Category: sports
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Raiders tapping into their potential heading into postseason play
It was not a typical first season at the helm for Hillsborough High School girls basketball Coach Courtney Tierney last winter because of the coronavirus pandemic and the associated shortened season. Tierney and the Raiders have been able to grow more accustomed to each other during the 2021-22 campaign. A full offseason program and 15…
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Eagles believe they have talent to contend for state sectional crown
There has been a lot of winning going on during the 2021-22 season for the Middletown South High School girls basketball team. The Eagles’ 10-2 start includes a 10-game win streak that has Coach Tom Brennan and his players believing they have what it takes to win a second state sectional tournament title in four…
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Fast start carries Marlboro to 60-41 victory over Middletown South
MARLBORO — You can throw out the records when the Marlboro High School and Middletown South High School girls basketball teams meet on the court. The Shore Conference A North Division rivals had split their previous eight games during the last four years heading into a contest on Jan. 28 in Marlboro. Middletown South came…
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Hot-shooting Famula, Bulldogs roll past Holmdel, 73-49
Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School junior forward Cal Famula played the “game of his life” against Holmdel High School on Jan. 27 in Holmdel, according to his teammate Geoff Schroeder. Famula scored a game-high 24 points, including six three-point field goals, to lead the Bulldogs to a 73-49 road victory over their Shore Conference A…
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MCT Diving Championship: Lawver wins second boys diving championship; Williamson becomes new girls diving champion
Hun School senior Rowland Lawver repeated as boys diving champion and Notre Dame High School sophomore Violet Williamson became the newest girls diving champion when the Mercer County Tournament (MCT) returned for its 52nd year. In 2021, the County Dive Championship meet did not take place. The 2022 MCT Dive Championship, which occurred at The…
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Raiders skate out to best start in three years
There has been no slowing down the Hillsborough High School ice hockey team this winter. First-year Coach Beuk Forrest and his Raiders are off to a 8-1-3 start to the season and have their sights set on making more strides on the ice this winter with postseason play on the horizon. “The guys are doing…
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Residents object to Board of Ed changing Sayreville field into bus depot
When you live in a community, sometimes you take for granted that things will always remain the same. But with growth, and progress, things change. Even places that you got to know so well growing up in that community. The Sayreville Athletic Association, formerly known as the Morgan Athletic Association, has maintained a home on…
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Redbirds coming together heading into homestretch of campaign
The Allentown High School girls basketball team has seen its fair share of ups and downs so far during the 2021-22 campaign. The Redbirds carried a 5-5 record into a Jan. 24 game against Freehold Township High School and Coach Dana Wells and her players were in agreement that the team’s best basketball is still…
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Strong defensive performance carries Freehold Township past Long Branch
Freehold Township High School’s boys basketball players and Coach Brian Golub met before the Patriots hosted Long Branch on Jan. 22. All concerned were ready to turn the page on a three-game losing streak that included a last-second 53-50 loss to Christian Brothers Academy the night before. The Patriots (7-6) rode excellent defense and strong…
