Category: sports
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Croddick’s OT goal lifts Bulldogs over Eagles in Dowd Cup final
Two years ago, the Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School ice hockey team defeated Middletown South High School, 9-3, to win the Shore Conference Tournament Handchen Cup bracket. On Feb. 17, the Bulldogs and the Eagles faced off at the Jersey Shore Arena in Wall Township with the Shore Conference Tournament Dowd Cup bracket championship on…
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O’Sullivan sets school and meet record to win pole vault sectional title
It’s been nothing but personal records and gold medals being earned this winter for Hillsborough High School pole vaulter Brian O’Sullivan. The junior Hillsborough track and field star continued his winter track season on Feb. 12 at the Bennett Indoor Athletic Complex in Toms River during the NJSIAA Central Jersey, Group IV Tournament. O’Sullivan rewrote…
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Mazzella headed to girls state wrestling tournament for second year in a row
Senior Lexi Mazzella continues to add more highlights to her stellar athletic career at Bordentown Regional High School. Mazzella rewrote the history books yet again during the NJSIAA South Region girls wrestling tournament on Feb. 12 at Kingsway Regional High School in Woolwich Township, becoming a two-state qualifier by placing third in the 132-pound bracket…
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MAPL Diving Championship: Oster secures girls championship, Lawver wins boys championship
When the Mid Atlantic Prep League (MAPL) Diving Championships returned in 2022, Lawrenceville School sophomore Dylan Oster and Hun School senior Rowland Lawver claimed the top spots for the girls and boys competitions. The divers each earned their first place medals in the championship dive meet that took place at The Hill School in Pottstown,…
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Princeton’s Carril will be inducted into New Jersey Basketball Hall of Honor
Pete Carril, Gerry Matthews and Mark Corino, three of the most accomplished head coaches in New Jersey college basketball history, will be among the first class of inductees to the newly-created New Jersey Basketball Hall of Honor. The Basketball Reunion, a unique statewide event created to reunite former and current New Jersey high school…
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Rebels win state sectional team title; bow in Group V state final
The Howell High School wrestling team and Coach John Gagliano won their fifth NJSIAA state sectional tournament team title in eight years on Feb. 9 in Howell against Hunterdon Central Regional High School of Flemington. Sophomore 138-pounder Giovanni Scafidi pinned Hunterdon Central’s Henry Wilkinson in the final bout of the championship match to lift the…
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Raritan defeats High Point to win Group II state team championship
FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP – Redemption was captured in the ultimate way for the Raritan High School, Hazlet, wrestling team in the NJSIAA Group II state team tournament championship match against High Point Regional High School of Wantage Township on Feb. 13 at Franklin High School. In 2018, Raritan lost the Group II final to High Point.…
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Mustangs win A North title; are set for Shore Conference Tournament action
There is no team hotter than the Marlboro High School boys basketball team heading into the 2022 Shore Conference Tournament and Coach Michael Nausedas would be the first person to acknowledge that. Nausedas watched the Mustangs rack up 12 straight victories to end regular season play and head into the conference tournament with a 19-2…
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Offensive coordinator promoted to head coach position at alma mater Metuchen High School
METUCHEN – A lifelong borough resident who has always had a passion to coach high school football will get that opportunity with his hometown team. The Metuchen Board of Education approved Jordan Leitner as head football coach of the Metuchen High School (MHS) Bulldogs for the 2022-23 school year. Leitner, 32, a paraprofessional at…
