Author: Jimmy Allinder
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J.P. Stevens boys, girls produce winning hoops seasons
By Jimmy Allinder It was 2008 and 2007, respectively, that the J.P. Stevens High School boys and girls basketball teams last finished with winning seasons. This year, however, the boys completed a 15-9 mark while the girls managed to squeeze out a 12-11 record despite losing their last four contests. Bobby Jones, head coach of…
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Bears looks to build on GMC win in state tourney
By Jimmy Allinder Things have radically changed in the space of three seasons for Sydney Greenspan and Allie Warren, a pair of seniors on the East Brunswick High School girls basketball team. As freshmen, Greenspan and Warren played for a team that finished 5-20 and were anxiously looking forward to the spring and softball season.…
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Area wrestlers move on to state championships
By Jimmy Allinder Four area wrestlers finished either first, second or third in the NJSIAA Region 5 tournament Feb. 26-27, which earned them the opportunity to compete for a state championship. East Brunswick High School’s Mitch Polito (106 pounds) was the lone area competitor to win a gold medal, which punched his ticket to the…
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DeStefano’s scoring a highlight for Edison-J.P. Stevens hockey
By Jimmy Allinder Robert DeStefano, a junior forward for the Edison High School-J.P. Stevens High School co-op ice hockey team, had 46 goals at season’s end — the most in the state. However, DeStefano may not finish as top goal scorer because players from other teams that could go deep in the NJSIAA state tournament…
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Spotswood hopes to surpass seed in sectional tourney
By Jimmy Allinder Spotswood High School boys basketball coach Steve Mate doesn’t believe the NJSIAA power point system is 100 percent accurate when it comes to state tournament seeds. With the Central Jersey, Group II sectional underway, his team hopes to prove that point. Despite a 21-5 overall record, including a Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC)…
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Harris, Bass lead Rams into sectional hoops tourney
By Jimmy Allinder South River High School girls basketball coach Mike Feaster watched with pensive eyes as Middlesex High School labored against an obviously superior East Brunswick High School in a recent Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) Tournament game. The scene was similar to how his team was soundly beaten by Piscataway Township High School, 71-39,…
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Bears’ Schleifer among top wrestlers at District 20 tourney
By Jimmy Allinder In the NJSIAA District 20 wrestling tournament Feb. 19-20, East Brunswick High School 120-pounder Mark Schleifer scored a 4-3 decision over Stephen Nadera of Old Bridge High School, earning the Bears’ junior the competition’s Best Wrestler Award. Other area wrestlers who won gold medals were at 106 pounds: Mitchell Polito (East Brunswick),…
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Bears trying to get back to GMC Tournament finals
By Jimmy Allinder With one more mountain to climb, the East Brunswick High School boys basketball team will have returned to familiar territory and play rival Saint Joseph High School of Metuchen in the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) Tournament championship game. The Falcons prevented the Bears from winning the crown in 2013 and 2014, and…
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Trojans’ girls move on in GMC hoops tournament
By Jimmy Allinder When the Bishop George Ahr High School girls basketball team is firing on all cylinders, it is capable of beating any team in the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC). That is what happened Feb. 20 when the sixth-seeded Trojans defeated third-seeded Sayreville War Memorial High School, 58-52, in the conference tournament quarterfinals. The…
