Author: Jimmy Allinder
-
Hawks to be challenged with mostly new baseball lineup
By Jimmy Allinder John P. Stevens With 12 regulars graduated, including the entire pitching staff, the John P. Stevens High School baseball team will be challenged to have as much success as it did last year. The Hawks were 20-9 overall, 10-6 in the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) Red Division and made the conference tournament…
-
Monroe inducts first athletic Hall of Fame class
By Jimmy Allinder The late Hugh Walsh, one of the architects of Monroe Township High School’s athletic program, was among five others along with the 1987 boys’ varsity soccer team that were inducted into the inaugural Hall of Fame class. The announcement was made by current athletic director Greg Beyer at the first Hall of…
-
Lost experience could be challenge for Bears’ softball team
By Jimmy Allinder Kevin Brady knows better than anyone his East Brunswick High School softball team usually wins 20 or more games every season because of a well of talent that never runs dry. This spring might be different. The Bears graduated eight starters from last year’s 22-7 team, which won the New Jersey State…
-
Spotswood softball favored to repeat at Blue Division champs
By Jimmy Allinder Spotswood Spotswood High School is the two-time defending Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) Blue Division softball champion and with most of the lineup intact, the Chargers are favorites to repeat. Untested junior Joey Bartusak inherits the vitally important pitching job from departed Alexa Raba, but Spotswood is bolstered by a lineup that has…
-
Bears confident in pitching depth behind Burnham
By Jimmy Allinder There’s always been an emphasis on pitching depth in high school baseball, and a rule change that goes into effect this spring makes it more important than ever. For that reason, it remains to be seen if East Brunswick High School can duplicate what it did in 2016, even with the return…
-
Spotswood enters baseball season with high hopes
By Jimmy Allinder This could be the spring Spotswood High School fields its next exceptional baseball team. The Chargers have a rich history of winning multiple Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) Blue Division titles, but their best season was 2007, when they captured the division and GMC Tournament crowns and topped off the season with the…
-
D’Agostino to rely on deep pitching staff in 1st year as Trojans coach
By Jimmy Allinder Bishop Ahr Scott Runkel retired as head baseball coach after 33 seasons, but he certainly didn’t leave the cupboard bare for his successor at Bishop George Ahr High School, Tom D’Agostino. The Trojans (10-10-1 overall, 5-6-1 Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) Blue Division) are deep in pitching, which is more important than ever…
-
Bischoff a driven leader for Falcons’ lacrosse team
By Jimmy Allinder Maxwell Bischoff has literally driven himself to becoming one of the top lacrosse players in the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC). When the time came for the Bethlehem Township resident to decide where he would go to high school and play lacrosse, he chose Saint Joseph High School of Metuchen, even though the…
-
Steenvoorden ready to fly in final season with Bears’ golf team
By Jimmy Allinder Jeremy Steenvoorden has always been intrigued by how things fly, especially airplanes and golf balls. An East Brunswick High School senior, Steenvoorden is one of the top golfers in the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) and following graduation, he plans on becoming an aerospace engineer. Steenvoorden has been accepted to and will attend…
