Category: Examiner Sports

  • Redbirds’ boys look to keep winning, progressing on court

    ALLENTOWN By WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Tristan Millett is the only returning starter from the Allentown High School boys’ basketball team that finished 16-10 last winter. Despite heavy losses to graduation in June, the Redbirds are off to a 3-1 start. MATT DENTON Allentown High School’s boys’ basketball team a year ago went 16-10 and had…

  • Redbirds’ Hartshorn reaches 1,000 career points in opener

    ALLENTOWN VARSITY REPORT By WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Allentown High School’s Nicholas Campbell, top, controls Barnegat High School’s Austin Walker during their 182-pound match at the Ice Breaker Wrestling Tournament held at Old Bridge High School. Campbell advanced by scoring a pin. Four starters return from an Allentown High School girls’ basketball team that enjoyed its…

  • Going up for the layup

    MATT DENTON Allentown High School’s Beckim Nikovic soars to the basket on his way to making a layup against Trenton Catholic Academy during a Dec. 9 preseason scrimmage in Allentown. On Dec. 18, the score will count, as Allentown tips off the 2015-16 regular season at home against Lawrence High School.

  • Veteran Redbirds to wrestle under new head coach Nock

    ALLENTOWN By WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Returning state qualifiers Zach Turner and Jordan Rugo, who are both seniors, head a nucleus of six returnees that will lead Allentown High School’s wrestling team — a District 25 runner-up last year — into the 2015-2016 campaign. It begins Dec. 19 with the Icebreaker Tournament in Old Bridge. They…

  • Millstone Magic 10U captures USABL Central West fall title

    Millstone Magic’s 10-year-old baseball team won its first championship when it took the fall segment of the USABL Central West division playoff championship. Suffering only one loss, Millstone beat Crossbridge of Lambertville, 9-8, on a walkoff hit by Parker Sloss with the bases loaded. It completed a comeback from a 7- 0 deficit, and Max…

  • Rosenbaum nets hat trick to lead Ravens’ rout over Pirates

    A hat trick from Josh Rosenbaum and two goals each from John Martin and Shawn Camisa led the Robbinsville Allentown Ravens co-op ice hockey team to an 8-2 victory over winless West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South Dec. 11 at Mercer County Park. Liam Hartmann scored the other goal for the Ravens, who improved to 5-1.…

  • Switching gears to indoor track

    STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Allentown High School’s Matt Gregor competes in the NJSIAA Central Jersey, Group III cross-country championships at Thompson Park in Jamesburg. The Redbirds’ distance runners will now turn their attention to the indoor track and field season.

  • Millstone Junior Midgets capture Eastern Region title

    By WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent The Millstone Eagles Junior Midget Pop Warner team achieved a first for the program when it beat Schenectady Belmont, New York, 20-18, for the Eastern Region championship at Watchung Hills. The region title game Nov. 28 is the farthest any team can advance in that weight class, which has a range…

  • Ravens go 2-1 to open hockey season

    Joe Pontrelli opened the scoring with a goal off a pass from Liam Hartmann and John Francis scored two goals off passes from Shawn Camisa and Joshua Rosenbaum for the Robbinsville-Allentown Ravens co-op ice hockey team. Wall High School rampaged for nine goals from there, however, for a 10-3 victory Dec. 4 at Mercer County…