Category: sports
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Montgomery cheerleaders first at nationals
PPS-MONTYCHEER Submitted photo / Pictured are members of the Montgomery High School Cheerleaders Competition team that won the Small Varsity Game Day division at the Universal Cheerleaders Association National High School Cheerleading Championship competition at the ESPN Center in Orlando. The Montgomery High School Cheerleaders Competition team made Cougar Nation proud by capturing first…
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Ranney boys and Saint John Vianney girls turn to state basketball tourneys
Ranney School boys’ basketball history now has a clear line of demarcation. There is the era before Scottie Lewis, Bryan Antoine and Ahmadu Sarnor arrived, and the era after the senior trio committed to the Tinton Falls school. Before Lewis and Antoine enrolled at Ranney in 2015, and before Sarnor followed in 2016, the private…
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South Brunswick runners Liggins, Ray win group championships
Last winter, Miles Liggins ran in one winter track event. He joined the South Brunswick High School team during the season after leaving the school’s boys’ basketball program. One year later, Liggins is an NJSIAA Group 4 champion. The senior won the 800-meter run on Feb. 15 at the John Bennett Indoor Athletic Complex in…
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Maguire sparks Bishop Ahr to GMC girls’ basketball championship
Morgan Maguire is a fourth-year varsity player for Bishop George Ahr High School. On a girls’ basketball team full of transfers, Maguire is the program girl. She is also the glue girl. While her teammates score and generate live tweets, Maguire makes the extra pass. But on Feb. 22 at Middlesex County College in Edison,…
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Stuart girls completes magical basketball season
PPS-STUPREP Courtesy photo / Pictured are players and coaches from the Stuart Country Day School basketball team after it captured the state Prep B championship with a 71-63 win at Morristown-Beard. By Bob Nuse Sports Editor It was quite a week for the Stuart Country Day School basketball team. In the span of six…
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Monroe girls’ soccer counting on strong defense this year
Monroe Township High School will have a defensive girls’ soccer team in 2018. Coach Peter Ruckdeschel is sure of that. The Falcons return starting defenders in Gianna Porpora, Paige Magee and Megha Jain, and their starting goalkeeper, Emma Bodmer, from 2017. Those players helped Monroe reach the Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament semifinals and the Central…
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Old Bridge seniors excited for field hockey season
Now is the time for the senior class to cap their field hockey careers in style. Old Bridge High School will have eight senior players this year. They are all multi-year starters. Four have been starting on varsity since their freshman year, 2015. The Knights are experienced, and good. In 2017, Old Bridge reached the…
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Matawan boys’ soccer counting on young talent this year
There are 26 upperclassmen in Matawan Regional High School’s boys soccer program. Twenty-four are juniors. Only two, Michael Porcelli and Mal Mehari, are seniors. Coach Tyler Isaacson lost five starters from his 2017 team, which reached the NJSIAA Central Jersey, Group 2 state sectional tournament quarterfinals. Isaacson described all five players as “core guys.” Matawan…
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Allentown field hockey depending on energy, depth
Mary Ellen McCarthy is back for her 21st year as Allentown High School’s field hockey coach. McCarthy originally retired in 2013. But she returned last year to replace Dana Wells, who was on maternity leave. In July, though, Wells was named as the Allentown girls’ basketball coach, an appointment that led to her stepping down…