Author: Jimmy Allinder
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South River basketball teams enjoying strong seasons
By Jimmy Allinder Think South River High School sports and football immediately comes to mind. And that’s likely to always be the case. However, boys basketball has experienced its moments through the years and, more recently, the girls team has emerged as a power of sorts. This season, both the boys and girls are enjoying…
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Spotswood not taking on-court success for granted
By Jimmy Allinder It would be tempting for the Spotswood High School boys basketball team to consider the rest of the regular season a cakewalk. The Chargers had little trouble dispatching the five rivals that make up the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) Blue Division in their first go-around and are currently the only team with…
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Metuchen girls are turning their hoops season around
By Jimmy Allinder After opening the season with five losses in six games, it appeared the Metuchen High School girls basketball team was on its way to finishing with a losing record for the first time since 2008-09. Then things turned around in a dramatic way, commencing with a 40-38 victory over Hudson Catholic Regional…
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Area girls hoops teams remain in division races
By Jimmy Allinder Three area girls basketball teams are still very much in the race for their respective division championships, but they each need to overtake the team in front of them. Monroe Township High School (10-1 overall, 6-1 White Division) is a game behind Sayreville War Memorial High School (9-3 overall, 6-1 White Division),…
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Spotswood runners giving their best during winter season
By Jimmy Allinder Except for the unusual early-season warm weather, winter track is usually reserved for hardy souls who don’t mind competing with snow on the ground. However, Spotswood High School’s head coach of the boys and girls teams, Roland D’Orvilliers, dismisses icy temperatures as an excuse and expects his runners to give nothing but…
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St. Joe’s basketball, hockey teams gearing up for postseason
By Jimmy Allinder It’s the midpoint of the winter high school season and a pair of teams from Saint Joseph High School of Metuchen are making a serious run at winning postseason titles when the tournaments begin next month. The Falcons’ basketball team (10-2 overall, 6-0 division) is once again the class of the Greater…
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Sport Shorts
The Freehold Township Recreation Lacrosse League for boys in grades four through eight and girls, grades six through eight, will be holding registration throughout the month of February. Boys and girls can register weekdays from Feb. 1-28 from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. in the Recreation Administration building at Michael J. Tighe Park on Georgia…
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Falcons put together another winning season on tennis court
By Jimmy Allinder The Monroe Township High School boys tennis team has finished every season since 2011 with a winning record, and that will remain the case this spring. The Falcons are 11-2 and atop the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) White Division standings. “Our goals were to place in the top four at the GMC…
