Author: Jeff Appelblatt
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Barrons continue working hard to prepare for girls hoops season
By Jeff Appelblatt Though the summer basketball season has been over for about two weeks and the regular season doesn’t start until the winter, Woodbridge High School coach Rob Timinski is excited to keep his girls working hard in order to be ready for next season. “We’ve had a great summer so far,” the coach,…
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Union snaps losing streak in Snapple Bowl, but charity big winner
By Jeff Appelblatt Perhaps Middlesex County was never truly a Snapple Bowl dynasty team; new players fill the roster every year. But for the players who represented Middlesex in Snapple Bowl XXIII, it had to be disappointing to lose to the team from Union County for the first time since each of them was in…
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Woodbridge prepares to host Snapple Bowl XXIII
By Jeff Appelblatt Kevin Coleman hasn’t been the head coach for Woodbridge High School’s football team for a single game yet, but the new coach is eager to make Woodbridge’s Nicholas A. Priscoe Stadium the permanent home of the Snapple Bowl every other year when it’s Middlesex County’s turn to host. The Snapple Bowl, an…
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Matrix positioned to make run at ABCCL championship
By Jeff Appelblatt The New Brunswick Matrix prepared for its June 10 doubleheader sitting at No. 3 in the standings. The club’s three-game winning streak was second longest in the Atlantic Baseball Confederation Collegiate League (ABCCL), and it hoped its most recent win against the Ocean Giants would motivate the team against the New Jersey…
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Barrons off to hot start in summer baseball league play
By Jeff Appelblatt The baseball team at Woodbridge High School has had no problem piecing together victories this summer in the Greater Middlesex Coaches Summer Baseball League. After two weeks of play, the Barrons found themselves 6-0 and in first place in the Turf Division. Winning the majority of games is nothing new for Woodbridge,…
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Matrix’s goal is to compete for ABCCL title
By Jeff Appelblatt As many new faces as he sees on the field each year, Glenn Fredericks believes in consistency. The Atlantic Baseball Confederation Collegiate League (ABCCL) coach, currently in his fifth year with the New Brunswick Matrix, has witnessed teams in the league change their names; he’s even seen teams replaced. But no matter…
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Barrons’ track team motivated after skipping nationals
By Jeff Appelblatt It had become an annual occurrence. Each June, Woodbridge High School’s track and field coach, Jesse Angatia, went down to North Carolina for the final team events of the season. Just last year, for instance, Comfort Akinbo, Elisanett Marine, Makisha Dorval, Najiyah Adams and Temi Odukale made the 500-mile round trip to…
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GMC baseball all-star games to serve as fundraiser
By Jeff Appelblatt The Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) Coaches Association will be holding a charity all-star doubleheader June 12 at the Raymond J. Clipperly Field on the Middlesex County Vocational and Technical School in East Brunswick beginning at 11 a.m. Proceeds from the games will benefit the families of Ben Lepisto and Shane O’Donnell, who…
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Woodbridge baseball, softball fall early in state tourney
By Jeff Appelblatt Harry Rutkowski was the best pitcher on Woodbridge High School’s baseball team the last two years and like most all aces do, he was going to be first on the hill for the first game of the playoffs — in this case, the first round of the NJSIAA North Jersey, Section II,…
