer team was cruising along with a team-leading eight goals when he and a Bishop George Ahr High School player collided during a Greater Middlesex…
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Falcons set wins mark, capture sectional title in memorable season
By Jimmy Allinder This season, the Monroe Township High School girls basketball team got it right. A year ago, the Falcons lost the NJSIAA Central Jersey, Group IV championship to Marlboro High School but this time managed a program first by winning the sectional championship with a 48-35 triumph over Hunterdon Central Regional High School,…
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Gomez thriving at and behind the plate with Eagles
By Jimmy Allinder Lenin Gomez admits to being mesmerized by the newness that surrounded him when he arrived in the United States with his family from the Dominican Republic when he was 10 years old. It’s little wonder the impressionable youngster immediately felt at ease when he realized baseball was held with the same high…
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Falcons’ Mazurkiewicz thrives as leader from behind the plate
By Jimmy Allinder It’s never been about her when it comes to what Angela Mazurkiewicz considers to be her most memorable moments as a softball player for Monroe Township High School. The senior catcher is one of the leaders of a team that comes off back-to-back-to-back Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) White Division titles and considers…
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As spring nears, Bears’ Kelliher readies for softball season
By Jimmy Allinder It has been seasonably warm in recent days, heralding spring will soon arrive, and East Brunswick High School softball player Megan Kelliher couldn’t be happier. This time of year is what the senior enjoys most, as she has for the last three years gearing up to play third base for the Bears.…
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Monroe returns to girls hoops sectional title game
By Jimmy Allinder There is nothing like watching state tournament basketball because of what’s at stake. Win and move on to the next one-and-done game. Lose and the season comes to an abrupt conclusion. Three area girls teams experienced that range of emotions in recent sectional tournament games. Monroe Township High School (25-3) earned the…
