Category: Independent Sports
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Holmdel hopes to compete for National Division title
A senior-laden lineup returns, as the Holmdel High School football team looks to make a run at the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group II playoffs, after a 5-5 season last fall. With the bulk of his players lining up on both sides of the ball, Hornets coach Joe O’Connor notes that staying healthy will be the…
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Vianney football team looks to get back to postseason Lancers return a number of skill players from last year’s 6-4 squad
Staff Writer By Warren Rappleyea Vianney football team looks to get back to postseason Lancers return a number of skill players from last year’s 6-4 squad With several starters returning, the St. John Vianney High School football team is looking to make a return trip to the NJSIAA Parochial Group III playoffs. The Lancers opened…
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CBA harriers out to prove they’re still Shore’s best
Staff Writer By tim morris Tom Heath has been hearing the rumblings all summer. This is the year that the Christian Brothers Academy cross country team, which lost six of its seven starters including its invaluable leaders Tom Falvey and Nat Glackin from last fall’s nationally ranked state championship team, comes back to the pack.…
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Ten years ago, Audrey Gomez led the St. John Vianney High School Lady Lancers to new heights on the basketball court. Below she accepts a trophy at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, from New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association President Frank Baldachino in 1991. Also pictured is Jerry Greco, who was senior vice president of consumer…
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Lions fielding a number of new faces this season Middletown North hopes to ride the heels of junior Bill Lyons
Staff Writer By Doug mckenzie Lions fielding a number of new faces this season Middletown North hopes to ride the heels of junior Bill Lyons VERONICA YANKOWSKI Middletown North senior Waleed Gabr chases down Jackson’s Nick Castellano during a scrimmage Friday night in Jackson. Middletown High School North head coach John Oxley isn’t sure what…
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Davis-led Huskies expecting big things
Staff Writer By Doug mckenzie CHRIS KELLY Matawan Regional High School’s Tom Corley tries to wrap up Shore Regional’s Dan Carhart during a recent scrimmage in West Long Branch. Like a lot of coaches around this time of year, Matawan Regional High School head football coach Joe Martucci is somewhat hesitant to speak of his…
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Sininsky looks to continue progress made at Raritan Rockets face difficult schedule in 2001 campaign
Staff Writer By Doug mckenzie Sininsky looks to continue progress made at Raritan Rockets face difficult schedule in 2001 campaign VERONICA YANKOWSKI Raritan High School’s Matt Herman runs for some good yardage during Friday’s scrimmage with North Hunterdon in Hazlet. The Raritan High School football team will have a new look this season as a…
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League to get football field for Pop Warner
Staff Writer By ELAINE VAN DEVELDE HAZLET — Pop Warner football will soon have a field to call their own, courtesy of a 10-acre donation of green. It’s space Hazlet Youth Athletic League (HYAL) kids have sorely needed for some time now. They’ve had a place to play and practice, just not a regulation football…
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Lancers look for a repeat of last season’s success St. John Vianney girls soccer team set to defend state championship
Staff Writer By warren rappleyea Lancers look for a repeat of last season’s success St. John Vianney girls soccer team set to defend state championship JEFF HUNTLEY St. John Vianney’s Jamie Komar will be one of the Lady Lancers’ leaders on the soccer field this season, as the squad looks to defend its Parochial A…
