Category: sports
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Lancers defeat Immaculate Heart Academy to claim Non-Public A state title
During a current three-year run of almost perfect basketball by the Saint John Vianney High School, Holmdel, girls basketball team, there have been two elements missing from the Lancers’ ledger: winning a state championship and winning the NJSIAA Tournament of Champions. The Lancers checked off one of those boxes on March 12 at the RWJBarnabas…
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O’Sullivan makes history as first Hillsborough boys pole vaulter to win gold at Meet of Champions
An amazing season continued for junior Brian O’Sullivan during the NJSIAA Meet of Champions on March 4 at the Bennett Indoor Athletic Complex in Toms River. O’Sullivan made history as the first Hillsborough High School boys pole vaulter to place first at the winter track edition of the Meet of Champions, securing a gold medal…
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Jaguars defeat Middletown South, 57-47, to win Central Jersey Group IV title
JACKSON – It was the type of contest fans expect from a championship game. The Jackson Memorial High School and Middletown South High School girls basketball teams were tied 45-45 with 4:00 to play in the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group IV state sectional tournament championship game on March 8 in Jackson. A back-and-forth game of…
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Mustangs defeat Trenton, 75-67, to win school’s first state sectional title
History. Redemption. There are many ways to describe what the Marlboro High School boys basketball team accomplished on March 7 in front of its hometown fans by winning the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group IV state sectional tournament championship. No. 1 seed Marlboro held off No. 7 seed Trenton Central High School to secure a 75-67…
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State tournament roundup: Howell’s Mays wins second state title; CBA has five medalists; SJV’s Knox wins crown
The NJSIAA state wrestling tournament returned to Atlantic City in 2022 and Howell High School senior Hunter Mays was “super pumped up” to have a chance to compete at Boardwalk Hall. Mays made school history at the tournament that was held from March 3-5 as he became Howell’s first two-time state champion by defeating Bergen…
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Redbirds post winning record; have high expectations for 2022-23
ALLENTOWN – The 2021-22 season came to an end for the Allentown High School girls basketball team on March 3 in the quarterfinal round of the Central Jersey Group III state sectional tournament against Wall High School in Wall Township. A full season on the court – following a 2020-21 campaign that was abbreviated by…
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Jackson Memorial defeats Monroe Township; will face Middletown South in CJ IV final
Jackson Memorial High School senior girls basketball player Brooke McKown would be the first person to say that shooting free throws is not one of her strengths. But with the Jaguars trailing Monroe Township High School of Middlesex County, 44-43, with under :40 to play in a Central Jersey Group IV state sectional tournament semifinal…
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‘Strikes first, spares next, pins last’ : South Brunswick boys bowling team wins NJSIAA’s final Tournament of Champions
“Strikes first, spares next, pins last.” That’s the slogan of the South Brunswick boys bowling team, who capped a stellar season with a historic win of the NJ State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) Tournament of Champions after placing second in the sectionals to advance to the state championship, and then winning the Group…
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Jaguars stake claim as state’s premier girls wrestling program
JACKSON – For the second year in a row, the Jackson Memorial High School girls wrestling program sent six wrestlers to the NJSIAA state tournament. The 2022 edition of the tournament was held at Phillipsburg High School on Feb. 20. All six wrestlers who went to the state tournament – Skyelar Smith (138), Abigail Stanberry…
