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County, conference, sectional titles up for grabs by Rudy Brandl, Sports Editor    Hillsborough High’s winter athletic teams are primed for another fabulous February.    While the regular season division title chases are over for the HHS basketball, wrestling, swimming and hockey teams, the Raiders still have plenty to pursue in those arenas and on the track…

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Hillsborough native starring at St. Benedict’s Prep by John Beisser, Sports Writer    Had he made the easier decision and followed his friends to Hillsborough High School four years ago, Brandon Jarrett would now be a household name within the Hillsborough athletic community.    Jarrett, however, chose to blaze a different path, literally and figuratively. A soccer…

Boys take third, girls fourth in county by John E. Powers, Sports Writer    The Hillsborough High School boys’ and girls’ swimming teams didn’t win Somerset County Championship titles last week. They weren’t second.    But both Raider teams achieved exactly what their head coach wanted — and more.    The Raider boys were third overall with 205…

RAIDER ROUNDUP by Rudy Brandl, Sports Editor    The Hillsborough High wrestlers continued their march toward a possible state team playoff berth with two victories in three matches last week.    Resounding victories over Somerset County rivals Montgomery and Franklin and a loss at Roxbury last week ran the team’s record to 10-6, a figure that doubles…

YOUTH BASKETBALL    The Mary Mother of God Team Leinbach fifth and sixth grade boys got back on the winning track with an impressive offensive performance against Our Lady of Fatima in Piscataway. Team Leinbach’s 50-18 victory improved its overall season record to 4-4 after a couple tough looses.    The team overcame a season long trend…

Boys, girls set to peak in big meets by John E. Powers, Sports Writer    With the championship swimming season beginning this weekend, the Hillsborough High School Raiders have made their move.    It was pretty obvious in last weekend’s Pirate Invitational at The Bubble at West Windsor-Plainsboro South.    The Hillsborough boys were third behind perennial giants…

HHS ROUNDUP by Rudy Brandl, Sports Editor    Three Hillsborough High tandems captured first place in Saturday’s Lavino Relays at the Lawrenceville School.    Seniors Mark Ksiezopolski and Mike Lunemann combined to blow away the field in the pole vault relay with a winning height of 25 feet. Ksiezopolski (13-0) and Lunemann (12-0) teamed to beat Council…

   On Sunday, the Raiders sent 22 first and second year wrestlers to the Middlesex Novice Tournament and came home with an outstanding six champions, one silver medalist and three bronze medalists.    First-year wrestlers Evan Dunigan and Timothy Yost brought home gold medals as did second-year wrestlers Brett Magliaro, Christopher Santa Barbara, Anthony Donnadio and Shane…