Category: sports/hillsborough_beacon
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Reese wins 300th game as varsity coach
RAIDER ROUNDUP by Rudy Brandl, Sports Editor Hillsborough High girls’ basketball coach Jim Reese is making a habit out of reaching milestones. Prior to last week’s home game vs. Watchung Hills, the team honored Reese for accumulating 300 career victories as a varsity head coach. Reese won his 235th game as the HHS girls’ head…
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Sixth-grade travel boys stay hot
YOUTH BASKETBALL The sixth-grade Raiders boys’ A travel basketball beat undefeated Westfield in the Montgomery League. The team has won their last 14 games earning a record of 14-1. The team traveled to North Brunswick and Montgomery and came away with two great wins, especially beating an undefeated team from Westfield. Westfield came to extend…
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HHS track teams take third in Skyland
Davia, Carnes, Ksiezopolski, girls’ relay win by John Beisser, Sports Writer Both the Hillsborough High boys and girls turned in third-place finishes in the Skyland Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships last Sunday at Lehigh University. The boys’ team had aspirations of going home with the title, but absorbed a blow when Jason Walton won…
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MacCollum, Richards vault to victory
GYMNASTICS NEWS The Paramount USAG Level 8 and 9 optional teams continued their competition season at the Winter Bowl Invitational at Atlantic Coast Gymnastics in Sewell on Jan. 27. The Hillsborough Level 8 teammates had another fantastic meet winning the first place team award with a score of 110.125. Competing from Hillsborough were Amanda Curry,…
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Davia takes her turn in spotlight
HHS ATHLETE OF THE WEEK by John Beisser, Sports Writer For the past two years, Angela Davia was dwarfed by the giant shadow cast by Taryn O’Connor, one of Somerset County’s best female throwers ever. For the past two years, she finished second in the Skyland Conference Championships, with O’Connor taking home first place medals.…
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Raider wrestlers miss chance at history
Team regroups to make playoffs by Rudy Brandl, Sports Editor The Hillsborough High wrestling team missed a great chance to make history last week. Thanks to a dominant performance in Saturday’s quad meet at Emerson, the Raiders will get another chance to produce a new milestone in the Central Jersey Group 4 playoffs. Hillsborough (13-8)…
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Lady Raiders ousted from SCT
Team suffers earliest exit in over a decade by Rudy Brandl, Sports Editor The streak is over. For the first time in 13 years, the Hillsborough High girls’ basketball team will not reach the Somerset County Tournament semifinals. It’s been quite a run for veteran head coach Jim Reese and his program, which has appeared…
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HHS girls start new run in county tourney
Team enjoys first win streak of season by Rudy Brandl, Sports Editor The Hillsborough High girls showed Saturday that even when they’re not having their typical dominant basketball season, they’re still dangerous and effective in the Somerset County Tournament. Playing a preliminary round game for the first time in head coach Jim Reese’s 14-year tenure,…
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Capriccio leads girls to win streak
HHS ATHLETE OF THE WEEK by Rudy Brandl, Sports Editor Kaitlin Capriccio has been the one steady force on this year’s Hillsborough High girls’ basketball team. The Lady Raiders haven’t enjoyed their usual successful season, but the HHS senior power forward has remained consistent. Capriccio has hit double figures in four of her last six…