Author: Jeff Appelblatt
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Barrons’ coach Carbone shifts focus to baseball season
By Jeff Appelblatt Woodbridge High School wrestling coach Michael Carbone worked hard in the winter to lead his squad to its most successful season in school history, earning him division, county, district and region coach of the year honors. But there was and will be no time for the health and physical education teacher to…
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Ex-Barron Mortensen now Woodbridge’s boys tennis coach
By Jeff Appelblatt Daniel Mortensen, once a student-athlete at Woodbridge High School, is taking all the chances he can to coach the current student-athletes at Woodbridge. As spring sports approach, Mortensen is getting used to coaching the boys tennis team. “It was just an opportunity that was at the school,” he said. “I thought it…
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Barrons’ McLaughlin medals at state wrestling tournament
By Jeff Appelblatt Woodbridge High School’s Bryan McLaughlin knew that the quarterfinals of the NJSIAA Wrestling State Championships would be a tough battle — if he was able to make it that far at the 3-day tournament March 4-6 in Atlantic City, that is. But it only took one match for the junior to show…
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Barrons defy seedings, advance to GMC semifinals
By Jeff Appelblatt After the rankings for the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) were released, Woodbridge High School’s boys basketball coach, Matt Gigliello, told his team the numbers don’t mean a thing when the playoffs start — play well enough and anyone can win. “Come tournament time, it doesn’t matter what your seed is,” the coach…
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Barrons to rely on defense in GMC basketball tournament
By Jeff Appelblatt The boys basketball team from Woodbridge High School sizzled through January (10-0) before winning its first few games of February. But on the backend of playing back-to-back days Feb. 9, the Barrons lost to Sayreville War Memorial High School, 48-43. The loss fit into a pattern for Woodbridge (16-4): fail to score…
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Woodbridge girls capture GMC bowling championship
By Jeff Appelblatt Woodbridge High School bowling coach Amanda Small was kind of disappointed to have her girls team ranked No. 3 in the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) while South Plainfield High School was No. 2. “I don’t fully agree with it,” the second-year coach said. “I expected a 2-seed.” In the long run, it…
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Mustangs’ Coleman scores upset in GMC wrestling tourney
By Jeff Appelblatt The path to a title looked nearly impossible for John F. Kennedy (JFK) Memorial High School wrestler Aaron Coleman. The 120-pound weight class at the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) Wrestling Tournament at Piscataway Township High School was crowded with standouts. It would take one of Coleman’s strongest showings to reach the final…
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Barrons’ ice hockey team is exceeding expectations
By Jeff Appelblatt Joe Rotella, Woodbridge High School’s ice hockey coach, expected his team to perform better than it did a year ago, but he’s in awe with how good his team has really done this season “I thought we would have been about a .500 team,” the coach said after his club dominated its…
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Mustangs’ wrestlers making most of tournament results
By Jeff Appelblatt Giving their all but finishing as the runner-up at the annual Union City wrestling tournament could have worn out the wrestlers from John F. Kennedy (JFK) Memorial High School. Fortunately for the Mustangs, that wasn’t the case. They immediately showed that second place in an 11-team competition is nothing to mourn. Behind…
